Sometimes even Steven Spielberg can't get what he wants. Despite Spielberg's stated plans for the writing team of Alex Kurtman, Robert Orci and Ehren Kruger to finish the Transformers 2 screenplay before the threatened Writers Guild strike next week, Variety is reporting that the sequel did not make the list of projects ready to begin shooting.

Not on the pre-strike list is "Transformers 2," a sequel that is still being written. Labor talks will determine whether the visual effects-heavy film makes its projected June 26, 2009, release date.

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