Filming began on the production on June 2nd in Bethlehem, PA. Details of the plot of the film are a fairly closely guarded secret (there’s some big time Transformers 2 spoilers here if you’re interested), but we know that Michael Bay is back directing and Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, and Tyrese Gibson are all coming back. We also know that Rainn Wilson (The Office) and Matthew Marsden (Rambo) are joining the cast.

If you’re interested you can also get a glimpse of the action from the set at an abandoned factory in Bethleham, Pa. TFW2005 has a ton of pictures up that were taken of the filming there.

Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen is scheduled to hit theaters on June 26, 2009.

But, I digress…

For better or worse, “Transformers” made a ton of money so there’s no way they wouldn’t make “Transformers 2.” It seems the guys over at IESB.net sat down with producer, Lorenzo di Bonaventura for an interview and got a few details:

IESB: Can you give us a quick update on Transformers 2. Is it still planned to start shooting in July of 08?

LDB: The second, June 2nd.

IESB: June 2nd?

LDB: Yep.

IESB: Is the story locked?

LDB: We’re no where because of the strike, we won’t know until we come back. We have a very fine outline and we know exactly where we want go with the movie but until this writers strike comes back, we’ll find out exactly where we are. Michael is completely on top of every detail. He’s designed a lot of great stuff already. He’s got a lot of great sequences imagined but you know, he needs some writers to work with before he’s ready to go, so I would say June 2nd is an unofficial start, it’s the target date we’d like to go for but, you know, we’ve got to get some writers to help us.

IESB: Now, comparing to Transformers 1, how much bigger is Transformers 2 going to be?

LDB: (laughs) You know, I’m gonna let Michael answer that question.

IESB: (laughs) Well, come on $700 million dollars…

LDB: I’ll say this much, I know that Michael wants to deliver a bigger experience for everybody.

So there you have it. The next one is going to be rushed into production by June 2, 2008. In case you don’t know, that’s really, really fast for a movie this big. And, considering how fast they’re putting this together and considering the fact that we have no idea when the writer’s strike will end, one must assume that the script might not be up to par. Considering my opinions on the last script, I’m not holding out a lot of hope for this one.

At least we know Michael Bay will blow a lot of stuff up if he doesn’t have a good story.