Chevrolet has announced that it will display at the Chicago auto show a new version of Bumblebee, the Autobot character played by the new Camaro from the upcoming movie Transformer: Revenge of the Fallen.
The yellow-and-black Camaro is apparently different in some way from the yellow-and-black Camaro from the first Transformers movie, although Chevy has not released any images of the new car.
Also at Chevy's Chicago-show stand will be other characters, played by Chevy models -- all good-guy Autobots, naturally. We've already seen that the Volt will make an appearance in the new movie as will the Chevy Beat concept and a Corvette Stingray concept.
Update: Thanks to the wonderful world of the world wide web, we've got some behind-the-scenes shots of the new Bumblebee during filming of the movie
autoboy16 says:
07:43 AM, 02/ 6/09
I wonder if its different this time because they used a REAL camaro instead of some saleen with a huge body kit.
I hope transformers2 is a good movie! Sequals rarely live up to the original movie.
flicmod says:
09:17 AM, 02/ 6/09
Is Michael Bay directing this one again? If so, it'll have a hard time beating his own "original". If not, then ANYONE could make a better sequel than him.
dougtheeng says:
09:40 AM, 02/ 6/09
He is directing again. He is awful. The first transformers movie was perilously close to FAIL. Thankfully, the action sequences and special effects pushed it upright again. The acting and just casting in general were a huge FAIL.
flicmod says:
10:39 AM, 02/ 6/09
Bay IS a horrible director. I can't believe he got funding to make another one. Just because they duped a couple million guys who grew up through the 80's to go see this thing doesn't mean it was any good. The only people I've come in contact with that said they enjoyed it were still in high school...
Str33talk says:
12:00 PM, 02/ 6/09
Transformers have no taste in cars...
thaitanium15 says:
01:57 PM, 02/ 6/09
If I were an Autobot I'd be something that isn't GM...
estreka says:
01:27 AM, 02/ 8/09
Bay is awful. I can't think of a single movie he made that was any good.
The only things that saved Transformers was the cult following, the rather impressive action sequences, and the ever-so-lovely Megan Fox.
Back to the subject at hand, I don't see any difference in the Camaro. If there are differences, they sure are subtle.
marcvill says:
08:28 AM, 02/11/09
If you remember anything about Transformers growing up, Autobots wanted to blend in on Earth. I think most GM products would accomplish this feat.
wahsingku says:
12:03 PM, 03/23/09
poor Jazz should have been a porsche like before... if he wasn't a pontiac, maybe he wouldn't have got ripped in half so easy.