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Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 14 wins & 26 nominations. See more awards » Videos The Autobots learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the moon, and race against the Decepticons to reach it and to learn its secrets. Director: Michael Bay An ancient struggle between two Cybertronian races, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, comes to Earth, with a clue to the ultimate power held by a teenager. Director: Michael Bay Autobots must escape sight from a bounty hunter who has taken control of the human serendipity: Unexpectedly, Optimus Prime and his remaining gang turn to a mechanic, his daughter, and her back street racing boyfriend for help. Director: Michael Bay A strange black entity from another world bonds with Peter Parker and causes inner turmoil as he contends with new villains, temptations, and revenge. Director: Sam Raimi Peter Parker is beset with troubles in his failing personal life as he battles a brilliant scientist named Doctor Otto Octavius.

Director: Sam Raimi With the world now aware of his identity as Iron Man, Tony Stark must contend with both his declining health and a vengeful mad man with ties to his father's legacy. Director: Jon Favreau After Peter Parker is bitten by a genetically altered spider, he gains newfound, spider-like powers and ventures out to solve the mystery of his parent's mysterious death. Director: Marc Webb When bitten by a genetically modified spider, a nerdy, shy, and awkward high school student gains spider-like abilities that he eventually must use to fight evil as a superhero after tragedy befalls his family. Director: Sam Raimi Dominic Toretto and his crew of street racers plan a massive heist to buy their freedom while in the sights of a powerful Brazilian drug lord and a dangerous federal agent. Director: Justin Lin When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men, led by Professor Charles Xavier, and the Brotherhood, a band of powerful mutants organized under Xavier's former ally, Magneto. Director: Brett Ratner A look at Wolverine's early life, in particular his time with the government squad Team X and the impact it will have on his later years.

Director: Gavin Hood After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil. Director: Jon Favreau Edit Storyline A youth chooses manhood. The week Sam Witwicky starts college, the Decepticons make trouble in Shanghai. A presidential envoy believes it's because the Autobots are around; he wants them gone. He's wrong: the Decepticons need access to Sam's mind to see some glyphs imprinted there that will lead them to a fragile object that, when inserted in an alien machine hidden in Egypt for centuries, will give them the power to blow out the sun. Sam, his girlfriend Mikaela Banes, and Sam's parents are in danger. Optimus Prime and Bumblebee are Sam's principal protectors. If one of them goes down, what becomes of Sam? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com> They have returned. They have evolved.

See more » Genres: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi Motion Picture Rating ( MPAA ) Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action violence, language, some crude and sexual material, and brief drug material | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 24 June 2009 (USA) See more » Also Known As: £8,349,739 (UK) (19 June 2009) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia On The Transformers (1984), Soundwave's distinctive voice was created by Frank Welker using his deep ominous Doctor Claw voice from Inspector Gadget (1983), and then filtering the voice through a vocoder. In this film, Soundwave's voice was not treated with a vocoder. See more » Goofs When Skids and Mudflap enter the military hangar to upgrade from the ice cream truck, they get to choose between becoming a Chevy Beat and a Chevy Trax. Skids chooses the Chevy Beat, which already has his name on the license plate.

However, given the lower intelligence of these two robots the military may have already had their names on the plates in order to avoid the fight that happened anyway (the fight of who was going to be what car). See more » Quotes [first lines] Optimus Prime : Earth, birthplace of the human race. A species much like our own, capable of great compassion and great violence. For in our quest to protect the humans, a deeper revelation dawns: our worlds have met before... See more » Crazy Credits When the DreamWorks and Paramount logos appear, they are accompanied by a series of robotic sounds. See more » Connections Transformers | Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Short synopsis Megatron must be stopped... no matter the cost. The movie features Sam Witwicky , a plucky teenager who just wants a cool car, but gets more than he bargained for. The beater he and his father take home is actually Bumblebee , an alien robot from the planet Cybertron , who plants Sam down in the middle of a civil war between Bumblebee's benevolent Autobot comrades and the evil Decepticons who threaten the galaxy's peace.

Both sides are after the All Spark , a mysterious artifact that landed on Earth ten thousand years ago. The approaching robot-against-robot battle is a coming-of-age moment for Sam, who learns the meaning of his family's motto, "No sacrifice, no victory." Full synopsis Optimus' intro commentary. ” —Before time began, there was the Cube. We know not where it comes from, only that it holds the power to create worlds, and fill them with life. That is how our race was born. For a time we lived in harmony, but, like all great power, some wanted it for good, others for evil. And so began the war, a war that ravaged our planet until it was consumed by death, and the Cube was lost to the far reaches of space. We scattered across the galaxy hoping to find it and rebuild our home, searching every star, every world. And just when all hope seemed lost, message of new discovery drew us to an unknown planet called...Earth. But we were already too late. With this, I shall make you my slave! The film begins with the history of Cybertron's destruction at the hands of Megatron, and his quest to obtain the All Spark.

Megatron discovers the All Spark on Earth, but crash-lands in the Arctic Circle, becoming frozen in the ice. Captain Archibald Witwicky and his crew of explorers stumble upon Megatron's body in the late 19th century. Megatron's navigational system is unintentionally activated, and Archibald's eye glasses are imprinted with the coordinates to the All Spark's location. Sector Seven, a secret organization of the United States government, discovers the All Spark and builds the Hoover Dam around it to mask its energy signal. The still-frozen Megatron is moved into this facility, and is reverse engineered to further advance human technology. Let the slaughter begin! In the present day, the rest of the Decepticons — Blackout, Scorponok, Frenzy, Barricade, Starscream, Bonecrusher, and Devastator — have already landed on Earth and assumed the disguise of Earth vehicles. Blackout and Scorponok attack the U.S. SOCCENT Forward Operations Base in Qatar in an effort to use the military database to discover the location of Megatron and the All Spark, but they do not succeed.

A small group of survivors under Captain William Lennox wander through the desert and are followed by Scorponok. The Autonomous Robotic Organism (shortened to "Autobot") known as Bumblebee is also on Earth, disguised as a 1977 Chevrolet Camaro, and looking for Sam Witwicky, the descendant of Captain Archibald Witwicky. As soon as he locates Sam, the two quickly begin to bond as Bumblebee helps Sam try and woo his crush, Mikaela Banes. Sam is unaware of the fact that Bumblebee is an alien, until he witnesses Bumblebee transform and send out a homing signal for the rest of the Autobots. Run, Blaster! Save yourself! At the Pentagon, Defense Secretary John Keller oversees the investigation into the attack in Qatar. After Blackout's failure, Frenzy infiltrates Air Force One and attempts to download all information relating to "Project Iceman". However, Maggie Madsen, one of the technicians studying the Decepticon infiltration signal, discovers Frenzy's actions and convinces the Pentagon to take down the Defense Network, halting Frenzy's download.

When Air Force One makes an emergency landing, Frenzy slips into Barricade, and discusses his discovery of Archibald Witwicky, who has seen their language . Using an internet search, they discover that Sam's glasses will lead the Decepticons to the All Spark. Frenzy and Barricade begin tracking Sam's location. Back in Qatar, the army rangers are attacked by Scorponok, who take refugee in a nearby village. Calling the Pentagon and getting air support, they discover that the Decepticons are vulnerable to high heat weaponry such as sabot rounds. Using this information, the soldiers inform the Pentagon that they now have a weapon. Wheelie say find friends today. Barricade confronts Sam, demanding Archibald's glasses. Bumblebee, who is following Sam, transforms and battles Barricade. Mikaela, who is also following Sam, is caught in the crossfire, but Bumblebee is able to defeat Barricade, while Mikaela decapitates Frenzy, who is still functioning and hides in Mikaela's purse as her cellphone. Bumblebee takes Sam and Mikaela to rendezvous with the rest of the Autobots.

The Autobots—Optimus Prime, Jazz, Ironhide, and Ratchet—land on Earth and take on the forms of several Earth vehicles. They all meet in a dark, secluded alley, transform in front of the two amazed humans, introduce themselves and tell of the reasons they had to come to Earth to Sam and Mikaela. Meanwhile, Maggie made a copy of the intrusion signal and shows it to her friend Glenn Whitmann, who discovers a message with the signal about Sector Seven, Captain Witwicky, and Project Iceman. However, the FBI arrest Glenn and Maggie, who desperately tries to convince them not to go to war with the wrong country. I'll use the universal greeting. Sam, Mikaela, and the Autobots then return to Sam's home to retrieve the glasses. However, agents from Sector Seven arrive to take Sam and Mikaela into custody. Seymour Simmons, the agency's director, reveals that Mikaela has a criminal record and threatens Sam with life imprisonment, at which point the Autobots disable the convoy and rescue the teens.

During the retreat, Sam and Mikaela are recaptured, and Bumblebee is also apprehended, against the pleas of Sam who assures the agents—to no avail—that he means them no harm. Prime orders the Autobots to let them go, unwilling to use deadly force against the humans. At the Pentagon, a virus Frenzy uploaded during the Air Force One hack causes a global communications blackout, while Keller is finally informed of the Decepticons. After Bumblebee's capture, Optimus uses the glasses to locate the All Spark at Hoover Dam, and declares that if they cannot defeat the Decepticons, he will merge the Cube with his spark. One shall stand. One shall fall. Sam, Mikaela, Keller, Maggie, Glenn, and Lennox's unit are brought to Hoover Dam, where they are shown the frozen Megatron and the All Spark, while Frenzy slips away. Locating the All Spark, he sends out an alert to Starscream, who mobilizes the rest of the Decepticons.

Due to Starscream's attack and Frenzy's sabotage, Megatron begins to revive, and Sam convinces the Sector Seven agents to release Bumblebee so that he can get the All Spark to Optimus Prime. The Decepticons chase the Autobots, who now possess the All Spark, into Mission City. Glenn, Maggie, Keller, and Simmons manage to contact the Air Force and direct F22s to Mission City. They end up fighting Frenzy at the same time and Frenzy ultimately decaptitates himself. An ensuing battle results in casualties for both sides, including Jazz, who is killed by Megatron, while Bumblebee is crippled in an explosion. As Lennox orders Sam to take the All Spark to a building to be removed from the city, under escort from Ironhide and Ratchet, Megatron and Optimus Prime battle, while the soldiers remain to fight Devastator. Mikaela drags the injured Bumblebee away from the battle with a tow truck, but goes back, with Bumblebee's weapons killing Devastator. Ironhide and Ratchet are incapacitated by Starscream, and Megatron joins the pursuit. Now, light our darkest hour!

Sam's helicopter is destroyed by Starscream, and Prime challenges Megatron. The battle is fierce and Megatron slowly gains the upper hand. Blackout attempts to help Megatron defeat Prime, but is killed by Lennox and the Air Force before he can engage. Starscream hides among a raptor squadron, destroying three fighters. Despite this, the Air Force and Lennox's rangers manage to inflict serious damage on Megatron, but he is still functional, and heading toward the Cube. Optimus lashes out, striking Megatron to the ground. Finally, with both Prime and Megatron weakened, Prime beckons Sam to shove the All Spark into his chest, destroying them both, but Sam instead takes the riskier action of shoving the All Spark into Megatron's chest. Note: For an extensive synopsis of the battle, see separate article Mission City . 'Til all are one ! Optimus thanks Sam for his courage and for saving his life, while Bumblebee, who has regained his voice, asks permission to remain with Sam, which is granted. In an attempt to cover up the existence of the Transformers, Sector Seven is disbanded, while the remains of the Decepticons are cast into the Laurentian Abyss.

And though Megatron is dead, the All Spark's destruction leaves the Autobots unable to restore Cybertron. With no other home to go to, the Autobots decide to stay on Earth, and Optimus sends out a signal across space in an effort to locate any surviving Autobots, while Sam and Mikaela begin a relationship. Starscream, one of the Decepticons that survived the battle, leaves Earth. “ Optimus Prime's closing narration. ” —With the All Spark gone, we cannot return life to our planet. And fate has yielded its reward: a new world to call... home. We live among its people now, hiding in plain sight... but watching over them in secret... waiting... protecting. I have witnessed their capacity for courage, and though we are worlds apart, like us, there's more to them than meets the eye. I am Optimus Prime, and I send this message to any surviving Autobots taking refuge among the stars: We are here... we are waiting.

Production staff Animators: Charles Alleneck , Keiji Yamaguchi Locations Department (winners of the California On Location Award [1] for "Production Company / Location Team of the Year for Feature Films") Supervising Location Manager: Ilt Jones Location Managers: Michael J. Burmeister, Fermín Dávalos, and Emre Sonmez Key Assistant Location Managers: Michael Wesley Aycock, Leann Emmert, Perri Fichtner, Ronald M. Haynes, Jonathan Hook, Kathy McCurdy, Manny Padilla, Lisa Patton, Rob Swenson, Marta Tomkiw, and Scott Trimble Additional Key Assistant Location Managers: Brooks Bonstin, Alexandre Chen, Michael Chickey, Martin J. Cummins Assistant Location Managers: Ces Hardy and Amanda Harrington Location Scouts: Stuart Raven Barter, Richard Klotz, James Lin, and Keith Nakata Other editions The 2007 Transformers film has more than one 'cut.' The worldwide theatrical release was essentially identical all around the world with a few minor exceptions. The film board of Malaysia[ citation needed ] required Judy Witwicky 's masturbation reference be removed. However, no such change has been made and her lines were not omitted from the film.

The IMAX edition of the movie features two minutes of additional footage in the form of slightly extended scenes and very brief new scenes. Added material includes the following: Before heading to the lake party, Sam is shown picking Miles up at his house. Miles derides Sam's choice of car colors. After Sam is questioned by the sheriff at the police station, he is given an anti-drug bumper sticker and shown the " This is Your Brain on Drugs " PSA starring Rachel Leigh Cook . After abducting Sam and Mikaela, Agent Simmons uses a device to monitor Sam's pupil dilation while interrogating him in the truck. He also remarks that he has "been there" when it comes to women with criminal records. Upon arriving at Hoover Dam, Simmons remarks colorfully that it is "Area 50". A few minutes later, he lists the nicknames of all the U.S. Presidents to have toured the facility. In Mission City, Lennox acquires short-range radios from a gun-toting, but easily-flattered, pawn shop owner. Prequel material Saga of the Allspark A (possibly ongoing) series by IDW that contains reprints of the previously UK-only stories by Titan, two per issue.

Some dialog in the film contradicts the prequel material, specifically pertaining to the years in which the frozen Megatron was moved from the Arctic to Hoover Dam, and exactly when the Decepticons arrived on Earth. Sequels The first sequel, Revenge of the Fallen , was released in 2009. It was followed by a third instalment, Dark of the Moon , in 2011. In 2014, a fourth installment Age of Extinction was released. IDW Publishing also released the comic sequel to the film, titled The Reign of Starscream . Soundtrack There are nearly a dozen store exclusive versions and sales premiums of the DVD. They include: Target and HMV UK: transforming Optimus Prime display case. Wal-Mart: Transformers: Beginnings "animated" prequel material. Borders: "Making Of" book. Circuit City: password unlocking 15 minutes of exclusive online behind-the-scenes featurettes, covering the voice recording sessions, prop construction, stunt work, and early CG tests and animatics.

Reception The movie set multiple records when it opened, including biggest opening week gross for a non-sequel ($155.4 million), biggest Tuesday release gross ($27.4 million), biggest July 4 gross ($29 million), and the biggest foreign film opening in mainland China ($3 million). The movie closed domestically on November 8, 2007, during which time it took in $319,071,806. (Domestic gross accounted for $310,578,372 before the IMAX version's release.) As of November 15, 2007, it has earned a worldwide gross of $702,918,603. It currently sits at spot #19 in the "most domestic gross" list of movies, though this listing is not adjusted for inflation. When taking inflation into account, Transformers just ekes in at spot #95 . “ The National Review ” —But it’s tough to really care about questions like, “Why did that happen?” or even “What’s going on?” when you’re constantly interrupted by “Oh my goodness! Giant robots!

Weeee!”, Peter Suderman Critical reception was hit-and-miss, more positive than negative but not by a lot , though it's sometimes hard to tell how many negative reviewers were more interested in criticizing Michael Bay in general over the movie itself. Otherwise, the most common negatives involved it being a generally think-free "spectacle"-style movie; even those who rated the movie positively noted it was a pure "popcorn" movie meant to wow its audience with CGI and explosions rather than make them think (Richard Roper noted in his "thumbs up" review "it has no nutritional value"). Whether one considers that a good or bad thing for a movie and if the movie was enough fun to overcome that is, of course, highly debatable. The other main culprit, again noted by many of the positive reviews, was its long running time, particularly the overly-chaotic, often hard-to-follow final big-bang extended ending action sequence. ( Roger Ebert noted that this sequence was what made him give the movie three out of four stars rather than the full four.) Transformers was nominated for three Oscars, in the fields of Achievement in Sound Editing, Achievement in Sound Mixing, and Achievement in Visual Effects.

The sound awards went to The Bourne Ultimatum, and the visual effects award went to The Golden Compass. Notes The Autobot computer generated models consisted of 35,592 total pieces, 7,435,478 polygons, 95,247 rig nodes, and 20,258 texture maps. One of the Posters somewhat resembles G1 Optimus Primes pose on his box at a different angle. For all the robots combined, there are 60,217 pieces of geometry, 123,509,502 polygons, 144,341 rigging nodes, and 34,215 texture maps. [3] The events of the movie span 4–5 days. What I've Done , the theme for the movie, can be heard on Bumblebee's radio when Sam drops Mikaela off at her house. Within the movie, neither the Autobots nor the Decepticons are referred to as "Transformers". Sam's father says "We have a blown Transformer." after the Autobots fool around in their backyard. It's unknown if this is a pun or not.

As confirmed in the audio commentary on the movie DVD, director Michael Bay has a brief cameo as an innocent bystander getting flicked against a taxi cab by Megatron . Given Megatron's "disgusting" remark, he likes Michael Bay about as much as some fans. The Autobots never spoke in vehicle mode, except for Bumblebee, who used his radio to talk. The Decepticons, except Megatron, spoke Cybertronian in their alt modes. Frenzy spoke mostly Cybertronian in humanoid mode. Starscream was the only Transformer who flew in humanoid mode. Starscream, Barricade and Scorponok all survive this movie and Starscream and Scorponok return for the next one. Starscream retreats again and Scorponok is killed by Jetfire, however, Barricade never makes a reappearance in the 2nd movie, but he returns in the 3rd movie where he is killed by NEST and Optimus Prime. As mentioned in the DVD commentary by Micheal Bay, at first the filmmakers wanted to use Micheal J.

Fox 's voice for Bumblebee, but due to some reason they could not get the what they wanted for Bumblebee, so Bumblebee was ended up using the radio for words, but he was able to talk with a Mark Ryan voice during a scene near the ending of the film. The intro for the DreamWorks and Paramount logos have more of an Autobot sound effect. Ironhide's line "Do you feel lucky ,punk?" towards Sam at their first meeting is a reference to the movie Dirty Harry . Megatron can be heard saying "Must get the Allspark" (Or something along those lines) faintly when he is awoken by Archibald. Before Barricade threw his mace at Bumblebee, Barricade shouted "This one is for the Ark!". Deaths It was nominated for three Oscars : Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing (both lost to The Bourne Ultimatum ) and Best Visual Effects ( Lost to The Golden Compass ). Transformers References The most obvious Transformers reference is that this movie is called Transformers and has a bunch of transforming cars and other whatnot in it. Duh!

The movie also contains a number of nods and winks to previous iterations of Transformers, primarily from Generation One , minus things such as the theme song . Some of these were included in direct response to urgings of the fans; others originated with the production crew. The basic story set-up is similar to many iterations of the Generation One story—two warring factions, the noble Autobots and the power-hungry Decepticons, arrive on Earth, having left their devastated home planet, the war-torn mechanical world of Cybertron. Many of the featured Transformers are re-imagined versions of characters from Generation One. Optimus Prime and Jazz in particular are similar in physical form and characterization to their movie incarnations. The original versions of Bumblebee , Megatron , Starscream , Ratchet , and Ironhide differ in appearance but fulfill story roles similar to their Movie versions. Though the characters are new, " Frenzy ", " Scorponok ", " Brawl / Devastator ", " Blackout ", " Barricade ", and " Bonecrusher " are all names that have been used on Transformer characters before. Blackout's symbiotic relationship with Scorponok originated as an interpretation of Soundwave and his cassette troops.

Frenzy's transformation into a portable stereo is likewise an homage to Soundwave's cassette deck alternate form. Sam shares his last name with the main human allies of the Autobots in the original Generation One cartoon . Like Spike before him, he's closest to Bumblebee. The Autobot faction symbol seen on Bumblebee and others is basically unchanged from its Generation One appearance. The All Spark takes its name from a concept originally introduced in Beast Machines . The original G1 transformation sound pops up several times during the course of the film, such as Blackout's first conversion sequence (though truth be told it sounds more like it's being broadcast from a loudspeaker.) Your bargaining posture is highly dubious. In his first appearance, Bumblebee parks next to a yellow Volkswagen Beetle—the alternate form of G1 Bumblebee . When instructing the Autobots to escape Sector Seven and when they later head for Hoover Dam, Optimus Prime delivers his catchphrase from the Generation One cartoon , ordering them to "Roll out!" Prime references "the spark within my chest". Sparks —the life-force that makes Transformers alive—have been an integral part of Transformers fiction since Beast Wars .

Although the Transformers' primary energy supply, Energon , does not make a physical appearance in the film, an SUV's licence plate bears its name, the SUV thrown through the air during Megatron's rampage in Mission City. Optimus Prime's line "Freedom is the right of all sentient beings" is the quote from his original 1984 toy's bio . At least one of the reasons for the inclusion of this line was because it won in an online contest conducted by Paramount in late 2006, named " Make Prime Speak ". Prime's line "...one shall stand; one shall fall" comes from the 1986 animated The Transformers: The Movie .

Ironhide's complaint that Mojo "leaked lubricant" on his foot references a line spoken by his Generation One namesake in the first episode of the original cartoon , in which he famously exclaimed "Leakin' lubricant!" Supposedly, this in turn was based on the original character outline written by Bob Budiansky , as the extended version featured in issue 2 of Marvel's The Transformers Universe profile book mini-series stated that he "refers to what he considers excessive talking as 'leaking lubricant.'" (The abbreviated version of the character description featured on the original toy's packaging did not contain this phrase.) Bumblebee's way of communicating through satellite radio soundbites is very reminiscent of Wreck-Gar 's way of "talking TV" in the original G1 movie and series. In the battle of Mission City, there is a shot of Megatron flying down beside a building, and transforming. He lands,grabs a Mercedes-Benz ML-class SUV that crashed into his foot and chucks it while shouting "Give me that Cube, boy!" If you look closely, the license plate of the Benz says "Energon".

When Jazz transforms, flips on Brawl's tank cannon, and pulls it out of the way just as he fires is a reference to The Transformers: The Movie when Kup does the exactly the same to Blitzwing on Lookout Mountain. While Sam and Mikela are talking when they reach Mikela's house, one of the things Sam says that theirs "More than Meets the Eye with you" and Optimus Prime says that Humans have "More to them than Meets the Eye", a reference to the tagline for the original series Development details Cast and crew signing on Originally, producer Don Murphy had intended to produce a movie based on another Hasbro property, G.I. Joe . However, following the US invasion of Iraq in March 2003, a movie entitled "G.I. Joe" was no longer considered viable, so Carol Monroe, who was in charge of Hasbro's movie department at that time, suggested doing a Transformers movie instead. [4] Tom DeSanto joined the project as a second producer and wrote a treatment that he and Murphy tried to shop around for a while.

(The treatment would eventually remain entirely unused, but DeSanto would try to get a writing credit regardless, even though none of the screenwriters had ever actually seen his treatment. [5] ) The movie was officially announced for the first time in June 2003. [6] Steven Spielberg signed up as executive producer in 2004, while John Rogers was confirmed as screenwriter in November of the same year. [7] </nowiki> In February 2005, Rogers was replaced by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci , [8] who drastically reworked Rogers' original script. [9] Spielberg tried to convince Michael Bay to direct the movie in late July 2005, but Bay initially declined, having no interest in a "toy movie". He later changed his mind after attending "Transformers school" at Hasbro, but decided to make the movie "realistic" and accessible for adult viewers. [10] A few days after a list of names of the human cast had been leaked on the internet, Shia LaBeouf was confirmed as the first cast member.

[11] Producer Don Murphy, [12] Hasbro [13] and the screenwriters [14] all favored Peter Cullen and Frank Welker as voice actors for Optimus Prime and Megatron . Bay had both audition, but only hired Cullen, while preferring Hugo Weaving as Megatron. [15] However, Welker still gets to voice Megatron (alongside Cullen as Prime) in the video game adaption of the movie, Transformers The Game , as well as in Transformers: Beginnings , an animated (sort of) version of IDW's prequel comic mini-series that was available on a Wal*Mart exclusive bonus disc included with the movie DVD. Sponsors and partners Hasbro In addition to acting as a licensor, Hasbro also actively participated in the development of the movie, starting with an introduction into the world of the Transformers, called the "Transformers School", for everyone involved, including Michael Bay . [16] Hasbro also had a say in the depiction of the Transformers in the movie, the selection of the voice actors, [13] naming the characters, working on the robot designs [17] and the inclusion of "easter eggs", but no veto rights.

[16] According to screenwriter Roberto Orci , Hasbro was more interested in an adequate adaption of the Transformers concept rather than only marketing the toyline. [18] Nevertheless, Hasbro urged Michael Bay very early on to decide upon the Transformers characters to be used in the movie and their vehicle forms because of the long production run of the toys, even though the script wasn't completed yet by that point. [19] Hasbro and Takara then created the toys based on the designs developed by Industrial Light and Magic . Aside from this, Takara wasn't involved in the creation of the movie at all. [20] Unlike other Transformers toylines (except for Alternators ), Hasbro and Takara don't share the full rights to the movie toys: Paramount and ILM hold the rights to the robot designs, while the vehicle modes were licensed by companies such as General Motors ( Bumblebee , Jazz , Ironhide and Ratchet ), Saleen ( Barricade ), Force Protection Industries ( Bonecrusher ), the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation ( Blackout ) and the Lockheed Martin Corporation ( Starscream ).

Only Optimus Prime didn't require a license, since his vehicle mode in the movie was heavily genericized, and all manufacturer logos were removed. [21] TakaraTomy even identifies the Leader Class toy as a Kenworth W900 instead of a Peterbilt 379. [22] Even though Hasbro didn't directly profit from the box office revenue, owning the Transformers brand allowed them to profit more from the toys than from licensed brands such as Spider-Man or Star Wars . In addition, Hasbro was able to give out over 240 licenses to third party companies. [23] In the USA alone, Hasbro had sold more than three million toys from the movie line as early as July 2007, [24] while Wal-Mart had earned more than five million $USD with the movie Transformers at the same time. [25] A lot of the movie toys were frequently sold out at many stores ("drought") due to a mix of popularity, stores underestimating said popularity (and thus not ordering enough toys), shipping problems in China and scalpers . US Military The United States Military supported the movie by providing vehicles and soldiers.

The vehicles included an MH-53 Pave Low helicopter ( Blackout) , several F-22 Raptors (one of them serving as Starscream 's alternate mode), two A-10 Thunderbolt II fighter jets, an E-3 Sentry AWACS plane, an AC-130 Spectre gunship and two V-22 Ospreys. Therefore, Transformers is the first movie to feature real, non-CG F-22s. [26] Real soldiers trained with the actors who played military personnel [27] and were also featured as extras in the movie. Michael Bay even allowed them to improvise lines to make their military dialogue sound as "realistic" as possible. [28] In return for their cooperation, Bay gave the military a say in their own depiction in the movie. [29] The military, in turn, views the movie as a new form of recruitment. [30] Product Placement Aside from advertising the Transformers toyline, the movie also features product placement for other companies, such as Apple, Yahoo, Burger King, Nokia, Panasonic, eBay and Hewlett-Packard.

The machines given life by the Allspark include an Xbox 360 (including the original startup sound) and a Mountain Dew soda vending machine . In addition, the movie also features other Hasbro brands, such as My Little Pony and Furby (the latter being a property of Hasbro's subsidiary Tiger Electronics). Furthermore, all Autobots, with the exception of Optimus Prime, have vehicles provided by subsidiaries of General Motors as their alternate modes , which saved Michael Bay $3 million of his budget. [19] Many of these cooperations are mutual: Burger King offered the obligatory Kids Meal toys based on the movie characters for the movie's theatrical launch, and General Motors and Mountain Dew ran TV ads under the titles "Transform Your Ride" and "Transform Your Summer", respectively. According to producers Ian Bryce and Lorenzo di Bonaventura, however, some of these brands, such as eBay , were not originally included as part of a sponsoring deal, but had been part of the script from the beginning for story purposes on the writers' behalf. [17] For the DVD release of the movie, meanwhile, additional "Cisco" logos were added into the movie that had not been there yet in the theatrical version.

[31] Special effects Three quarters of the CG effects were done by Industrial Light and Magic . The other quarter was done by Digital Domain , a company Michael Bay bought shortly before signing up to the Transformers movie. As seen in the bonus material for the Movie DVD, at least some of the ILM designers are actually Transformers fans. One of them has his entire office decorated in more Transformers toys than a lot of "regular" fans might own. Physical props and set pieces were built for several of the Transformers' robot modes. Full body props for Bumblebee (the 2009 Camaro body) and Frenzy were used for scenes that involved direct interaction with the human cast. The Bumblebee prop (with detached legs) was also used for the scene where he was strapped to a tow truck . A set featuring the frozen lower half of Megatron's body was also built.

The rest is assorted bits and pieces, such as a part of Optimus Prime 's leg (including a wheel) and an unpainted, entirely blue version of his head plus a small part of the upper chest, and various semi-random chunks meant to represent the remains of the destroyed Decepticons dumped into the ocean (some of the parts meant to represent pieces of Blackout even feature markings found on a real-life MH-53 Pave Low helicopter). Changes before, during and after production A lot of details about the movie changed during the pre-production phase (and even still during production and post-production): The script was originally supposed to center around the Matrix , but because the studio wanted to avoid association with the Matrix movie trilogy, it had to be renamed. For the longest time, the working name was " Energon Cube", which neither the fans nor producer Don Murphy were really happy with. [12] Ultimately, it was renamed into the All Spark for the final movie; however, the name "Energon Cube" is still used in Alan Dean Foster 's novelization of the movie, and was also used by Shia LaBeouf in a CBS interview immediately before the movie's official theatrical launch.

[32] One of the Autobot characters in the early Kurtzman/Orci drafts was Arcee , who would have turned into a motorcycle. Even though Hasbro developed a toy based on the designs for the character, Arcee was dropped from the script and replaced with Ironhide : Kurtzman and Orci didn't want to spend time explaining the purpose of "female" Autobots, [33] and Michael Bay considered her too small as compared to the rest of the Autobots. [34] Despite what fans commonly assume, however, the scene during the final battle in Mission City where Lennox uses an abandoned motorcycle for his assault on Blackout wasn't added to the script until after Arcee had already been dropped from the script; however, had she not been dropped, she would have been that motorcycle. [35] Other Autobot characters considered by Orci and Kurtzman were Hot Rod , Wheeljack and Prowl . [36] The last was eventually dropped because Orci and Kurtzman preferred the idea of "a Decepticon in disguise as a police vehicle". [37] Kurtzman and Orci tried twice to include Soundwave in the movie.

The first attempt was supposed to turn into a helicopter, [38] but Hasbro rejected that notion and insisted that Soundwave's alternate mode should have something to do with music. [39] The character was then renamed multiple times, among those names being "Grimlock", [40] "Vortex", [41] "Devastator" [42] and "Incinerator". [43] The character eventually ended up as Blackout . The second attempt would have infiltrated the CIA headquarters in the form of a "portable stereo" and then transformed (and size-shifted) into a Humvee for his escape and tracked down Sam . [40] However, Kurtzman and Orci eventually decided that the character didn't really do Soundwave justice, so they decided to change his name and save Soundwave for the sequel . [44] The character went through some other working names such as "Boombot" [45] and "Soundbyte" [46] and eventually ended up as Frenzy . In addition, for the "vehicle" part, a separate character was created who eventually ended up as Barricade .

Other Decepticon characters considered by Orci and Kurtzman, aside from Soundwave, were Shockwave and Ravage . [36] The latter was originally supposed to be a minion of helicopter Soundwave, who would have chased Lennox and his crew through the jungle after the attack on their base. However, when the scene was changed from the jungle to the desert (and Soundwave was no longer Soundwave), Ravage was replaced by Scorponok . [47] Because of the long production run of the toys, Hasbro urged Michael Bay very early on to decide upon the Transformers characters to be used in the movie and their vehicle forms, even though the script wasn't completed yet by that point. [19] As a result, many of the Decepticon characters in particular were chosen somewhat hastily, and aren't really based on established Transformers characters aside from their names. The tank used for Brawl (aka "Devastator") was a recycled prop originally built for the movie xXx: State of the Union, while the mine protected vehicle used for Bonecrusher caught the filmmakers' attention because of a giant photoshopped fork depicted on the manufacturer's website.

[48] Other Decepticon characters featured in an early draft, aside from "Grimlock" (helicopter) and "Soundwave" (portable stereo/Humvee), were Brawl as a Jeep, Frenzy as a Piranha III mortar artillery vehicle, Onslaught as a mobile missile launcher, Octane as a tanker truck, and three jets named Blitzwing, Starscream and Devastator (a cargo plane, a 747 jet and F-16 fighter; the script doesn't say which is which). Instead of having been hiding on Earth for a while, they would have arrived there during the movie after having been summoned by Soundwave. [40] It's possible that the Piranha III later evolved into Stryker/ Wreckage . The "evil police car Decepticon" that replaced Prowl took over the "vehicle" portion of the second character originally conceived as Soundwave (which eventually became Frenzy ). His vehicle form was originally supposed to be a Ford Crown Victoria, while his working name was "Brawl".

[49] Eventually the character ended up as Barricade , with the vehicle mode being changed into a Saleen S281 "Extreme" Mustang, because Ford didn't want one of their cars used as a "villain". Therefore, Barricade sports no "Ford" logos in the movie. [21] Another Decepticon character intended to be in the movie had the working name "Stryker", named after his vehicle mode, a M1126 Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle. [50] It's possible that he had evolved from a character named "Frenzy" featured in an early script draft, who would have turned into a Piranha III. The character ultimately never made it into the movie, but Hasbro later turned the design into a toy regardless, named Wreckage . [13] Michael Bay also considered having a Transformers character turn into an aircraft carrier , but eventually scrapped that idea for cost reasons. [51] Orci and Kurtzman included the character in one of their drafts of the script, [52] and artist Tim Flattery created concept art.

[53] Working names for the tank Decepticon were "Demolisher" [54] and "Devastator", the latter of which had also been a working name for Blackout at one point. Even though Michael Bay confirmed in May 2006 that this was not the final name, [55] screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman confirmed the final name to be " Brawl " in April 2006, [44] and Hasbro used that name for all their toys based on the movie character, he identifies himself as "Devastator" in a subtitle in the movie itself. According to a fan who attended the Australian press conference, Bay had decided to use that name regardless, [56] while Hasbro considered the name in the movie a "continuity error", [57] and Orci even claimed that he and Kurtzman had pointed out said "error" in the editing room twice. [58] Michael Bay decided to have Bumblebee not turn into a Volkswagen Beetle because he wanted to avoid similarities with Disney's Herbie, the Love Bug.

[19] Production Designer Jeff Mann originally suggested using a Dodge Super Bee as Bumblebee's alternate mode, [59] but eventually Bay signed a deal with General Motors that saved him $3 million of his budget, which is why Bumblebee turns into a Chevrolet Camaro in the movie. [19] Ratchet was originally intended to transform into a fire truck rather than a Search & Rescue Hummer. After being changed into a Hummer, he initially still retained a red and white deco, which later served as the inspiration for Hasbro's "Rescue Ratchet" redecos of the movie toys. [60] After designs of Megatron had leaked on the internet, his head design was slightly revised following massive fan complaints. [61] The studio had originally preferred the Transformers not to talk at all throughout the movie, a notion Hasbro heavily contested. [13] Bumblebee still ended up being mute throughout most of the movie, which, according to Orci and Kurtzman, was inspired by Spielberg's E.T. and is supposed to signify that his friendship with Sam transcends words.

[14] Most drafts of the script started the movie with Archibald Witwicky 's discovery of Megatron . In the actual movie, this scene was moved to a later point, shown as a flashback (actually at two points, split into two parts). IDW's comic adaption of the movie still has this as the opening scene. Also in one of the early drafts, the original reason for Mikaela's falling out with Trent was not because he wouldn't let his "little bunny" drive his car, but because she refused to let him drive after having drunk beer. Anvilicious much? In an early draft, Lennox and his crew would have defeated Scorponok with a simple grenade, which would have "dissolved him at a molecular level". The air strike would have never happened, and Lennox wouldn't have established contact with the Pentagon until around the time when Sam and Mikaela were apprehended by Sector Seven . [40] In the same draft, Sam had left his grandfather's glasses at school. The Autobots would have distracted a security guard while Sam and Mikaela would have broken into their school.

It would have been there that Sam would have learned about Mikaela's criminal past, and the scene would have ended with their arrest by Sector Seven. [40] In some earlier drafts of the script, Optimus Prime was supposed to kill Barricade too after he had finished off Bonecrusher . That scene never made it into the final movie, and Barricade simply disappears with no explanation after Bonecrusher transforms; however, the scene still made it into Alan Dean Foster's novelization of the movie and IDW's comic adaption . Also in earlier drafts of the script, Megatron was supposed to kill Jazz by consuming his Spark . Again, this is only explicitly confirmed in the novelization and IDW's comic adaption of the movie, but not in the movie itself. Errors Sunset occurs roughly every fifteen minutes. Possibly indicative of time passage, but a little too much to not warrant mention in the actual movie. When Blackout hacks the computer at the SOCCENT Air Base, the sound is heard that later is 'the only clue' to what happened at the base. Curiously, Frenzy does utter a sound while hacking the POTUS mainframe in Air Force One.

This sound is different from the sound played at the Pentagon, despite it being a "direct match to the signal at Qatar". When Sam's car breaks down and Mikaela gets out to look at the engine, she leaves the passenger door open. When the car restarts and Sam leaves to close the hood, the passenger side door is now shut. But hey, maybe that was Bumblebee. After scanning his new Concept Camaro alt-form, Bumblebee's robot body displays either battle-worn parts or brand new parts at random times for the duration of the film. After Bumblebee backs into a corner of the power plant to evade Barricade, there is a close up shot of him spinning his wheels to make his getaway. However, the shot of the wheels spinning is at a different location: the empty warehouse that Bumblebee and Barricade had raced through moments earlier. During the scene where Optimus Prime scans a truck for his new body, the passing truck has what appears to be an Autobot sigil on its grill, but the actual truck that Prime turns into at the end of the scene has a much wider, flatter symbol on the grill, quite possibly a Peterbilt sign.

When Simmons replays Sam's "last words" recorded onto his cell phone, it doesn't match what he said in the scene where he actually recorded them. When the Autobots arrive to rescue Sam and Mikaela from Agent Simmons, Ironhide is the first Autobot to reach the damaged SUV and the other Sector Seven agents. Behind him, Ratchet is making his way towards the SUV, while Jazz and Bumblebee have their respective weapons drawn. However, in the very next shot, Ratchet's gun is suddenly in front of Ironhide, who is now making two short steps towards the SUV, while Jazz's gun has been replaced by his hand (which he uses to magnetically pull Sector Seven's guns away). In the shot after that, Jazz is just standing around sans Sector Seven guns, while Bumblebee wanders up and draws his gun... again. When Ironhide transforms and performs a somersault to dodge Brawl's missiles, he is seen rising first, then falling. At that moment, he is already almost at the ground, low enough to touch the ground if he stretched his arms.

However on the next scene, he has gone much higher up, high enough to fire both the cannons on his arms then perform a midair somersault. When Lennox arrives as Sam and Mikaela are supposedly strapping Bumblebee with the tow truck's chains, Bumblebee is not actually there. When the shot changes angles to the other side of the truck, Bumblebee is sitting right beside the truck while Sam directs Mikaela to wrap Bumblebee in the chains. When Lennox tells Sam to evacuate the Cube, subsequent camera angles from this side of the truck are actually where Bumblebee was moments earlier, but he's not there again (it is unlikely the angle was meant to be from Bumblebee's perspective). When Sam starts to run off and Mikaela calls him back, Bumblebee is once again clearly not sitting beside the truck. In fact, the space he once occupied has the beige van he crawled out of, earlier in the battle. When Megatron transforms and speeds out of Sector Seven, he causes a storm that throws all the debris of the site backwards— but not the panicking obviously much lighter humans. When Bumblebee starts stalking Sam, it is clearly around noon.

But when Mikaela and Sam get in Bumblebee and Barricade starts chasing them, it would seem like ten or fifteen minutes before they get to the junkyard, where Bumblebee defeats Barricade. But when they arrived, it was already nightfall. Obviously they took a break or shot another scene in the middle. After Optimus Prime and Megatron land in the city streets after flying through the office tower, Megatron throws the Autobot leader a short distance away, causing him to land on a parked car. After Megatron forms his fusion cannon, Optimus Prime has suddenly moved further down the street and the car he crushed, along with the other abandoned cars, have vanished. Also, in this shot, Optimus' feet don't make craters or any visible mark on the concrete. Yet, when Optimus is running from the Sector Seven Agents, he's making huge craters while he is side-stepping cars.

(This comes with weighing over four tons and running 40 miles an hour.) Additionally, Optimus stops at the intersection just in front of Megatron to pull out his Ion blaster in this shot, but when it cuts to a shot to the left-front of Optimus, he is only mid-way up the street, and there is a parked yellow cab at the curb which was empty seconds earlier. Funnily enough, this curb was where the crushed car was parked. While Frenzy is on a rampage in the communications room in Sector Seven, he shatters the corner of the screen of the computer that Glen is working on. However, the next moment Glen brushes the dust on the screen, and the screen is completely intact. During the fight towards the end of the film between Megatron and Optimus, it is shown that Optimus is about the same size as Megatron in robot mode. Yet, in vehicle mode, Megatron is a great deal larger than Optimus is. Similarly, Starscream seems to be smaller than Megatron in robot form, leading to the logical conclusion that he is smaller than Optimus as well.

Yet in vehicle mode, he is nearly four to five times larger, seeing as an F-22 Raptor is a great deal larger than a Peterbilt 379 tractor cab. And they say they don't have scale problems. The F-22's are seen firing AIMRAMs missiles from the air at Megatron on the ground , an error that questions Michael Bay 's ability to make action movies due to the fact that AIMRAMs can be fired towards the ground as they are specifically designed for air-to-air combat. During the first half of the movie, Maggie is wearing a slim checked skirt, but she is suddenly dressed in 3/4 jeans in the scene when they arrive at Hoover Dam. Gallery Transformers has a collection of images and media related to Transformers (Movie) . See Also Not actually an error Sam and Mikaela, as well as Maggie and Glen, arrive at Hoover Dam on the same helicopter despite being from opposite ends of the country. Occasionally cited as an error, it is actually a narrative oversight, as it is likely that Sam and Mikaela were held in custody at a U.S.

Air Base while waiting for Maggie and Glen to arrive with Secretary Keller's party by plane, then they all left for Hoover Dam together on the helicopters. When Bumblebee attacks Brawl, he has missile launchers resembling Brawl's. However, if you watch carefully, you can see them come out of his shoulders, and it's possible he had them all along. The Revenge of the Fallen toyline includes a Bumblebee figure with these guns coming out of his shoulders. There are some problems with Simmon's statement about various technologies being reverse-engineered from Megatron. Cars came about in one shape or form at about the turn of the century, and spaceflight technology was pioneered by German and Soviet scientists. (This is possibly what they want you to think. ) Despite there's being not many F-22 Raptors, there's quite a squadron sent to Mission City. Glen somehow manages to get a message from the signal, but how could he, when the signal is in Cybertronic language/symbols, which maybe in some ways a Cybertronian, who has studied Earth, could do in vice-versa, but a human, who has never even encountered with aliens? Doubtful.

External links New Transformers Movie - Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon Hasbro's New Transformers Movie - Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon Transformers 3 - Dark of the Moon - the new Transformers movie Monday, October 11, 2010: The official name of the three-quel of the Transformers series has been made public, with the following information: "On Wednesday, September 29, 2010, a U.S. federal trademark registration number 85140636 was filed for DARK OF THE MOON by Hasbro, Inc. with the description Toys, Games and Playthings; gymnastic and sporting articles not included in other classes; decorations for Christmas trees." Transformers 2 - Revenge of the Fallen Friday, February 06, 2009 (pm): Prime's Smackdown Close-up - Yep more screenshots from the trailer, this time showing a blowup of the devastating blow to Optimus Prime. The detail is extraordinary but it is still hard to tell exactly what is hitting him. It possible in the first image there are tank tracks and some hieroglyphics in the second but there is also a ton of rust showing so its hard to tell for sure.

Mostly simply posting the pictures because they are so fantastic looking. Thanks to Lynx for the pictures. -Knightshade Friday, February 06, 2009 (am): Autobots At Chicago Auto Show - Autoblog is reporting that they plan on bringing their fleet of Autobot cars to the Chicago Auto Show on February 11th. GM will hold a press conference scheduled to start at 10:15am CST at the Chevrolet exhibit at McCormick Place. The vehicles that may be there include the Chevy Camaro(Bumblebee), Chevy Volt(Jolt), Chevy Spark (Skids), Chevy Trax (Mudflap for now), and Corvette Centennial concept (Sideswipe). Official Transformers Video Game Trailer - Activision has officially released the video game trailer for Transformers Revenge of the Fallen. The game will be available on current consoles and PCs. The game will be similar to the first movies, in that you can play as Autobots or Decepticons and each Transformer will have abilities and weapons specific to them along with the instant Transformation switch. There will also be multiplayer modes to you can wreck havoc on each other.

There is no release date yet, but I imagine it will come out about the same time as the movie. It is good to hear Peter Cullen doing Optimus Prime. The graphics are solid but not sure if what was shown is in game graphics are not. Now most significantly is the end of the trailer where they explicitly merge the Decepticon logo into the face on movie poster indicating a clear link. In addition below are a few pictures from IGN that show off the character models and also Bumblebee fighting off a Decepticon. One thing I noticed about the Decepticon is that its alt mode may look very close to the M270 Launch Rocket System which I think was one of the photos in -=boM=-'s gallery. A gallery that Paramount has since had pulled from the web (update below).-Knightshade Note: Below this point, all information pertains to the 2007 Transformers movie New Live-Action Transformers Movie, Steven Spielberg and Dreamworks with Michael Bay Monday, December 18, 2006: An exclusive movie trailer has popped up on Yahoo .

Things seem to really be taking off now, and over the past 12 months we have seen many of the rumors come to fruition, this is just one more example. The Transformers are coming to life, beautiful! Saturday, July 01, 2006: It seems the rumor posted on Wednesday was 100% correct. Check out the teaser now! Also, an image rumored to be a the Bumblebee set prop has been floating around, see the original source along with some readers' responses here . I've decided to reproduce it here with a significant amount of distortion added so as not to give too much away! Is this Bumblebee? Wednesday, June 28, 2006: (Possible trailer spoiler warning). Not sure if this has been verified, but seems legit. Our Savanna recounts the deleted thread at our forums . I'm keeping it at rumor status, but it's really a moot point since there's less than a week till the trialer hits theaters anyways!

Sunday, June 18, 2006: (Possible spoiler warning) A recent account from the Transformers movie set has it that a 'battle' between an AC-130H Gunship and its crew (the 16th Special Operations Squadron) was filmed late last month. The commander of the aircraft, Aircraft commander Capt. Shawn Sharitt, told reporter, Mladen Rudman, the gunship and other aircraft were sent in to save a village from 'a spider-like creature'. Speculation already has it that this 'creature' is Scorponok. Read the full account here . Monday, June 5, 2006: Set images are beginning to trickle out over the net. Several of the airmen at (though not necessarily stationed at) Holloman Air Force Base will be extras in the film. The images below were taken from here . See also here for more set images and details. Director Michael Bay on the set of Transformers Saturday, June 3, 2006: A teaser trailer is scheduled to hit theaters on July 4, 2006. This is exactly one year prior to the film release date.

A possibly movie poster has shown up (see left), with a possible slogan for the movie "Their war. Our world." Pretty ominous! Monday, April 24, 2006: Well there has not been much to report on the movie front lately...until now! It seems the movie is now in position to begin filming. Director Michael Bay and Dreamworks Studio runner Steven Spielberg have been spotted running around the small town of Alamogordo, New Mexico (NM). According to a WSMR news release on the Las Cruces Sun-News Web site, "Transformers" will be filming on location on and around White Sands Missile Range and Holloman Air Force Base in late May. This site is a notoriously risky location for filming as the range can't guarantee uninterrupted filming windows as testing of real missiles may transpire. Nevertheless, DreamWorks is going forward, "making a date to film at the missile range's dune field just north of Range Road 10 and a little west of Holloman". A fake Middle Eastern village is being built by the preproduction crews, according to the release.

In addition, IGN Filmforce has learned the following actors are in talks for these roles: Actor John Robinson Offer sent Friday, July 15, 2005: Not much new Movie news from the Hasbro panel at SDCC, only that there will be a toy line based on the new movie (big surprise...). They did show a film short with some pre-production concepts an illustrations as well as some words from Steven Spielberg. Oh, and movie Soundwave will be a helicopter (at least that's the plan as of today, but we all know how these things change!) Wednesday, July 13, 2005: Hasbro's site has just issued a firm-sounding release date of the new Transformers Movie. They write: TRANSFORMERS WILL BE MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE AT THEATRES NATIONWIDE ON 07-04-07 The live-action ìTransformersî movie has been set to open nationwide on 07-04-07, it was jointly announced today by DreamWorks Pictures, Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS), and Paramount Pictures.

The feature, based on the globally popular Transformers franchise, will be directed by Michael Bay (upcoming ìThe Island,î ìArmageddonî) from a screenplay being written by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (upcoming ìThe Islandî). Steven Spielberg (ìWar of the Worldsî) is executive producing the film, with Lorenzo di Bonaventura (upcoming ìFour Brothersî), Tom DeSanto (ìX-Menî and ìX2: X-Men Unitedî) and Don Murphy (ìThe League of Extraordinary Gentlemenî) serving as co-executive producers. In making the announcement, DreamWorks head of distribution Jim Tharp stated, ìUnder the direction of Michael Bay, and with Steven Spielberg executive producing, we know that ëTransformersí is going to be the kind of explosive action movie that is perfect for the height of the summer movie season.

By staking our claim on the 4th of July, 2007, we ensure that we not only have the time to make this movie the way it should be made, but also to build excitement and awareness leading up to its release.î ìFans around the world have wanted a Transformers live-action movie for a long time and we are thrilled to work with DreamWorks and Paramount to bring this legendary saga to life on the big screen,î said Brian Goldner, President of Hasbroís U.S. Toy segment. ìWith some of the entertainment industryís best talent on board for this film, fans will experience Transformers in a way that is incredibly powerful.î DreamWorks will distribute the film domestically, while Paramount will handle the international release. Hasbro will work with the production team and DreamWorks on all aspects of the filmís creative development, marketing and promotions, and will manage merchandising in conjunction with the release of the film. This week, DreamWorks is launching the official ìTransformersî movie website ( at Comic-Con International, being held from July 13 ñ 17 in San Diego, California.

ìTransformersî will also be making its presence known in a big way, with a huge 18-wheeler truck sporting the instantly recognizable Transformers logo dominating the area around the DreamWorks boothóand much of the convention flooróletting thousands of fans know that ìTransformersî is coming to the big screen on 07-04-07. Monday, July 11, 2005: A slight speedbump reported by Producer Don Murphy last evening. He writes, "The writers have been lured off to work on Mission Impossible 3Öwhich will delay us indeedÖ.no script in sightÖ" Earlier today, he carified by stating, "What is happening on Transformers is what happens on films ALL THE TIME. Steven Spielberg, Dreamworks, Hasbro and I are committed to making a GREAT TF film. We'd rather not make an okay one. And so it is taking longer than we hoped to get off the launch pad. We still will launch. It will be GREAT and then we will make sequel after sequel." I for one hope Mr. Murphy sticks to his guns. I would far rather see the new Transformers Movie done right rather than rapid!

Friday, June 24, 2005: The movie is rumored to have gone into pre-production according to our friend (evildeadbatman). Also, a couple of images from a movie press-release gathering have surfaced thanks to Joe Black. Monday, April 4, 2005: News of the new Transformers Movie has gone mainstream--stories can be found in such media outlets as CNN and AOL. A few updates worth noting here: Michael Bay in talks to direct the DreamWorks/Paramount film. Bay's past works include the two "Bad Boys" movies, "Pearl Harbor," "Armageddon", "The Rock", and upcoming film "The Island". Marc Haimes and John Fox are overseeing for DreamWorks. A Nov. 17, 2006, release date has been set. Movie Press Release Images Thursday, November 4, 2004: Not really on topic, but I've gotten a lot of questions about where to buy the original Transformers The Movie. Rather than respond to a bunch of emails, I'll just put up this link (right).

Wednesday, November 3, 2004: "Catwoman" screenwriter, John Rogers, has signed on to write the script to DreamWorks' live-action "Transformers" movie, to be executive produced by Steven Spielberg. DreamWorks tentatively plans on releasing the "Transformers" movie in the summer of 2006. Don Murphy, Tom DeSanto, and Lorenzo Di Bonaventura are producing the film. SOURCE: Variety Monday, August 16, 2004: A small bit of insider news today by evildeadbatman. It is true that Dreamworks bought the rights to the script, apparently out of someone's reverence for the original story. Casting for the movie is already set to begin! Saturday, July 24, 2004: I just heard on the radio that Dreamworks and Steven Spielberg will oversee production of the new live-action Transformers movie. It sounded to good to be true, so I did a little checking around, and lo and behold, it appears to be official! Here are a couple links which prove...this is no dream!

BBC News Story (released 8 hours prior to this update) Miami Herald Story (released 10 hours prior to this update) It appears the expected project due date is 2006, ironically one year after the setting of the original TFTM from 1986. The new live-action Transformers movie is sure to boost the popularity of Transformers even further, but will this boost be a blessing or a curse to the already-vibrant TF community? Monday, September 1, 2003: Producer Tom DeSanto discusses plans for the new TFTM in an interview with Dreamwatch magazine: "There's no better mythology to bring to the big screen than Transformers. Transformers has got great characters and created an iconic world, and the mythology still resonates with people 20 years after it was launched. Even though they're robots the characters have a lot of personality and a lot of heart and people still care about them. That's a great thing. The the film will combine live-action with CGI. I think it's going to be something the audience has never seen before.

In all the years of movie-making, I don't think the image of a truck transforming into a 20-foot tall robot has ever been captured on screen. I also want to make a film that's a homage to 1980s movies and gets back to the sense of wonder that Hollywood has lost over the years. It will have those Spielberg-ian moments where you have the push-in on the wide-eyed kid and you feel like you're 10 years old even if you're 35. That's the energy I want to go for. We want to get to the core of what makes Transformers great. We're going to get back to the heart of what Transformers is and distill that into a movie. The live-action version will be based on Generation One and set on Earth. I am rewatching all the cartoons and reading all the comics." Friday, June 13, 2003: Hasbro lets it be known to all that it has entered into Agreement with Movie Producers Tom DeSanto and Don Murphy for Full Length, Live-Action Transformers Movie. PAWTUCKET, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 11, 2003--Hasbro, Inc.

(NYSE:HAS) announced today that it entered into an agreement with the highly successful producers Tom DeSanto (X-Men and X2: X-Men United) and Don Murphy (currently producing 20th Century Fox's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) for a full length, live-action movie based on Hasbro's enormously popular TRANSFORMERS brand. "TRANSFORMERS enjoys an amazing fan base worldwide, and we believe that we can create an incredibly fast-paced, exciting movie that will be appealing to anyone who loves action films," said Don Murphy. "TRANSFORMERS is one of those rare properties that has been embraced by a generation around the world. Like X-Men, TRANSFORMERS offers an amazing mythology with all the elements to create a successful ongoing franchise, iconic characters, global themes, and a world that has never been seen before on screen," said Tom DeSanto. "The property has been successful in every arena it has played in throughout the world - toys, comic books, television - and we now believe it's time to take TRANSFORMERS to the next level, and into a live-action event movie," continued DeSanto.

"We're thrilled to have entered into an agreement with the very talented and accomplished Don Murphy and Tom DeSanto," said Brian Goldner, President of Hasbro's U.S. toys group. "TRANSFORMERS is a natural for the big screen, and both Tom and Don have the track record and skill to bring to life a TRANSFORMERS movie that will be action-packed and flawlessly executed." Hasbro's focus on the TRANSFORMERS brand is consistent with the Company's strategy of driving and extending its core brands through innovative toys and games as well as other forms of entertainment. TRANSFORMERS is one of the most popular boys toy brands, with sales up 64% in 2002 vs. 2001. First introduced in the U.S. market in 1984 as a toy line, the success of TRANSFORMERS continues to grow in a wide-range of entertainment categories. The hit television show TRANSFORMERS ARMADA airs on Cartoon Network seven times a week, with more than 12 million viewers. The show also airs in Europe and Australia. TRANSFORMERS ARMADA comic books, published by Dreamwave are also highly successful, with some of the most popular titles in the industry.

The comic books are also translated and distributed in many markets around the world. There will be new TRANSFORMERS television programming and comic books launching in 2004. "The Hasbro Properties Group (HPG) continues to deliver on its mission of extending Hasbro's rich portfolio of brands beyond toys and games and into multiple forms of entertainment," said Jane Ritson-Parsons, HPG President. "Our alignment with Tom DeSanto and Don Murphy demonstrates the power of our TRANSFORMERS brand and our determination to leverage our properties aggressively and creatively." See the full original press release about the new Transformers The Movie . Feeling nostalgic? Visit our online Transformers store where you can buy all your old favorites toys such as Optimus Prime , Megatron and Soundwave (not to mention those hard-to-find obscurities)! more info We buy collections! Still have that pile of old-school TF goodness in the closet? We are interested and will pay cash for your collection! We have a great reputation for our fair pricing offers and fast payments. Ask to see our list of references! more info © 1997 - 2016 TRANSFORMER LAND, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Question: Released this year (2009), what is the full name of the sequel to the 2007 film 'Transformers'?
Answer: 'TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN'