A Transformers Game Not Based on the Movies?

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Activsion's enxt big game may have an original story

It seems that no matter how good the Transformers movie games are, they'll always be flawed by the fact they're based on the movies, their constrained by the boundaries of the films storyline. But what about a game not based on the movies?

Activision is working on a Transformers game due for release in 2010. Which makes sense, since they like to exploit their franchises, and exploit them annually.



But there's no Transformers movie due in 2010. Which means the game - apparently being worked on by Activision's newly acquired High Moon studios, the team behind the Bourne Conspiracy game - won't be based on either of the movies.

Which could be good! It could mean High Moon will be given the freedom to come up with their own levels and design decisions. It could also mean that, without a movie to cash in on, they could go and make a Transformers game based on, oh, Gen 1. Or the original film. Or even Beast Wars.

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Marvel extends royalty deal with Hasbro

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(Reuters) - Media company Marvel Entertainment Inc said Hasbro Inc will retain toy-licensing rights for its characters until 2017 in an deal that guarantees Marvel $100 million in royalties and gives it the potential to earn up to an additional $140 million.

The deal will allow Hasbro, the No. 2 U.S. toymaker, to continue to make toys and games based on new Marvel and Sony Corp-owned Columbia Pictures theatrical releases, as well as Marvel's portfolio of superhero characters, which includes Spider-Man, Iron Man and X-Men.

Marvel has licensed theatrical rights of Spider-Man, its most popular character, to Sony.

The additional $140 million in royalty guarantees is contingent upon the release during the extension period of Marvel character-based films that satisfy certain criteria.

Marvel's current agreement with Hasbro runs through 2011.

This year, Hasbro plans to launch products based on the May release of "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," a movie from News Corp's 20th Century Fox that is based on Marvel characters.

In 2009, it will also sell toys based on the "G.I. Joe - The Rise of the Cobra" and "Transformers - Revenge of the Fallen" movies.

The agreement will be a plus for Hasbro, which has an edge over larger rival Mattel Inc in the market for movie-related toys.

While Marvel has no self-produced films scheduled for 2009, it has two films, including a sequel to its successful "Iron Man," slated for 2010.

Marvel shares closed at $25.31 Friday on the New York Stock Exchange. Hasbro closed at $23.80.

(Reporting by S. John Tilak in Bangalore, Aarthi Sivaraman in New York; Editing by Vinu Pilakkott)

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Shia LaBeouf, the one-handed man

Watch TV on PC - 12,000 TV Channels and Movies Gossip. Gasp! Shia LaBeouf has had to pull out of his latest film due to the hand injury he sustained in a car crash on July 27, according to E! online. The film, the technology-themed thriller “Dark Fields,” has already been delayed because of the star’s hand problems. “Shia’s hand is totally shattered; it’s much worse than anyone thought,” a source said.

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Evidently, LaBeouf was able to work around his injury while filming “Transformers 2,” but it seems he can’t continue to hide it.

But all is not lost for Mr. LaBeouf. Perhaps he could star with his old buddy Harrison Ford in “The Fugitive 2: The One-Armed Man Gets Replaced By A Two-Armed Man But This One Just Has A Bum Hand So It’s Kinda Similar But Not As Creepy.”

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Transformers 2 Reshoots As It Prepares For First Glimpse

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Are Michael Bay's robots still rolling out across America? Reports are suggesting that Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen is undergoing reshoots even as its first teaser trailer is about to hit screens. Is the movie in trouble, or is there more than meets the eye?

The Transformers Live Action Movie Blog noted a report in the Antelope Valley Press that a crew for the movie were shooting as recently as the end of November in Edwards Air Force Base, despite Michael Bay's early November announcement that shooting had wrapped (although that announcement seemed to be contradicted within a week). They're not worried about the need for reshoots, however:

If a reshoot occurred, chances are its second unit work that didn't involve Bay or the principle cast and is simply being used to fill out shots that the editing process determined was needed.

I'm now imagining some poor extras running away from nothing, while a second unit director looks at his notes from Bay and yells "Now he's swiping at you! To your left! Scream!"

Meanwhile, speculation is growing about whether next week's release of The Day The Earth Stood Still will be accompanied by the first teaser trailer for the movie:

Considering that the trailer for Wolverine is debuting with TDTESS, it seems that there is an expectation that the movie will have a demographic that TF2 advertising would be aiming for. It’s also the last big budget popcorn movie of the year so last chance to get the most eyeballs aware that the sequel is coming before year end. After that, it seems to me that the next opportunity will not be until Watchmen in March.

If the trailer debuts with Keanu's next movie, expect it to be online Friday morning, even if it's only in shaky cam-phone version...

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Shia LaBeouf Pulls Out of Movie Because of Shattered Hand

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Shia LaBeouf is still affected by the car accident he was in last July which left his hand broken in several places. The producers of Transformers 2 were able to write his injury into the script so Shia wouldn’t have to take time off to heal, but that’s not the case with his upcoming movie.

Shia was scheduled to start shooting the film Dark Fields this fall, but had to postpone it due to hand surgery. And now he’s decided to pull out of the film altogether. He’ll be forced to undergo surgery again to treat the area around his thumb.

Fox News reports that Shia has just pulled out, leaving producers having to search for another leading man. A source says, A source says, "Shia’s hand is totally shattered, it’s much worse than anyone thought."

Maybe Shia just decided he didn’t like the script after all! That hand excuse comes in handy!

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'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen' Possibly Had a Reshoot, Words on Trailer

Watch TV on PC - 12,000 TV Channels and Movies Words are, 'Transformers 2' production crew had returned to Edwards Air Force Base for potential reshoot, while the trailer is said to most likely come out with 'The Day the Earth Stood Still'.

Two interesting tidbits have come out from "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen". In an updated news about the sequel to "Transformers", Transformers Live Action Movie Blog reported that a potential reshoot of the action fantasy film may be done, and the trailer could be coming out along with "The Day the Earth Stood Still".

On the reshoot rumor, Transformers Live Action Movie Blog noted that their source KevKev has found an article about the possible reshoot in the November 28 edition of The Antelope Valley Press. Parts of the article read, "The Autobots and the Decepticons rolled out to the Antelope Valley last week, returning to Edwards Air Force Base."

"A production crew for the sequel "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" was spotted Nov. 19 at the base, and appeared to be settling in for the remainder of the week. No other details were available as of press time," the article continued. More on the article can be read via Transformers Live Action Movie Blog.

Meanwhile, about the possible release date of the film's trailer, Transformers Live Action Movie Blog mentioned that their other source, Cody, reported that the trailer has been finished "about a month ago". Cody, in addition, also revealed someone involved with the movie has informed him that "they are 90% sure" the trailer will make its debut with "The Day the Earth Stood Still" which comes out in U.S. theaters on December 12.

Starring once again Shia LaBeouf as Sam, the human friend of the friendly alien robots Autobots, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" comes from director Michael Bay and the screenwriting team of Ehren Kruger, Alex Kurtzman and Orci. It follows the story about two clashing robot clans on Earth. This time, the heroes will be facing a stronger and more powerful villain, the Fallen, which forces them to bring back their fallen foe, Megatron.

The DreamWorks SKG film will also see Megan Fox reprising her role as Mikaela Banes, Josh Duhamel as Captain William Lennox, Tyrese Gibson as Robert Epps and John Turturro as Reggie Simmons among others. It is due to be released in U.S. theaters on June 26, 2009.

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First Look: Transformers Revenge of the Fallen figures

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Images of possible new figures from the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie have been circulating around the net.

From Tformers.com: Thanks to EasyNet, we have images of what a TaoBao auctioneer claims is Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Knock Out and Dirt Boss with alternates of a motorcycle and forklift, respectively. Knock Off is just a gray prototype at this point, but Dirt Boss is a bright, lime green-colored figure.

From TF08: We have posted more new images of what is being called a new Revenge of the Fallen action figure mold. This one’s form has a delivery truck appearence to it. It is difficult to discern the class. We can see from the images it has a very simple shell-former type robot mode.

More info here: http://forums.hobbyhype.com/showthread.php?p=139170

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Transformers 2 Movie Revenge Of The Fallen Filming

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Filming began in Los Angeles, California in May 2008. From June 2, three days were spent on an action sequence at the Bethlehem Steel site in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, which was used to represent a portion of a fictional Chinese city. Afterwards, they shot at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. The crew moved to Philadelphia on June 9, where they shot at the Exelon plants in Delaware; the University of Pennsylvania; the Eastern State Penitentiary; Fairmount Park; Rittenhouse Square (which represents Paris); and Wanamaker's.^[32][33][34] They moved to Princeton University on June 22. Filming there angered some students at the University of Pennsylvania, believing Bay had chosen to reshoot scenes at Princeton, the school's historical rival, and script Princeton's name in the movie. However, neither the University of Pennsylvania nor Princeton gave Bay permission to be named in the film because of a "funny 'mom' scene" that both felt "did not represent the school". Around $5 million was spent during filming in Philadelphia, Bethlehem, and New Jersey.

Bay scheduled a break for filming beginning on June 30, turning his attention to animation and second unit scenes because of the potential 2008 Screen Actors Guild strike. Orci joked "Optimus and company are also the stars, and fortunately for us, they are not part of a union!" Shooting for the Chinese battle later continued in Long Beach, California. The crew shot at Holloman Air Force Base and White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico during September. The two locations were used for Qatar in the first film, and stood in for Egypt in this film. To stage an action scene at White Sands, the buildings built on the sand had explosives rigged inside of them, and six F-16s were flown over the area.

Shooting at Tucson International Airport and the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group's aircraft boneyard took place in October under the fake working title Prime Directive (a reference to Star Trek). This location was delayed from July. The first unit (including Shia LaBeouf) then shot for a week in Egypt itself, at the Giza pyramid complex and Luxor. For security's sake, the shoot was highly secretive: but according to Lorenzo di Bonaventura, a crew of 150 Americans and "several dozen local Egyptians" ensured a "remarkably smooth" shoot. Filming continued at the Place de la Concorde in Paris, with the second unit taking shots of the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe. The cast and crew finished on the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis on November 2, 2008.

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SPOILER! Concept Art of Megatron and Ravage from TRANSFORMERS 2!

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Concept art of Megatron and Ravage from TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN has been leaked!

Transformers Live Action Movie Blog had the image. They say it's been "photoshopped to increase the size of the original image and remove the background."

Decepticons Megatron and Ravage are featured. These are revised designs a bit different from what we saw a few months back.

The site's source also says, "Optimus, Bumblebee, Starscream and Ironhide remain essentially the same."

Click on the image below for the high rez version over at Transformers Live Action Movie Blog!

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Shia Quits Film Over Smashed Hand

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Indiana Jones would probably call him a wuss. Actor Shia LaBeouf has been forced to drop out of a new film because of his smashed hand.

LaBeouf was supposed to star in director Neal Burger’s new feature, "Dark Fields." Burger, the man behind "The Illusionist" and "The Lucky Ones," was supposed to start shooting this fall.

But the shoot was postponed because LaBeouf had smashed his hand in a car accident last July. He had hand surgery, according to reports, and the injury was worked into "Transformers 2," which was held up for a month while LaBeouf recuperated.

Burger had signed him for Dark Fields, in which the 21 year old star of "Indiana Jones and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" was supposed to play a man who stumbles on a one of a kind smart pill. The screenplay, by Leslie Dixon, is based on a novel by Alan Glynn.

But now I’m told that LaBeouf has withdrawn completely, and the search is on for a new leading man. "Shia’s hand is totally shattered, it’s much worse than anyone thought," says a source, indicating the area around the thumb needs more surgery.

So stay tuned, as all the young actors in Hollywood line up to take Shia’s place.

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Transformers 2 Movie Revenge Of The Fallen Production: Development

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Development

In September 2007, Paramount announced a June 26, 2009 release date for the sequel to Transformers, and Bay began creating animatics of action sequences featuring characters rejected for the first film. This would allow animators to complete sequences if the Directors Guild of America went on strike in July 2008 (which did not happen as the DGA signed a new deal). The director considered making a small project in between Transformers and its sequel, but knew "you have your baby and you don't want someone else to take it". The film was given a larger budget than the first film, which cost $151 million, and some of the action scenes rejected for the original were written into the sequel. Writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman originally passed on the sequel because of a busy schedule. The studio began courting other writers in May 2007, but as they were unimpressed with their pitches, they convinced Orci and Kurtzman to return. The studio also signed on Ehren Kruger, as he impressed Bay and Hasbro president Brian Goldner with his knowledge of the Transformers mythology. The writing trio were paid $8 million.

Screenwriting was interrupted by the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, but to avoid production delays the writers spent two weeks writing a treatment, which they handed in the night before the strike began. Bay expanded the outline into a sixty-page scriptment: Orci explained Bay "came up with some really fun gags and a few descriptions of the kind of hardware he will need for production". The three writers spent four months writing the screenplay while "locked" in two hotel rooms by Bay. Kurtzman created the film's title. Before Transformers was released, producer Tom DeSanto said he had come up with "a very cool idea" to introduce the Dinobots and Constructicons, while Bay was interested in an aircraft carrier, which he considered for the first film. Orci claimed they could not justify the Dinobots' choice of form, admitting he was also dismissive of them. During filming though, he became fonder of them because of their popularity with fans. The writers were unable to fit in the aircraft carrier, and left the Triple Changer idea to another film.

The producers expected that with a bigger budget and the special effects worked out, the Transformers would have a larger role. Peter Cullen recalled, "Don Murphy mentioned to me, 'Only because of the tremendous expense to animate Optimus Prime, he'll be in just a certain amount of [the first film].' But he said, 'Next time, if the movie is a success, you're gonna be in it a ton.'" The director hoped to include more close-ups of the robots' faces. Scott Farrar returned as visual effects supervisor, and anticipated moodier use of lighting as well as deeper roles for the Decepticons. He stated that with the bigger deadline, post-production will be a "circus". Hasbro became more involved in the designs of the robots than in the first film. They insisted on keeping the alternate modes of some of the returning characters similar, so people would not have to buy toys of the same characters.

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