Transformers - Live Action Movie

[Darth Gaos]

I saw these pics the other day and I must say that I am impressed.  Megatron seems a bit....."busy" I guess would be the word.  Optimus Prime looks cool even if he is not the flat nosed semi all of us First gen Transformers fans love.  Starscream looks to be maybe an F-22 Raptor rather than an F-15...no biggy.  I am really impressed with "Incinerator"...he looks sweet.

Overall, again, I really cannot wait to this movie next year

[Geekyfanboy]

Transformers Details Revealed

SCI FI Wire got a rare peek at the production of director Michael Bay's upcoming Transformers movie in downtown Los Angeles on Aug. 26, including the first up-close look at the disguised versions of four key Autobots: the chartreuse search-and-rescue vehicle Ratchet, the giant black GMC 4x4 Ironhide, the sleek silver Pontiac Solstice sports car that is Jazz and the muscle-y yellow-and-black Chevy Camaro that is the new Bumblebeeâ€"so new that the car in the movie is a prototype for a vehicle that hasn't even gone into production yet. Ironhide had an Autobot logo on his tailgate; Ratchet featured a fire department seal on its doors with the same logo in the design.

In interviews with cast and crew, SCI FI Wire also got a preview of the film and learned a few key spoilers:

•The film will offer background about the origin of the war between the Autobots and Decepticons. The plot will be set in motion when 18-year-old Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) discovers his grandfather's pair of century-old glasses, improbably laser-etched with a map and information about the location of a key artifact, the "Energon" cube, which he then tries to sell on eBay. The movie will follow five separate storylines, which will all converge with a final battle between the Autobots and Decepticons, starting at Hoover Dam and ending in an American city that looks a lot like Los Angeles.

•The film is seeking permission to be the first production to film the exterior of the Pentagon since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001; the movie will also shoot in various cities, including L.A., Chicago, Detroit and Washington.

•The film will feature a top-secret military unit called Sector 7.

•Voice casting of the Transformer robots is being left until later in the production, except for Peter Cullen, who was previously named to reprise his role as Optimus Prime. In particular, producers wouldn't say whether Frank Welker, who voiced Megatron in the 1986 animated Transformers film, would voice the character in the movie.

•The movie will use a mix of computer animation and large-scale puppetry to depict the giant robots. Megatron will appear as a plane, not a giant gun, as he did in early versions of the franchise.

•The film's first full trailer will appear sometime during the holiday season this year.

Overall, director Bay told SCI FI Wire that the movie strives for realism, despite its cartoony origins. "I only wanted to do Transformers if I could do it realistic," Bay said in an interview. "And from what I've seen and what we've done with our digital studies, putting it in real-world stuff, that is lots of effects around that are real effects, that's how we make it realistic." When Bay got the first call from producer Steven Spielberg, he said, "My first thought was, 'Nah, I'm not interested.' And just because I thought, 'OK, how am I going to do a toy movie?' And then I realized, when I went to Hasbro, 'OK, start over and go for [a] realistic alien-invasion-robot movie on Earth.' And so, with that thinking in mind, that's how I went about it."

On a hot Saturday, Bay and his crew shot a scene on a blocked-off street in the heart of downtown L.A. The scene featured the four Autobots, accompanied by military crews led by co-stars Tyrese Gibson and Josh Duhamel, and young stars LaBeouf and Megan Fox, who plays Mikaela, LaBeouf's love interest. In the scene, the commandoes see what they believe to be Air Force jets flying overhead, then realize that the coming flying machines are something elseâ€"Decepticons in disguise?â€"and throw smoke grenades to obscure their positions as dozens of civilians run screaming around them. Ironhide, the black truck in the lead of the column of Autobots, appears to collide with a delivery truck carrying Furbys (the talking furry animal toys that are also made by Transformers maker Hasbro). The truck is on a gimbal, which allows it to swing up and stand perpendicular to the street, as if knocked on its end. The idea is that the Furbys will be knocked from the truck, in flames, then activate when the Energon cube flies overhead. "We just wanted to have burning Furbys on the ground, you know?" Bay said with a laugh. "We're going to be blowing up a lot of little Furbys." Transformers is currently in production, with an eye to a July 4, 2007, release. â€"Patrick Lee, News Editor

[Chief]

I am MEGA excited about how the robots look. And I amm happy they didn't go with the classic Megatron. I mean, old Megatron turned into a gun. Here he will trnasform into some sort of space ship. Awesome!

[Geekyfanboy]

Here's a cool picture for Opitmus Prime.

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[darthcooley]

Nice pic I can't wait  :trooper

[Flinters]

Why are we still waiting?  Come on July 4th, get here already!  I need my Transformers!

And beyond that, I'm pleased that it isn't being addressed as a silly toy line but instead more akin to something like Independence Day.  When I first heard there would be humans working with the Autobots, I immediately thought of kids as in the various cartoons, but no... this looks serious.

I'm also pleased that they aren't shying away from brand names by using GM products.  That's great marketing material.  I wonder if they will have any full size Autobot mockups at GM dealers when the movie comes out?  That would seem like a natural tie-in and a real collector's item.

[Geekyfanboy]

Offical Movie Posters

[Geekyfanboy]

Yahoo movies has two 30 second spots... OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! This movie is going to rock.

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/transformers.html;_ylt=AumvrpUmunzzZidmP.AmfqpfVXcA

[jedijeff]

I am really looking forward to this Movie. I was not much into the Transformers when I was younger, but after seeing the Previews for this movie, I can see where people get really excited about them.

[Geekyfanboy]

There is a new Exclusive Trailer on Yahoo.com... all I have to say is WOW. After watching it I am near tears, I'm so excited for this movie. Check it out

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/transformers.html;_ylt=Ap_dKmzLpBgXFfrp2TRcph5fVXcA

[Darth Gaos]

I saw that new trailer yesterday and I am with ya all the way Kenny....WOW..>AWESOME....UNBELIEVABLE......and for all you 80's Transformer fans....did you listen closely to when Optimus Prime was transforming??   All I can is YES!!! :metallica:

[Geekyfanboy]

did you listen closely to when Optimus Prime was transforming??   All I can is YES!!! :metallica:

OMG... that gave me chills down my spine when I heard that. And it does everytime I have re-watched it.

[Darth Gaos]

LOL, same here and I JUST rewatched it for the umpteenth time....I trying to find it somewhere that I may download it....we don;t have internet at home and I wanna show it to my wife.

[Geekyfanboy]

Here is an international trailer.. at least one of them. Most of it looks the same but there are some added scenes and of course the scene at the very end after the Title.

http://www.universalpictures.nl/bioscoop/data/trans/trailerf.html

[Darth Gaos]

Holy Crap.....the Fourth of July cannot get here soon enough.  What is really cool is that my brother (who I have not seen in about 7 years) is going to be in town with his kids and we are all gonna go see it....it is gonna be AWESOME.