The full trailer for Transformers Revenge of the Fallen (Transformers 2) isn’t ‘officially’ released until May 1st, but someone has managed to obtain a copy and upload it to YouTube. In the interests of generating as much excitement as possible, have a watch of this before it’s taken down by Paramount.

When we say excitement, you’ll probably need to check your heart rate when you see Megan Fox, dressed in denim shorts, straddling a motorbike, from behind. Michael Bay sir, you are a genius. You know exactly what you’re doing there.

This trailer also features some scenes of Transformers, if you can get past Megan on the bike!

There was an outcry when Frank Welker wasn’t cast alongside Peter Cullen in the first Transformers movie, reprising his role as Megatron opposite Cullen’s Optimus Prime. However, it seems that for Transformers 2 Welker might have been given one of his other ‘old characters’ to breathe new life into.

According to reports, the legendary Frank Welker is to provide the voice for the role of Soundwave in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. This comes from one of the co-writers on the movie, Roberto Orci.

When speaking in an interview for the new Star Trek movie, Orci stated:

Jordan Hoffman: Who’s voicing Soundwave in Transformers?
Roberto Orci: Welker.

Jordan Hoffman: That’s official?
Roberto Orci: I think so.

Jordan Hoffman: Uh oh.
Roberto Orci: Might be something I just told you for the first time, but I think so.

Soundwave will most definitely be superior with Welker giving him life!

Leonard Nimoy, who voiced Galvatron in the original Transformers The Movie, has been rumoured to be on Michael Bay’s wish list to be in the new Transformers movie, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

However, as Michael Bay and Leonard Nimoy are related, Michael is being a little shy about asking Leonard to appear in his film as a voice actor because he’s embarrassed about how little he can pay him. Bay stated previously that he’s been using his own mother as a go between, passing on messages between himself and the Star Trek legend.

The word coming out of the Nimoy camp however is that Leonard is interested in voicing a character in Transformers 2, but Bay hasn’t asked him. Nimoy urged Bay to call him when he was interviewed during a press interview for Star Trek.

It looks like both Bay and Nimoy want the original voice of Galvatron to be used in the new movie, so surely it must now happen… surely?

If the comedic scenes in Transformers left you feeling a little flat, you might not gain much hope from the news that Transformers 2, otherwise known as Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, will be very similar in tone with regards to the humour.

The co writers of Transformers 2, which is released in June, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci stated:

Actually, I think you’ll find that it has all the same tone of the first movie… The story’s a little smoother, and it’s a little bit darker, so it does dip in there a little bit, but it has all the same humor, if not more than the first movie.

So the film will flow better than the first movie, the story is darker but the humour is about the same?

We’re not sure how we feel about that as the comedy scenes in the first Transformers movie were awkward to say the least. Maybe Michael Bay will do a better job of cutting it together this time, we can but hope.

Linkin Park are currently working on a track for the Transformers sequel, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, according to Mike Shinoda. In addition to just performing a track for the Michael Bay movie, due for release in the US in June, they’re also working on the score for Transformers 2.

Mike Shinoda confirmed the details on his own website, where he explains that Linkin Park are part of a large team working on the score for Transformers 2.

Mike also says that he’s impressed with what he’s seen from Transformers 2 so far:

Michael Bay has shown us select scenes from the film, and it looks incredible. I can’t wait for you to see it.

If you can’t wait for the Transformers sequel, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, the new trailer should appease you slightly. It’s set to screen in selected cinemas across the US on April 29th, earlier than director Michael Bay had previously stated. The trailer will be screened at 20 selected cinemas, and will be shown before the movies ‘Star Trek’ (another Paramount release) and ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’.

The film itself opens in the US on June 24th.

If you’re in the US and want to catch the new trailer for Transformers 2, you can see it at one of these cinemas:

* Los Angeles: 7 P.M. at The Bridge Cinema De Lux, in IMAX
* New York: 8 P.M. at AMC Loews Lincoln Square in IMAX
* San Francisco: 7 P.M. at AMC Metreon in IMAX
* Chicago: 8 P.M. at Navy Pier in IMAX
* Toronto: 7 P.M. at Scotiabank in IMAX
* Philadelphia: 7 P.M. at UA King of Prussia in DIGITAL
* Washington DC: 7 P.M. at AMC Georgetown in DIGITAL
* Phoenix: 7 P.M. at Harkins Tempe Marketplace in Tempe in DIGITAL
* Detroit: 7 P.M. ar Emagine Novi in Novi, MI in DIGITAL
* Orlando: 7 P.M. at Premiere Fashion Sq Mall in DIGITAL
* Dallas: 7 P.M. at Cinemark Movies 17 in 35MM
* Boston: 7 P.M. at AMC Boston Common in 35MM
* Seattle: 7 P.M. at Cinerama in 35MM
* Atlanta: 7 P.M. at Regal Atlantic Station in 35MM
* Miami: 7 P.M. at AMC Sunset in South Miami in 35MM
* San Diego: 7 P.M. at Regal Edwards Mira Mesa in 35MM
* Denver: 7 P.M. at UA Colorado Center in 35MM
* Sacramento: 7 P.M. at UA Market Square in 35MM
* Minneapolis: 7 P.M. at AMC Southdale in Edina in 35MM
* Baltimore: 7 P.M. at AMC White Marsh in 35MM