Jonah Hill is in early negotiations to costar opposite Shia LaBeouf in Transformers 2 for DreamWorks and Paramount. Hill (Superbad, Forgetting Sarah Marshall) will provide the comic relief as a sidekick to Shia’s Sam Witwicky. (A source tells EW.com that he’ll play Sam’s college roommate, but DreamWorks won’t confirm.) The sequel is set to begin shooting this summer.
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NOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees !
It can’t be that bad, can it? Jonah Hill is funny in a sloppy-fat-kid sort of way.
This should be good
no sir
I thought Shia LaBeouf was hilarious in the first one so I can imagine him paired with Jonah Hill would be hysterical!
A sequel was a given, they left it wide open in the first one. Regardless of who’s in it, I’ll be in line to see it opening day.
On the DVD Director Michael Bay talks about how amazing the sequel will be. They will be able to do so much more with the transformers. Due to advancements in technology.
Jonah Hill will not hurt the second film, he is very funny, and will fit perfectly into the movie. The Transformers sequel is going to be a guaranteed super great film! At least that’s what I think, nope it’s what I know!!!
Ugh, I have mixed feelings about this.
I think Hill can be funny in small doses (“Forgetting Sarah Marshall”), but I absolutely hated his shrillness in “Superbad”…I wanted to punch him in the face.
Still, if we’re going to have an overweight guy providing relief in a “Transformers” movie, I’ll give Hill a shot at replacing Anthony Anderson (an actor who CAN be good that was cartoonishly terrible in the first flick).
Great. Just great. Shia was the worst thing about the first one, now throw in one of the most annoying actors working today in the second. Less humans, more robots!
please! he will screw Transformer with his stupidity and wreck the entire movie!
This is a perfect example of what was wrong with these movies.
It’s a movie about giant robots fighting. It doesn’t NEED comic relief, or at least not more than the bare minimum. The main reason the first one sucked was that so much time was spent with unfunny gags and painful attempts at romance.
Obviously Bay can’t pull off either, so just DON’T EVEN TRY.
Robots fighting.
Don’t bloat the running time with unnecessary nonsense like last time…but it sounds like that’s exactly what they’re going to do. Can’t wait for another crapfest.
I think Hill will be fine as a sidekick. He has all the acting range required for a Michael Bay movie. While I can see him and LeBouf doing well bouncing things off each other in scenes, I do think Hill’s schtick will will be running on fumes soon.
Please NOT Jonah Hill… Shia LaBeouf is already funny. But if they need a 2nd comic character, use Justin Long. He was great in Die Hard 4.
if only i could be signed to do a movie, because i can act. someday ill get a call, ill just be waiting
Robotjox was a great robot fightin’ flick, and funny fat dude made it only better!
they need to put less humans in it and focus on i dont know transformerms more especially since shia brought the first one down and to add another unfunny kid in there. im having doubts
Wha?! Is that the fat kid that’s in all of those comedy movies lately? That’s going to make this movie laughable and not be any good! Blah!
they should have got micheal cera he is alot funnier then that fat ass
and for the ppl that dont like shia lebeouf then stopping watching movies cuase u dont know what ur talking bout he is gonna be the next big star so get used to him
let’s not forget, that michael bay JUST said that false info would be intentionally leaked about transformers 2. i’m not not saying this is false, but its a possibility.
if you think anthony anderson can be funny, you obviously have an awful sense of humor. jonah hill is the ritz to anthony anderson’s motel 6.
Jonah Hill is awesome! He’s going to add such a different dynamic to this sequel. I’m more than happy hes thinking about doing this film. He’ll only make it better!
Or Michael Bay could be spreading a fake rumor? Think about it, he said himself that he’s not gonna reveal much about the movie. You never know
My fault, didn’t know M posted about it
Cool. Which chipmunk is he going to play agian?
Maybe he will comment on Optimus Prime’s dick-giving abilities.
Not to be rude, but having someone overweight “fighting” robots doesn’t sound like it will work out very well. He’s great for comedies, Don’t thing action will work very well for him.
Who cares about the actors? Bring on the Transformers. I want to know who is going to be in this one.
So they added another dork which means they’ll add more unbelievably hot chick.