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News Credits: 1235 · by **LOST Cybertronian** » Sat Jun 22, 2013 7:32 pm

Titus Welliver of Sons of Anarchy fame as well as Argo, LOST and many others, has been spotted on set of Transformers 4. Nicole_4_Eva has posted a couple of photos on instagram confirming his presence on set. There have been no official announcements as of yet of his involvement in Transformers 4. Transformers 4 is filming in Lockhart, Texas.

News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Wed Jul 24, 2013 11:20 pm

Deadline is reporting that actor Titus Welliver has officially joined the cast of "Transformers 4". We previously reported that he had been sighted on set while during the filming in central Texas. No details regarding his role have been released at the moment.

News Credits: 6 · by **BeastProwl** » Thu Jul 25, 2013 3:21 pm

I don't even know who that guy is.
So, were there this many humans announced for DOTM pre-film?
Because I don't remember.

News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 3:17 pm

Transformers: Age of Extinction's Titus Welliver recently spoke to Nerdist about the upcoming film. According to Welliver this film is much darker than the previous trilogy and "not a kids movie". The full interview can be found by clicking here.

How was it for the actor, best known for his roles on The Good Wife and Argo, stepping into the huge Transformers summer movie franchise? “I’ve now won the hard earned respect of my children because I’m in a Transformers film, and I’ve always wanted to work with Michael Bay and certainly Mark Wahlberg and Kelsey Grammer.” And what can fans look forward to in this installment? “It’s a bit more of a darker vision of the Transformers world… It’s not a kids movie, I’ll tell you that much.”

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 3:38 pm

makes sense they'd have a line of toys aimed at young children then.

News Credits: 1 · by **Autobot_Benz** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 3:38 pm

If this movie is not a kids movie why are they marketing the toys to 4-10 year olds :roll:

News Credits: 2 · by **Banjo-Tron** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 3:43 pm

Interesting article but it will take someone like Cuaron or Nolan to make anyone over the age of 11 take these movies seriously. Or maybe J.J. Abrahms, he did a bang-up job with another slightly hokey sci-fi property (no offence to any Trekkers intended

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News Credits: 37 · by **SlyTF1** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 3:50 pm

Banjo-Tron wrote:Interesting article but it will take someone like Cuaron or Nolan to make anyone over the age of 11 take these movies seriously. Or maybe J.J. Abrahms, he did a bang-up job with another slightly hokey sci-fi property (no offence to any Trekkers intended )

I take these movies seriously and I'm older than 11.

News Credits: 2 · by **Banjo-Tron** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 3:57 pm

SlyTF1 wrote:
Banjo-Tron wrote:Interesting article but it will take someone like Cuaron or Nolan to make anyone over the age of 11 take these movies seriously. Or maybe J.J. Abrahms, he did a bang-up job with another slightly hokey sci-fi property (no offence to any Trekkers intended )

I take these movies seriously and I'm older than 11.

Sorry, no offence intended

News Credits: 26 · by **reluctantyouth** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 4:26 pm

Think about DOTM for a second...was that really a kids movie either? How many children nowadays knew of the Space Race, Chernobyl, Commander Buzz Aldrin, and even Kennedy for that matter unless 10 or older. The historical significance, fictitious or not, and the very dark story line made for a much less family friendly picture. I truly hope this one is much darker and from the scenes with Lockdown possibly torturing Prime/the truly menacing look of the dinobots...this one looks to be just that. I wouldn't take my 6 year old niece to see this movie. I would think hard about taking anyone under the age of 10 to see this thing...just my opinion.

~reluctantyouth~

by **Deathscythetransform** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 4:40 pm

not a kids movie?

hey, thanks for the huge info, captain obvious! by the looks of the teaser we got in the superbowl, we couldn't have guessed that by ourselves!

the franchise has been dark ever since ROTF hit the theatres!

and the title.. Age of Extinction... its not a huge hint that this movie wont be a kids movie...

eh...

News Credits: 21 · by **dragons** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 4:41 pm

that is good to here finally transformers is becoming bolder as oter pg13 movies batman trilogy, jurrasic park, alien vs predator, after earth showed old sister half face when will smith son was dreaming floating down river, deep blue sea,.

let it have move action destruction some scary moments litte kids will get nightmares off of when dinobots awaken

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 4:46 pm

What I want to know is when the live-action films were not dark. >:oP

News Credits: 1 · by **Blozor** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 4:58 pm

Not a kids movie, huh? Good thing they thought to add robot dinosaurs, then.

by **AutoBorst** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 4:58 pm

I don't believe this for a second. Neither Bay or Hasbro is going to allow sex or drugs, and I don't see how the violence can be any worse than Prime ripping a Decepticon's head in half or any other robot on robot violence.

News Credits: 1 · by **Flakmaster** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 5:06 pm

I'm likely more conservative in my views on what is and isn't appropriate for children than some, but I don't define any of the Transformers movies as being "kid's movies."

I might even think of AOE as more of a kid's movie if it's darker in the vein of more robot violence and a weightier, more meaningful story, with less crude humor and painfully written human interactions.

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 5:07 pm

AutoBorst wrote:...Neither Bay or Hasbro is going to allow sex or drugs...

So what was with the butt/cleavage shots in all three films, and then we had Wheelie the Humping Autobot?

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 5:20 pm

Mindmaster wrote:
AutoBorst wrote:...Neither Bay or Hasbro is going to allow sex or drugs...

So what was with the butt/cleavage shots in all three films, and then we had Wheelie the Humping Autobot?

And in RoTF Sam's parents outright talked about brownies "baked with reefer in it" and showed Sam's mom actually consuming it and then acting like a total idiot afterwards.

News Credits: 33 · by **Amelie** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 5:26 pm

"not a kids movie"

Kinda sums up what is wrong about all of the previous Transformers movies, really. Good storylines, clever plot and well written dialogue aren't solely in the realm of "adult" (12+) movies - profanity, pointless innuendo and childish racial stereo-types are, though.

A lot of great, great sci-fi movies have been child friendly - Back To The Future, Tron, Ghostbusters ect.

Hasbro should've been tighter with their licence - the movie was an enormous success, but then again I think if they didn't have all the pointless crap that pushed it up to a 12A, it would have been just as much so - huge robots blowing stuff up is always going to sell.

News Credits: 5 · by **welcometothedarksyde** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 6:19 pm

I guess the toy designers didn't get the memo

News Credits: 23 · by **Madeus Prime** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 8:06 pm

Wow, if the previous movies were aimed at kids, then I'm scared to see what they'll have in store. (Revenge of the Fallen. Starring: Wrecking Balls, Black Stereotypes, Humping Robot, and introducing, Chevrolet.)

News Credits: 1 · by **Flakmaster** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 8:35 pm

Godzillabot-2 wrote:Wow, if the previous movies were aimed at kids, then I'm scared to see what they'll have in store. (Revenge of the Fallen. Starring: Wrecking Balls, Black Stereotypes, Humping Robot, and introducing, Chevrolet.)

What else could they do if AOE really is worse?

On the juvenile and outrageous side of things, if AOE went any further, it would turn into an audacious and badly-written comedy, not an action film.

Even on the squicky, gory side of things, they've already shown Sam getting all sorts of miniature Decepticon tech forcefully inserted into him in ROTF and DOTM, and we've had Soundwave and his minions hunting down and killing multiple people in DOTM, and those scenes, if not explicit, were quite disturbing and left just enough to the imagination.

Other than mindless and openly shown murder of civilians by Decepticons, I really wonder how AOE could be much darker or more adult-oriented without turning it into a badly done horror or black comedy film.

News Credits: 37 · by **SlyTF1** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 9:13 pm

Flakmaster wrote:
Godzillabot-2 wrote:Wow, if the previous movies were aimed at kids, then I'm scared to see what they'll have in store. (Revenge of the Fallen. Starring: Wrecking Balls, Black Stereotypes, Humping Robot, and introducing, Chevrolet.)

What else could they do if AOE really is worse?

On the juvenile and outrageous side of things, if AOE went any further, it would turn into an audacious and badly-written comedy, not an action film.

Even on the squicky, gory side of things, they've already shown Sam getting all sorts of miniature Decepticon tech forcefully inserted into him in ROTF and DOTM, and we've had Soundwave and his minions hunting down and killing multiple people in DOTM, and those scenes, if not explicit, were quite disturbing and left just enough to the imagination.

Other than mindless and openly shown murder of civilians by Decepticons, I really wonder how AOE could be much darker or more adult-oriented without turning it into a badly done horror or black comedy film.

Decepticons torturing and killing humans brutally. Maybe just random dudes getting squished by Decepticons. That'd be nice.

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 9:17 pm

SlyTF1 wrote:Maybe just random dudes getting squished by Decepticons.

Would the CGI rendering of Michael Bay being flicked by Megatron in the first film count for this?

News Credits: 37 · by **SlyTF1** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 9:22 pm

Mindmaster wrote:
SlyTF1 wrote:Maybe just random dudes getting squished by Decepticons.

Would the CGI rendering of Michael Bay being flicked by Megatron in the first film count for this?

I mean something like with a quick shot of blood shooting from under the Decepticon's foot (with super shaky cam or something) and crunchy sounds; something more violent than just civilians vanishing into a pile of ash like in DOTM.