According to ComingSoon.net the report comes from the viral promotional Web site SectorSeven.org, which it accessed using the password "NBETWO." Sector Seven is a top-secret organization that is part of the Transformers storyline. The news is hidden: Clicking on the scorpion at the bottom reveals a list of e-mails. The first one, "Counter-Information Campaign," contains the casting news.
Transformers, based on the 1980s toy, comic-book and TV franchise, opens July 4.