February 12, 2008 - As the writers' strike appears poised to finally end, Transformers director Michael Bay has revealed that he's already penned the story for the sequel himself, despite the fact that his screenwriters -- Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci and Ehren Kruger -- 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."

Bay justified his strike-bypassing approach by saying, "We had to because I want to make my date. I'm not going to let the strike take me down." Transformers 2 is slated for release June 26, 2009.

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."