Doubtful.
Given the budget and how well it performed during the summer, it HAS to hit during the summer. Deals are made with partners (tie-ins, etc) that necessitate a firm date as well. So, yeah, I don't see it moving really, unless it's to the following weekend. I'd imagine it wouldn't though, so buzz would be really high going into the holiday weekend to give it a huge boost in sales.
I doubt it, they're using a lot of stuff they couldn't do the first time with this one, which would require little rewrites. The early treatment (in theory) shows that they really had an idea of where they wanted to go with things. With the higher budget, they could do more, rather than have to rewrite to remove references and cut down on CGI effects to come under budget. Car deals would have been made well in advance as well, so nothing could be delayed there either. The only thing that could be problematic, IMO, is the CGI given the sheer number of things, but based on what they did last time, I'm confident (I don't have the stats offhand, but they were doing some insanely fast work during the first one)
The only comparison I would make right now is The Incredible Hulk from last year. Because they were also CGI intensive, they had to wait for CGI to be completed before they could release a lot of teasers, etc. The difference is, they had to contend with negativity from the 2003 release which put forth CGI way too early that sabotaged things.
Bay has to balance things this time -- one of the main complaints was all the human stuff, so he needs to show some impressive CGI to win that crowd over. It just takes time and I'm confident marketing won't drop the ball here like they did with Hulk's 2 week non-stop blitz.
Given the budget and how well it performed during the summer, it HAS to hit during the summer. Deals are made with partners (tie-ins, etc) that necessitate a firm date as well. So, yeah, I don't see it moving really, unless it's to the following weekend. I'd imagine it wouldn't though, so buzz would be really high going into the holiday weekend to give it a huge boost in sales.
I doubt it, they're using a lot of stuff they couldn't do the first time with this one, which would require little rewrites. The early treatment (in theory) shows that they really had an idea of where they wanted to go with things. With the higher budget, they could do more, rather than have to rewrite to remove references and cut down on CGI effects to come under budget. Car deals would have been made well in advance as well, so nothing could be delayed there either. The only thing that could be problematic, IMO, is the CGI given the sheer number of things, but based on what they did last time, I'm confident (I don't have the stats offhand, but they were doing some insanely fast work during the first one)
The only comparison I would make right now is The Incredible Hulk from last year. Because they were also CGI intensive, they had to wait for CGI to be completed before they could release a lot of teasers, etc. The difference is, they had to contend with negativity from the 2003 release which put forth CGI way too early that sabotaged things.
Bay has to balance things this time -- one of the main complaints was all the human stuff, so he needs to show some impressive CGI to win that crowd over. It just takes time and I'm confident marketing won't drop the ball here like they did with Hulk's 2 week non-stop blitz.
I still think they're nuts, or cheating.
