ROTTEN TOMATOES: Transformers 2 Coming in Summer 2009?

Transformers 2 Coming in Summer 2009?

Maybe, maybe not.

by Jeff Giles | September 24, 2007

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Want more Transformers? According to Slashfilm, DreamWorks is making sure you get your wish -- and sooner rather than later.

The site, picking up on an item in the Los Angeles Times, reports that Steven Spielberg and Michael Bay have apparently signed on to make the sequel, which is being targeted for a summer 2009 release. As Slashfilm points out, this report at least mildly contradicts last week's news that studio delays were causing Bay to consider "jumping ship" from Transformers 2 in favor of something that stands a realistic chance of wrapping before the strike.

According to Slashfilm's best guess, a Transformers sequel would need to begin production by next fall in order to make it to screens by the summer of 2009.

Source: Slashfilm

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eastern2western writes:
on Sep 24 2007 07:37 AM

Michael Bay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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DanielLee8793 writes:
on Sep 24 2007 07:46 AM

the first one sucked bad, I hated the fact that it wasnt purely transformers...

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witherwings writes:
on Sep 24 2007 07:53 AM

I hate to say it but Steven Spielberg should die now before greed besmirches his name any more.

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arpeggio191 writes:
on Sep 24 2007 07:59 AM

maybe they should include some plot this time. or maybe they shouldn't wait till 3/4 through the movie to introduce the villain. Oh wait, he's dead, nevermind. Transformers sucked.

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Gimy writes:
on Sep 24 2007 08:09 AM

yep, the first one did suck...and the plot was so bad it only made a few hundred million. god, can hollywood PLEASE stop releasing these blockbuster movies that entertain millions of people and provide great entertainment?!?! d3mn you michael bay and your cool special effects and kick3ss action. urgh...i'm so sick of griping about this awesome movie...good god...(think this post is stupid? read the ones above it)

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telemakhos writes:
on Sep 24 2007 08:18 AM

You people believe the first one sucked? Well, I'm not here to tell you about Optimus Prime. You know about Optimus . . . either He lives in your heart or He doesn't. I'll just tell you that you know you'll be seeing Transformers 2 opening weekend. Thanks.

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Codious writes:
on Sep 24 2007 08:29 AM

Just give me more fighting robots

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SpikesInMySkull writes:
on Sep 24 2007 08:51 AM

I'm still not up with exactly what the deal with the looming "strike" is, other than I know it's next summer, and apparantly no movies will ever get made again, ever, and anything that hasn't wrapped by then is cancelled forever. (Yes I'm try to make the point that I haven't been able to find any REAL referance matrial other than vague refrences here on RT in refrences to whether or not certain movies will be wrapped by then).

If someone could point me to some decent articles that explain the whole thing, I'd appriciate it.

Also, looking forward to Transformers 2, thoroughly enjoyed the first one. And Witherwings, descrating one of his own masterpieces with Walkie-Talkies was a lot worse for the Spielburg name than any Michael Bay directed Transformers movie will ever be, so I wouldn't sweat it too hard.

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ThaMuzicAddict writes:
on Sep 24 2007 09:01 AM

I would like to see Michael Bay step down. I thought he's been saying he wouldn't make a sequel. Not that I hated Transformers, but I'd be more excited about a sequel by a different director.

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Pilgermann writes:
on Sep 24 2007 09:28 AM

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO, PLEASE NO!

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TombstoneLawDog writes:
on Sep 24 2007 09:40 AM

Uh, ..so WHERE did this crop of random haters come from!? WHY is Steven Spielberg supposed to die, exactly?

Look, if they can bring the balls to the sequel that they brought to the original--as opposed to cutting corners to beat the strike-- then I say ROCK the F$CK out and give me T2 in 2009!

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Sebastion Cole writes:
on Sep 24 2007 09:40 AM

Lol, and the cycle of hate continues, go Michael Bay!

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dillingerescapeartist writes:
on Sep 24 2007 10:13 AM

Plot? Terrible. Acting? Even worse. Did I like it? No, I loved it. It was just so much fun that I didn't care. Sometimes, that's all I want from a movie.

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Smileleekyelee writes:
on Sep 24 2007 10:14 AM

Have any of you complainers ever made a movie? Or acted at all in your life time? Give me a break. Can you imagine if there were only robots? How boring would that movie be? You go into the movie, already seeing the title, how dumb can you be to not expect many humans. "Their war, our world".. If you don't like a movie don't see it, don't complain about it. Good grief.

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tsalin@hotmail.com writes:
on Sep 24 2007 10:17 AM

all of you *******s are going to see it anyway, and then ***** some more about the director. and he'll still be richer because of you. if you don't like don't watch it...

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RoadDogXVIII writes:
on Sep 24 2007 10:36 AM

I'm going to say that Michael Bay wasn't the best director before "Transformers". "Armageddon" could've been a good summer blockbuster with entertainment galore, but throw in a nauseating romance (Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler were nominated for Razzies) and stupidity for the sake of stupidity, and you've shot yourself in the foot. Now, throw in an even more nauesating romance (Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, and Kate Beckinsale) as a backdrop to a serious tragic event, and you've got "Pearl Harbor". Bay definitely got back to simple and clean fun with "Transformers" - an easier-to-swallow love story (Shia Labeouf and Megan Fox kick Affleck/Tyler's asses), plenty of humor, and a whallop of a battle at the last half of the film. And no sap anywhere. I really don't see why it's an awful film. Even some of Bay's haters praised him (look for Brian Ordrof's review). Steven Spielberg and his people (Industrial Light & Magic) pretty muched save Bay from crashing.

Meanwhile, you guys are seeing stuff like "Live Free or Die Hard", which pretty much wasn't that great as you said (Timothy Olyphant playing a bland villain, Mary Elizabeth Winstead once again playing bitter and angry, and too much talkiness that slowed the movie down). Same with "Hairspray" (Brittany Snow's head-bashing performance summed up the whole film, though I wish the best for Nikki Blonsky's career), "Blades of Glory" (Jon Heder and Jenna Fischer slowed the movie down), "Pirates of the Carribean" (Keira Knightly: not the best, or subtle, actress in the world), "Spider-Man 3" (too weepy; good thing Kirsten Dunst's next project is with Brit funnyman Simon Pegg), "Disturbia" (a rather boring film that couldn't mix chuckles and chills), and "Meet the Robinsons" (too much sap brought down the upbeat comedy that could've been an easygoing Disney film). I'm sorry if I diss any of you, but I may have a better taste in films that aren't overtly overrated.

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Maxim writes:
on Sep 24 2007 11:08 AM

I'm getting a little tired of the Bay hate. He made a popcorn summer movie, and it fulfilled many people's expectations (as evidenced by the repeat viewings).

I believe some of you are so biased against him, he could direct Pulp Fiction and it would be torn to shreds.

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sickofitall writes:
on Sep 24 2007 11:14 AM

In reply to this comment (#1144166)
you suck

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sickofitall writes:
on Sep 24 2007 11:14 AM

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you should die now

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OAKTREELIVE writes:
on Sep 24 2007 11:34 AM

The action was put together well sure, but it was still filled with Michael Bay ham-handed touches, like the random sun-shining slow motion shots.

Replace him with someone who can handle human characters with the same emphasis as mayhem.

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