The new issue of Empire magazine features the first photos to come from the Transformers sequel, Revenge of the Fallen, which is due for release later on this year. Additionally, USA Today has a few Transformers 2 exclusives of their own. Here are the pics that appear in the new issue of Empire magazine:

If there’s one film out next year that sums up the word ‘blockbuster’ it’s Michael Bay’s monster sequel to 2007′s Transformers. It’s perhaps appropriate then that Transformers 2 kick starts our big 2009 preview feature in the latest issue of Empire (on sale now). You can read all about our exclusive visit to the Cairo set of the film in the issue and, in the meantime, cast your eyes down to see some exclusive new images from the film.

Woot! I am very much looking forward to the release of this movie. As you may recall, we got to see both Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox on the desert set of this Transformers sequel earlier in the year and it looks like they’ve got a lot of production on the film already in the can. After the jump, check out a few more pics which are featured in the new issue of USA Today …

Cast and crew actually got permission to shoot in Giza so that the actual pyramids could be featured in the film. It really sounds like they went all out to make Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen into an even bigger blockbuster than the first film was. That being said, I just loaded the original 1985 animated Transformers: The Movie onto my iPod so that I can watch it on the plane to Iceland. As much as I love the new computer animated Transformers, my heart will always belong to the original animated version ;)

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