It's been rather quiet on the Transformers: The Movie front for awhile, but you can't keep a good GIANT FREAKIN ROBOTS!! movie down.

The Movie Blog has a cool article with a few quotes from people writing the script for the project. The really interesting thing to me in it, is that there's been a lot of debate for a long time now about whether or not they'll get the original voice actors… originally the word was hell no. But now it looks like maybe that's changed?

Q: Don Murphy wants the original voiceover actors is that something you guys have in mind?
A: We've been writing it with them in mind because since we we're fans that's the voices we have in our heads…I think its going to ultimately be up to Michael (Bay)

I've been on record for awhile now as saying it really doesn't matter. At one point George Clooney was rumored to be playing Optimus… but who cares. I don't get all this pent up fan frustration over getting back those original actors. THIS IS A TRANSFORMERS MOVIE! They need a big budget, they need amazing effects, and they need GIANT FREAKIN ROBOTS!!! kicking ass, blowing things up, and racing all over the screen. As long as Optimus at some point says "Transform and move out" I'll be freakin happy. Just use the ORIGINAL Transformers ok? None of the Johnny-come-lately redos please! Well, they've got a thing or two to say about that:

Q: So Megatron, tank or gun?
A: We are handling everything like a Supreme Court. We are taking everything in from the fans and taking it under judicial review. Treating every decision like it's law. I don't know how we can do it without making Megatron a tank…that's probably how where we're going to end up.

Q: So are you thinking Generation 1, Generation 2? Mixture of both?
A: A mixture actually, there will be a lot of G1 but also some new characters that people have never seen before.

Q: Michael Bay is still attached, how much influence is he having?
A: A lot, its a really great group …everyone loves the franchise, loves the universe, we want to make a great movie

I'm not sure how I feel about Megatron as a tank. I mean, I kind of understand why they might do it. Having a character transform into a gun has always been kind of weird… but a tank? Idunno, that seems to obvious. Too easy.