Bay: "Everything...Is False"

Michael Bay posted on his forum yesterday replying to a thread discussing Transformers auditions with:

Sorry everyone, everything you are reading (other then we are shooting in Philly) is false. We are going to give so much disinformation on this film to confuse everyone
Michael

Overall, there isn't that much information out there to claim as real or otherwise. There is the character breakdowns, the audition that gives names to some of those characters, report of Devastator, casting rumors, filming locations, and that a draft of the film has been completed.

Of those, I would say the filming location rumors, script and a few of those character breakdowns are probably accurate. The location because tricking the fans is one thing, tricking local governments is another. The script rumor is true because filming is starting soon; they have to have knocked out at least one draft by now. The character breakdowns theory is just a guess but nothing like dosing a lie with a bit of truth to get people to buy it. Overall, much like the last film, the best defense is to simply deny deny deny. Really Bay and co. do not have to do anything but deny and feed the doubts that rumors sites (such as this one) deal with regularly.

Really all this does is remind readers that rumors always remain rumors until confirmed directly from someone associated with the film or until it premieres. Until then the speculation is fun and shall continue unabated.