You remember that one time you were driving through Bethlehem, Pa and you accidentally mistook it for a quiet outlying town in Japan?

Yeah, me neither. But hey, that mindset is apparently bringing Michael Bay and the rest of his Transformers 2 set to our locale, instead of Japan, so who I am to be a jerk about it?

In fact, what movie could be more appropriate for transforming filming spots into entirely different locales from the other sides of the globe than Transformers?

Check out what The Morning Call dug up on the upcoming set, slated to begin in early June before moving on to Philly.

But they literally have sent out an Asian casting call for extras in a town where there's, how do you say... very few. But let's get onto bigger better Transformers talk.

Seems I got my wish about Soundwave.

And here's the amazing story of his comeback.



And though the script has had a tight lid on it, and director Michael Bay has sworn to mislead everyone as best he can, some legit whispers I've heard around the project include (STOP NOW IF YOU WANT TO BE KEPT IN THE DARK!)

(if I were to link to any credits, I'd be linking to "stolen" script treatments, so take any credibility here with some salt and hot sauce. Though, I'd say such plot points make as much sense as anything else.)

-Hot Rod
-the return of Megatron
-The Autobot Matrix (from the animated movie)
-college life and cross country road trips
-major showdown in Las Vegas
-more government secrets
-a struggle for power in the Decepticon ranks
-total war on earth, for earth
-Ultra Magnus
-some main characters die

Transformers 2 coming to Bethlehem and Philly to film next month? Wtf?!

It would seem so. Which means, I will do everything I can to become an extra in this stinkin' movie.

Is it just me, or are the endless fields of corn rows and pessimistic, chip-shouldered residents of south eastern Pa giving Hollywood a whole new stage for filming big ticket movies these days? We rule.

And while we're on the subject, I expect to see some Dynobots, Hot Rod, and Soundwave. Where the eff was Soundwave in the first movie?! He made monotone characters cool! I want Soundwave and I want to share a scene with him in Transformers 2!