Writers asks for Decepticon Top 10

"I can tell you this, it ended up being more than we originally thought or have stated publicly. You can just about double the list we gave out in previous interviews. So maybe a top ten list would be appreciated in the final hours. "
- Roberto Orci, writer on TF Movie

Apparently the script is nearly complete. Now why ask for a top 10 after the script is nearly done? Beats me unless they have spots for generic appearances. Either way you can pipe in with your top 10. Just be aware asking for a list and using a list are worlds apart.

Decepticon Top 10

"News" from the writers

Roberto Orci and Alex Hurtzman has a brief interview with iesb.net about their latest writing assignment, Transformers The Move. The site has a transcript and video of this interview. The two writers most recently cobbled together the script for the latest Zorro sequal and Mission Impossible 3 so that will help determine what level of skill the franchise has been handed over to. The interview has "news" only in the sense that new characters are being introduced but whether those are human or Transformer kind was not clear. Other then that the writers claim to be fans of the franchise and no final decisions have been made on anything from who is in it, to casting, to what shows up or doesn't show up. In other words, everything is still up in the air.

Transformers in USA Today

USA Today had a little write-up on the rising return of the 80s with toys, comics and movies. Its an interesting read.

Botcon '05: Transformers release date moved

Botcon 2005 also release some new information in regards to the live action movie and some old in regards to cuts made to the animated movie way back when. In current movie news, sadly we have to wait our live action fix as the release date has been moved from July 4th 2006 to Thanksgiving 2006 and now they have staked out July 4th 2007. Yet, thats a 7. So just a touch under two years assuming they get a script anytime soon that they like. This also would make current casting choices difficult as a star maybe A list now but this time next year could be on the C list. On top of that, it wouldn't suprise me if this effects Michael Bay as director.

Also revealed was some cuts made to the initial script including how the Devastator was defeated in the Battle for Autobot City (where Optimus died) and that Galvatron played a part in Ultra Magnus's "death".

Botcon '05: Star Wars Transformers

Botcon 2005 is this weekend and pictures and news updates are filtering to many of the Transformer sites. Most of the news is toys related including this great picture of a Darth Vader transformer coming out at the end of the year as part of the Transformers Star Wars line. More pictures here.

There are also more pictures of Cybertron, Universe, and Alternator toys.

George Clooney as Optimus?!?

Apparently a month or there was a rumor that George Clooney would be the voice of Optimus Prime for the TF movie. Well as is the case with many rumors, it was false. Lets all breathe a sigh of relief.

Ug, its quiet

All is quiet on the movies news front. Its pretty annoying really.
In toy news, Re-issue of Galvatron has been announced and coming out in December.
In comics news, Transformers #0 is coming out in October from IDW. Issue 0 is only a $1 which for today's comics is cheap.