Transformers 2 Filming in Culver City and the Return of Barricade

It'll be cool to see Barricade again considering he just disappeared at the end of the first one. Wonder if they'll try to explain that or if he'll just show up. Here's hoping he dukes it out with Prowl.

I can only hope Barricade continues his extremely menacing dialog from the first movie:

"Are you *still* EBay user Ladiesman217??"

Well, since Frenzy is no longer among us, a solid chest on Barricade will allow them to look into better neck and arm articulation. I just hope they ditch that lame punching gimmick.

Its great to see some progress on the movie and to see barricade again is awesome. I'm starting to get anxious to see the movie.

Hasbro will likely make new toolings of the returning characters if they can, possibly to incorporate new TF2-specific gimmicks.

As for being the same car, it's a movie. Movie lines can get away with selling very similar products so long as they're of the main characters. I mean, we've had steady Spider-Man movies since 2002 and you still mostly get Spider-Man in his red and blue costume.

Of course, from what we've heard neither he or Tom DeSanto had much to do with the movie anyway, aside from selling it to the studios

I hope that Barricade is in TF 2 but of course new Transformers might take away from his screen time?? Come on 7/26/09 and get here already!!!

Yeah, but the writers have said different, dismissing Bay's attempts to whitewash their involvement. Even Bay stated that Don submitted a load of notes on the script that was taken into account and that's not gonna change this time around. (Michael stated that he and Tom didn't see eye to eye, but you're incorrect in stating that he said Don didn't have anything to do with the movie beside selling it to the studio. Don's involvement's one thing he hasn't denied.)

But there's little reason to disbelieve him if he states that certain info is false - unlike Bay he's not claimed to release misleading information. And he's still aware of the day to day production and involved creatively.

Regardless, I don't personally believe that these pics mean what many seem to think they mean - Roberto Orci's last updates indicated that the script was not yet complete and I'm pretty sure shooting wouldn't start without a script. There's no proof that these pics are new. Bay's stated false info will be leaked. Even if the pics are new, there could be any number of reasons for the vehicles being transported - perhaps they are being returned to GM after being used for promotional purposes. While I'd love to believe that they prove that Barricade is returning and photography has begun, there's very very little to back that up.

Yeah !! Barricade's Back !!!

Does this mean they'reclose to filming already, or is it just more likely they're transporting vehicles about right now?

As for people saying any returning TFs in TF2 will have different alternate modes... I don't think that's realistic. Remember, the movie has story first, toys second, unlike most TF universes. Hence why we saw characters like Frenzy and Scorponok in the first movie that weren't easy to translate into conventional toy form. Changing everyone's alternate modes every movie would get VERY confusing to audiences very quickly. We might see one or two characters change alt modes during the course of the next movie, but I'd be very surprised to see more changes than that among recurring characters.

And hopefully this means we'll get a VOYAGER BARRICADE toy next movie! Eeee!

I have to agree with Angelophile on this one. Where is the proof that these pics are even recent? Or that this somehow confirms filming in Culver City? It's just a pic of the car. When the movie was officially announced at Comic Con 05 and there was that red semi with a black tarp over it, everyone immediately proclaimed that that truck would be Prime, even though no story was done and no shooting had begun. That paritcular truck was a publicity piece, and these Barricades may be something along the same lines. Yeah, I'd like to see Barricade back, but come one, the movie is more than 15 months away. It's way too early to tell if this is legit. Darius McCrary said Jazz would be back, then Bay shot that one down. Until I hear or see some confirmation, this is just rumor to me.

I second that. I noticed that it is quite possible these could be very VERY old. Yes we all thought that would have been prime. And i to have yet to see any proof that this is culver city filimg. However if this information is true, it could be possible filing has started maybe even begun a month ago. We all know how bay loves to be Secrative and demanding awesomeness!

I hate to ask this question on here but since it is about a re-accuring barricade for TFTM2, does anyone still have a link to that barricade police faction symbol in a vector????

If it was the old days of movie making where you had one sound stage to film everything on, or just one outdoor location, then yea maybe you'd need the finished script to start filming. Given all the locations they have been talking about for the second film though they really only need part of the script to start filming now and then in post-production all the different parts come together into one film. It's not like movies are even shot any more with the scenes in the same order they appear in the film.

I'm a horrible critic of Bay's work, but given how badly he's been wanting to hop back into the director's chair during the strike you just know the guy will be filming just as soon as he has enough to start filming. Wasn't the strike the only thing holding them back in the first place?

Oh and Hasbro resell us the same toy again and again, why say it ain't so

This makes me happy!

Not when it's the exact same mold for the exact same character. That's not their style. Yes, they did re-use the Scorponok mold for Cybertron, but the toy was remolded and recolored as Dark Scorponok. Same for the Overload mold, which was reused for Energon, but repainted as Ultra Magnus. Each Optimus Prime in the Unicron Trilogy was meant to be the same guy, but each toy was significantly different. I'm not saying we wouldn't get another Barricade toy for TF2, but we definitely won't be getting the exact same toy we got for TF 1. That's why the Spider Man toys are still packing shelves, it's the same freakin' figure as the first two movies, why would kids want another one? So yeah, Hasbro is known to give us multiple versions of the same guy (ie. Prime, Megatron, and Starscream in the last three shows), but unless I'm wrong, they have never used the exact same toy for the exact same character for two consecutive series. It would be like repacking Armada Prime in an Energon box and using it as that line's Prime. Just doesn't make sense from a marketing standpoint.

I still say Barricade is Prowl in deep cover. And the senile TF is Alpha Trion, who Prime explains after his first battle with Megatron, Alpha rebuilt him into his sturdier frame with the help of the autobot spark of leadership which is contained within Optimus himself, as a Prime. just speculating here.

I REALLY hope this means Baricade's in the sequel.

AWESOMETARDED. I love how the guy that wrote the article is still whining about Prime's flames.

Wouldn't it be interesting if this was just one of Bay's tactics to throw us off? He has done it before ....

if someone wants to talk about TF decal kits for thier car, im here. I have a sort of Red Alert themed 94 Mustang. I'll post pics soon. had it that way for 5 years.

With all the uncertainty regarding this news piece, I'll just say:

1) I hope Barricades makes it back for the second film.
2) I hope it is explained what happened to him.

I think it would be nice if the second movie opens with the Autobots looking for Barricade. Just think about it: the last Autobot to see Barricade was probably Bumblebee when he kicked his a$$ ... so I guess they should've gone back to collect the body but it wasn't there.

-airfox

You know as funny as that would be, im sure he has grown less secrative since we "the fans" got so much out of him for the first movie. Besides the transformers are no longer a secret based on aesthetics, etc..

However if he really wanted to be secrative, he could just higher a demolishinons team to plant pyro-technics around filing locations just incase of crazy fan boys and their cameras

I remember the youtube video when the guy had a camera and caught bay off guard while filming the mission city scene with brawl.

Anyways yes im sure its no suprise to have barricade sitting out in the sun, tanning for his next day-view. However for the new transformers set to be in the movie i'm sure we wont find out about for some time, i would say late december.

Groovy. give us the chase that hit the cutting room floor last time please.

Why are people freaking out that its the same car from the first movie? If he appears as that car in the second movie (and those aren't old props/ or a clever ruse) we do remember that the Movie-verse Transformers can scan and instantly update their alt mode (BB into a newer model Camaro, Frenzy's head into a cell phone) whenever they feel like it.
He may show up as that car for the first time in the second movie so people recognize him, and then update to a different car (which would mean a new toy) at the drop of a hat.

With all due respect to everybody:

This to me, looks like a pic from the production of the FIRST Transformers film. Seems nobody remembers Michael Bay explicitly stating that he was going to deliberately put out a bunch of fake information to throw TF movie fans off and folks are all jumping when "new" stuff shows up recently. Until I see the finished product and maybe a new trailer, I'm not going to believe ANYTHING that comes out - especially the recent reports about scouting locations in Philadelphia, Egypt, and elsewhere.

Now, If I'm wrong come 6/29/09, then we'll see come 6/29/09. Until then, I'll be extremely skeptical. I sincerely hope I'm wrong.

Barricade, HELL YES!

Come on larger role.

I agree, Sablebot. Though the point made by butz is a good one. I suppose he could show up in his old body, then scan a new one. The one guy that has seemed the most credible throughout the TF movie process is Don Murphy. Yeah, he may be a jerk, but I don't remember him or the writers, or DeSanto giving false info. Until something comes from one of those camps, I'm gonna go with the idea that this is A) a picture taken from the first production or B) some movie props being moved.

PS. Does anyone remember around 1999 or so when a picture leaked showing Prime in a real-life city, and everyone immediately clambered that it must be a screenshot from (what was then) the upcoming movie??? Turned out to just be Metalforce Convoy superimposed, and the rumors of a TF movie in 1999 were shot down. Let's give it time.

The monitors of 1999 must have been pretty rudimentary for people to mistake Metalforce Convoy for any sort of movie thing.

Because that figure looks crap.

Oh yeah! Barricade's back and ready to kick ass! Maybe a chance Prowl would be added too for a showdown!

I was taking the piss based upon what I recall of Bay's quickly-retracted rant on his blog.

F-ing cool!!! but...I don't expect him to be in many battles, don't forget hes a spy.

as mark twain said
'Rumors of my death have been greatly exagerated'

I personally have no doubt bay's farther along than some fans would have you believe, but you have to keep in mind a lot of what they could be doing, and how the process works. Barricade being back also fits with what some of the clamorings have been about. And I'm sorry, but I don't trust Don Murphy or Desanto. Even if it was Bay's rant that was pulled, those two have a mild history of just trying to hype stuff up blindly with no forethought. That one Bay didn't pull at all when asked. Hence why this time around they are far more cautious... Bay has stated on more than one occasion, that Murphy and his vision are different, and that while he thanks him for helping get this project off the ground, he has no real interaction on set, and even the writers got frustrated at him for attempting to take a writing credit. Bay had also stated many of Murphy's notes didn't get used, as they didn't match up to his vision. That has been reiterated also in interviews albeit nicely instead of pissy.

Or do you still believe them when they say the dinobots are coming back still among many other boasts they've made? When bay says no?

But who knows, we'll see when when the movie hits.

Heck in TF2 starscream could actually say 'Megatron, but I made sure you died at their hands!' or something, and fans still argue about if it was him that hit megs with a missle load in the first movie. These photos at least go hand in hand with the other rumblings of bay looking over previous designs on what to use again in the sequel, and not to mention how much he adores police car chases anyway.

Why are so many people adament that all the TF's are going to have brand new alt modes? Just because this is typically what happens during the ANIMATED shows, doesn't mean it's the same for the movie. This movie franchise has millions of CASUAL fans across the world, if every bloody robot changed his form people will get confused instantly and thus be put off the film.

I forsee the ONLY bot to possibly get an update is Megatron scanning an earth alt-mode. No, Prime will not scan a new mode, nor will Bumblebee, or Barricade, or anyone else. For new cars/planes/whatever we have new characters for those.

We need to keep in mind that even if the bots keep the same alt modes in TF2, Hasbro can produce brand new (more accurate) toys to represent the characters.

Barricade's plastic representation would benefit from that.

-airfox

yay, Barricade's in my backyard!

Keep in mind also though, as the story goes any bot can change barring the ones that need to stay in a certain disguise. Like BB shouldn't change, as Sam's friends or people around him may notice a new car. But prime and ironhide and ratchet are more or less free from said restriction. Decepticons could in theory bounce between whatever suits their needs, as the vehicles themselves for a war can vary so long as the characterization is clear on who it is. But then again this is also war, and war is Chaotic. So who knows.

I'd expect this from them, or at least better retools to go along with new molds. If they keep this as a better secret than last time, they could have the first wave as all retools or first movie revisions for the second film, then bam, a wave of who needed updated, or color swappings for chameleon effects in a chase etc. The ideas are limitless. IE, BB running from barricade, hide, turns red so barricade won't see him. Turns back to yellow once he leaves. Perfect cliffjumper nod, and new paint job for a toy excuse. xD

Or stealth BB, Nightwatch Prime etc. Keep in mind while it may get confusing, so long as they adhere to the typical audio visual cues and directorial angles to show off the why, even the slowest of people will catch on.


On this note also though, think of how many luke skywalkers there are, among other star wars figures that have been repeated to death. I don't see the TF movie being treated any differently than that.

I hope Barricade calls Sam "Ladiesman217" every time he sees him. Like he thinks that's his name.

Sweet!!@ SO glad Barricade will be back.. hopefully he will have a bigger part in TF2 than he did in the last. Maybe Keith David will do his voice this time, that would be awesome.

Sorry if this has been posted already...
I was just wondering if anyone had noticed that the third Mustang on the trailer is missing its strobes on top. I was thinking maybe barricade tries out a few different looks on his way to the "Recon Barricade" look of the toy... thoughts?

YEAH!! Barricade is back in the sequel movie! I hope they add soundwave as character in this one except Frenzy

That would be the funniest thing they could do in the whole movie!!!

ZOMFG I just realized...there were 3 of them...they must definitely have plans for an insane explosion filled car chase/action sequence.

baricades alive! yes!