Following last week’s viral teaser [watch it here], Michael Bay has taken to Instagram to share a brief teaser for Transformers: The Last Knight, confirming that the Decepticon leader Megatron will be back for the fifth instalment of the blockbuster franchise… https://www.instagram.com/p/BGFEZ9vIWv1/ Transformers: The Last Knight reunites Michael Bay with Transformers: Age of Extinction star […]
Filming underway on Transformers: The Last Knight, viral teaser released
Following this month’s title reveal, director Michael Bay has taken to Instagram to announce that filming is underway on Transformers: The Last Knight, while Paramount Pictures has released a viral teaser for the latest instalment in the blockbuster franchise… Something wicked this way comes. #transformers pic.twitter.com/biCufISsGE — Transformers (@transformers) May 27, 2016 According to ScreenRant, […]
Are Movie Studios Ruining Shared Universes?
Ricky Church on whether movie studios are ruining shared universes… In the years since the Marvel Cinematic Universe began and its massive success at the box office has come a tidal wave of news that studios seek to emulate Marvel’s idea of a shared universe for their franchises. For some studios, namely Warner Bros. with […]
Ten Stock Female Characters Hollywood Needs to Stop Writing
Kirsty Capes with ten stock female characters Hollywood needs to stop writing… From Mary Sues to Disposable Women, Hollywood seems to have a problem with writing interesting and original female characters. It’s not a problem, I would argue, that seems to happen with male characters, and I for one find it interesting, if not a […]
Transformers 5 titled Transformers: The Last Knight
Paramount Pictures has announced that the fifth instalment in the blockbuster Transformers franchise will be titled Transformers: The Last Knight. Here’s a look at the official logo… Accompanying the news in the launch of an Instagram page, whcih features an animated look at the title, complete with Autobot leader Optimus Prime… https://www.instagram.com/p/BFfCGhRoMmW/ Transformers: The […]
Jerrod Carmichael in negotiations to join Transformers 5 cast
Jerrod Carmichael, one of the most successful young comedians working in the business today, is reportedly in negotiations to join the cast of Michael Bay’s Transformers 5. The Wrap learned of the casting from “individuals familiar” with the project, similar to their scoop from around a week ago about Nickelodeon star Isabela Moner being sought after to play […]
Isabela Moner wanted for female lead in Transformers 5
It looks like Paramount and director Michael Bay may have found their female lead for the fifth instalment in the Transformers franchise, with The Wrap reporting that Nickelodeon star Isabela Moner (100 Things to Do Before High School) is being eyed to join Mark Wahlberg in the cast of Transformers 5. According to the site, Moner […]
Transformers Bumblebee spinoff to be “lower cost”, 2019 movie also standalone
Last week it was announced that Paramount Pictures and Hasbro have set release dates for three Transformers movies in 2017, 2018 and 2019 respectively. Initially, it was thought that the Michael Bay-directed Transformers 5 would be followed by Transformers 6 and Transformers 7, before it was clarified that the 2018 movie would actually be a […]
Paramount sets release dates for Transformers 5 and 6 and Bumblebee spinoff
Having set up a writers room last year to plot out the future of the franchise, Paramount Pictures and Hasbro have today announced a new slate of three Transformers films, set for release in 2017, 2018 and 2019. First up comes Transformers 5, which sees Michael Bay returning to direct from a script by Art Marcum […]
Transformers 5 will be Michael Bay’s last entry in the franchise
Ever since Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Michael Bay has gone on record to say that he was done with the franchise, only to announce he’s making another one, and then announce he’s quitting again. In an interview with Collider, Bay once again says this Transformers will be his last, but when called out on his […]