Transformers (movie)

[Brian in Mesa]

Michael Bay on Transformers
Source: Robert
April 29, 2005

'Robert' from IESB.net tells us he caught up with The Island director Michael Bay who will next direct the live-action Transformers movie, which DreamWorks and Paramount have scheduled for a November 17, 2006 release.

Bay told the site that shooting is expected to start in December and the script is not done. While Bay dodged questions (saying he needs to finish The Island first), he did say "we'll make everyone satisfied on that" when asked whether original voice over actors will be used, if it will be a mix of the comics and cartoon series and whether the movie will have a classic feel to it.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

George Clooney Playing Optimus Prime
June 3, 2005
Source: IESB, AICN

IESB says that a Canadian Entertainment TV Show is reporting that George Clooney has signed on to do the voice over work of the beloved leader of the Autobots.

Meanwhile, according to an AICN scooper Michael Bay was approached after an early test screening of The Island that was done for Dreamworks big wigs and was asked about the Transformers movie.

"At the end the crowd gave a somewhat polite applause, afterwards, I shook Bay's hand in the theater lobby and asked him about Transformers, he said that the studio (Dreamworks) was still working on the script but that he was indeed involved. He hopes to start shooting early next year, and that the voices, won't be the original cast, from the old cartoon, but different voices. He wants a fresh approach to the Transformers."

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Shia LaBeouf in Talks for Transformers
Source: Stax
March 28, 2006

IGN Filmforce has confirmed a recent rumor that Shia LaBeouf (Constantine, I, Robot) is in talks to play Sam in Paramount's big screen Transformers adaptation, directed by Michael Bay and executive produced by Steven Spielberg.

A casting sheet making the rounds includes a description of the Sam character, as well as the humans in the film:

Sam - teenage male, somewhat nerdy, but ultimately heroic.

Miguela Barns - teenage female, Sam's love interest.

Cpt William Lennicks - 30s male, leader of the military.

Maggie - female, really hot, really smart, works as a codebreaker for the government.

John Kellar - 50's/60's male, US Secretary of State.

Glen Whitman - 20's male, technogeek, comic relief.

Transformers is targeted for a July 4, 2007 release date.

 

[Red Hawk]

George Clooney Playing Optimus Prime
June 3, 2005
Source: IESB, AICN

IESB says that a Canadian Entertainment TV Show is reporting that George Clooney has signed on to do the voice over work of the beloved leader of the Autobots.

Meanwhile, according to an AICN scooper Michael Bay was approached after an early test screening of The Island that was done for Dreamworks big wigs and was asked about the Transformers movie.

"At the end the crowd gave a somewhat polite applause, afterwards, I shook Bay's hand in the theater lobby and asked him about Transformers, he said that the studio (Dreamworks) was still working on the script but that he was indeed involved. He hopes to start shooting early next year, and that the voices, won't be the original cast, from the old cartoon, but different voices. He wants a fresh approach to the Transformers."

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

Seriously though I loved Transformers and GI Joe when I was a kid!
But the voice work was the best part. Either they had better voice talent back then.(non-celebrities), ones that could really work the character.
Or the techs knew how to work the voices to fit charactors(something you don't dare do to a star).
Sort of hope they add some sort of synthesizer effect to clooneys voice over.

 

[Ryanwb]

The guy who did Star Scream's voice died in the early '90s. He was the original voice of Mr. Burns and Moe on the Simpsons but got sick and had to turn the roles over

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Transformers Cast Coming Together
Source: IGN Filmforce
April 20, 2006

IGN FilmForce reports that Jon Voight, Michael Clarke Duncan, Josh Duhamel, Bernie Mac, Tyrese, John Turturro, Rachael Taylor, Megan Fox, Travis Van Winkle and John Robinson are in talks to join Shia LaBeof in Paramount/DreamWorks' big screen Transformers adaptation.

Directed by Michael Bay, the film is scheduled for a July 4, 2007 release.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Jon Voight on Transformers
Source: Heather Newgen
May 11, 2006

Superhero Hype! caught up with Transformers star Jon Voight at the Hollywood premiere of Warner Bros.' "Poseidon," and as much as we tried to get him to talk about the big screen version, the distinguished actor remained tight lipped.

"They gave me the script and they had a guard wait until I read it," he joked. "This is top secret stuff. I've taken one look at the script and they're keeping it very hush hush. It's very impressive I will say," Voight said.

He did say however, "It's going to be live action and going to be mostly CGI stuff."

Voight will play U.S. Secretary of State Keller in the film.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Transformers Teaser Site Launched
Source: DreamWorks Pictures
June 8, 2006

DreamWorks Pictures has launched the official website for director Michael Bay's big screen Transformers adaptation. The site, which features a Flash intro and the teaser poster artwork, is counting down to when the teaser trailer is revealed.

Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Jon Voight, Bernie Mac, Tyrese Gibson, Rachael Taylor, Amaury Nolasco, Kevin Dunn and Ronnie Sperling star in the sci-fi action-adventure written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. It hits theaters on July 4th, 2007.

Introduced in 1984, the "Transformers" brand took the world by storm with its compelling saga of the Autobots versus the Decepticons. The innovative "Robots in Disguise" resulted in a tremendously successful toy line from Hasbro and Takara, comic book series, television program and an animated feature film.

http://www.transformersmovie.com/

 

[abomb]

The teaser trailer is out...http://www.transformersmovie.com/

 

[PortlandCardFan]

You know, this movie has me thinking...

They should make a move of G-force. That would be pretty sweet!!

 

[Brian in Mesa]

John Rogers on Transformers
Source: Newsarama
September 22, 2006

John Rogers, who wrote the first draft of the Transformers script, talked to Newsarama about the movie. Here's a clip from the article:

Yep, I wrote the first draft. I've seen the shooting script, and it's about half and half. They've moved one of the storylines a little earlier, and they've increased the big military aspect, whereas I had focused on some of the smaller, personal stories. Yeah, you know, I get a credit, we'll see. We'll see what it looks like eventually. It goes from me, to the other guys, who work quite extensively with Michael Bay, so using what he needs to get his vision across. The characters are the same, the rough plot's the same, and I've seen the mock-ups of the battles and it's gonna be frickin' huge. It'll be a lot of fun to see.

Transformers hits theaters on July 4.

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Definitely looking forward to this and hoping it's done well.

 

[Ryanwb]

So awesome!! This movie must cost a fortune!


http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showthread.php?t=115458

 

[azmike74]

My girlfriend will never understand, nor can she ever know why I want to see this movie!

 

[Brian in Mesa]

So awesome!! This movie must cost a fortune!


http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showthread.php?t=115458

Can't wait to see it !!

 

[Assface]

Can't wait to see it !!

This is going to be one of those rare movies that I go to on opening night.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

This is going to be one of those rare movies that I camp out in front of the theater for weeks just to see it on opening night.

BIM

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Michael Bay on the Transformers Trailer
Source: ShootfortheEdit.com
December 14, 2006

Transformers director Michael Bay has made a new post on his official message board talking about the teaser trailer that will hit next week:

It has been awhile since I've posted. Finished shooting end of Sept., on budget, just came under $300,000. I beat Pearl by a $100,000. I had a great time making this movie, the cast and crew were amazing.

Today I just finished the new teaser for Christmas and I think it's AWESOME! The trailer mixing Guru who does all the big summer movies turned to me and said with a little more ump - it was "f**king awesome".

I think some of my films have had good teasers but this one is just makes a statement. It's hard edged to show we are not a silly "toy" movie. We show just hints of robots - and almost none of our epic shots are in this teaser, but the movie just looks big. I had a room full of 20 Tranformers adult geeks, and they all applauded at the end.

It comes out the 22nd - see it in the theater! Let me know what you think.

 

[Shane]

In that link that Ryna posted that shows the pictures of the charachters you can see 3/4 of the way down Megatron. He looks stuuupid. His character looks entirely to busy. Nothing like the original which is a real shame. They stayed pretty true with the autobot characters it seems including Optimus Prime. Wonder why they decided to screw up megatron so badly?

Not nearly as excited anymore.

 

[Dan H]

In that link that Ryna posted that shows the pictures of the charachters you can see 3/4 of the way down Megatron. He looks stuuupid. His character looks entirely to busy. Nothing like the original which is a real shame. They stayed pretty true with the autobot characters it seems including Optimus Prime. Wonder why they decided to screw up megatron so badly?

Not nearly as excited anymore.

Those are the "proto-forms" before they take on Earth alternate forms.

 

[Shane]

Those are the "proto-forms" before they take on Earth alternate forms.

Why do the Autobots look normal then?

 

[Dan H]

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/imagehosting/44182455e034dba86c.jpg

There's Optimus Prime's proto-form.

 

[abomb]

Holy crap, the trailer is on Yahoo.

 

[PDXChris]

I will camp out to see that one.

 

[PortlandCardFan]

http://movies.yahoo.com/

Right on top. Look for the Kenworth style grill just to the right is the trailer link.

 

[Ryanwb]

This just looks incredible.... no way they could have done these effects 5 years ago. Just unreal..... I wish I was 13 again for stuff like this

:I'lljustpretendtobe13: