Lots of info about the live-action flick — 45 new images released, trailer news, article on director Michael Bay, and more!

• Paramount/Dreamworks have released 45 new images from the upcoming live-action Transformers movie. The folks over at /Film were ambitious enough to collect all the images from various sources into one place (it’s a dirty job, but someone’s gotta do it — glad it wasn’t me).
• New movie poster released (click image at right for larger view).
• Theatrical trailer to be attached to Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (opens May 25), tentatively with Shrek the Third on May 18, and during the third weekend of Spider-Man 3.
• Earlier this week, the LA TIMES ran an article about the film’s director Michael Bay, which includes an additional two new photos.
• A Transformers prequel comic (issue #1) was offered for Free Comic Book Day.
• Building in LA gets transformed.
• Pepsi promo ad.
• Transformers: The Game preview.

Transformers hits theaters on July 4, 2007.