Transformers was a wonderful, exciting, damn near perfection for a popcorn blockbuster type of movie that I personally just can’t get enough of. So much fun… and no matter how many times I see it, every time Optimus Prime comes out of that mist, transforms for the first times and say “My name is Optimus Prime”, I feel like I should be kneeling or something.
Why Paramount had been dragging their heels on getting things rolling for the development of Transformers 2 is totally beyond me, but it does appear that things for Transformers 2 have shifted into high gear and they’re rapidly getting ready to go into production. Steven Spielberg spoke about the preparations with the good folks over at IGN:
Transformers 2 is rapidly being prepared for production. Spielberg, who executive-produced the first film, said that the story will be going out within the next 30 days.
Spielberg said that the producers want to get the film going before the possible Writer’s Guild strike occurs. Speaking from the set of Indy IV, Spielberg also said that Le Beouf will be returning to the role of Sam for “multiple” Transformers films.
I’ve been very skeptical about Transformers 2 chances of being able to complete filming before the dreaded strike deadline… but it seems that everything is moving at a decent pace now. For those of you who fear they are “rushing” it, they’re not. If they really are at the point they say they are now, then they have plenty of time to do this properly. Remember… the movie doesn’t have to be finished by June… just the filming… they can take their good sweet time with post-production, and if I remember correctly, they shot the first Transformers in under 4 months (most films shoot for about 30-45 days)… so they’re ok for time. Thanks to Ty for the heads up.
