Amazon have updated their product listing for the Transformers: Prime book from IDW that was mentioned a little while back with a breif synopsis which pretty much confirms that the series will be a prequel to the Transformers Movie showing Optimus Prime becoming the leader of the Autobots and leading his first campaigns..

"This all-new graphic novel adventure leads directly into the all new Transformers: Prime animated series! In this epic first adventure, battles across Cybertron have left Bumblebee and his fellow Autobots in need of a new leader. But is there anyone who can step forward against the threat of Megatron and the evil Decepticons?"

Mark Woodbury, President of Universal Creative has confirmed during 'The Making of the World of Harry Potter' that Transformers director Michael Bay is now working with Universal to make Transformers - The Ride (a theme park ride for those who do not remember the announcement of this).  Mr Bay had previously been against the idea.

Credit to The Allspark for the report.

­­Just Jared have posted the first onset images of Transformers 3 British "actress" Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. For those wondering the underwear model is wearing a bathrobe in her first on-set images.

Credit to The Allspark

S250 has supplied TFW2005 with two images of a upcoming Transformers Revenge of the Fallen deluxe Battle Damaged Bonecrusher figure.  You can also view the images below.

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TFW2005 board member RAvenXL7 has posted some scans from the latest Previews Catalogue which is sent out by Diamond Distribution.  The scans include some new images of various upcoming Transformers figures including:

Generations
War For Cybertron Bumblebee
War For Cybertron Optimus Prime
War For Cybertron Megatron
Darkmount (originally to be called Straxus)

Power Core Combiners
Sledge with Throttler
Leadfoot with Pinpoint
Icepick with Chainclaw
Double Clutch with Rallybots
Mudslinger with Constructicons

Movie
Hubcap
Brimstone
Insecticon
Breacher
Crankstart
Oil Pan
Elita-1
Tuner Skids
Hailstorm
Sidearm Sideswipe
Banzai-tron
Night Attack Ratchet
Battles Blades Optimus Prime

The-Arker.com have posted two in-packaging images­ of Human Alliance Jazz with Lennox which you can see mirrored below.

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Lockdown

Skystalker

With a new gallery for Brakedown.

TFW2005 report that Space Coast, Florida have updated their Twitter account with the following tweet regarding Transformers 3 "Transformers 3 to film on Florida's Space Coast! Filming to begin September 2010!".  TFW then go on to report that the Brevard County Film Commissioner Bonnie King have told Central Florida on Demand that the filming will last about 8 days in early September. She says location scouts have visited the area for 2-3 days at a time, looking at other areas to shoot. Those include Patrick Air Force Base, Space Coast Regional Airport in Titusville, Merritt Island Airport, Lone Cabbage Fish Camp in Cocoa, and a Cocoa beach house. Scouts also checked out some swamps and went into the woods.

What does this?  Is there a chance we could be seeing characters like Astrotrain, Blast-Off or Omega Supreme in the third movie?  Or does it mean that TF3 is going to be a live action version of Megatron's Master Plan?  Think about.  We've been told that there will be more Humans, we have already seen "Autobots, go home" graffiti and now word that they will be filming on the Space Coast.  Add that with the "returning to the core mythos" and it it starts to look more like a possible premise for a third film.  Of course this is just speculation on my part but it is early days so its fun to start building possible plots from what we've seen so far.  Why not drop by our message board with your thoughts, or drop us a message on Twitter

If people thought the UK election resulted in mixed signals it has nothing on the Skids and Muflaps possible appearance in Transformers 3.  First it was reported that they were in, then Michael Bay came out stating that they were not back for the third film, and now leftlanenews.com reports, with imags, that they are back in the third film!

"Sporting “Autobot” center caps on the wheels, these two vehicles were captured doing some pre-production work before principal filming starts in a few weeks. We think you are looking at Skidz (green) and Mudflap (orange).

Skidz is looking much sportier than in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, with new front and rear fascias, larger fenders, sportier wheels and a big wing. Mudflap was previously based on the Chevy Traxx concept, but for this installment, it appears both cars will be built off the Chevy Spark.

General Motors will once again be the main vehicle supplier for the latest Transformers movie, so expect to see several other GM-badged vehicles, including a black and yellow Chevy Camaro as Bumblebee."

Michael Bay has posted on his message board the comment "The Twins are not back in T3." as direct feedback to earlier reports that Mudflap and Skids were set to return in the third instalment of the live-action Transformers franchise.

Is Michael telling the truth of is this an attempt at misleading people, time will tell but due to the outcry at the characterisation of Skids and Mudflap in Revenge of the Fallen it was always likely that they would be "forgotten" for the third movie

Transformer fan Ben Brown has posted some ammature footage he recorded from the principle photography shoot that took place in Serman Oaks, California yesterday for Transformers 3. The scene being filmed was in downtown Los Angeles showing ­a car being thrown down the alley shortly after the Autobot Twins cars had filmed a scene.  Ben's blog post stated "Perched on the windowsill of the NeighborGoods office, I recorded this awesome scene from the upcoming Transformers 3 movie. You can even hear Michael Bay yelling at people! We also saw the Autobot “twins” zooming around. Apparently, one or both of them will transform and beat the crap out of this tiny little car. Totally awesome."­

Ben also posted two pictures from the set on his Flickr page that show a cross-out Autobot symbol and the phrase "Go Home", suggesting some anti-Autobot feeling from the humans.­

A coworker of Ben's, mickipedia also filmed the scene at the same time but from a different angle which you can view below.

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Credit to TransformersLive.blogspot.com

Paramount Pictures Japan have teamed up with Pepsi Nex (Pepsi Max) to run a promotion of Paramount Pictures themes Be@rbrick figures which includes a Transformers Movie Bumblebee.  You can see an image of all of the Be@rbrick's below.

Credit to Snakas for the report.

ComingSoon.net have interviewed Lorenzo di Bonaventura regarding the movie-making process of Transformers in which he makes a comment that John Malkovich will be interacting with Shia LaBeouf quite a bit.  Where as IGN have interviewed John Malkovich himself.

Credit to The Allspark.com for the news.

Note: A 'pre-vis' scene refers 'previsualization' filming. The advantage of previsualization is that it allows directors to experiment with different staging and art direction options  such as lighting, camera placement and movement, stage direction and editing - without having to incur the costs of actual full-blown production filming."

The website goes on to report that

"The Transformers 3 is now in production and auditions for principal actors are taking place. Director Michael Bay has signed on to direct his third Transformers picture. Pre-shoots start April, 2010. The filming locations are set for Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Florida, Texas, Africa, Moscow and China. Principal photography will run from May 17, 2010 through July 1, 2010. Release Date: July 1st, 2011.

See the post titled Headshot and Resume Information regarding how to submit for acting roles."

Though un-official the same site also lists the following under story:

"Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox return as Sam Witwicky and Mikaela Banes in "The Transformers 3". A darker more introspective journey into the Transformers universe and their origins on Cybertron. Peter Cullen also returns as the voice of Optimus Prime. This 3rd installment in the series "won’t be as robot-heavy and there will be fewer explosions, as the film gets more into the robot character. The last time (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen) you kind of met a few of the robots. In 'The Transformers 3' you’re gonna get a much cooler landscape" according to director Michael Bay. There is also preview footage of the possibility of Unicron, the planet eater, in this sequel.­"