More Movie Rumors About Autobots and More

Tuesday, May 30th, 2006 7:00PM CDT

Categories: Movie News, Rumors
Posted by: Hotrod Views: 31,000

And the Movie Rumors continue to fly! It seems like every day more and more information and rumors, about the upcoming live action Transformers Movie, are leaked out. Today is no different. Earlier today we posted this story about possible civilian vehicles to be used in the movie. Now Sallokin of Neogaf, who states that he works at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, reports some new rumors. Here is what Sallokin reported:

"Hey, I work out here at Holloman AFB, in New Mexico. The Transformers movie started filming here last week. Some slight spoilers Bumblebee is going to start out as a 1970's Camaro, get really f-ed up, then be rebuilt as a 2008 Camero. Starscream is going to be an F-22 Raptor, and the according to some of the gaffers, Optimus Prime is going to be a fire truck. I've also seen a call shee that had something regarding Vortex on them. They're basing part of the story on the war in the middle east with terrorists etc. They've done some filming with actual Autobot frames that stand roughly 15 feet high. They've done a shot where they buried an autobot (I don't know which one) in sand and had the fans blow the sand off of it as its eyes flickered to life. They're filming out in restricted areas, so cameras, cell phones, etc are prohibited. This info isn't 100% as it's come from different people associated with the production (extras, assistants, gaffers, caterers) but you can expect most of this in the film."

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"Apparently this is Bay's decision, but it could change as they haven't done any filming with Prime yet. The production is moving to Albuquerque in about a week, then out to the Hoover Dam, then to Salt Lake, and back to L.A. I actually just got in from driving around the crew at a party they were having here on base. Apparently the region they were filming in out in the desert here is supposed to be Quatar"

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"Like I said, I'm not 100% sure about the fire truck thing, as scenes with prime haven't been done here at Holloman, or at all as I've been told. But some of the Military fire trucks look very different from the civilian types we tend to think about when we hear the word fire truck. I believe the reasoning behind the fire truck thing has to do with them not really knowing what to do with Prime's trailer had he been a semi. Again most of this info is second hand anyway, so take it with a grain of salt."

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UPDATED @ 7:54 PM Central!!!

These props were parked outside of my office today, the tank is going to get blown up tonight, and that Mustang police car is apparently one of the cars that helps destroy 1975 Camero Bumblebee. It's getting blown up tonight as well from what I hear. The big rumor is that the 2008 Camero, and two 2009 GTO's are going to be delivered to the Auto Shop near my office sometime this week. I'll try to sneak a photo or two if the manager will let me near the building.

Credit(s): Sallokin of Neogaf