Turistas star Josh Duhamel talks about his experience with Michael Bay and the TF 2007 movie at about.com.
The Physicality of Turistas Compared to Michael Bay’s Transformers: “Different. I mean, that was tough in its own way, too, because he demands a lot, too. Both these guys are similar in that way. They demand a lot from you, and you gotta come ready to play. That was different in the sense that it was a lot of heat, and we had a lot of equipment and stuff on, and carrying big, heavy guns, and running through the sand. But you know, similar, but not that same.”
Was Transformers a Physically Painful Experience?: Shia LaBeouf said he went through hell working on Transformers. Did Duhamel share the same experience? “Yeah, I guess.
He didn’t have to carry a big gun, though. He just had like his jeans and a sweat top and tennis shoes. We had like full army gear the whole time. But he worked. He’s the lead of the movie. He’s the one who was there more than anybody. It’s definitely a pretty taxing movie, too.”
The Rumors of Transformers Reshoots: “Not yet. I’m sure there will be at some point. They’ll probably have to pick up some stuff, but I don’t know of anything yet.”
Michael Bay the Prankster: Bay’s known to pull off a joke or two on his cast and crew. “He didn’t get me, but he did do some stuff to people,” said Duhamel. “It’s like he’s known for just being like… He wants everything sort of at his fingertips all the time. Like we’re downtown LA and he’s got people going from one end of the street to the other end of the street, crew was like pushing carts and getting cameras. ‘Okay, shoot this here. Go here. I want to get this here.’ End of the night, he’s like, ‘Okay everybody, we need to get this last shot down here! I want A and B cameras down here! We’re going to be shooting this way! I want to light it like this! Get everything lit, we’re going to be shooting…Set up the stuff to come down here. The explosion’s going to come down here. Blah, blah, blah.’ So they’re like, ‘F**k, we’ve got 15 minutes, 20 minutes left before we’re wrapping.’ And everybody gets down there, [and he says,] ‘Just kidding! That’s a wrap!’ Like he thinks it’s hilarious, and the crew so wanted to kill him! (Laughing) He’s great though, I gotta say. He was a pleasure to work with - for the most part.”
The Robots of Transformers: Duhamel has seen them. “I have. I’ve seen a little bit of it cut together. It’s wicked. It’s going to be cool. They say it’s going to be more photo-real than any sort of stuff of this type that’s been done. So we’ll hope!”
Read the full article here. Trust me, you would want to read the full article. 
Got this from about.com. It’s an excerpt BTW, so feel free to read the whole article by clicking here.
Well, your next project is a huge studio film - Transformers:
Shia LaBeouf: “Again, that’s exactly what that is. If anyone tells you they do that for the art value, that’s bulls**t. It’s f**king painful. To go from Emilio Estevez to Michael Bay is like walking out of, you know, like in a hammock in the sky, hanging out drinking Pina Coladas with Jesus and then getting smacked in the face and thrown in the devil’s s**pile and having to make a movie. I swear to God.”
It affected you that much?
Shia LaBeouf: “I was thinking about quitting this industry. And Michael Bay will tell you that. He’s so hard on his actors, and not in the way that Emilio might be, in that he’ll push you to be something better. Mike is just f**king a hard a**.”
Why didn’t you walk off the set?
Shia LaBeouf: “Because it was too important to my career.”
You’ll never do that again.
Shia LaBeouf: “I mean, until 2 and 3. But just… Look, the four, five months of pain I went through might buy my mom a house and that’s forever, so I’m all right. People go to f**king war, it’s not like I have a hard job. I’m an actor. It’s not the worst thing. We’re sitting at a pool, I didn’t pay for those shoes, I didn’t pay for this. It’s not a bad life, and for a guy that didn’t have s**t going on. There’s certain pains; it’s a tradeoff like anything. There’s things you don’t want to do in your industry.”
Brian Geraghty: “If it’s important to you, it’s going to be painful. I feel sh**ty complaining sometimes, but I complain because I strive to do films like Bobby. You get the perfect situation and then it goes away. …And all these movies now, I never really felt I could believe in myself and not hold myself back. Bobby is definitely a validation. You need reinforcement in life. You show up to an office every day, I wouldn’t like to do that, but yet, you get feedback. You’re going three months without a job go into a dark hole where you get off Transformers and go to the spiral that Shia had…”
Shia LaBeouf: “You get lost in a f**king weird depression, man.”
How did you survive Transformers?
Shia LaBeouf: “I barely made it out of that movie. I was going to a heart specialist; I was having anxiety attacks, losing my mind. And you know, you’re doing physical s**t all day. It’s tough, man. And even Mike at the end, he was like, ‘Look, I know I’m hard on you but you’ll never get this again. If you can go through this with me, you can do anything.’ Sort of like the whole, ‘If you can live in New York you can live anywhere,” type thing. Whatever doesn’t kill you.”
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From seibertron.com
Ebay seller spx_toys has gotten his hands on some new test shots! Click on the images to enlarge:
Classics RamJet
War Within StarScream
From tformers.com
IDW Publishing today is previewing two things from the Transformers: Escalation series. First is the page preview of an inks page in the Art Du Jour page by E.J. Su from an upcoming issue of Transformers: Escalation. Second, is the five-page preview of this week’s Escalation #1 set to hit this Wednesday. The book is written by Simon Furman and pencilled by E.J. Su.
Thanks to TFW2005 for this anticipated news.
Masterpiece MP-05 Megatron alt mode and accessories!
Here are the magazine scans. Make sure to click on them to enlarge the images:
UPDATE (11.28.06 - 10:40PM)
More information c/o Fan-to-Fan:
New info include:
- Kremzeek figure included (different mold from the one that comes with Kiss Players Autorooper x Atari)
- Working Trigger action when in Gun mode
- Same size as MP-01 G1 Convoy!!
- LED gimmick in scope
- Die-cast parts
- Memorable accessories include energy mace, laser-cutter and gun from Transformers: The Movie (used by Megatron in the fight with Optimus Prime).
- New transformation designs and concepts, for example moving the trigger part to the legs, improving overall Robot proportion.
- Due to toy gun regulation in the US, Walter P-38 Megatron was never in the plans when the Japan team worked with the US team. MP-05 Megatron is designed and developed solely by the Japan team, solely for the Japan market.
On behalf of the mods and admins of Cybertron Phils., we extend our thanks to those who listened to the program. It was really nice of RX to have us talk about the hobby, and to encourage a few more to join this interest. Special thanks to 1ringwiththeforce, porky pig, slack daddy and pyledriver for participating via SMS. Here are a few pics we took around the RX booth, along with host Rafael Reyes.
And listen to parts of the program by playing:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4 coming soon 
Cybertron Philippines member REX-203 (Robbie Musso of IDW Spotlight: Ultra Magnus) posted this artwork at our message board earlier. Here’s hoping he shares more of his work.
Thanks again to ThuderBreak for the heads up. This stat is a thing of beauty.
A Diamond Select Release! An Art Asylum Sculpt! As leader of the evil Decepticons, no tactic is too underhanded in his battle against Optimus Prime and his Autobots. Now you can bring Megatron into your own secret lair with this wall statue! More than meets the eye, this unique sculpt…
- comes painted and ready for display
- is limited to 1,000 pieces
- comes with a hand-numbered base with matching numbered box and Certificate of AuthenticitySRP ……….$89.00
Not to gripe or anything, but I wished MP05 would have looked like this one.
Since the revealing of MP05 prototype these past few days, CybPh member Robby Musso (IDW Spotlight: Ultra Magnus) came up with a colored version of the prototype. The image was posted in our forum, though he never claims that he isn’t the first one to do it. Click on the thumbnail at the left to see the bigger picture.