Direc­tor Ken­neth Branagh has spo­ken out about the Thor cast­ing again, this time with MTV:

“We’re down to the final stages of it […] The rea­son one has to be prop­erly diplo­matic, is sim­ply that some tal­ented peo­pled have been patient, kind, cre­ative and really com­mit­ted to work­ing with us in this process.”

“My reluc­tance to say any­thing about it is sim­ply out of respect for peo­ple who have been extremely respect­ful of us. […] That said, I think we are extremely close and I hope to announce a deci­sion sooner rather than later.”

Ama­zon have posted both the “Music from the motion pic­ture” and “Score from the motion pic­ture” up for pre-order. Each is due for release on June 23rd. No cover art just yet.

Pre-order Trans­form­ers 2 Soundtrack

Pre-order Trans­form­ers 2 Score

After see­ing his alt mode, TF08 have now posted a full gallery show­ing Long Haul’s most excel­lent robot form:

Trans­form­ers 2 have arrived at the Cannes film fes­ti­val, with their much loved Bumblebee.

Peaugh reviews Wheelie:

Dev­as­ta­tor Combiner

Here’s a toy we’ve been wait­ing for for some time, the seven (Scav­enger, Scrap­per, High­tower, Long­haul, Ram­page, Over­load and Mix­mas­ter) leg­ends class Con­struc­ti­cons (each with an alt mode and robot mode) com­bine to form Dev­as­ta­tor. This is our first look at the sev­enth Con­struc­ti­con ‘Over­load’, part of Devastator’s back­bone. We also see a scor­pion like robot mode for the crane, Devastator’s left arm.

Rav­age Review

Peaugh shows off his Rav­age toy, call­ing the rather point­less re-entry mode a “folded up cat with wings”.

Pic­tures of the Long Haul voy­ager toy have sur­faced at TF08, show­ing the character’s Dump Truck alt mode:

Has­bro have updated their site with nine new Revenge of the Fallen wall­pa­pers at 1280x1024, 1024x768 and 800x600 resolutions.

Wall­pa­pers