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Roberto Orci, co-writer of Michael Bay's upcoming sequel Transformers:
Revenge of the Fallen, has spoken to SCI FI Wire regarding the project tell them that "the movie will feature more of the giant robots and more of a science fiction
storyline."
"The humor will be similar, but the structure of the movie is a little bit more
like many sequels, which is, the stakes are a little higher and the tone is a
bit more sci-fi," Orci said in an interview at the Television Critics
Association's summer press tour in Beverly Hills, Calif., on July 14. "It's got
a little more of a sci-fi element. ... The bad guys are little more coherent in
terms of what their plan is and what they're attempting to do. So it feels more
like more of a sci-fi battle."
For those hoping to see more Transformers screen time Roberto's comment on that has a slightly negative ring to it using the phrase kinda of more. Here's a quote."The first movie was predicated on the structure of a mystery, at which point, at
the midpoint, the Transformers are revealed. This movie is structured
differently in that you now know there are Transformers in the world, and
therefore you can get right to them. As a result, there's kind of more
Transformers throughout the movie".
When asked about Arcee Orci replied "[she] was in an early draft of the first movie, and she may make an appearance, we'll see". When asked about Soundwave he replied "Yes, Soundwave's in it".
The article ends with the following quote:
"If you liked the first one, you'll like this one," he said. "But if you were a
genuine fan of what Transformers was and felt a little bit left behind by
the first one, I think this one's going to be more for you."
SCI-FI Wire have published another mini-article on the second Transformers Movie, this time after talking to the Visual-Effected supervisor and Second-unit director of the first live action Transformers Moive, Scott Farrar.
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Scott Farrar, visual-effects supervisor and second-unit director of Michael Bay's Transformers, told SCI FI Wire that the recently announced sequel will be more ambitious visually.
"We want to improve on some of the processes that we did,"
Ferrar said in an interview at Industrial Light & Magic in San
Francisco, where the film's transforming robots were created. "I think
what we're going to do is get faster and know our problems sooner and
quicker. And then, of course, I know Michael's always thinking about
new, crazy actions. And we're open to that."
After discussing the monumental task of creating the effects
for the first film, Farrar groaned and fell off his chair in jest when
asked about the sequel, which was announced last week with an
anticipated release date of June 26, 2009.
"It's a circus, and they're going to raise the tight-wire
walker a little bit higher next time," he said. "But it's all going to
be dramatic. I think the commitment is not to just chuck out a sequel.
The commitment is—and this makes us really happy here—that it's a deep
story. There are lots of layers to the story of all these Decepticons,
everybody. And so they want to really keep the characters rich."
Farrar added that the filmmakers plan to use the techniques
and technology they learned on the first film to make the second even
better. "It was difficult and, I think, laborious and I think we
learned a lot by the end," he said. "I think we've learned a lot about
lighting, and I think we can go to much moodier lighting. Lots of
things. It'll be improved."
Transformers will be released on DVD and HD DVD Oct. 16."
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