Has Transformers 2 Hit a Snag?
Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on December 31, 2007
For a while now, there has been plenty of rumbling going on suggesting the Steven Spielberg and David Geffen are looking to get away from Paramount Studios when their contracts expire in November 2008. We talked about a lunch back in October that was had between Mr. Spielberg and Universal’s Jeff Zucker, a lunch that is being played down, but could be taken as something of significance.
But while we don’t like to dive into that part of the business — the who is stroking whose ego to make a quick buck part — we do want to know how any moves could effect some upcoming projects. One project of interest on Spielberg’s plate is Transformers 2, the follow-up to 2007’s box office titan. The Hollywood Reporter is speculating that Transformers 2, originally thought to have a June 26, 2009 release date, is now “unslotted”. In a quote from the Reporter (found via SHH), they suggested that the highly anticipated sequel now has no date:
Some will suggest that DreamWorks’ production operations will be upended if Steven Spielberg and David Geffen bolt Par when their personal contracts expire in November. But the pair remain actively engaged in several ongoing projects, including the as-yet-unslotted “Transformers 2.”
Sure, we can probably speculate that the writer’s strike has something to do with a delay, but there is no reason to raise an alarm at this point. When something comes out of the Paramount camp saying that there will be no sequel, then we will get worried. Until then, let’s all just go back to our happy little lives and believe that Shia, Ms. Fox and that guy who loves to blow shit up are all prepping to make an even bigger summer tentpole than before. For another Transformers film, I would be willing to wait a while — assuming that it would be even better than the first.
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