IDW Publishing, the company behind the new Bay-centric Transformers comic, let slip some details of the upcoming sequel. The series, designed to bridge the gap between the first and second movies, will also flesh out a bit more of the universe.
[We're going to] explore the background of The Fallen — the main villain of the movie — as well as expand on the ‘Reign of Starscream’ story that we’re doing and tie everything in to what this next movie is going to be,” explained writer Chris Mowry, who partners on the book with artist Alex Milne. “The next movie starts out with just tons of action and there’s obviously going to be a lot of questions, so we’re hoping to answer some of those beforehand.