Curious on the experience of Michael Bay, cast, and crew when it came to shooting on the Great Pyramids of Giza in Egypt as well the ruins in Petra, Jordan for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen? In the case of the Pyramids, it was when their permit wasn't ready by the time they got to Egypt that they got lucky with a loophole on reaching the Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, Zahi Hawass. On Petra, Bay had to get his crew back to work when they were shooting home video of the ruins rather than shooting the film.

Check it out at Bay's site or at USA Today!

Arriving at Footlocker stores in the next couple of weeks is a series of Nike sneakers inspired by popular Transformers Generation One characters.  These sneakers feature packaging that are an homage to the original Transformers packaging.  Three sneakers are announced so far, with Bumblebee and Soundwave shown at Sneaker News.com.  The third set looks to be inspired by Megatron, based on concept photos.

You can discuss the news on our forums.

*Update* There are now images of the Megatron shoes. Classics fans will be pleased to see the colors used. Henkei fans, not so much. You can see the shoes here. Thanks to Solarstorm for the link!

Interested in some of the mechanics behind the special effects for our beloved transforming alien robots? Read up these two articles! Visual Effects Supervisor Scott Farrar worked not just on Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, but also Transformers, Jurassic Park, Men In Black, and Minority Report, to name a few other big films. Farrar talked to The Film Yap about the changes done to the original Transformers and alongside improvements. Some of the ILM crew talked with Studio Daily on the more technical details when it came to dealing with the IMAX format, such as shooting an entirely new library of effects (smoke, dust, dirt, etc.) due to resolution differences of a normal 2000 resolution to 4K resolution that works on IMAX.

Read up Scott Farrar's words at The Film Yap, and check out Studio Daily's interview with some of the ILM crew!

Wondering about "Transformers: Art of the Movies " that's supposed to have glorious hi-res photos from Transformers and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen? There's a bit of a catch. As most of the online retailers are showing the book is either out-of-stock/print, release date of next year, or none at all, it's because the book has hit a bit of a delay. Simon Furman's response on the TF Generations 2009 entry at his blog indicates that it's waiting approval and clearances, and it's out of his and Titan's hands at the moment.

Read his response at his blog.

Finito! Fini! Finished! In the shadow of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Jim Sorenson has finally finished "The Complete Ark" and "The AllSpark Almanac"! Final image files and edits were booted over to IDW over the weekend. On the "Complete Ark", he's able to showcase the Godmasters alongside the Headmasters, alongside a couple other linework that weren't in "The Ark II"! As for the "AllSpark Almanac" for TF Animated, get ready for materials from Derrick Wyatt, Marty Isenberg, Hasbro and Takara themselves, plus Titan Magazines!

Read up on it at Jim's blog, and don't forget to drop a word or thought!

So hints Michael Bay, what with Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen raking in a very nice $200 plus million, according to the LA Times.

Director Michael Bay has a third "Transformers" film in mind, and if it plays out as he expects, the next installment would have a more substantial role for Rodriguez. The filmmaker, speaking at his office a few weeks before "Revenge of the Fallen" was released, seemed to have some pride of discovery when talking about Rodriguez.

Read the original article here!