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Transformers (film series)
Transformers is a series of American science fiction action films based on the franchise of the same name which began in the 1980s. Michael Bay has directed the first five films: "Transformers" (2007), "" (2009), "" (2011), "" (2014) and "" (2017). A spin-off, "Bumblebee", directed by Travis Knight and produced by Bay, was released on December 21, 2018. The series has been distributed by Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks.
Transformers (film comic series)
Transformers: Movie Prequel Special is a reprinting of two previous movie prequel comics that had been produced in cooperation with Target Corporation. It was released on June 18, 2008. It includes:
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In a hidden extra for the Blu-ray release of "Revenge of the Fallen", Bay expressed his intention to make "Transformers 3" not necessarily larger than "Revenge of the Fallen", but instead deeper into the mythology, to give it more character development, and to make it darker and more emotional. Unicron is briefly shown in a secret "Transformers 3" preview feature in the "Revenge of the Fallen" Blu-ray Disc. Ultimately, the producers decided to forgo a plot involving the planet-eating Transformer, and no further comments were ever made on the subject. Having been called "Transformers 3" up to that point, the film's final title was revealed to be "Dark of the Moon" in October 2010. After "Revenge of the Fallen" was almost universally panned by critics, Bay acknowledged the general flaws of the script, having blamed the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike prior to the film for many problems. Bay promised to not have the "dorky comedy" from the last film. On March 19, 2010, the script was said to be finished.
Bumblebee (film)
Bumblebee is a 2018 American science fiction action film centered on the "Transformers" character of the same name. It is the sixth installment of the live-action "Transformers" film series and a prequel to 2007's "Transformers". Directed by Travis Knight and written by Christina Hodson, the film stars Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., John Ortiz, Jason Drucker, and Pamela Adlon, with Dylan O'Brien, Angela Bassett, Justin Theroux, and Peter Cullen in voice roles. It is the first live-action "Transformers" film not to be directed by Michael Bay, though he still produced, and Travis Knight's first live-action film. Principal photography on the film began on July 31, 2017, in Los Angeles and San Francisco, California.
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Frank Welker
Welker returned to two of his "Transformers" roles when he portrayed Megatron and Soundwave as part of a spoof in a third-season episode of "Robot Chicken", which aired shortly after the release of the first live-action film. In the second "Transformers" film, "" (2009), he joined the voice cast and reprised the roles of Soundwave and Ravage, and also provided the voices for Grindor, Devastator, and Reedman. He would again reprise his role as Soundwave, as well as take on the roles of Shockwave and Barricade, in the third film, "" (2011). And, in "" (2014), he would reprise his role as Galvatron, albeit with a much different voice from his performance in the 1980s Generation One series. Welker reprised the voice of Megatron in the fifth installment, "" (2017) taking over from Hugo Weaving who played Megatron in the first three live-action Transformer films.
Transformers: Titans Return
For this series, various actors return from "Combiner Wars" alongside new cast members, including Transformers veterans Peter Cullen, reprising his role as Optimus Prime, and Judd Nelson, reprising his role as Rodimus Prime / Hot Rod from " and Transformers Animated.The series consists of roughly ten minute episodes. The first two episodes premiered for the U.S. audience on November 14, 2017 via go90, followed by a weekly release of new episodes every Tuesday. For international viewers, the first two episodes were released on January 9, 2018 on Machinima's official YouTube channel (as well as Hasbro's, but their uploads were since privatized), and all remaining episodes later appeared on YouTube on January 23, 2018.
Transformers: The Game
Transformers: The Game is the name of multiple versions of a video game based on the 2007 live action film "Transformers", all of which were released in North America in June 2007. Home console and PC versions were developed by Traveller's Tales for the PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 3 and PC. A different PlayStation Portable version was developed by Savage Entertainment.
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"Though a modest film compared with Michael Bay's (2007 "Transformers"), the original "Transformers" is the better film," wrote John Swansburg of "Slate". "[T]here's nothing even approaching the original's narrative depth. The good guys beat the bad guys, and no one we care about is harmed in the process—the movie hasn't succeeded in making us care about anyone."
List of Transformers television series
As controversial as "Beast Wars" started out, it was nothing compared to the controversy that would result from the infamous "Beast Machines". The series was the only Transformers animated series to be fully plotted from start to finish by Marty Isenberg and Robert N. Skir, writers unfamiliar with Transformers lore who sought to produce the series as, in Skir's words, a "religious epic novel for television." The series tackled the heavy philosophical concept of what it meant to live in an increasingly technological society, running to 26 episodes over two seasons, though in its native Canada, the show was aired simply in one long 26-episode run.
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On February 16, 2018, Senior designer for the brand John Warder confirmed Hasbro's plans for the sequel had been postponed, and on May 23, Paramount removed the sequel from its release schedule. In a interview with Slash Film on December 10, 2018, producer Lorenzo Di Bonaventura announced that there will continue to be further films in the series following the release of "Bumblebee". Acknowledging that the sequel trilogy will continue, he stated that the franchise will make some changes in their tone and style.
Don Murphy
Murphy and producer Tom DeSanto optioned rights to the Transformers toy line from Hasbro and pitched it to Hollywood studios. According to Murphy, the studios passed initially, but then began to express interest after further internal meetings involving younger staff, from the generation who had played with Transformers in their childhood. Paramount Pictures and producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura pursued the property, and DreamWorks got involved. DreamWorks executive Michael De Luca proposed the idea to Steven Spielberg, who took the project and convinced Michael Bay to direct the film. "Transformers" was released in 2007 and was a major box office success. During production, Murphy hosted a forum on his personal website so Transformers fans could discuss the film and make suggestions, enabling them to influence the film's script and casting. However, the forum remained Murphy's personal project, rather than an official site for the film, partly due to his corporate partners' unease about how the website might be perceived. Murphy was also one of the originating producers of the 2009 sequel "".
List of awards and nominations received by Megan Fox
Megan Fox is an American actress and model who rose to prominence with her role in the 2007 science fiction film "Transformers". Since then, Fox has received various awards and nominations, including four Teen Choice Awards and two Scream Awards. Due to poor performances in films, she has been nominated for several Golden Raspberry Awards and earned one.
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An eight-issue limited series from 2003 written by Brad Mick aka James McDonough and Adam Patyk (the shapers of Dreamwave's "G1" title and its overall "Transformers" continuity) with art by most of the Dreamwave artists, it featured bios of all the Transformers released as toys in the United States (with the exception of several of the Action Masters). The character entries were done in the same style as the 1986 Marvel limited series, "Transformers Universe", with page long bios and art of the characters in both their robot and alternate forms. The character bios included expanded information from the original toys' tech specs, as well as new character development from the Dreamwave "Transformers" continuity. Issues one through seven contain the character bios, while issue number eight contains entries for key Transformer locations, ideas and technology. The first pages of issue one and the last pages of issue eight feature a mini-comic about where all the information presented in the limited series is coming from, and who is accessing it, which was a prequel story to the "Beast Wars" television series. The series proved to be popular, and a subsequent "More Than Meets The Eye" miniseries debuted the next year, this time covering .
The Transformers (TV series)
The Transformers is a half-hour American animated robot superhero television series which originally aired from September 17, 1984 to November 11, 1987. The first of many series in the "Transformers" franchise, it was based upon Hasbro's "Transformers" toy line (itself based upon the "Diaclone" and "Microman" toy lines originally created by Japanese toy manufacturer Takara) and depicts a war among giant robots that can transform into vehicles and other objects.
List of Transformers television series
Formerly known by the working title, "Transformers: Heroes", "Transformers: Animated" debuted December 26, 2007, on Cartoon Network, and represents yet another fresh start for the animated Transformers universe, albeit one that draws inspiration from many of its antecedents, including, for the first time, elements drawn from the 2007 live-action film. Opening in a manner similar to "Beast Wars", the series takes place centuries after the end of the Autobot-Decepticon war, and centers on a small group of Autobots voyaging through space on missions. The group is a Space Bridge repair crew led by academy washout Optimus Prime, who stumble across the legendary life-giving Allspark on a routine mission, drawing the attention of the long-exiled Decepticons under the command of Megatron. As a result of the ensuing battle, Megatron and the Autobots crash land on Earth, while the other Decepticons are scattered through space. Megatron's remains are discovered by the young scientist Isaac Sumdac, who reverse-engineers his Cybertronian technology to create massive leaps in Earth machinery, transforming the planet into a technological utopia over the course of the following fifty years. The Autobots spend these years in stasis, but when they are awakened as a result of one of Sumdac's experiments in techno-organic fusion going berserk, they publicly save the day, befriend Sumdac's daughter Sari (who later reveals to be a robot herself), and quickly establish themselves as a force for justice on Earth.
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In the United Kingdom, the mythology continued to grow. Primus was introduced as the creator of the Transformers, to serve his material body that is planet Cybertron and fight his nemesis Unicron. Female Autobot Arcee also appeared, despite the comic book stating the Transformers had no concept of gender, with her backstory of being built by the Autobots to quell human accusations of sexism. Soundwave, Megatron's second-in-command, also broke the fourth wall in the letters page, criticising the cartoon continuity as an inaccurate representation of history. The UK also had a crossover in "Action Force", the UK counterpart to G.I. Joe. The comic book featured a resurrected Megatron, whom Furman retconned to be a clone when he took over the U.S. comic book, which depicted Megatron as still dead. The U.S. comic would last for 80 issues until 1991, and the UK comic lasted 332 issues and several annuals, until it was replaced as Dreamwave Productions, later in the 20th-Century.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is a 2009 American science fiction action film directed by Michael Bay and based on the Transformers toy line. It is the sequel to 2007's "Transformers", as well as the second installment in the live-action "Transformers" film series. Taking place two years after its predecessor, the plot revolves around Sam Witwicky, who is caught in the war between two factions of alien robots, the Autobots, led by Optimus Prime and the Decepticons, led by Megatron. Sam is having strange visions of Cybertronian symbols, and being hunted by the Decepticons under the orders of an ancient Decepticon named The Fallen, who seeks to get revenge on Earth by finding and activating a machine that would provide the Decepticons with an energon source, destroying the Sun and all life on Earth in the process. Returning Transformers include Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Ironhide, Ratchet, Megatron, Starscream, and Scorponok.
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A four-issue mini-series introducing new characters that were incorporated into the ongoing series (issue #38) at the conclusion of the mini-series. The series introduces the Headmasters, Targetmasters, some of the movie Transformers, Monsterbots, Horrorcons, Technobots and Terrorcons.
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Volume 1 ran for 25 issues before the second volume began in 2009 to tie in with the release of . Volume 3 began in 2011 to tie in with the third film and a fourth launched soon after for the animated series; . 
The fifth and final volume began in June 2014, coinciding with the release of the fourth Transformers film, , and was cancelled after three issues. The final issue went on sale on 21 August 2014.
Transformers: The Last Knight
After "", Bay had decided not to direct any future "Transformers" films. But in early January 2016, in an interview with "Rolling Stone", he stated that he would return to direct the fifth film, and that it will be his last "Transformers" film. Paramount Pictures spent $80 million on production in Michigan, in return for $21 million in state incentives, under agreements entered into before the state legislature eliminated the film office incentive program in July 2015. In April 2016, Paramount hired cinematographer Jonathan Sela. On May 17, Bay revealed the official title of the film to be "The Last Knight" on his Instagram account, where he also posted a production video showing a close-up of Optimus Prime's face with purple eyes instead of blue, and his face mostly discolored. The official Twitter account showed a 19-second short video in morse code that translates to "I'm coming for you May 31". On May 31, it was revealed that Megatron would return in the sequel.
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There were two 4-issue mini-series, "G.I. Joe and the Transformers", and "", which integrated into the story of the main title. The would also later introduce the 12-issue follow up, "".
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Revenge of the Fallen Movie Adaptation is a 4-part series and an adaptation of the second movie, "Revenge of the Fallen".
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In February 2012, producer di Bonaventura stated that a fourth film was in the works, aiming for a 2014 release, with Michael Bay to direct and produce. On the same day, Paramount Pictures and Michael Bay announced a June 27, 2014 release date for a fourth film. Ehren Kruger would pen the script and Steve Jablonsky would score the film, as each had for the previous film. The film is set five years after the events in "Transformers: Dark of the Moon". Shia LaBeouf did not return in any future installments. Mark Wahlberg was instead cast in the lead role as new character, Cade Yeager. In November 2012, casting began to search for two more leads. Isabelle Cornish, Nicola Peltz, Gabriella Wilde, and Margaret Qualley were all considered to play Cade's daughter Tessa Yeager, while Luke Grimes, Landon Liboiron, Brenton Thwaites, Jack Reynor, and Hunter Parrish were all considered to play Tessa's race-car-driving boyfriend, Shane Dyson. Bay announced on his website that Reynor would portray Shane and that the fourth film would start the next installment in the overall series; the film was to be a darker sequel to "Dark of the Moon" and have a different feeling. Peter Cullen, who voiced Optimus Prime in the films, was to reprise his role. Tyrese Gibson was in talks to reprise his role as Sgt. Robert Epps from the original trilogy. Glenn Morshower stated that he was contracted for two films and he was to reprise his role. It was later announced that he would not be return until the next film. With a budget of $165 million, filming was expected to take place in London between April and November 2013—once "Pain & Gain", another film that Bay was directing, had finished editing.
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In March 2015, Paramount hired Academy Award winner film writer Akiva Goldsman to put together a "writers room" style brain trust in order to pitch ideas for future Transformers films with the intention of expanding the franchise into a bigger cinematic universe. At least 12 films were planned for the "Transformers Cinematic Universe" with Goldsman overseeing development of a multi-part sequel storyline along with prequels and spin off films that were to follow. In May 2015, Deadline reported that Robert Kirkman, Zak Penn, Art Marcum and Matt Holloway, Jeff Pinkner, Andrew Barrer, Gabriel Ferrari, Christina Hodson, Lindsey Beer, Ken Nolan, Geneva Robertson-Dworet, and Steven DeKnight were hired to write future instalments for the series with the spin-offs potentially titled Transformers: Beast Wars and Barrer and Ferrari were writing a film that will explore the origins of Cybertron, with the working title "Transformers One." During the New York Toy Fair on February 12, 2016, Hasbro revealed plans for a direct sequel to "The Last Knight", an untitled "Transformers 6" with a release date of June 28, 2019.
Transformers: Animated
The series has (two sets of three interrelated episodes make up two 90-minute made for TV movies) across three seasons, with many fanservice references to other Transformers shows.
Transformers: Movie Prequel
Transformers: Movie Prequel, published by IDW Publishing, is a 2007 comic book limited series that serves as a prequel to the 2007 film "Transformers". It is written by Simon Furman and IDW editor-in-chief Chris Ryall, who was allowed to read the film's script, and penciled by artist Don Figueroa. , a 4 issue adaptation of the film itself, was released weekly throughout the month of June in the run up to the film's release.
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Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation is a 4-part series and an adaptation of the third movie, "".
Transformers: Prime
Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, co-writers of "Transformers" and its sequel "", were announced in early February to be helming a new "Transformers" series which would be CGI-animated. The title of the series was first announced in February 2010 as "Transformers: Prime" on Jeffrey Combs' website. Combs revealed he would be voicing Ratchet and that the first season would consist of 26 episodes. The series' logo was revealed on May 3, 2010. Orci said that one of the reasons he and Kurtzman decided to come back to the franchise is because when they worked on the live-action film, there were limitations on how much time the Transformers could appear on-screen and what type of actions they could perform, stating:There were things we wanted to do in the movies that we just couldn't do and there were character arcs that we wanted to explore with the Transformers that we just couldn't do. We wanted to show more of their mythology and their past and their planet and just hang out with them. ... And in the movie, every time you did that, it was very special but it was extremely limited. So there was always another way ... to tell ... Transformers stories and this was ... a lucky accident that .. we got an opportunity to pursue that inspiration[.]
List of Transformers UK comics
The Transformers (cover-titled simply Transformers from issue #200) was a comic published by Marvel UK for 332 issues, from 1984 to 1991. It consisted of re-printed material from the American "Transformers" comic, as well as original UK material. The format of the comic changed several times during its seven-year run.
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Sector 7 is a 5-part comic series that ran from September 2010 to January 2011. The story tells more about the organization Sector 7 and is the first prequel to "".
List of Transformers planets
In the TV series, the Transformers arrived on Nebulos in the three-part episode "The Rebirth", which were the only episodes of the fourth season, and the last episode ever produced in the United States. The Autobots' spaceship was plunged to Nebulos accidentally by a gigantic power surge from the Plasma Energy Chamber, and the Decepticons followed them. The TV show version of Nebulos is a hostile, dying world, where a group of eleven rulers known as "The Hive" controls the entire world from an underground city, abusing their power for their personal pleasure and oppressing the workers with various mechanical devices controlled by their minds. Upon seeing the Autobots, the Nebulon workers mistook them for machines controlled by The Hive, and imprisoned them, later to destroy them. However, an attack by the Decepticons convinced the workers that the Autobots were good guys, and so they were released and allied themselves with the workers. The Decepticons did the same with the members of The Hive (after being co-erced).
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The following year, IDW Publishing rebooted the G1 series from scratch within various limited series and . This allowed long-time writer of Marvel and Dreamwave comics, Simon Furman to create his own universe without continuity hindrance, similar to Ultimate Marvel. This new continuity originally consisted of a comic book series titled The Transformers with a companion series known as . The main series was broken up into several story arcs. Eventually, with IDW Publishing displeased with the format, the series was given two soft reboots. The first one sped up the story, while the second ditched the mini series format as well as the Spotlight series. Finally, the series was broken into three, becoming The Transformers: More Than Meets The Eyes, The Transformers: Robots in Disguise (now simply The Transformers) and The returning The Transformers - Spotlight.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Hasbro became more involved in the designs of the robots than the company was for "Transformers". The company, along with Takara Tomy, suggested to the filmmakers that combining robots be the main draw for the sequel. They insisted on keeping the alternate modes of some of the returning characters similar so that consumers would not have to buy toys of the same characters. Bay used real F-16 Fighting Falcon and tank fire when filming the battles. Many of the new Autobot cars supplied by General Motors were brightly colored to look distinctive on screen. "Revenge of the Fallen" features 46 robots, while the original movie had 14.
The Transformers (IDW Publishing)
Following a one-shot titled "The Death of Optimus Prime", two new ongoing series started in January 2012, "Robots in Disguise" and "". A digital Transformers comic also became available titled "Autocracy", consisting of 12 eight-page issues. Two sequels to "Autocracy" titled "Monstrosity" and "" started publishing in March 2013 and August 2014, respectively. In April and November 2014, the "" and "" mini-series were also published. In addition, in November 2014, "The Transformers: Robots in Disguise" changed its title to just "The Transformers". A second ongoing series of "Windblade" started in March 2015.
List of Transformers television series
Additionally, a fifth season of sorts was aired in 1988, serving as a kind of "best of" collection of the series. The most notable feature of this twenty-episode run was the new intro and concluding segments added to the episodes, which consisted of Powermaster Optimus Prime (rendered in a mixture of puppetry and stop motion animation) relating the events of the episodes to a human boy named Tommy Kennedy. The opening sequence comprised animation taken from contemporary toy adverts, and Prime occasionally referred to new toy characters like Cloudburst. Apparently never re-run after its original airing, the series aired "More Than Meets the Eye" Parts 1-3, "Five Faces of Darkness" Parts 1-5, "Dark Awakening", the out-of-place "Surprise Party", "The Return of Optimus Prime" Parts 1-2, "The Rebirth" Parts 1-3, and most notably, "", split up and aired in five segments, with Stan Bush's music video for "" included in the final part.
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On October 1, 2009, Bay revealed that "Dark of the Moon" had already gone into pre-production, and its planned release was back to its originally intended date of July 1, 2011, rather than 2012. Due to the revived interest in 3-D technology brought in by the success of "Avatar", talks between Paramount, ILM, and Bay had considered the possibility of the next "Transformers" film being filmed in 3-D, and testing was performed to bring the technology into Bay's work. Bay originally was not much interested in the format as he felt it did not fit his "aggressive style" of filmmaking, but he was convinced after talks with "Avatar" director James Cameron, who even offered the technical crew from that film. Cameron reportedly told Bay about 3-D, "You gotta look at it as a toy, it's another fun tool to help get emotion and character and create an experience." Bay was reluctant to film with 3-D cameras since in test he found them to be too cumbersome for his filming style, but he did not want to implement the technology in post production either since he was not pleased with the results. In addition to using the 3-D Fusion camera rigs developed by Cameron's team, Bay and the team spent nine months developing a more portable 3-D camera that could be brought into location. On the day of the film's release, Shia LaBeouf announced that "Dark of the Moon" will be his last "Transformers" film.
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Transformers: The Veiled Threat
Transformers: The Veiled Threat is a science fiction novel set in between the events of the 2007 movie "Transformers" and its 2009 sequel "". Alan Dean Foster, author of and the novelizations of both movies, is the author of this novel also.
The 304 page paperback novel was released April, 2009. Foster is an established science fiction writer, having written a large number of novels for both original and existing media properties such as "Aliens", "Star Trek", and "Star Wars".
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Written by Barbara Siegel and Scott Siegel. Illustrated by William Schmidt. The cover art features Jazz, Starscream and Optimus Prime. Characters in the story include Buster and Sparkplug Witwicky, Soundwave and Ransack. This book has 12 different endings.
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By December 2018, di Bonaventura stated that further films in the series are to follow the release of "Bumblebee", while also acknowledging that the franchise will make some changes in tone and style due to the success of the solo movie.
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These three lines, launched in 2002 and dubbed the "Unicron Trilogy" by "Transformers" designer Aaron Archer, are co-productions between Takara and (lesser extent) Hasbro, simultaneously released in both countries, each lasting 52 episodes. "Armada" followed the Autobots and Decepticons discovering the powerful Mini-Cons on Earth, which are revealed by the end to be weapons of Unicron. "Energon", set ten years later, followed the Autobots and the Omnicons in their fight to stop the Decepticons and the Terrorcons from resurrecting Unicron with energon.
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The term "" covers both the animated television series "The Transformers" and the comic book series of the same name, which are further divided into Japanese and British spin-offs, respectively. Sequels followed, such as the "" comic book and "Beast Wars" TV series, which became its own mini-universe. Generation 1 characters underwent two reboots with Dreamwave in 2001 and IDW Publishing in 2005, also as a remastered series. There have been other incarnations of the story based on different toy lines during and after the 20th century. The first was the "" series, followed by three shows (", ", and "") that constitute a single universe called the "Unicron Trilogy". A live-action film was also released in 2007, with in 2009, a in 2011, a , and a , again distinct from previous incarnations, while the "" series merged concepts from the G1 story-arc, the 2007 live-action film and the "Unicron Trilogy". "" previously aired on The Hub.
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After "", Bay had decided not to direct any future "Transformers" films. But in early January 2016, in an interview with "Rolling Stone", he stated that he would return to direct the fifth film, and that it will be his last "Transformers" film. Paramount Pictures spent $80 million on production in Michigan, in return for $21 million in state incentives, under agreements entered into before the state legislature eliminated the film office incentive program in July 2015. In April 2016, Paramount hired cinematographer Jonathan Sela. On May 17, Bay revealed the official title of the film to be "The Last Knight" on his Instagram account, where he also posted a production video showing a close-up of Optimus Prime's face with purple eyes instead of blue, and his face mostly discolored. The official Twitter account showed a 19-second short video in morse code that translates to "I'm coming for you May 31". On May 31, it was revealed that Megatron would return in the sequel.
Ehren Kruger
Ehren Kruger (born October 5, 1972) is an American screenwriter and film producer. He is best known for writing three of the five films in the "Transformers" film series which are "", "" and "".
Transformers (film comic series)
Transformers is a comic book series by IDW Publishing, spun off from the 2007 "Transformers" movie and other films in the "Transformers" film series.
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Deals were made with 200 companies to promote the film in 70 countries. Michael Bay directed tie-in commercials for General Motors, Panasonic, Burger King and PepsiCo, while props – including the Camaro used for Bumblebee and the AllSpark – were put up for charity sale on eBay. A viral marketing alternate reality game was employed through the Sector 7 website, which presented the film and all previous Transformers toys and media as part of a cover-up operation called "Hungry Dragon," perpetrated by a "real life" Sector 7 to hide the existence of genuine Transformers. The site featured several videos presenting "evidence" of Transformers on Earth, including a cameo from the original Bumblebee.
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Steven Spielberg, a fan of the comics and toys, signed on as executive producer in 2004. John Rogers wrote the first draft, which pitted four Autobots against four Decepticons, and featured the Ark spaceship. Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, fans of the cartoon, were hired to rewrite the script in February 2005. Spielberg suggested that "a boy and his car" should be the focus. This appealed to Orci and Kurtzman because it conveyed themes of adulthood and responsibility, "the things that a car represents in the United States". The characters of Sam and Mikaela were the sole point of view given in Orci and Kurtzman's first draft. The Transformers had no dialogue, as the producers feared talking robots would look ridiculous. The writers felt that even if it would look silly, not having the robots speak would betray the fanbase. The first draft also had a battle scene in the Grand Canyon. Spielberg read each of Orci and Kurtzman's drafts and gave notes for improvement. The writers remained involved throughout production, adding additional dialogue for the robots during the sound mixing (although none of this was kept in the final film, which ran fifteen minutes shorter than the initial edit). Furman's "The Ultimate Guide", published by Dorling Kindersley, remained as a resource to the writers throughout production. "Prime Directive" was used as a fake working title. This was also the name of Dreamwave Productions' first .
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Although largely looked down upon for its very light-hearted approach when compared to the darker North American series, "Beast Wars II" proved successful enough to spawn a theatrical movie, consisting of three "acts". The first act was a recap of the original "Beast Wars" television show up to that point, while the second was the undubbed, English-language episode, ""Bad Spark"", from the show's second season, to serve as a showcase for the upcoming release of the season in Japan. The third act was "", a new, original story that saw Optimus Primal pulled forward in time to team up with Lio Convoy to stop the monstrous Majin Zarak.
The Transformers: The Movie
The film was released on 990 screens in the United States and grossed $1,778,559 on its opening weekend. It opened in 14th place behind "About Last Night", which had been in theaters for six weeks at the time. The film's final box office gross was $5,849,647, which made it the 99th highest-grossing movie of 1986. Hasbro lost US$10 million on the combined poor performance of this, and their previous collaboration with De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG), "". It also forced the producers of these films to make "" a direct-to-video release instead of theatrical, as well as scrap a "Jem" film then in development. However, "Transformers" has become a cult classic.
Lorenzo di Bonaventura
Lorenzo di Bonaventura (; born January 13, 1957) is an American film producer and founder of his company Di Bonaventura Pictures. He is known for producing the "Transformers" film series.
Transformers: The Last Knight
A spin-off/prequel/soft reboot entitled "Bumblebee", starring Hailee Steinfeld and John Cena, was released on December 21, 2018. It is set in 1987, twenty years before the events of the original live-action film. The film's working title was "Brighton Falls"; it wrapped up shooting on November 10, 2017.
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"" is a cartoon that was aired in early 2008 on Cartoon Network in the United States. Originally scheduled for late after 2007 under the title of "Transformers: Heroes", "Transformers Animated" is set in 2050 Detroit (after crash landing 50 years earlier), when robots and humans live side-by-side. The Autobots come to Earth and assume superhero roles, battling evil humans with the Decepticons having a smaller role until Megatron resurfaces. Main characters include Autobots Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Bulkhead, Prowl, and Ratchet; Decepticons Megatron, Starscream, Blitzwing, Lugnut, and Blackarachnia; and humans Professor Sumdac and Sari Sumdac. Several characters that were in the original Transformers cartoon and 1986 animated movie, as well as characters only seen in comics and such, make special appearances and cameos throughout the show, with various voice actors (including Corey Burton, John Moschitta, Jr., Susan Blu, and Judd Nelson) reprising their roles.
Transformers (film series)
Orci described the film's theme as "being away from home", with the Autobots contemplating living on Earth as they cannot restore Cybertron, while Sam goes to college. He wanted the focus between the robots and humans "much more evenly balanced", "the stakes [to] be higher", and the science fiction elements more prominent. Lorenzo di Bonaventura said that in total, there are around forty robots in the film, while ILM's Scott Farrar has said there are actually sixty. Orci added that he wanted to "modulate" the humor more, and felt he managed the more "outrageous" jokes by balancing them with a more serious plot approach to the Transformers' mythology. Bay concurred that he wanted to please fans by making the tone darker, and that "moms will think its safe enough to bring the kids back out to the movies" despite his trademark sense of humor.
Transformers (film series)
Before "Transformers" was released, producer DeSanto had "a very cool idea" to introduce the Dinobots, while Bay was interested in an aircraft carrier, which was dropped from the 2007 film. Orci claimed they did not incorporate these characters into "Revenge of the Fallen" because they could not think of a way to justify the Dinobots' choice of form, and were unable to fit in the aircraft carrier. Orci also admitted he was also dismissive of the Dinobots because he does not like dinosaurs. "I recognize I am weird in that department", he said, but he became fonder of them during filming because of their popularity with fans. He added "I couldn't see why a Transformer would feel the need to disguise himself in front of a bunch of lizards. Movie-wise, I mean. Once the general audience is fully on board with the whole thing, maybe Dinobots in the future." However, Michael Bay said he hated the Dinobots and they had never been in consideration for being featured in the movies. It is the last film in the series to be distributed by DreamWorks.
John Turturro
John Michael Turturro (; born February 28, 1957) is an Italian-American character actor, writer and filmmaker known for his roles in the films "Do the Right Thing" (1989), "Miller's Crossing" (1990), "Barton Fink" (1991), "Quiz Show" (1994), "The Big Lebowski" (1998), "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" (2000) and four entries in the "Transformers" film series, most recently (2017). He has appeared in over sixty films and has worked frequently with the Coen brothers, Adam Sandler and Spike Lee.
Transformers (comics)
"Evolutions" is a title that features stand-alone, out-of-continuity tales from rotating creative teams. Chuck Dixon wrote the first four-part series "Hearts of Steel", revolving around steam-powered Transformers on Earth in the 19th Century, with art by former Dreamwave artist Guido Guidi. It premiered in July 2006. At its conclusion, the publishers warned that they needed to be conservative with alternate-reality stories, because both they and Hasbro did not want to make things too confusing before the 2007 movie was released. For this reason, the series is on hold until after the movie premieres, but a trade paperback has been released.
List of Transformers television series
Although initially a separate and competing franchise in 1984, Tonka's Gobots became the intellectual property of Hasbro after their buyout of Tonka in 1991. Subsequently, the universe depicted in the animated series "Challenge of the GoBots" and follow-up film "GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords" was established as an alternate universe in the Transformers franchise.
Transformers (film)
The second film, "Revenge of the Fallen" was released June 24, 2009. The third film, "Dark of the Moon" was released June 29, 2011. The fourth film, "Age of Extinction" was released June 27, 2014, and the fifth film titled "The Last Knight" was released on June 21, 2017. All have received negative critical reviews but were still box office successes.
Michael Bay
Despite his commercial success at the box office, Bay's work is generally held in low esteem by film critics. While "The Rock" (1996) and "Transformers" (2007) received moderately positive reviews, his other films, including the four "Transformers" sequels, have been received negatively by critics.
Trancers (franchise)
The franchise consists of 6 feature films, 1 short film, and 2 comic book series.
List of The Transformers episodes
The story takes place in 2005, twenty years after the events of the TV series' second season and serves as a bridge to the third season. Decepticon villains are more menacing, killing Ironhide, Ratchet, Prowl, Brawn, Windcharger and Wheeljack without hesitation. Optimus Prime dies following a battle with Megatron. Later, Megatron is reformed into Galvatron by Unicron, while Skywarp, Thundercracker, Shrapnel, Kickback and Bombshell are reformed as Cyclonus, Scourge and the Sweeps. Starscream is destroyed by Galvatron. Blaster gets four cassettes of his own like Soundwave known as Ramhorn, Steeljaw, Eject and Rewind; however, Soundwave gets a new cassette called Ratbat. At the end of the film, Hot Rod becomes Rodimus Prime and uses the Matrix of leadership to destroy Unicron. He then becomes the new leader of the Autobots.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
The third film, "Dark of the Moon" was released June 29, 2011. The fourth film, "Age of Extinction" was released June 27, 2014. The fifth film, "The Last Knight" was released on June 21, 2017.
Transformers: The Reign of Starscream
Regarding canonicity, Chris Ryall wrote, "Doing sequels to movies that nevertheless don't affect any coming sequel have a long tradition in comics [...] and we've been having a lot of fun with this one." Hasbro advised Mowry on the story, leading to four script drafts. They rejected his idea to make the series introduce characters for the next film (which Alex Milne designed), making it into a wrap-up to the first film. However, when discussing the official prequel to the sequel film, it was mentioned that "Transformers: Destiny" would reference "The Reign of Starscream". Ultimately, the 2018 prequel film "Bumblebee", which is set around 1980, declared the prequel to be non-canon, as it features a different version of Cliffjumper, who is killed during the film, while the comic featured Cliffjuper among the Autobots that attack Starscream.
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
The fourth film in the "Transformers" film series, "Age of Extinction", was released June 27, 2014. A fifth film, "The Last Knight", was released on June 21, 2017.
Shockwave (Transformers)
In 2007 USA today polled people as to which Transformer they want to appear in the next Transformers film. Shockwave came in tied for fifth with Ultra Magnus.
Transformers (comics)
"Transformers: The Animated Movie" is a four-issue comic book adaptation of the classic 1986 in correspondence with the 20th anniversary of the film's release. The first issue was released in October 2006 and the run coincided with the release of the Sony/BMG 20th Anniversary "The Transformers: The Movie" Special Edition DVD, released on November 7, 2006. The adaptation was written by former Marvel Transformers writer Bob Budiansky and illustrated by Don Figueroa. The series included scenes and characters in the comic that did not make it into the movie.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
"Revenge of the Fallen" was among the films shortlisted for the Best Visual Effects at the 82nd Academy Awards, but was only nominated for Best Sound Mixing (Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson), eventually losing to "The Hurt Locker". The film won five Scream Awards, for Best Actress (Megan Fox), Breakout Performance-Female (Isabel Lucas), Best Sequel, Best F/X, and Scream Song of the Year ("New Divide"); and two Teen Choice Awards, for Choice Summer Movie Star: Female (Megan Fox) and Choice Summer Movie Star: Male (Shia LaBeouf). "Revenge of the Fallen" was also nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film but lost to "Avatar", Satellite Awards for Best Visual Effects and Best Sound, a VES Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Feature Motion Picture, a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble, and an MTV Movie Award for Best WTF Moment (Isabel Lucas turning into a Decepticon). Shia LaBeouf, the film and Megan Fox was nominated for a Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards for Favorite Movie Actor, Favorite Movie and Favorite Movie Actress, but all lost to Taylor Lautner, "" and Miley Cyrus, respectively.
Orson Welles
The last film roles before Welles's death included voice work in the animated films "Enchanted Journey" (1984) and "" (1986), in which he played the planet-eating robot Unicron. His last film appearance was in Henry Jaglom's 1987 independent film "Someone to Love", released after his death but produced before his voice-over in "Transformers: The Movie". His last television appearance was on the television show "Moonlighting". He recorded an introduction to an episode entitled "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice", which was partially filmed in black and white. The episode aired five days after his death and was dedicated to his memory.
Transformers (film)
Worldwide, "Transformers" was the highest-grossing non-sequel film in 2007 with over $709.7 million, making it Bay's fourth highest-grossing film to date, with three of its sequels surpassing it. It was also the fifth highest-grossing film of 2007 worldwide, behind "", "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", "Spider-Man 3" and "Shrek the Third".
The Transformers (TV series)
"The Transformers" did not disappear from American airwaves, however, as a fifth season aired in 1988. It consisted of re-runs of 15 episodes from the original series, along with "The Transformers: The Movie" edited into five episodes, with new introductory sequences featuring a human boy named Tommy Kennedy (portrayed by actor Jason Jansen) and a stop-motion/machine prop Optimus Prime puppet.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
With deadlines jeopardized by possible strikes by the Directors Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild, Bay managed to finish the production on time with the help of previsualization and a scriptment by his writers David Marconi, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and series newcomer Ehren Kruger. Shooting took place from May to November 2008, with locations in Egypt, Jordan, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and California, as well as air bases in New Mexico and Arizona. This was the last film in the series to star Megan Fox, and was also the last film in the series to be co-produced by DreamWorks Pictures, leaving Paramount Pictures as the sole distributor of its future films, starting with "".
Transformers (film comic series)
Transformers: Movie Prequel is a 4-issue mini-series which serves as a prequel to the events of the 2007 "Transformers" movie. It is co-written by Chris Ryall and Simon Furman, with art by Don Figueroa. The first issue was delayed due to a printing error, eventually being released on March 6, 2007.
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Unlike the two previous "Transformers" installments, which were based solely on the script writers' endemic story, "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" was based on a novel called "", written by Alan Dean Foster. The novel is a prequel to the 2007 film "Transformers". It follows the same story structure as "Dark of the Moon", being set in 1969, the year of Apollo 11. The story structure differs slightly, though, because the novel was written merely as prequel to the first film.
Shia LaBeouf
He reprised his role in the third live-action "Transformers" film, "", which was released on June 28, 2011. He did not return for the fourth film in the series, "", and Mark Wahlberg was cast as a new lead character.
Transformers (film)
"Transformers" was released on DVD and a discontinued HD DVD format on October 16, 2007 in North America. The Wal-Mart edition of the DVD included a shortened animated version of the , titled "Transformers Beginnings" and featuring the voices of Ryan, Cullen, and Dunn, as well as Welker as Megatron. The Target copy was packaged with a transforming Optimus Prime DVD case and a prequel comic book about the Decepticons. The DVD sold 8.3 million copies in its first week, making it the fastest-selling DVD of 2007, in North America, and it sold 190,000 copies on HD DVD, which was the biggest debut on the format. The DVDs sold 13.74 million copies, making the film the most popular DVD title of 2007.
List of Transformers television series
1986 marked a huge change for "The Transformers" with the summer screening of "", which jumped the action forward in time twenty years to the then-future of 2005 and pitted both the Autobots and Decepticons against the menace of the giant planet-eating robot, Unicron. Optimus Prime met his end at Megatron's hands, and Ultra Magnus briefly replaced him as a leader before being succeeded by Rodimus Prime, while Megatron himself was recreated by Unicron as Galvatron. Many more of the old guard fell in battle as their toys departed store shelves to make room for a new cast of characters created for the film.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Roger Ebert, who had given the 2007 film three stars, gave the sequel only one, calling it "...a horrible experience of unbearable length", a phrase which later became the title of his third bad-movie-reviews collection. Later in his review, Ebert discouraged movie-goers from seeing the film by saying "If you want to save yourself the ticket price, go into the kitchen, cue up a male choir singing the music of hell, and get a kid to start banging pots and pans together. Then close your eyes and use your imagination." He later wrote on his blog about the film, "The day will come when "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" will be studied in film classes and shown at cult film festivals. It will be seen, in retrospect, as marking the end of an era. Of course there will be many more CGI-based action epics, but never again one this bloated, excessive, incomprehensible, long (149 minutes) or expensive ($200 million)." Ebert would continue to lambast the film (and, sometimes, the "Transformers" franchise in general) in other movie reviews and responses to letters and emails sent to him. "Rolling Stone" critic Peter Travers did not give the film any stars, considering that ""Revenge of the Fallen" has a shot at the title 'Worst Movie of the Decade'." Which he later did name it the "worst film of the decade". Other reviewers, while still critical, were less damning of the film, "The A.V. Club" gave the film a "C-", complaining about the writing and length, but mentioning the effects and action scenes were impressive. Among positive reviews, Robbie Collin of "News of the World" remarked "It's bigger. Badder. Boobier. And many other words beginning with B, including boneheadedly brilliant." Amy Biancolli of the "Houston Chronicle" called it "a well-oiled, loudly revving summer action vehicle that does all that's required, and then some", Jordan Mintzer from "Variety" said it "takes the franchise to a vastly superior level of artificial intelligence", and Owen Gleiberman of "Entertainment Weekly" wrote that ""Revenge of the Fallen" may be a massive overdose of popcorn greased with motor oil. But it knows how to feed your inner 10-year-old's appetite for destruction."
List of Transformers television series
After the Federal Communications Commission did away with regulations that prohibited toy companies from broadcasting cartoons based on their products in 1985, "The Transformers" began with a three-episode miniseries that introduced audiences to Optimus Prime, Megatron and their armies, as they travelled from the metal world of Cybertron to Earth in search of new sources of energy. The final episode ended on an open note, should the series prove popular enough to continue, which it did. A standard season's worth of 13 more episodes was commissioned, expanding the Transformers universe in which the Dinobots, Constructicons and Jetfire (then later called "Skyfire" in the series) made their debut. With popularity rising, the second season soon followed in 1986 at a mammoth 49 episodes (in order to bring the total up to 65, for syndication). Dozens of new characters were introduced throughout the season, including the Triple Changers, the combining teams the Aerialbots, Stunticons, Combaticons and Protectobots, and more new Autobot cars and Decepticon planes, while many new ideas and concepts began to establish the history of the cartoon universe.
Transformers (film)
In 2008, the Visual Effects Society awarded "Transformers" four awards: for the best visual effects in an "effects driven" film and the "best single visual effects sequence" (the Optimus-Bonecrusher battle). The film's other two awards were for its miniatures and compositing. Broadcast Music Incorporated awarded composer Steve Jablonsky for his score. "Entertainment Weekly" named Bumblebee as their fourth favorite computer generated character, while "The Times" listed Optimus Prime's depiction as the thirtieth best film robot, citing his coolness and dangerousness. On the negative side, Jon Voight was nominated for Worst Supporting Actor (also for "", "September Dawn" and "") at the 28th Golden Raspberry Awards.
Transmorphers
Transmorphers is a science fiction alien invasion film released direct-to-DVD on June 26, 2007. It was written and directed by Leigh Scott and produced by David Michael Latt and The Asylum, "a studio whose work gets slightly more respect than the Girls Gone Wild series, and slightly less than backyard-wrestling DVDs", according to Keith Phipps of AVClub. "Transmorphers" was developed as a mockbuster, intending to capitalize on Michael Bay's "Transformers". The film was followed by a 2009 prequel titled "".
Transformers (film)
Transformers was released on 4K UHD Blu-Ray on December 5 2017.
Transformers (comics)
The sister title in the UK, this series ran for 332 issues, as well as spawning 7 annuals and 28 specials. It was a weekly publication that spliced original stories into the continuity of the reprinted US issues, and was mostly written by Simon Furman. At the start, it had a more serious science fiction approach. Because of the weekly approach, the UK comic was able to flesh out characters and ideas more; in the US comic, the Aerialbots and Stunticons are first shown having just been built and being given life by the Creation Matrix program, whereas the UK comic fleshed it out more and showed the two teams as being created out of new technology created by Shockwave after scanning Buster Witwicky while he had the Matrix downloaded into his brain. Furman also tried to maintain continuity with "", and wrote several stories set in the future after the movie's ending, as well as bringing characters from the future (i.e. Galvatron) into the present day. Due to his epic and mythological approach, he was highly praised and succeeded Bob Budiansky on the US title at issue 56. The mythic tone continued to influence Furman's work on the Dreamwave and IDW comics.
Transformers
In 1986, the cartoon became the film "", which is set in the year 2005. It introduced the Matrix as the "Autobot Matrix of Leadership", as a fatally wounded Prime gives it to Ultra Magnus; however, as Prime dies he drops the matrix, which is then caught by Hot Rod who subsequently becomes Rodimus Prime later on in the film. Unicron, a transformer who devours planets, fears its power and recreates a heavily damaged Megatron as Galvatron, as well as Bombshell or Skywarp becoming Cyclonus, Thundercracker becoming Scourge and two other Insecticons becoming Scourge's huntsmen, the Sweeps. Eventually, Rodimus Prime takes out the Matrix and destroys Unicron. In the United Kingdom, the weekly comic book interspliced original material to keep up with U.S. reprints, and "The Movie" provided much new material. Writer Simon Furman proceeded to expand the continuity with movie spin-offs involving the time travelling Galvatron. The Movie also featured guest voices from Leonard Nimoy as Galvatron, Scatman Crothers as Jazz, Casey Kasem as Cliffjumper, Orson Welles as Unicron and Eric Idle as the leader of the Junkions (Wreck-Gar, though unnamed in the movie). The Transformers theme tune for the film was performed by Lion with "Weird Al" Yankovic adding a song to the soundtrack.
Transformers (film comic series)
Foundation is a 4-part series that acts as the second prequel to "".
Transformers: The Last Knight
"Transformers: The Last Knight" was released on Digital HD on September 12, 2017, and on Blu-ray, Blu-ray 4K, Blu-ray 3D and DVD on September 26, 2017 in North America. It was also released in a collection with the four previous films.
Transformers (film series)
Aside from the first film and "Bumblebee", which both received positive reviews, the "Transformers" film series has received negative-to-mixed reception, with criticism of the plots, sophomoric humor, sexual objectification of female characters, undeveloped characters, dialogue, racial stereotypes, overuse of MacGuffins, product placements and CGI, and the long running time of the films, but praise of the visual effects, action sequences and music. It is the 13th-highest-grossing film series, with a total of $4.3 billion; two films in the series have individually grossed over $1 billion.
Transformers: Age of Extinction
"Transformers: Age of Extinction" grossed $245.4 million in the United States and Canada and $858.6 million in other countries for a worldwide total of $1.104 billion, against a budget of $210 million. It was the only film of 2014 to earn over $1 billion at the box office worldwide. "Deadline Hollywood" calculated the net profit of the film to be $250.2 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues for the film, making it the most profitable film of 2014. Worldwide, in its opening weekend, the film earned $302.1 million, which is the 14th-highest ever, the highest in 2014, and the second-largest for Paramount behind "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" ($382.4 million). It was the 17th-highest-grossing film worldwide, the highest-grossing film of 2014, the second-highest-grossing film in the "Transformers" film series, and the 11th-highest-grossing film of Paramount (domestically). It is the second film in the "Transformers" installment to earn over $1 billion following "Dark of the Moon" and the 19th film overall. Despite being a box office hit, it was considered by several box office experts to have fallen well below expectations.
Transformers: Beast Wars
On June 21, 2017, producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura announced that a film adaptation of Beast Wars was not in plans for future sequels of the Transformers (film series), although he never ruled out the possibility of it happening.
Transformers: Prime
Development of the series began in early 2010 with the announcement that Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, screenwriters of the first two live-action films, would be creating the series. Casting began soon after with the announcement that Peter Cullen and Frank Welker would reprise their roles as Optimus Prime and Megatron. According to executive producer Jeff Kline the two characters, along with Bumblebee, were considered "must-haves" for the series. From that point on, they tried to include characters that would contemplate their personalities "rather than emulate them". From the early stages of development, a story bible had been created so that writers had a basic idea of where the plot was heading. Early in development, it was announced that the first season would consist of 26 episodes—the first five airing as a miniseries from November 29, 2010 to December 3, 2010. The remaining episodes aired from February 11, 2011 to October 11, 2011. While the first season was still running, it was announced the show had been renewed for a second season, also consisting of 26 episodes.
Transformers (film)
A prequel/spin-off titled "Bumblebee" was released on December 21, 2018 to universal critical acclaim. It is currently the highest-rated film in the "Transformers" series.
List of awards and nominations received by Michael Bay
The following is a List of awards and nominations received by American filmmaker Michael Bay. Bay has received five MTV Movie Awards: Best Movie and Best Summer Movie You Haven't Seen Yet for "Transformers" and Best Action Sequence for "Pearl Harbor", "Bad Boys II" and "The Rock". In 1994, Bay was honored by the Directors Guild of America with an award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials. Bay received the ShoWest 2009 Vanguard Award for excellence in filmmaking at the confab of theater owners. In 2011 Bay was honored at the Transformers Hall of Fame for directing the Transformers live-action films.
Michael Bay filmography
In 2007, Bay directed, and produced the first film in the live action "Transformers" film series based on the toy line of the same name. It was a commercial success grossing over $709 million at the box office. He followed this by directing its sequel "" (2009). The film drew negative reception from critics but grossed over $836 million at the box office. The third instalment in the series "" (2011) became the first of his films to gross over $1 billion at the box office. Two years later Bay directed and produced crime comedy "Pain & Gain" (2013). In 2014, he directed, and produced a fourth Transformer film, "", which grossed over $1 billion at the box office, and was the highest-grossing film at the worldwide box office that year. Three years later, he directed the fifth entry in the "Transformers" film series, "" which received generally negative reviews from critics and was the lowest-grossing worldwide in the franchise's history.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
On the other hand, it was nominated for seven Razzie Awards including Worst Actress for Megan Fox (also for "Jennifer's Body"), Worst Supporting Actress for Julie White, Worst Screen Couple (for Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox) and Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel, winning three in the Worst Picture, Worst Director, and Worst Screenplay categories at the 30th Golden Raspberry Awards.
The Transformers: The Movie
"The Transformers: The Movie" was the final film to which Orson Welles contributed. Welles was in declining health during production. Shortly before he died, he told his biographer, Barbara Leaming, "You know what I did this morning? I played the voice of a toy." He elaborated, "I play a planet. I menace somebody called Something-or-other. Then I'm destroyed. My plan to destroy Whoever-it-is is thwarted and I tear myself apart on the screen." According to director Nelson Shin, Welles had been pleased to accept the role after reading the script and had expressed an admiration for animated films. The voicework for "The Transformers: The Movie" was the last film project he worked on; his last voice session was on October 5, 1985, and five days later, Welles died of a heart attack.
The Transformers (TV series)
Each of the first three seasons of the series featured its own tailored opening sequence, featuring completely original animation and a unique arrangement of the theme tune. Additionally, the third-season premiere "Five Faces of Darkness" had its own specialized opening, depicting events that occurred in the mini-series. The fourth season, however, did not feature any new animation in its opening sequence, instead combining together footage from the third season opening and various clips of animation from 1987 toy commercials; likewise, the fifth season featured commercial animation mixed in with footage from "The Transformers: The Movie". Both used the season three musical arrangement.
Transformers (film)
Review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes gave the film an approval rating of 57% based on 224 reviews, with an average rating of 5.8/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "While believable characters are hard to come by in "Transformers", the effects are staggering and the action is exhilarating." On Metacritic, the film has an average score of 61 out of 100, based on 35 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
List of The Transformers episodes
In the United States, the show aired a total of 98 episodes between 1984 and 1987. The episodes are ordered chronologically by broadcast date.
Order # is the correct chronological story order for the episodes of this season, which aired out of order.
Transformers (film)
Transformers is a 2007 American science fiction action film based on the toy line of the same name. The film, which combines computer animation with live-action filming, was directed by Michael Bay, with Steven Spielberg serving as executive producer. It was produced by Don Murphy and Tom DeSanto, and is the first installment in the live-action "Transformers" film series. The film stars Shia LaBeouf as Sam Witwicky, a teenager who gets caught up in a war between the heroic Autobots and the villainous Decepticons, two factions of alien robots who can disguise themselves by transforming into everyday machinery, primarily vehicles. The Autobots intend to use the AllSpark, the object that created their robotic race, to rebuild their home planet Cybertron and end the war, while the Decepticons have the intention of using it to build an army by giving life to the machines of Earth. Tyrese Gibson, Josh Duhamel, Anthony Anderson, Megan Fox, Rachael Taylor, John Turturro, and Jon Voight also star, while voice actors Peter Cullen and Hugo Weaving voice Optimus Prime and Megatron respectively.
Shawn Kelly
In 1998, Kelly fulfilled his lifelong dream and landed a job at ILM. Since that time, he has worked on numerous films including "War of the Worlds", for which he animated tripods and probes; "", where he helped develop and animate the vulture droids and animated Yoda in a pivotal sword fight; and "Rango", where he was the Lead Animator for both the Mayor of Dirt and the Spirit of the West. Kelly also worked as Lead Animator on all five Transformers movies. Kelly’s credits feature 29 films including "Hulk", the Star Wars prequels, "", and "The Avengers".
The Transformers: The Movie
Stan Bush's song "The Touch", which prominently featured in the film, was originally written for the Sylvester Stallone film "Cobra". The song later appeared again as remixed version for the 2012 game "". The film also features other well known songs including "Instruments of Destruction" by NRG, Stan Bush's song "Dare", and also two songs by Spectre General, "Nothin's Gonna Stand in Our Way", and "Hunger". The Transformers theme song for the film was performed by the band Lion.
In 2018, the film was re-released in September for one night only in the US, screening in 450 (later increased with 300, totalling 750) theaters.