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[EvasionModeBumblebee]

I've never been one for paintings and art and all that, but throw in an Autobot and you've got my interest.
https://twitter.com/ParamountUK
(Should be the third one down)

Long story short, Ironhide gets placed in an 1815 painting in an art museum. Hilarity ensues.

[Carnivius_Prime]

I've never been one for paintings and art and all that, but throw in an Autobot and you've got my interest.
https://twitter.com/ParamountUK
(Should be the third one down)

Long story short, Ironhide gets placed in an 1815 painting in an art museum. Hilarity ensues.

Doh I wanted to post about it but I was at rehearsal and while I could see Twitter fine, I couldn't get onto Seibertron on my phone. I loved this.
https://twitter.com/ParamountUK/status/ ... 2210600961

[Deadput]

Wreck-Gar in Transformers 5?!?

That name isn't confirmed.

I hope it's not his name so people can get past that the names of the character has to mean something and not the characterization of them.

If he's a good character then it doesn't matter if his name was Wreck-Gar, Scrapheap or Pile-O-Garbage since he was a good character.

Just like how I don't personally care for the majority of Prime characters because their mostly badly written and how their "namesake" doesn't change my opinion.

[Burn]

Just got my ticket for TLK for 8 PM on Tuesday June 20th. Can't wait.

Would you be able to do that review Va'al asked all staff about last week?

[WreckerJack]

The official website for Transformers: The Last Knight has added some set photos. A few of these have been seen before but there are some new ones. Some of the most interesting ones are Josh Duhamel with the military and Mark Wahlberg aiming his alien gun. (We don't think that is a very stable way to hold it though!) There is also a picture of Jarrod Carmichael and Isabela Moner looking startled at something, which makes us wonder what or who that something could be. Stay tuned!

[WreckerJack]

The Daily Mail had interviewed Sir Anthony Hopkins about a number of different topics, including Transformers: The Last Knight. He seems to have enjoyed working on the film even though he does not know all of the lore about the series. It is very interesting to read his thoughts on the film.

Hopkins plays Sir Edmund Burton, the 12th Earl of Folgan, who has devoted his life to the study of the ancestries of humans and Transformers. He and Mark Wahlberg (as the hero Cade Yeager) team up to make an unlikely alliance to save the world from being destroyed by war between the Transformers and humans.

‘You’re not going to ask me to explain the plot are you?’ he says. ‘Because it’s so very complicated and there’s the whole mythology of four previous films that come into play. I have to admit, I don’t quite get all of it.

‘All I know is I play a highly educated, eccentric English lord. I had a terrific time making it. Mark Wahlberg was wonderful to work with, the locations were excellent [Northumberland, Norway, Arizona, the Isle of Skye and Stonehenge] and I showed up, put my costume on, said my lines and stayed out of trouble. That’s all I ever do. It beats working for a living.’

Hopkins is always at pains to destroy any smug ‘luvviness’ about the acting world. He loathes the painful intensity of the method actors, who insist on staying in character throughout filming (‘what a pain in the ass’) and repeats several times that ‘the greatest difficulty in this business is the sense of entitlement some people have just because of what they do’.

Included with the article is this photo of him with HotRod.

[SlyTF1]

Another poster. Though it doesn't look much like a poster.

[zko]

Another poster. Though it doesn't look much like a poster.

It all makes sense now! Stone Henge is Unicron's tiara!

[Va'al]

Via ParamountUK directly, we have another publicity stunt for Transformers: The Last Knight, riding on the fake historical photos - the secret past of the Transformers - we've seen show up in the rooms of Sir Edmund Burton (Anthony Hopkins) in the trailers. This specific one has a clip from Dulwich Picture Gallery, where the team added Ironhide to an 1815 painting, and the reaction of the crowd - check it out!

See the reactions of @DulwichGallery visitors when a Transformer mysteriously appeared in an 1815 painting over the weekend.

video

[Va'al]

Also related to Transformers: The Last Knight - and following the recent news of Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean hack issue - we have a snippet from a PGA event attended by producer Ian Bryce. The event saw PGA President Lori McCreary discussing the troubles with security for digital products, and the difference with print versions of the same. Check out the specifics below, and here for the whole piece!

McCreary, who admitted that her company had experienced a hack, urged caution and attention to this area, and Transformers: The Last Knight producer Ian Bryce agreed. “We don’t have prints,” he said. “We are sending [digital] footage [around the world to different countries], temp footage to final shots, and people are going to be after it. When you invested $150 million in a production, that’s risky.”

[Rodimus Prime]

Just got my ticket for TLK for 8 PM on Tuesday June 20th. Can't wait.

Would you be able to do that review Va'al asked all staff about last week?

Of course. Let me double check the staff forum, if it's in there. (I'm still having problems with the e-mail, so I just kinda gave up on it. )

[Va'al]

Good news, everyone! If you're in the UK or Singapore, we have a couple of contests for you to enter in order to win tickets to the Transformers: The Last Knight showings - and even the London premiere!

UK fans: via Paramount UK on Twitter, we have news of a big face - you know how much he loves them - of Optimus Prime atop the Sky Garden in London. Take a selfie, follow the T&C (right here) and enter for a chance to attend the London premiere on 18th June.

Singapore fans: double the choice! United International Singapore are running a Search for Sqweeks contest, with a special edition Vespa as grand prize, and more revealed daily.

We’ve spotted an Autobot in Singapore by the name of Sqweeks! Help us find him and stand to WIN a limited edition Vespa Primavera ABS (close to S$10,000)!

Make sure you indicate ‘GOING’ to this FB event page and check back daily for updates on this exciting contest starting officially on 15 Jun 2017.

While UIP Singapore and Planet Iacon have joined forces to give away free tickets to the movie, with a very simple Facebook contest:

*** Transformers: The Last Knight Movie Premiere Ticket Giveaway ***
Planet Iacon - Singapore Transformers Fans Unite!! (S.T.F.U!!) X United International Pictures Singapore Singapore collaboration

Stand a chance to win a pair of premiere tickets to TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT on 20 June by watching the trailer and answering the following question in the comments below.

Who is the director of TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT?

Official trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oixzm8BpUj4
Release date: IN IMAX® 3D AND 3D CINEMAS JUN 22
Rating: TO BE ADVISED
Copyright line: © 2017 Par. Pics

Contest runs from Jun 12-19, 12nn. Open to Singapore residents only.

[Va'al]

In other Transformers: The Last Knight news, we have a short clip courtesy of the official Transformers Australia Facebook page, of the car chase scenes taking place in London, along The Mall - the road leading up to Buckingham Palace - featuring Anthony Hopkins, Michael Bay, stunt camera driver Kenny Bates, Hot Rod, Bumblebee and Drift. Check it out below!

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[Carnivius_Prime]

18th June premiere? That's a Sunday. I couldn't get to London even if I wanted to cos lack of public transport here on that day. Also I'd be knackered cos it's show week for my local production of Dad's Army and on that Saturday in particular is tiring cos we got an afternoon and evening performance then the clear out and aftershow party. And yet I bet I'll still cycle the 5 or 6 miles to the car boot sale at about 6am the Sunday morning cos I don't want to miss out on any potential Transformers bargains. I'll see The Last Knight when it's easily available in Cambridge (still a tough journey for me to make at times but is nearest cinema with the comfy chairs of comfiness) hopefully on the 22nd.

[Deadput]

For those not wanting spoilers the first premier for the movie is tomorrow although I don't if there is an embargo or not regarding if people can talk about the movie.

So if I wanted to avoid everything I would stay off starting tomorrow or the next day.

[DedicatedGhostArt]

Can I ask why the older generations hate movie designs so much, but people my age love them for technical bits and bobs? I mean, you'd think the older generations would like machine parts more. Guess it's nostalgia getting the best of people. And I guess I'm starting to convert to the Bayverse robits cult.

[X3ROhour]

What if Sly is Michael Bay? Has this theory been presented before?

As for TLK, so far I get the vibe that it will be superior to RoTF and AoE, and on par with the original and DoTM.

I am most curious as to how they will reconcile having both Megatron and Galvatron.

is there proof of there being two individual characters?

my guess?

a stalwart and self-aggrandizing, Master-Warlord bot like Megatron,
(who chose his own name!)
isn't going to allow some grubby, filthy, Cybertronium stealing, corpse robbing,
FLESH-SQUISHIES,
put there moniker on the once and future king!

[DedicatedGhostArt]

Megatron thinks humans are disgusting. Why would he want to keep their technology?

[Kurona]

Can I ask why the older generations hate movie designs so much, but people my age love them for technical bits and bobs? I mean, you'd think the older generations would like machine parts more. Guess it's nostalgia getting the best of people. And I guess I'm starting to convert to the Bayverse robits cult.

I think this is more deserving of its own thread; unless I'm missing a specific post or conversation?

Regardless I don't think this is strictly true or something that we can quantify without an actual survey. My experience is in fact the complete opposite - a lot of older people I know either like or don't care about the movies and their designs, while most of my peers think they're pretty terrible (though I'm not sure whether you'd define me as being a 'young' or 'old' generation; I'm 20 1/2 just for the record). I myself don't like them as I find them needlessly and overly complicated to the extent I can't really admire anything about them beyond just the pure skill, time and effort required to design them and put them to screen; even though the biggest thing I should be deriving from a character design would be in how it evokes the character and sets them apart from the others (admittedly, the Autobots have had a decent run of the latter with colour-coding and both factions have highly differing body-types). Also on a less professional level, it just looks plain ugly and unappealing to me.

Though, yes, I would think a lot of the 'criticism' aimed at the Bayformers designs from older Transformers fans would be the whole nostalgia-to-absurd-extents thing this fandom is unfortunately quite renowned for. Of course not a hard-and-fast rule and I expect many of these older fans would dislike them for other reasons - perhaps similar to mine - but I would simply be wearing glasses as rose-tinted as theirs if I didn't count this factor. I'd also be wearing those glasses if I didn't also factor in that there are a lot of people who hate the movies for other reasons and then leap to criticising the designs whether they would like them or not just based on the fact they hate the movies anyway. Talking of other reasons, you've also got to consider how the designs are used and shot beyond just the designs themselves and... and I'm getting off track.


Beyond said nostalgia and rose-tinted glasses though I'm not sure one can generalise like this when I've seen significant like and dislike from any generation. Just depends on your aesthetic tastes and if you can put aside Sideswipe not looking like Sideswipe.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

I actually made that poster with Bee and Prime my new phone wallpaper.

I have to wait on a few things, but I will either see the movie Wednesday or Thursday night, hopefully wednesday. Really looking forward to it!

[Deadput]

Just depends on your aesthetic tastes and if you can put aside Sideswipe not looking like Sideswipe.

I mean it's not like Sideswipe was a "character" or had personality in G1 at least that's something the movie version had alike eh?

No but seriously I think the first Sideswipe with personality I can remember was either the WFC guy or the Animated one.

[Kurona]

Just depends on your aesthetic tastes and if you can put aside Sideswipe not looking like Sideswipe.

I mean it's not like Sideswipe was a "character" or had personality in G1 at least that's something the movie version had alike eh?

No but seriously I think the first Sideswipe with personality I can remember was either the WFC guy or the Animated one.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I was just picking a random character who was in the Bay movies and didn't resemble in any way the character they were supposedly based on. Admittedly, that means I could have picked anyone who isn't Optimus or Jazz. Whether or not they had a character in G1 is debatable and I will also enjoy seeing it pointed out that of the G1 cartoon's rather large cast, only a handful had notable character traits. A bit like these movies.

[william-james88]

We just got some info on the US premiere of Transformers: The last Knight. It will be in Chicago at the Famed Opera House on June 20. See below for all the details!

U.S. PREMIERE OF TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT TO BE HELD IN CHICAGO AT THE FAMED OPERA HOUSE ON JUNE 20

Event Sponsored by The H Collective, along with IMAX® and Valvoline

CHICAGO, IL (June 12, 2017) – It was announced today that the U.S. premiere of director Michael Bay’s TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT will take place in Chicago on Tuesday, June 20 at 8:00pm at the Civic Opera House. The event is co-sponsored by The H Collective, a US-based full-service film finance, production, marketing and distribution company, along with IMAX® and Valvoline.

A red carpet will take place on the Chicago River directly in front of the venue prior to the special event with cast and filmmaker participants including Director Michael Bay, Mark Wahlberg, Josh Duhamel, Anthony Hopkins, Isabela Moner, Laura Haddock, and Jerrod Carmichael.

In conjunction with the Chicago Film Office, Mayor Emanuel is proud to premiere TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT in Chicago. This will continue the upward trend of increased media production in the city, due to its active and growing film industry. The premiere takes place along the Chicago River against the striking backdrop of one of the world's most iconic skylines. Recent investments along the river, including the recently extended 1.25 mile Chicago Riverwalk, demonstrate Mayor Emanuel’s commitment to increasing access to and recreational opportunities in areas that had previously been dormant.

Paramount Pictures presents in Association with Hasbro a film directed by Michael Bay. It is produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura, p.g.a., Tom DeSanto, Don Murphy, and Ian Bryce, p.g.a., and executive produced by Steven Spielberg, Michael Bay, Brian Goldner, and Mark Vahradian.

Paramount Pictures will release the film on Wednesday, June 21.

All press must be accredited to cover the event.


Transformers: The Last Knight Official Channels

transformersmovie.com
#Transformers
Facebook: /TransformersMovie
Twitter: @Transformers
Instagram: @TransformersMovie
Snapchat: TFMovie

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About TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT
The Last Knight shatters the core myths of the Transformers franchise, and redefines what it means to be a hero. Humans and Transformers are at war, Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. Saving our world falls upon the shoulders of an unlikely alliance: Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg); Bumblebee; an English Lord (Anthony Hopkins); and an Oxford Professor (Laura Haddock).
There comes a moment in everyone’s life when we are called upon to make a difference. In Transformers: The Last Knight, the hunted will become heroes. Heroes will become villains. Only one world will survive: theirs, or ours.

About Paramount Pictures Corporation
Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a major global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment, is a unit of Viacom (NASDAQ: VIAB, VIA), home to premier global media brands that create compelling television programs, motion pictures, short-form content, apps, games, consumer products, social media experiences, and other entertainment content for audiences in more than 180 countries.

About The H Collective
With headquarters in Los Angeles, The H Collective is a US-based film finance, production, marketing and distribution company working with top Hollywood producers and talent to create high-quality original entertainment content for the global marketplace.

[SlyTF1]

This would be cool if I lived anywhere near Chicago.

[Bronzewolf]

A video was uploaded yesterday from the popular Australian automotive Youtube channel Mighty Car Mods, sponsored by Transformers The Last Knight, featuring the hosts trying to create a car that would be quite the robot racer in disguise, as they try to make the fastest quarter-mile car they can from the most boring car they can find. For that, they travel all the way to Japan to pick up an 80's Toyota Cresta, send it back to their shop to see if, despite the unassuming exterior, they can turn it into one of their fastest quarter mile racers yet!
Were they successful? Find out below, as the entire video has been linked for your viewing convenience.