4/30/08 - Entertainment Weekly (http://www.ew.com) reports that Jonah Hill ("Superbad") is in talks to join Shia LaBeouf as his sidekick in "Transformers 2." Michael Bay will once again direct the film for Paramount and Dreamworks. Steven Spielberg is exec producing.

Paramount is readying the picture for a June 26, 2009 release.

05/07/08 - Entertainment Weekly (http://www.ew.com) now reports that Jonah Hill will not be in "Transformers 2," as a deal couldn't be worked out.