Batman rumors seem to have run their course (for at least awhile) and Superman Returns comes out in just a few months. I guess that means it's time for Transformers rumors to get moving full force. The latest unreliable Transformers live action movie info says Shia LaBeouf has been cast in the film. You know, the film that last we heard doesn't have a director or a completed script.

Allspark.com claims that they have an unnamed source with the inside track, and that Shia is being cast as a nerdy teenager named "Sam". I guess he'd be filling the "Spike" role from the cartoon. They follow that claim with a full list of the human characters to be in the movie. Miguela Barnes is Sam's love interest. Captain William Lennicks is a 30ish military leader. Maggie is a hot, government codebreaker. John Kellar is a 50s/60s Secretary of State. Glen Whitman is a 20ish techie and comic relief.

Take all of the above with the following caveat: I've never heard of Allspark.com and neither has just about anyone else. I'd be starting my day today still not knowing about them if our friend Richard over at FilmStalker hadn't pointed us to their story. A story, which, again, uses the words "unnamed source" and provides absolutely no evidence to back up anything they have to say. There's a pretty good chance they could be making the whole thing up to get people to do exactly what I'm doing right now… link to them.

But, they could be right too. So we're reporting it. If a few months from now Shia LaBeaouf actually is in Transformers, make sure you remember to give us some credit for reporting it. If the story turns out to be a total fraud… told you so. We're covered.

As for Shia in Transformers… why not. I guess he's a decent actor, just one whose been in forgettable films. Honestly, the human casting for this movie is completely irrelevant. If they're doing this right, humans won't have much screentime in the thing anyway. Note to Michael Bay, Don Murphy, and the rest of the team producing this thing: We want robots. Giant frickin robots. That's it. I don't care who voices them, I don't care about their human buddies, I don't care if there's a cameo by Godzilla. Just give me giant freakin robots blowing the hell out of each other and the world's cities. Take a lesson from Snakes on a Plane. Sometimes pleasing audiences really is that simple.