Hol­ly­wood Reporter have an uncon­firmed arti­cle stat­ing that the release date for Trans­form­ers 2 has slipped from June 26th 2009 to a now “unslot­ted date”, pos­si­bly being pushed back to a 2010 release. This is all spec­u­la­tion at this point, as I can­not find a reli­able source to con­firm this. Though any delays can in all like­li­hoods be linked to the WGA strikes.

We’ll keep you posted.

Megan Fox has told MTV that she has signed on for Trans­form­ers 2, although the exact quote is along the lines of “I hear they are writ­ing it now… so we’ll see”, which I per­son­ally do not take as much of a con­fir­ma­tion. Of course we are in very early stages and all pos­i­tive hints that the orig­i­nal stars will return for the sequel are a good sign.

In an inter­view with About​.com, Shia La Beouf men­tioned (in pass­ing) that he would like to have an involve­ment in a trans­form­ers sequel. Noth­ing con­crete and no con­fir­ma­tion that he has signed on but it’s a pos­tive angle at least.

Shia LaBeouf: “I was think­ing about quit­ting this indus­try. And Michael Bay will tell you that. He’s so hard on his actors, […]

Why didn’t you walk off the set?

Shia LaBeouf: “Because it was too impor­tant to my career.”

You’ll never do that again.

Shia LaBeouf: “I mean, until 2 and 3.”