‘Transformers 2’ Producer Talks Casting, Sinks Aircraft Carrier Rumors

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Transformers 2 Update: No Jonah Hill, A New Hottie and No Transforming Aircraft Carriers
Published 5/8/2008 by Neil Miller at Film School Rejects
... In this mega-transforming update we are going to try and clear things up for you, based on some hard intel that we’ve gathered over the past 24 hours. We begin with an interview that MTV did with uber-produced Lorenzo di Bonaventura on the set of G.I. Joe this week. He officially squashed the rumor that Superbad star Jonah Hill was in the running to play the college friend of Sam, played by Shia LaBeouf. He did say however, that they will have a couple of casting surprises soon. ...

Over Hill: Transformers 2 Rumors
Published 5/8/2008 by Kirsten Anderson at At The Movies - Film News and Reviews
Yeah, but can you do that in the water…or in Pennsylvania?  Okay, the MTV Movie Blog picked up some info on the robots gone wild sequel. First off, Jonah Hill is not joining the cast, as had been reported in some outlets. However, producer Lorenzo di Bonaventure said they would “have a couple casting surprises for everybody soon.” Hmmm…I’m guessing Tom Cruise. What do you think? Stars of the first Transformers, Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, and Jon Voight are all returning, though. Shooting is supposed to ...

Transformers 2: Isabel Lucas In, Teresa Palmer Out? di Bonaventura Confirms No Broadside; Bay on the Actors Strike
Published 5/8/2008 by orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) at /Film
... “Ultimately, we’ll have a couple casting surprises for everybody soon,” the producer told MTV. “Michael’s got some really great stuff planned.” ...

Transformers 2 Casting and Production Update
Published 5/8/2008 by The ODI (noreply@blogger.com) at Movies - Spoilers
... repeated, denying its existence. “We saw a Japanese film that had something like that, so maybe that’s where that comes from.” “We never really talked about that, practically speaking,” he said of the character who might or might not have been known as Broadside, and who Bay has said was simply too expensive to create. “There was some Japanese animated movie we saw where that occurred, and we were like ‘Wow! Look at that thing!’” Source: MTV ...