3/11/09

Will Megan Fox fight for Shia LaBeouf

Transformers are cool but sometimes horrible. Looks like Shia Labeouf would be kicked by the robot again. Will Megan Fox by his side in transformers 2? OR she would be a spy for the fallen?

It's hard for the fallen to revenge, but with Megan Fox, things would get much easier

Transformers II Cheat Sheet


In an attempt to keep up with the information about Transformers 2, it seems a cheat sheet is needed. I have tagged items as "rumor" if information has not been verified for various reasons such as the name, the appearance, the alt mode, etc. If I miss anything be sure to note it in the comments or email me as I intend to update with any new information and spoilers about the film. The below is ultimately speculation until someone officially with the film confirms the information but part of the fun of tracking a movie like this is the speculation.

Official Title: Transformers II: Revenge of the Fallen
Production Start Date: June 2nd, 2008
Production Shoot Length: 84 days
Budget: $200 million
Release Date by Country: click here
Trailers:
Superbowl Commercial- February 1st, 2009
1st Teaser Trailer - February 13th, 2009

Director: Michael Bay
Producers: Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Ian Bryce and others
Executive Producers: Steven Spielberg, Michael Bay and others
Writers: Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Ehren Kruger
Visual Effects Companies: ILM, Digital Domain

Story: Takes place two years later, with Sam leaving home and going to college as a freshmen to a madeup Ivy League school. While in school something occurs and Sam gains information about the origins of the Transformers and their ties to ancient Earth history. Information that the Decepticons want and the Autobots must stop them from getting.
Artifact: Splinter from the All Spark

Principle Cast:
Shia LaBeouf - Sam Witwicky
Megan Fox - Mikaela Banes
Josh Duhamel - Major Lennox
John Turturro - Agent Simmons
Ramon Rodriguez - Leo Spitz
Tyrese Gibson - Master Sergeant Epps
Matthew Marsden - SAS Graham
Isabel Lucas - Alice

Supporting Cast:
Kevin Dunn - Ron Witwicky
Julie White - Judy Witwicky
Rainn Wilson - College Professor Colon (pronounced "koh-lawn")

Transformer Voices:
Peter Cullen - Optimus Prime
Hugo Weaving - Megatron
Mark Ryan - Bumblebee
Robert Foxworth - Ratchet
Jess Harnell - Ironhide and Barricade
Charles Adler - Starscream

Transformers Cast - Alt Mode:
Autobots
Optimus Prime - blue, dark red Peterbilt 379EX
Bumblebee - yellow 2010 Chevy Camaro
Ratchet - lime yellow 2009 Hummer H3
Ironhide - black 2007 GMC Topkick C4500
Arcee - pink, purple, blue custom bike from RetroSBK
Sideswipe - 2011 Chevy Corvette Centennial
Jetfire - black SR-71 Blackbird, broken down ex-Decepticon
Skids - green 2010 Chevy Spark (twin to Mudflap)
Mudflap - red 2010 Chevy Trax (twin to Skids)
Jolt - blue 2010 Chevy Volt
Wheelie - blue Toy Size RC Truck
Springer - V-22 Osprey (rumor)
Breakaway - F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (rumor)

Decepticons
The Fallen - Cybertronian jet
Megatron - Cybertronian tank
unknown - pink and white Ice Cream Truck (not verified if TF)
Starscream - gray F-22 Raptor
Scorponok - metallic scorpion
Barricade - black 2008 Saleen S281 Extreme Mustang
Sideways - dark gray Audi R8
Soundwave - a satellite and Cybertronian jet
Ravage - raw beast mode
Devastator - merge of below 6 Constructicons
Demolishor - red O&K/Terex RH400 Hydrolic Mining Excavator (torso)
Rampage - yellow Caterpillar 992G Front Loader (right arm)
Long Haul - green Caterpillar 773B Dump Truck (right leg)
Mix Master - silver Mack Cement Mixer (head)
High Tower - yellow Kobelco CK2500 Truss Crane (left arm)
Scrapper - yellow Caterpillar D9L Bulldozer (left leg)

Shooting Locations:
June 2-5 Bethlehem Steel (Bethlehem, PA) as Shanghai, China
June 6-7 Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center (Chantilly, VA) as same
June 9 - 21 Philadelphia, PA
June 9 Cappucelli's Meats, Italian Market South Philly
June 10-11 Laurel Hill Cemetery
June 11-12 University of Pennsylvania, Quad
June 12-14 University of Pennsylvania, Psi Upsilon (Castle) Fraternity as Princeton
June 13 East River Drive
June 14, 18 Richmond Power Plant
June 14 Free Library on Ben Franklin Parkway
June 18 Front Street
June 13, 17, 20-21 Eastern State Penitentiary
June 18-19 Philadelphia City Hall as Ecole Militaire in Paris, France
June 22-25 Princeton University, NJ
San Pedro, CA - dates, locations unknown
Sedona, AZ - dates, locations unknown
August 26-27 - Long Beach, CA Queensway Bridge
September 12-October 6 - Holloman Airforce Base and White Sands Missile Range (Alamogordo, NM) as Egypt
October 7 - Tucson International Airport (Tucson, AZ)
October 8-? - The Boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (Tucson, AZ)
October 9 - Naval Base Coronado (Coronado, CA)
October 17 - Valley of the Kings, Egypt
October ?-? - Petra, Wadi Rum Valley, Salt (Jordan)


Notes:
*Arcee's alt mode biggest source of confusion right now. For Transformers 1 her alt mode was a 2006 Buell Firebolt XB1LR. However, script re-writes along with her tiny size (about 9 feet tall) resulted her in being moved to the second movie. Size may no longer be an issue with Frenzy being a proof of concept. Or her size could be augmented with the merging of multiple vehicles. Current contenders for her alt mode include 3 Can-Am Spyders or 2 Trikes seen at the Bethlehem set. However, they could also be NEST vehicles. One report said a purple, pink, blue custom made motorcycle has been seen but that remains unconfirmed.
6/10 - Removed Go-Kart and Porsche as alt modes for Transformers. Checking the call sheet and its formatting of the scene descriptions, both vehicles are probably camera vehicles used for coverage.
6/10 Removed the listing of Jazz (white 2008 Pontiac Solstice) as a potential Transformer in the movie. Despite rumors, there is clearly a move to adding new characters to the movie, not revisting dead ones. Except maybe one based on the movie's title. Besides, Bay himself said "Jazz is dead."
6/25 Removed the Brooklyn Bridge and Bannerman Island locations as the shooting hiatus is apparently starting on June 26th nor did I ever recieve information that supported the locations. When the hiatus will end is unknown.
6/29 Removed Jon Voight (John Keller) from cast list as he said he would not be in the sequel.
8/26 Changed Stinger alt mode to Corvette Centennial since released pictures of that concept car more closly match pictures of the car seen on Transformers 2 sets.
9/8 Added "Faction Unknown" section to Transformers section. Used for either characters (The Fallen) or Chevy concept cars (ex: Volt) that seem to have no verified alliegance to either Decepticons or Autobots.
9/8 Moved the Ice Cream Truck categorization to Faction Unknown since the Ice Cream Truck's alt mode, character name and alliegance remains unverified. Still possible early movie alt mode of the "The Twins" and therefore an Autobot but more info needed.
9/23 Added Megatron, Devastator, and Ravage to villian list. Replaced Stinger with Sideswipe name. Changes based on recent rumors from Hasbro's toyline.
9/28 Replace 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (Tucson, AZ) with The Boneyard. Both mean the same thing. Removed Andrews Air Force Base as a location since never verified.
10/9 Updated the identity of the the Chevy Beat to Skids
12/16 Added Springer as possible Autobot cast member.
12/20 Based on leaked toy info, gave Volt the name of Jolt.
12/29 Updated story, moved Jetfire to Autobot section.
1/5 Removed Megatron from Decepticon cast as info from Hasbro toys and Michael Bay indicate he doesn't return for the sequel.
1/11 Skids' alt mode name change from Beat to Spark. Beat was the concept name, Spark is the production name.
1/30 Re-added Megatron to Decepticon cast since what appears to be his image is popping up on the toys and other promotional items.
2/1 Superbowl commercial proves RH400 Transformer has role in movie but not if is a component of Devastator.
2/2 Decided to remove Wheeljack (Saab Aero-X) mostly because the car has yet to be reported to have been seen on set nor is it a GM vehicle. Considering how often the other Autobot vehicles have been spotted, the Saab would have been eye balled at least once by now.
2/7 Updated to indicate the Fallen as a seperate character with Cybertronian jet and that Wheelie has been confirmed as character with RC alt mode.
2/9 Based on toy pictures moved The Fallen to Decepticon case due faction symbol on waist. Move Ice Cream Truck to Decepticons as do see a very vague and unproven Decepticon symbol under left back window.
2/11 Names of the Twins and Sideswipe has been verified. Devastator images came out but unproven if fan art or not.
2/15 At Toy Fair 2009, Hasbro releases name and look of Devastator and the Constructicons. Previous information accurate except red Komatsu HD465-7 Articulated Dump Truck was not a part of the combiner. Also added Breakaway as possible Autobot.
2/17 From toy packaging, the Audi R8 verified as having the name of Sideways.
2/21 Removed rumor note from Megatron with verification from Orci and Leader class toy.
2/25 Changed Lennox from Captain to Major based on mention in Transformers Prequel comic, Alliance #3.
3/5 Added Hugo Weaving as voice of Megatron.
3/10 Potential name for one of the Arcees is Chromia, not adding to cast list yet as not enough information to do so.

3/10/09

transformer become cover man


Transformers become cover man in the whole 2009 year. If you don't know anything about transformers, you become out dated. Anyway, i am not a big transformer fan, but l like crush, i like transform, and l like shia labeouf. Believe it or not, we know we will be there when it comes in JUNE.

Deluxe Bumblebee, Soundwave Bios

Soundwave Bio:

Stationed in orbit above Earth, Soundwave swiftly taps into every satellite in range. Within minutes, communications, data traffic, weather information, and high-resolution spy photography flood his sensor net. The spill of data fills him with pleasure, and one by one, the humans' systems come under his complete control. From his seat on high, he is in a position to control the destiny of mankind without their knowledge...or to run their civilization into the ground.
Bumblebee Bio:

Having chosen to stay with Sam after the end of the battle for the AllSpark, Bumblebee made arrangements to stay close to hm at all times. It's been a pretty good deal. He gets regular detailing, and as much high-grade fuel as he needs. Plus, he gets to spend time with Sam and Mikaela. His vocal processors still aren't fully up to snuff, but he and his friends communicate just fine. IF he ever misses the action of battle, he can always give Ironhide a call and go Decepticon hunting.

Ransack and Depthcharge Bios


A few pictures of Deluxe class Ransack and Depthcharge in packages have appeared on TFW2005 along with their Transformers 2 bio. Based on bios that have nothing to do with the movies (compared to known movie character bios), I think it’s pretty much confirmation that these toys are not based off of movie characters. Not officially verified but pretty confident assumption. Below are a few pictures, the full gallery is here.

Ransack Bio:


Back in the distant past of Cybertron, when flight was a new technology, Ransack was first of the flying aces. He was a ruthless combatant, blasting his components out of the sky, and then strafing the helpless troop stuck on the ground without cover. He may be past his prime and equipped with outdated weapons now, but there was a time when Ransack was the most feared name on Cybertron.

Depthcharge Bio:


Depthcharge is a brilliant military strategist. Autobots and Decepticons alike are accustomed to ground and air based combat, but ocean tactics are unfamiliar to them. Depthcharge uses this to his advantage, choosing a stealth boat mode to spy on Decepticon fodder from the nearest port. Fast and sharp, Depthcharge never shies away from battle but he prefers to be armed with the elment of surprise.

Japan List Suggest New TF 2 Character


TFormers.com has posted a list of Transformers toys from Amazon Japan. Most are known but there is one addition to the toy list that is new, called Chromia. Chromia (wiki) is a female character that goes back to the G1 days even though only appeared briefly in one of the episodes along with Elita-1. It provides additional evidence that one of the three bikes currently collectivity called Arcee might be three individual characters. Or it could simply be a repaint of the Arcee from the first movie's toy line.

You have to love the Japanese class naming conventions for their toy classes as it makes it so easy to keep track of a collection and much improved over the mess of the stateside method (which is no method). Hasbro should consider copying it. It is something that would encourage collecting (and therefore purchasing) of their toys. Let’s face it there are a lot of collectors and kids who lose track of what they own but if they knew they had RA-01 to 06, they would be that more likely to "complete" the collection by getting the rest of the numbering. At the very least they should try it.

3/6/09

Michael Bay Upset With McG's Giant Terminators


by Elisabeth Rappe
Is there anything more amusing than the bickering of film directors? Not on a slow news day such as this! Our friends over at Slashfilm have dug up a charming feud between Transformers' Michael Bay and Terminator: Salvation's McG. Naturally, it occurs over who has the biggest ... robot. Or rather, who came up with the concept of giant robots first.

Bay fired the first volley on his official website after the Transformers 2 teaser poster was unveiled. "Okay it's time to turn up the heat on Transformers - Revenge of the Fallen. We've waited low in the weeds letting all the summer movies get their stuff out. We've seen the great year end movies, and watched the upcoming clips of the upcoming summer fare. We've seen certain movies coming out even try to duplicate Transformer size robots in their ads. Please, come on. Well, I promise you we will rock your world with Transformers 2. The fans wanted ROBOTS KICKING ASS - well we got it. Today we are releasing the teaser poster and soon the onslaught will continue with a steady drum beat until June 26th."

What other giant robot movie could he mean? Why, Terminator: Salvation of course, and McG wasn't going to take that lying down. He fired back via Comcast's Movie Blog. "It bothers me to tell you the truth. Ultimately, our large robots have nothing to do with the Transformers robots. I say with respect, giant robots have been the theme of film for a real long time . So we want to do everything we can to create separation. Our film's about T-800s and the Marcus character and the Connor character, and this, that, and the other. So, to have people have a problem with that wouldn't be working for us so we want to make sure there's separation."
So, how shall the feud be settled? Comcast is leaning towards a fight between T-800s and Transformers, while Slashfilm is arguing for a boxing match a'la Uwe Boll vs the Critics ... because really, what's so funny about peace, love, and understanding?

Fan Rant: (Not) Watching the 'Transformers 2' Trailer Online


by Erik Davis
So the good news is that shortly following the Superbowl commercial for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, all of us will then be able to rush over to our computers and watch it again online (according to Michael Bay, that is). In a new message over on his blog, Bay says this of the much-anticipated premiere: "The Super Bowl spot is coming Sunday in the third Quarter (few minutes into the quarter slot). The spot will be online a few minutes after that - The full length teaser trailer will only be on Friday the Thirteenth. It will not hit the internet until a week later. The Teaser really only teases stuff - I'm holding so much stuff back from the final trailers because I personally hate going to movies where you have seen it all." God, it's like reading from a third-graders fanboy journal. But anyway ...

... aside from the fact that a producer screws up his own film's title (it's Friday the 13th, not Thirteenth), did you see the part when he says -- and I quote -- "It will not hit the internet until a week later." No, not the Superbowl ad; he's talking about the teaser trailer in front of Friday the 13th that, for whatever stupid corporate reason, they're holding for ONE WHOLE WEEK before putting it online. Guess what that means, folks. Yup, YouTube. This site, along with several others, will be forced to chuck up some cruddy bootlegged version of the Transformers 2 teaser so that our readers (aka you) are satisfied.

Sure, chances are the teaser will be some short boring affair as is (since Bay doesn't want to spoil anything up front), but I can't stand this tactic -- this holding it from the online audience for a whole week while we fight to discover the cleanest bootleg on YouTube. Is this really how Michael Bay wants us to watch his first teaser trailer? Because wayyy more people are going to watch it on YouTube than in front of Friday the 13th. Seriously, Bay, there's no reason why this teaser shouldn't be online Monday morning, first thing, for those fans who couldn't make it to the theater over the weekend.

But since you're making us wait a whole week to see it, I suppose you'd rather us watch the crummy, bootlegged version. I guess that's how you want most of the world to view the first teaser for your beloved robots-kicking-ass sequel. And if that's the case, so be it. We'll all happily oblige.

3/3/09

SuperNews! - Transformers 2?

What would a good movie be without a sequel? Shortly after the release of Transformers, director and producer Michael Bay tries to talk the Transformers into doing a sequel.

3/1/09

Shia LaBeouf


Birth Name
Shia Saide LaBeouf


Height
5' 9¼" (1.76 m)


Mini Biography
Shia Saide LaBeouf was born June 11, 1986, in Los Angeles, California, to Jeffrey LaBeouf and Shayna Saide, and is an only child. His parents are divorced, and he lives with his mom in Los Angeles. He started his career by doing stand-up comedy around places in his neighborhood, such as coffee clubs. One day, he saw a friend of his acting on "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" (1993), and wanted to become an actor. Shia and his mom talked it over, and the next day he started looking for an agent. He searched in the yellow pages, called one up, and did a stand-up routine in front of him. They liked him and signed him, and then he started auditioning. He's well known for playing Louis Stevens in the popular Disney Channel series "Even Stevens" (2000) and has won a Daytime Emmy for his performance.