Fox blasted the “Transformers” director for relying on special effects rather than acting in the two “Transformers” films in an interview with “Entertainment Weekly.” But Bay is unimpressed.

“She says some very ridiculous things because she’s 23 years old, and she still has a lot of growing up to do,” the 44-year-old Bay told the Wall Street Journal. “You roll your eyes when you see statements like that and think, ‘Okay Megan, you can do whatever you want.’”

But is Fox biting the hand that feeds her? In addition to “Transformers” and “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” Bay’s directing credits include “Armageddon,” “Pearl Harbor” and “The Rock.”

“Nobody in the world knew about Megan Fox until I found her and put her in ‘Transformers,’” said Bay, citing Nicolas Cage, Will Smith and Ben Affleck as other actors who have shot to stardom after starring in his films. “I like to think that I’ve had some luck in building actors’ careers with my films.”

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen has earned an estimated $201.2 million, besting Spider-Man 2’s $152.4 million to become the second biggest five day domestic gross of all time

Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen filming continues in the Arizona at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base and someone sneaked a peek at some new Autobot characters. Jalopink has posted a few shots from the set and it appears that the movie will be using “skids” as Autobots in the new film.

The car used for these smaller characters is the Chevy Beat, but it isn’t clear what sort of functions these new Autobots will have. Click below to enlarge the images.

We’ll keep you posted on any and all updates regarding this blockbuster-to-be. Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen is currently slated for a June 26, 2009 release.

THE SKINNY: Megan Fox fans, rejoice. The chance to see the TRANSFORMERS actress in a variety water-related scenes might be just ahead.

IESB is reporting that Fox has signed on to play the lead role in a bigscreen adaptation of the comic book series FATHOM. She would be portraying the lead character Aspen, a beautiful girl who was brought to land on a boat thought to have sunk years ago. She eventually ends up working at a high-tech underwater lab, where she discovers a mysterious underwater race and her own water-

FATHOM was created by the late Michael Turner. The movie project has been in development since 2001, when James Cameron’s Lightstorm Entertainment acquired the rights.

Our friends over at Jalopnik hit the jackpot with these new shots of the Corvette Centennial Concept that was built to play a role in next summer’s blockbuster ‘Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen’ as well as to celebrate General Motors 100-year anniversary. The futuristic Corvette concept takes several styling cues from the older Vettes including the split rear-window from the ’63 Sting Ray. GM has been awfully quite with the Corvette Centennial so we’ll have to take Jalopnik’s word that the concept does not preview in any way the forthcoming C7 Vette.