And so it began for TRANSFORMERS 2

The sequel event of 2009 that we’ve been waiting for has started production at Betlehem Steel Plant in Pennsylvania and Superherohype has a scooper that sent a report and video of how things were going, which consist mainly of some boring helicopter.

This is what he witnessed…

Hey guys — just got back from the Transformers 2 filming in Bethlehem (where I also reside). Not too much was able to be seen up close, but they dressed up the old Bethlehem Steel to have some neon Chinese signs (got a couple pics of those) and we saw two Blackhawk helicopters, an Apache, and 2 other smaller copters that said “Police” across the side of them flying around. We got as close as we could at one point and we could see the extras running around in the distance while they did take after take of the copters flying overhead of the Bethlehem Steel plant. Also, we got wind that they brought Ironhide in at some point tonight, but we didn’t see him. And we also heard that at least Tyrese Gibson was on the set for the day (and we heard a rumor that Josh Duhamel was on the set with Tyrese too — which makes sense I suppose). Anyway, word is the big explosions and pyro will happen tonight so we hope to see that. I got some video clips of the copters flying in and landing that came out pretty good. Would be happy to share those if you’d like. I’ll try to report in tonight too if I make it back there.

On another note, along the same line, MTV which received first announcement from Rainn Wilson that he will be in TRANSFORMERS 2 also recently received an info that British actor Matthew Marsden (Resident Evil: Extinction, Rambo) has joined the big budget Michael Bay project as well.

Marsden has been cast in the role of “Graham,” a character who is part of the British Special Forces
He joins a high-powered cast returning for the sequel to last year’s blockbuster, including Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel and Tyrese

If I were him, who cares about the rest of the cast… as long as I get to act alongside hottie Megan Fox.

TRANFORMERS 2 hits theaters June 26th, 2008