Michael Bay Writing Transformers Sequel Himself

As the writers' strike appears poised to finally end, Transformers director Michael Bay has revealed that he's already writing the story for the sequel himself, despite the fact that his screenwriters were not allowed to work on the project during the strike.

"I've been writing Transformers 2," Bay revealed to RottenTomatoes.com. "We've got our characters all designed. I always write all my scripts, my movies anyway so at least I've got something to give the writers. It's like a template. We have a really good outline so I worked on that."

The helmer added that he expects to "have a lot more fun" with the sequel. "We can actually make the depth of these characters more fun and a lot more interesting characters."

Transformers 2 is set for release June 26, 2009.