Revenge of the Fallen Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen news,info, etc thread

[dark_b]

i agree. more normal cars. but those ''cool'' concept cars will get people in the theater.

 

[Golgo-13]

Transformers Concept Art Reveals Aircraft Carrier

Source: Tim Flattery
July 8, 2008



http://timflattery.com/transformers/popup.html

The concept art would be cool...if i could actually make out what any of it is.

Nothing to shout home about anyway. It's all from TF1.

 

[Golgo-13]

What's on the schedule for TF at comic con?

 

[Dr Lee]

Definately NOT Bob Orci.... I asked over on the Ask Orci thread on TFW2005 if he was going to be part of the TF:ROTF thing at SDCC....

He replied that he was only on Eagle Eye and another movie.....

Also Paramount are rumored to have said that there isn't going to be any footage shown form either TF:ROTF or GI:JOE

 

[millennium movies]

Officially, no idea but they say footage will be shown.

 

[Rocker22]

They say now that footage won't be shown now I thought?

 

[sto_vo_kor_2000]

What's on the schedule for TF at comic con?

I heard there will be nothing on the schedule at comic con on TF2.

 

[Avangarde]

When they say footage do they mean moving shots or does that also include still shots, they could be trying to word it in a way to throw people off.

 

[Dr Lee]

We'll just have to wait and see i guess....

 

[Dr Lee]

http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1590778/20080711/story.jhtml

There is a video in the above link... which only works in the US but i've put the text form the interview in the spoiler box below....Don't think theres anything new revealed in this... but i could be wrong.

Spoiler

SANTA MONICA, California — It's the sequel to the third-highest-grossing film of last year. It is drinking from a wellspring that features more than 20 years of beloved mythology. Michael Bay is making it, so you know it will be loud, explosive and most important of all, awesome.

There are a lot of reasons to care about the sequel to "Transformers," so when fast-rising "Rambo" star Matthew Marsden came to MTV News for his first-ever interview since landing a high-profile role in the film, we revved our engines faster than Optimus Prime taking Shia LaBeouf for a joyride.

"It was one of the comic books I used to get," the affable English actor grinned when he stopped by our studio recently, discussing his lifelong obsession with the Autobots and the Decepticons. "I was an avid comic book reader as a kid; I used to get literally one every day. I'd get Spider-Man,' 'X-Men,' mainly all the Marvel comics, and Saturday was 'Transformers' day. ... I was a real big fan of 'Transformers,' and I went opening day to see the first [Michael Bay movie]. I loved it. I thought Shia was amazing. He's a very talented actor, and I think they did all the Transformers justice."

"Like everyone else," he insisted, "I want to see more."

Lately, Marsden has been receiving a front-row peek most geeks would kill for. "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" recently suspended filming temporarily in anticipation of the possible SAG strike, but before it did, Marsden was able to shoot key scenes for the top-secret flick opposite Tyrese Gibson (as Sergeant Epps), Josh Duhamel (Captain Lennox), a bunch of ill-fated soldiers and one ticked-off Decepticon.

"I'm part of a multi-national force," he said of his character, Graham. "What's going on right now is I'm a British Special Forces officer that's attached to Lennox's team. Well, there's two of us initially. And we're battling the bad guys."

Revealing that his character's action scenes "hit it straight from the very beginning," Marsden said that Graham is a very intense character based on real British Special Forces officers. "I just try to be real," he said. "My character is not an amusing character. He's a soldier, so all the stuff that I did is very much rooted in reality and what I know from the experiences of my friends [who are in the military]. So, it's just very real and nothing über-spectacular.

"We went to Pennsylvania and shot at the Bethlehem Steel Plant, which was really amazing," he recalled, discussing a moment when the soldiers battle a Decepticon. "We had this scene where it's, like, 'That's where he is!' and you have to shoot at him. 'He's going that way!' It's quite a far distance away, so we had to use a laser pointer [to stand in for the robot]. It's all fun; I love that stuff.

"There are bad guys there and we have to go and get them," he said of the scene. "That's basically it."

One of only two new actors to star in the sequel (with Rainn Wilson), Marsden explained how his character is introduced in the film: "Tyrese and I work together; we're part of a team, so it's certainly implied that we've been working together for some time since the last one," he said. "U.S. Special Ops guys go off in the army and work with the British army, and it's interchangeable, and we all work from similar playbooks. ... We're a multi-national force that will go wherever it takes."

Unfortunately, his travels have not taken him to the location of the sequel's two biggest stars, LaBeouf and Megan Fox. "No, no," he explained, saying the film's plot features segmented story lines, much like the original film. "I haven't [met them] because I'm part of Lennox's team. So, we go off and we do our thing separately. We're the military unit — they're doing their other things."

Holding out hope for script pages he hasn't received yet, he added: "I presume that we're going to come together at some point.

"They're working with the Autobots, [so] they're definitely going to know some of the strengths and weaknesses of different robots," he said. "So, if they're working together with an alien life-form, which they didn't initially, then obviously they're going to know more. In the first one, they were actually finding out what they were because they didn't know. ... Now they're aware of what they are, and we're part of the task force specifically to go and deal with them. ... I just know that I've got a big chunk to come, and I'm sure there's going to be a lot of action in it."
With the death of Megatron, and Starscream's return from Cybertron with reinforcements, you can expect plenty of new Transformers in the flick. "They're going to be bringing more Transformers in," Marsden revealed. "And there's definitely [some] in the scene that we do, different Transformers, so fans should be very excited."

Until the filming resumes, Marsden certainly will remain every bit as thrilled, particularly with the knowledge that his audition with Bay went so well that the director beefed-up his character's role considerably. "I just went in and met with Michael, read the lines," Marsden remembered. "We got to talking about other things, and Michael and I just hit it off. Michael's a big fan of the military, and I'm a big fan of the military, we both support the troops. ... He apparently has ramped the character up for me. I know I don't die; that's as much as I know so far, so that can't be bad, can it?"

With a second sequel possibly in his future, the actor is clearly enjoying his transformation into a leading man for one of Hollywood's most powerful franchises. "Yeah, I think it will just keep going," he grinned, looking forward to the "Revenge of the Fallen" release in June 2009. "As long as Michael is involved along with these very creative individuals, they've got the mix right. When you have [producer] Steven Spielberg involved and Michael Bay, you're in a no-lose situation."

 

[neevnav]

Don't know if this has been posted, but Mr. Orci has been answering questions over at tfw2005. Here's the link, and all the questions that have been answered so far.

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showthread.php?t=180451

 

[Golgo-13]

From the SHH front page:

Fox Told to Gain Weight for Tranformers Sequel
Source: Fox News July 15, 2008

Megan Fox told Fox News she had to gain 10 pounds in three weeks for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen following a dramatic weight loss for her last film, Jennifer's Body. She also talked a bit about Sam and Mikaela's relationship in the sequel:

"I should have toned up for 'Transformers' but I'm really lazy. I had to put on weight," she told Pop Tarts. "I'd lost a lot of weight and got really scrawny, but I was told I had to put on size for 'Transformers' because Michael [Bay, the director] doesn't like skinny girls."

The filming for "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" kicked off just last month, and while the 22-year-old was under strict orders not to say too much, it seems like there will be a few disappointed male admirers.

"There are no big love scenes," Fox said. "At this point Shia and I have been dating for two years so we're at the bickering stage, like an old married couple."

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen opens in theaters on June 26, 2009.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Hahaha, good. Skinny ass woman

 

[AndThePickles]

She seems like the type who would look pudgy really easily, though. Must've really had to lose a lot of weight for that other film.

 

[Dr Lee]

Good to see someone in hollywood who DOesn't want women to look like stick insects.....

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Don't know if this has been posted, but Mr. Orci has been answering questions over at tfw2005. Here's the link, and all the questions that have been answered so far.

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showthread.php?t=180451

Cool, thanks, liked a lot of it, though some of it i didnt like.

 

[Alex The Great]

Good to see someone in hollywood who DOesn't want women to look like stick insects.....

 

[terry78]

She seems like the type who would look pudgy really easily, though. Must've really had to lose a lot of weight for that other film.

Too many carbs and this one will be in that category.

 

[millennium movies]

I hate your signature (the first part)...tells a lot about who you are

Transformers 2 Details Revealed

Roberto Orci, co-writer of Michael Bay's upcoming sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, told SCI FI Wire that the movie will feature more of the giant robots and more of a science fiction storyline.

"The humor will be similar, but the structure of the movie is a little bit more like many sequels, which is, the stakes are a little higher and the tone is a bit more sci-fi," Orci said in an interview at the Television Critics Association's summer press tour in Beverly Hills, Calif., on July 14. "It's got a little more of a sci-fi element. ... The bad guys are little more coherent in terms of what their plan is and what they're attempting to do. So it feels like more of a sci-fi battle."

The sequel will also offer a better balance between humans and robots, added Orci, who was promoting his upcoming Fox SF series, Fringe. "Maybe there's less humans," he said. "The first movie was predicated on the structure of a mystery, at which point, at the midpoint, the Transformers are revealed. This movie is structured differently in that you now know there are Transformers in the world, and therefore you can get right to them. As a result, there's kind of more Transformers throughout the movie."

Orci, who co-wrote the first movie and the sequel with partner Alex Kurtzman, remained coy about what new Transformers audiences will see. Arcee, the female Autobot who transforms into a motorcycle, "was in an early draft of the first movie, and she may make an appearance," he said. "We'll see."

But expect to see Soundwave, the Decepticon who was cut out of the first film. "Yes," Orci said. "Soundwave's in it." It's unclear whether he will transform into a tape deck, as in previous incarnations, or into something else.

Orci also declined to comment on rumors that the film will spend a bit more time on the Transformer homeworld of Cybertron.

But Orci promised that fans won't be disappointed. "If you liked the first one, you'll like this one," he said. "But if you were a genuine fan of what Transformers was and felt a little bit left behind by the first one, I think this one's going to be more for you." Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is in production now with an eye to a June 26, 2009, release. --Patrick Lee, News Editor

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=57631

 

[Anti-Moderator]

"But if you were a genuine fan of what Transformers was and felt a little bit left behind by the first one, I think this one's going to be more for you."

I want to believe this so bad....but I don't.

 

[Golgo-13]

Those are the same writers who lied time and time again during production of TF1, so seeing is believing with them.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Transformers 2: Opens with a Big Twist; More Sci-Fi Than the First Film


Director Michael Bay promises a huge twist in the first act of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

“You’re just not going to believe the first 12 minutes!” Bay told EW. “It’s a twist in itself!”
​

We know that the Asian power plant attack sequence opens up the sequel, but what could the twist be? Co-writer Roberto Orci tells Sci-Fi that the new film has “a little more of a sci-fi element.”

“The bad guys are little more coherent in terms of what their plan is and what they’re attempting to do,” Orci said. “So it feels like more of a sci-fi battle.”



Disclaimer: A Entertainment Weekly publicist sent us the first quote claiming that Bay was talking about Transformers 2. On second read, the quote could have easily been in regards to the Friday the 13th remake. We have put an email out to EW to get clarification.​

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Interesting

 

[millennium movies]

Guys, huge news...filming never stopped!

I asked Roberto Orci on Don's forum when filming was to resume and got this surprising answer:

we never stopped -- shooting been going on all week and last week

http://www.donmurphy.net/board/showpost.php?p=1201314&postcount=14155

 

[millennium movies]

I just noticed you posted the same article i did Hunter, lol, look a few posts up!

Michael Bay talks 'Transformers 2' and 'Friday the 13th' remake

Jul 15, 2008, 03:43 PM | by Lindsay Soll

Categories: Movie Biz

Michaelbay_l During a break on the set of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen — described to us as a "remote air force base" at an "undisclosed location" — horror franchise reviver and blockbuster director extraordinaire Michael Bay hopped on the phone to give us the scoop on the Transformers sequel, his other projects in the works, and his reaction to that Dark Knight script circling the Internet with his name on it...

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What can you tell us about Transformers 2? Or, better yet, what will you tell us?
MICHAEL BAY: When we were writing the script, I said to the writers, "I hate sequels that try to make it to the third movie. Pretend like we’re never having a third movie, so let’s go for broke on the second one. I hate those cliffhangers! Let’s just make this movie stand on its own." I really feel this movie is not a forced sequel. I think the script is really good, and I think it’s got a lot of new stuff in it. There are a lot of rumors out there, but we’ve released a lot of fake stuff. We’ve done a really good job of keeping things secret.

Can you give us a hint of something that is true then?
[Laughs] No.

C'mon, anything?
There are some great, new robots that are really inventive.

You recently wrapped production on your update of Friday the 13th, and horror buffs out there are dying to know: what's it going to be about?
It’s a reconception of the original. We’re introducing a whole group of new kids. What we always try to do is add a little bit of freshness to these movies that were really scary back then and update them for a new audience.

AFTER THE JUMP: Bay continues on Friday the 13th ("You’re just not going to believe the first 12 minutes!") and talks Ouija boards.

So are you following the same plot as the very first Friday the 13th?
It’s a little different. I don’t want to give it away because of the Internet crazies.

There's been rumors that you're going to include plots from all three Friday the 13ths into your remake. Is that true?
The first two, yeah.

Where did you film the Crystal Lake scenes?
In Austin, where we also shot Texas Chainsaw. Austin gives you a lot of looks.

Is there anything else you are willing to divulge about it?
I haven’t seen the director's cut because he’s still cutting, but I know this one will really be scary; it’s also funny, as well. It’s a fun college adventure that goes awry. It’s not a movie I would ever show my mom! (Laughs) We don’t make these for our mothers; we make these for the fans out there.

Speaking of those fans, what do you say to people who are worried that an update of Friday the 13th will ruin the original?
There are always haters out there, and you can’t get rid of that. We try to be faithful, and we’re fans ourselves. It’s like when I did Transformers — I listened to the fans, you know, but you still have to make your own movie by respecting what was done and trying to give it a whole new twist.

How have you given it a new twist?
You’re just not going to believe the first 12 minutes! It’s a twist in itself.

And you’re actually working on a remake of Nightmare on Elm Street, too, right?
Don’t know yet. We haven’t made our deal, but it’s worth every penny.

What are you working on next? Ouija?
It’s something we’re playing with, yes. I’m just producing it. As far as being a director, I’m not sure what I’m doing next.

What will Ouija even be about?
We’re just meeting with writers now. There’s a plot that I actually wrote the outline for; we’re just trying to get the script right.

Finally, I just have to ask, did you happen to see the "Michael Bay's Rejected The Dark Knight Script" floating around online?
[Laughs] That’s complete bulls---! I might’ve read one line of that.

Did you find it funny at all?
It’s just, where do people find all of this time?

http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/07/transformers-2.html