Transformers Universe: Bumblebee Filming at Mt Tamalpais, Jason Drucker Arrives on Set

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - Officials with Paramount Pictures say a new Transformers movie will be making its way to shoot scenes in Santa Cruz. And if you've ever wanted to act, now is your time as they’re looking for extras to be in the film.

The spinoff titled "Brighton Falls" based on the character of Bumblebee will be shooting in the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk area from September 20th to the 22nd according to casting coordinator Maryellen Aviano.

They are looking to cast ‘beachy types’ like surfers, skaters, hippies and beach babes and dudes. Extras will be paid $104 for eight hours plus overtime, but must be available on all three days.

Ig89ninja wrote:Wait a minute, IS THAT A G1 RATCHET AND RAVAGE!?!?

Sabrblade wrote:

Ig89ninja wrote:Wait a minute, IS THAT A G1 RATCHET AND RAVAGE!?!?

Looks like the fan-owned custom van that was at BotCon 2011.

Va'al wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Ig89ninja wrote:Wait a minute, IS THAT A G1 RATCHET AND RAVAGE!?!?

Looks like the fan-owned custom van that was at BotCon 2011.

Image is actually from Long Beach Con in California. I wanted a beach photo with a Bumblebee in it!

Ig89ninja wrote:

Va'al wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Ig89ninja wrote:Wait a minute, IS THAT A G1 RATCHET AND RAVAGE!?!?

Looks like the fan-owned custom van that was at BotCon 2011.

Image is actually from Long Beach Con in California. I wanted a beach photo with a Bumblebee in it!

Aw, welp, there goes a chance of this film being enjoyable

Sabrblade wrote:

Ig89ninja wrote:

Va'al wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Ig89ninja wrote:Wait a minute, IS THAT A G1 RATCHET AND RAVAGE!?!?

Looks like the fan-owned custom van that was at BotCon 2011.

Image is actually from Long Beach Con in California. I wanted a beach photo with a Bumblebee in it!

Aw, welp, there goes a chance of this film being enjoyable

What, just because a fan-owned van with a fake Ravage isn't in it?

RatimusPrime81 wrote:I thought there wasnt supposed to be any other characters that we would be familiar with? So then why does that van look just like g1 ratchet? I hope thats him.

For “Bumblebee,” a spin-off of the Michael Bay franchise “Transformer” movies, plenty of it is in Vallejo. This week on Mare Island, count on evenings with helicopters, special effects and pyrotechnics, followed by two days of downtown action.

The supervising location manager and co-producer oversees around 15 people on his team, though he’s handled movies orchestrated as many as 50 others working simultaneously in numerous states and countries.

It’s not a job for the timid, said Hook, a Los Angeles resident and native of England.

“You are dealing with change and pressure,” he said. “But if you’re creative and have a good imagination, you can climb the ranks quickly.”

Hook started as a personal assistant in England doing a period piece that included a shipwreck.

“My job was running out with blankets, tea and coffee,” Hook said.

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It wasn’t difficult to create exactly what was needed in town here, Hook said.

“Vallejo has got great bones,” he said of the town’s infrastructure. “It’s an Anywhere America, Back-to-the-Future type vibe. The great thing about Vallejo is there aren’t these huge chain stores. There a few other cities in California like it, but not that many. The city hasn’t been turned into a strip mall.”

Mare Island’s drydocks have been perfect for “Bumblebee,” said Hook.

So good, he noted, “the ending of the movie was re-written after finding the location.”

Stuartmaximus wrote:Anyone think they'll use the standard & /or current Bee head instead of a G1 style one I only ask coz he had the same style head as his current movies one during the WW2 sequence where he was a mercedes

WreckerJack wrote:I wonder why they could not just edit out the mural digitally if they did not want it.

RiddlerJ wrote:it SHOULD be Runabout or Runamuck.

DeathReviews wrote:Looks like they just lifted Cliffjumper out of the TF: Prime series and slapped it into this movie as a Decepticon. I know the old model was blown up ages ago, but I wish the show/movie writers would at least pay some deference to the original roots. Autobots were ground based. Decepticons were flyers. That was the basic distinction between the two factions in the beginning.

Maybe it's because having a jet vs. a car in the movies doesn't make as good copy, and presents too much difficulty in terms of practical real-world dynamics and the limitations of filming?

DeathReviews wrote: I know the old model was blown up ages ago, but I wish the show/movie writers would at least pay some deference to the original roots. Autobots were ground based. Decepticons were flyers. That was the basic distinction between the two factions in the beginning.

Maybe it's because having a jet vs. a car in the movies doesn't make as good copy, and presents too much difficulty in terms of practical real-world dynamics and the limitations of filming?

Soda Pop Kurtis wrote:I think it looks like an '80's version of Knock Out from TF Prime.

griftimus prime wrote:i bet the guy is a pos. meaning hes a buddy with the decepticon and we will see him more than the decepticon.

Deadput wrote:

griftimus prime wrote:i bet the guy is a pos. meaning hes a buddy with the decepticon and we will see him more than the decepticon.

That's the bloody director who so happens to not be Micheal Bay but then again he wasn't the only one involved in the movies responsible for the stuff everyone hates.


Jesus Christ read the article before spewing spoiled nonsense it actually says this.

Microraptor wrote:Calm down man. He probably thought that he was one of the actors, presumably having a Dylan Gould-like relationship with whoever this car character turns out to be. He wasn't insulting the guy or anything.

griftimus prime wrote:I bet the guy is a pos. (Seems like an insult to me)

meaning hes a buddy with the decepticon and we will see him more than the decepticon.

Budder Prime wrote:

RiddlerJ wrote:it SHOULD be Runabout or Runamuck.

I was actually thinking the same thing, A vehicle this wild would suit either of those characters. Wait..

"A vehicle this wild" Perhaps we're getting our first Look at A Movieverse Stunticon? Like Wildrider, or Dead End. I'm not saying the Stunticons as a group would Appear but atleast a Character generally associated with them could.

nemesis primus wrote:It's definitely a 1971 Plymouth Roadrunner, it's one of my all time favourite cars. Whether this gives us a time range for setting or not I can't be sure of, but it would sit nicely in the timeline with an original Volkswagen Beetle

Tyrannacon wrote:LAKIA Studios on Twitter tweeted a new picture featuring President & CEO Travis Knight on the set of the live-action Bumblebee film that is filming and in production now. In it we get a look at the car that is going to be the alt-mode of a Decepticon. No word on who the Decepticon is, but the car does look nice! Be sure to check out the pic below.

Megatron Wolf wrote:Hopefully its a brand new character, but if for some reason they have to use an existing name id be fine with deadend.