One of the main things that Transformers fans love about the robots in disguise is the wealth of mythology that comes along with them. We love the origins of the Transformers themselves, the differences between the comic and various cartoon mythologies and how the Autobot leaders of the past came to be.

One of the things we didn’t love about the movies however was the lack of depth in the characters and how there was very little history, save for one flashback sequence in the first Transformers and a rather hokey tale of the Primes in Revenge of the Fallen.

In Transformers 3, Michael Bay says he will rectify this with more details on the origins of the Transformers.

Does this mean Unicron and Primus? Probably not, but at least they’re going to try.

Brian Goldner, executive producer of the Transformers movies and head of Hasbro, enthused about Transformers 3:

You’re going to see that great core mythology brought to the fore, and Michael is hard at work at making this a reality and we’re very excited about it,” he opened up to MTV. “What we’re really doing is getting back to some of the core character development and storytelling. And I think there’s some elements of the core story that the filmmakers, Michael in particular wanted to tell.

Goldner also hinted that Bay may use some of the existing Transformers mythology in Transformers 3, which would presumably mean something about Primus:

He’s really well-versed in the Transformers lore. So I think you’ll see, you know, less bedlam, more characters.

Also back for Transformers 3 are Megan Fox and Shia LaBeouf. The film is set for a US release date of July 1st, 2011.