Just in are official images for Universe figures Blaster, Heavyload with Mini-Con Drill-Bit, and Legends Onslaught. To take a look, head into our image gallery.

EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK at Transformers Animated McDonalds Kid's Meal Optimus Prime. Showing the Toy, Transformation, and Size Comparison to Movie Legends Optimus Prime, Animated Activators Bumblebee, and Animated Deluxe Battle Begins Optimus Prime. Watch Now

Paramount has released to ENI new cast member images for the upcoming G.I.Joe movie. The cast for G.I.Joe shown below includes Sienna Miller (Baroness), Said Taghmaoui (Breaker), Christopher Eccleston (Destro), Channing Tatum (Duke), Dennis Quaid (Hawk), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Heavy Duty), Marlon Waynes (Ripcord), Rachel Nichols (Scarlett), and Ray Parks (Snake-Eyes). View more details and all the new images in the galley at ENewsi.com.

According to a spokesman for Meissner Management, Isabel Lucas impressed executive producer Steven Spielberg so much on the set of HBO mini-series "The Pacific," that he, "really pushed for her to get [the role in 'Transformers 2']." Read more.

Shia LaBeouf, star of the Transformers Movie and the upcoming Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, will be the celebrity host for this Saturday May 10, 2008 episode of Saturday Night Live with musical guest My Morning Jacket. Could there possibly be a Transformers related parody? I guess we all have to watch to find out. See the promo videos here.

Entertainment Earth has been updated to include several new case assortments for upcoming Animated, Universe, and Movie figures. Below is a breakdown of the upcoming Transformers preorders, including approximate release dates and case assortment information. Read More

The Transformers Collectors' Club is proud to present Withered Hope, a new Transformers tale set in the Transtech city of Axiom Nexus. This follow-up to Gone Too Far is the latest story from Trent Troop and Greg Sepelak (Gone Too Far, Wreckers Finale Part II, the New World) and is illustrated by fan-favorite artist Matt (Jackpot) Kuphaldt (Force of Habit). Read More

"Transformers 2" director Michael Bay has come back with another round of answers regarding some recent casting news that has surfaced, concerning Australian actress Teresa Palmer and Jonah Hill (Superbad). Mr. Bay, writing on the Shoot For The Edit forums, states that we "have the wrong info" when it comes to Ms. Palmer's possible role in the sequel. Read more.

IDW Publishing's Marcelo Matere is showing off an inked and colored version of a Transformers: Animated #1 variant cover. The cover focuses on Sentinel Prime with a holographic projection of Optimus Prime and company below. To take a look, head over to Mr. Matere's Deviant Art site.

Sean Long of Transformers Matrix has provided us with a video review of Transformation! Henkei! Transformers D-03 deluxe class Astrotrain. Along with all of the usual stuff, the review also covers the differences between the classics deluxe Astrotrain and G1 Astrotrain. Take a look at the video in the full article.

MTV has caught up with "Transformers 2" producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura to talk to him about some recent developments to the sequel of the wildly successful sequel. While confirming that Jonah Hill (Superbad) will not be making an appearance in the sequel, Mr. di Bonaventura teases, "we’ll have a couple casting surprises for everybody soon." He was also asked about the possibility of a "long-rumored" character and to see his answer, head into the full article.

A new episode of Transformers Animated, "Autoboot Camp," aired in Dubai today and "magmatron" has graciously given us some screen caps and summary highlights of the episode. Take a look at both in this TFormers Community thread. Warning! Spoilers

Just in are images giving us our first official look at Transformers: Animated voyager class Lugnut! Other images include voyager Grimlock, activators Bulkhead, Bumblebee, and Starscream; leaders Bulkhead and Megatron; supreme Optimus Prime, and Shift Tech Optimus Prime handheld game. Take a look at all of these in the image gallery.

It seems like some new characters will be making an appearance in upcoming episodes of Transformers: Animated. And due to this spoiling nature, we will not post them here. To take a look at it all, click into the full article.

Australian actress Isabel Lucas has joined the cast of "Transformers 2," according to Meissner Management. She will reportedly play the role of Alice, a character we have not heard mentioned thus far, lending to more credence of director Michael Bay's denials. Ms. Lucas makes her U.S. film debut alongside Ethan Hawke in "Daybreakers," slated for a September 2008 release. Thanks to "johnDoe4880" for the heads up.

Looks like there will be two versions of Transformers Binaltech BT-21 Arcee Honda S2000 Hardtops from TakaraTomy. This is in similar fashion to BT-08 Meister, which was released in both white and red. One will be in Arcee colors, which we have already seen and another in Paradron Medic colors. Both are expected to be released simultaneously in Japan, retailing at 5,000 Yen each on July 17, 2008.

For all of you Jonah Hill fans out there, you may be disappointed to read this news: he will not be appearing in "Transformers 2." The news of talks was reported and shot down by Entertainment Weekly blog Hollywood Insider, citing that discussions with DreamWorks SKG and Mr. Hill have broken down. He was rumored to star alonside Shia LaBeouf as his college roommate. Thanks to "johnDoe4880" for the tip.

Amazon Japan now has images of Henkei! Henkei! Transformers C-05 Hot Rodimus final production stock shot images up. Noticeable differences include a gold chromed spoiler and G1 style flame logo and a few extra detailings. Images are also mirrored here.

Well well well, who would have thunk my first encounter with Transformers Animated at retail would be Fruit of Loom Kids Underwear. Sold in packs of 2 (Prime and Bumblebee) for 5.44, choose between boxers or brief style. Get your TF: Animated undies out now at Targets in Phoenix, AZ. You may view the images in the gallery.

Well, several months shy of the one-year anniversary that "Transformers" hit the silver screens and blew everybody's expectations, away, some more good news is hitting the film with three new award nominations reports ENewsI. Read more