Kurtzman and Orci, the writers for the TF Movie, spoke breifly with IGN Filmforce. You can read the full article here, but here are some extracts."Right now, we're thinking there will be five Autobots and five Decepticons," says Kurtzman. "But you know the ones everybody knows like Optimus Prime and Megatron and Starscream and Soundwave and Bumblebee. Arcee is gonna be in it."
We're in the middle of writing it. There's nothing that came before it, it's a movie that's based on a toy line, so the trick with that movie was again figuring out, 'Okay, what's the character story here, because the action scenes are a given, so what is this story really going to be about?' We spent some time with Steven Spielberg talking about that, and Michael (Bay) may direct it, which would be, I think, perfect in a lot of ways."
"At this point we're not sure, but I think there will be a lot of CGI." Both Kurtzman and Orci said that, for now, that won't play an effect on their script.
The fan expectations also play a part for the writers as they shape the story. "It is hovering for me," says Orci. "We're trying to come up with the story that you would come up with if there was no pressure, and then sort of go, 'Okay, we have to be vigilant of fans and what is good about the source material and what is truly necessary.'"
When asked whether the voice cast could include Hollywood A-listers, Kurtzman says he's not sure. "I don't know that I think it does [need to have them], but I also can see a version that does have big name stars [for] the voices."
Both writers were fans of the shows and the toys. "[We've got] All the comics and we've got an office full of toys," says Kurtzman.
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