Activity is to include: Interior and exterior filming, with actors in and around the ‘big donut’. Picture cars will also be in the parking lot along with atmospheric smoke effects, a ‘wet down’ and Ritter fans for wind effects.
Preparation started at 7am today. The full schedule and details can be found in the PDF:
As promised by Jon Favreau, the first official Iron Man 2 picture has surfaced at USA Today. It shows Tony Stark sat at a desk with glowing chest and four suits behind him.
The article reveals that the sequel takes place six months after Stark reveals he is Iron Man:
“How many superheroes are open about their true identities?” he asks. “We wanted to play with that idea. But it obviously has consequences — in his relationships, on the team. There are a lot of areas we can explore.”
The article continues,
He hopes to have all other Iron Man 2 details locked down — even though he’s sending dispatches via Twitter from the set. “It’s never easy with summer movies, but we’re trying to keep as much a surprise as possible,” he says.
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Favreau says that tackling the franchise a second time is easier because he knows the landscape. Something else would help, too: “I really enjoyed when we were a dark horse and no one knew much about us. … I hope we can find that place again.”
Optimus Prime battling Blackout, Megatron and Starscream
Bumblebee
Autobots
Plot related images
Trailer description
- Opens with Sam telling Bumblebee he’s not coming to college
– “Look at this place, I feel smarter already”, Sam’s parents at college
– Sexy panning shot of Megan Fox straddling a bike
– Sam has a ‘mental meltdown’ in the middle of his class (as reported from the Princeton filming), seeing symbols, marking them into the ground
– Sam meets Optimus in a cemetery (cemetary filming set report)
– More of Bumblebee and the Twins in the dessert, some of that GM promo footage too
– Finding the symbols on something ancient, presumably behind that painting
– Megatron returns! We see him rising from the depths of the ocean and rising up behind Megan Fox
– “Megatron wants what’s in my mind“
– “Fate rarely calls on us at a moment of our choosing“
– We see Sam and Mikaela jumping rooftops with Rampage behind them
– Bumblebee ducks a swinging arm from Demolisher or Rampage
– Explosions in a library
– Silver Saturn Astra (as seen at Princeton) flying through the air with presumably Shia falling out and Megan Fox calling after him
– Optimus Prime attacking the character with rotor blades on his back, possibly Blackout
– Prime flying through the air after Megatron attacks him
– Bricks floating in circles around one of the pyramids, F-16s fly past, Devastator climbs up the side of the pyramid (same angle on the pyramid as seen in the official shots)
– Jetfire stoops down
– Devastator crushes a vehicle before he starts sucking up sand with his giant vortex mouth
– We see a robot, possibly Mudflaps, being sucked towards the vortex
– Ratchet can be seen behind one of the tanks in the desert
The Transformers 2 official HD online release was meant to occur at 12:00pm PST today, it looks like this time has slightly slipped to 4:30pm PST — maybe to coincide with that Entertainment Tonight feature. ET have also provided a video interview with Shia, Michael Bay and Tyrese at the first showing of the new trailer. Videos included after the break Read the rest of this entry »
Yahoo have posted a new official image of Mikaela (Megan Fox) from Transformers Revenge of the Fallen:
Megan Fox has also been speaking to USA Weekend:
Before landing high-profile movies and magazine covers, you were [a] TV sitcom sidekick. Did you ever doubt you’d wind up where you are now?
Megan: …I started acting as a way to make money and avoid college. I sort of fell into it having no idea what I was doing … in “Transformers” as well.
Is it true that you didn’t know you were the female lead in “Transformers” until the end of filming?
Megan: Yes. Everything was on lockdown. The script wasn’t released to anyone. The director, Michael Bay, was the only one who’d seen it.
Megan, you and “Transformers” co-star Shia LaBeouf are good friends. Were your make-out scenes uncomfortable?
Megan: It’s always weird. That’s not something that’s ever romantic or sexy. Doing an on-set kiss is just strange, and knowing Shia so well makes it even more strange.
OK, but the ladies want to know: How is he?
Megan: [Laughs.] Very good.
In “Revenge,” you flee evil Decepticons for just about the entire movie. At least your male co-stars hauled butt in comfy sneakers — you were in heels!
Megan: Stilettos — and for the last part of the film, motorcycle boots. I had major shinsplints and threw out my back a couple times. Beyond that, Michael likes everyone freakishly tan, so we were painted maroon, like in the old Westerns when they hired Caucasians to play Native Americans. I had on fake eyelashes, running through the desert with sand stuck in them, and I’m sweating off all the makeup. It looked like we were making a tragedy.
For many young actors, Megan, being in “Revenge” would be like the pinnacle of their career. But you’ve hinted that, in the end, movies about shape-shifting robots are nothing to write home about. How do you define success?
Megan: I’d like to develop my skills to where I can be recognized as a good actress. That’s my end goal. It has nothing to do with the box office. It’s about peer recognition and critical acclaim, even on a small level. I mean, I’m not trying to take Cate Blanchett down. I just want to improve.
