Meet Sideways, MTV Movie Awards and ... (Updated)

Feeling a touch lazy so just combining all these stories into once story since all of them are brief anyway.

First up, MichaelBay.com has posted a CGI image of Sideways. It’s cool looking but the detail makes me think it’s from the video games rather than the movie. Also, the site has three additional set photos that show Bay and Shia working/posing including a neat pic on an aircraft carrier deck. In addition, go to Megan-Fox.net for four more movie images.

Next, for the MTV Movie Awards airing live on May 31st at 9pm/8pm CST, it has been confirmed that the show an exclusive clip will be aired and introduced by Megan Fox and Michael Bay. Shia LaBeouf will also present an award. Hopefully that clip will pop up online shortly thereafter.

Last is a single image of the repaint of Deluxe Scorponok for the Transformers 2 toy line. It appears that all the gold of the original figure has been swapped out for black and gray.

Thanks to Moises, Phil, Darin, Mcat, and Dave for the links.

Update: The commecial mentioned above is now on YouTube for our embedding pleasures. Thanks to medabotsoundwave for the link. In addition, The Chief sent me the Sideways and Bumblebee renders the other day but I completely forgot to post them, so here they are now. Sorry about that.

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Recent Toy, Robot Images Real

I just recieved a polite take down noticed from Paramount Pictures, Dreamworks and Hasbro requesting that I remove the recent pictures of the robot mode for the Audi R8, Chevy Trax and the Corvette Centennial. Per DMCA, I have to comply but its nice to get confirmation that those robot and toy images are 100% legit. Apparently there are watermarks confirming they are from one of the above companies but I can't see them.

Our client has requested the removal of several images that were leaked illegally. The images in question are owned by Hasbro and Dreamworks Animation. They depict Transformers 2 toys from the upcoming film and feature watermarks that are plainly visible in several shots.

The images in question are featured on the main page, and are also found at these specific links:
http://transformerslive.blogspot.com/2008/09/audi-r8-robot-revealed.html
http://transformerslive.blogspot.com/2008/09/chevy-trax-robot-revealed.html
http://transformerslive.blogspot.com/2008/09/first-transformer-2-toy-leaked.html
http://transformerslive.blogspot.com/2008/09/transformers-2-head-design.html

I completely understand that posting these images helps create hype and that your site has no intent to violate copyright laws (ed - good to know they realize this). As such I am extending a cordial outreach asking for your assistance in getting this images removed as they are the intellectual property of the aforementioned entities.

If desired, a standard DMCA notice, in compliance with all applicable laws can be provided for you.

Thank you for your help in the matter and feel free to contact me regarding this issue.

So there you go, the first robotic images of Transformers 2 are officially confirmed. Hopefully the toys will be better then matchbox style :P.

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Audi R8 Robot Revealed?

Another robot design revealed, joining Stinger and the Trax. Same source, same small blurry style images. There is a definite Decepticon aesthetic going on with the robot design. Thanks to Dan and Thomas for the link.

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Wal-Mart: Transformers 2 Day One Video

As part of the promotional push for the new release of Transformers on Blu-ray and DVD, Wal-Mart has a website of exclusive content for Transformers. Currently they have two videos up (both below thanks to MovieWeb). Click here to go to the site, the code is AllSpark62609 (yep All Spark and TF2 release date).

The first video, "On the Set: Day 1" is the first day of shooting at Bethlehem Steel. The video shows some of the set, Michael Bay at work, some prep work, actors and what would be a day of Bay on set without at least one big explosion. Of note is a scene is shown involving the "Arcee biker babes" and also show the Audi R8 that is unconfirmed as a Decepticon. From what I can tell the ladies are on three bikes (not sure if identical models) that are pink/red, purple/white, and blue/black. Now considering that Bethlehem is dressed a Shanghai, China location, you have to wonder what three Caucasian ladies are doing on those bikes. Could the three merge to form Arcee? Are they just riders up to no good? As usual, its all just guesses until showtime.

The second video, "Creating Transformers" is an amusing video with a good beat from ILM that show how some of the CGI work was done for Transformers I. It goes over many of the main scenes from the movie, shows the various stages in the creation of the TFs.


Thanks to Katie, Dave, Jeff, SpoilerTV, and Tahnee for the links.

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First Pic of Audi R8

Siebertron.com has scored 4 images of night shooting for Transformers Revenge of the Fallen occurring at the Long Beach docks in San Pedro, CA. The photos, taken by VonSchlitzy, show the ice cream truck, the silver corvette and what appears to be the first image of the Audi R8 that was spotted in Bethlehem. The set dressings and the like reinforce the notion that this is a continuation of the footage shot at Bethlehem Steel.


Update: Thanks to Keith (thanks!), here are some touched up photos that helped bring out some details from those night pics. As usual, click em to make bigger.

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