Putting gigantic, realistic robotic warriors who transformer seamlessly into earth vehicles and then make them bland in perfectly with a live action movie is NOT CHEAP. As a matter of fact, I was stunned that they were able to make the first Transformers movie on just a $150 million dollar budget.
Yeah, one of the complaints a lot of people had about the first Transformers was that they wanted to see more of them on screen more often. I was ok with how LONG the Transformers were on screen… I just thought they should have been doing and saying better stuff when on screen (Seriously… I know I always complain about this, but how do you have a Transformers movie and only have Megatron and Starscream say 1 bloody line to each other?!?!?!). But man, they really got the most out of that $150 million dollar budget.
Well… what if that budget was doubled? Well, according to Megan Fox, that’s what they’ve done. In an interview with IGN she said this:
Q: How is Transformers 2 going?
Megan Fox: It’s going good. It’s gigantic!
Q: Compared to the first, you’d say it’s way bigger?
Fox: It’s twice the budget, so yeah.
Ok, let’s get the obvious out of the way. Megan Fox is not exactly a rocket scientist folks. Just because she says the movie budget is doubled doesn’t necessarily make it so. Maybe she asked two questions at the same time and got the answers mixed up? Questions #1 – What will the budget for this movie be Mr. Bay? Question #2 – Since I was so bad in the first movie, how much sex do I have to have with you in your trailer while we’re shooting the movie to keep my job? Answer: DOUBLE.
But let’s assume for just a moment that Fox isn’t wrong when she says the budget will be double. Ok, Shia’s name is worth more now so you gotta give him a raise. Megan gave good skull so Bay gives her a bit of a raise… but really… then most of it goes completely into the Transformers themselves. THAT would be sweet. That would give us a whole heck of a lot more Transformer screen time and hopefully dialog too.
If Fox isn’t wrong (and she probably is) this would be the first really good piece of news I’ve heard about Transformers 2.
