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Transformers One had a pretty big panel at SDCC 2024. Brian Tyree Henry, Keegan-Michael Key, Josh Cooley and Chris Hemsworth were there getting interviewed by pretty much everyone. We have a slew of videos for you below so you can get all that content in one spot, including their big panel. There's even a fun video of them doing their version of the Transformation Sound Effect. Enjoy!
While Transformers One had a panel at SDCC, it quickly turned into a panel on how the GI Joe Crossover Film is not happening anytime soon. It was inevitable that questions on that movie would be asked since the Transformers One panel had both Chris Hemsworth and Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, which are both attached to the Transformers GI Joe film.
You can read the full answers to the questions below, but here are the main takeaways:
- They have yet to find a key to make the movie work due to there being a lot of characters in such a crossover
- The film is still in its creative phase, they are still working on what story it could be
- Hemsworth is unsure about his role in that movie at this point, he even jokes about being both Optimus Prime and a GI Joe character, talking to himself
- Bonaventura admits that characterization of the Transformers characters is poorer in live action films than animated projects due to the cost of special effects, meaning less focus and dialogue on the Transformers characters
- They would like to make another solo GI Joe film
Di Bonaventura on where they are at with the Transformers GI Joe movie:
We are definitely in the process of figuring out how to integrate G.I. Joe and Transformers. We’re in the creative process. We really have not discovered the key to that yet because one of the difficulties with it is there are so many characters that you feel you have to service, and when you do that, you never really deliver any good characters. So the trick here is to figure out how do you combine these two worlds with the least number of people or robots? That’s where it’s a big trick that we’re trying to figure out. So, we’re working with that.
Chris Hemsworth on his inclusion in the planned Live Action Movie.
“I don’t know yet,” Hemsworth admitted. “I keep getting asked about that. [Producer] Lorenzo [di Bonaventura] had brought it up when I was recording this film … and we started talking about where the universe could expand and how fun it could be. And look, I’m just down for great filmmakers, great scripts, great stories. There’s a lot of potential in this universe, in both the G.I. Joe world and the Transformers world, to recreate, try something different.”
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“We’ve had an early conversations about it, and about what the world has to offer, and I think there’s some really fun opportunities to expand the universe. Nothing official yet, it’s been in early creative discussions. But who knows? We’ll see. I love this experience. I loved working with Lorenzo Bonaventura and Paramount, I worked with Paramount years ago. But Lorenzo I’ve known for a lot of years and he’s just such a great creative partner.
[It would be] really fun to give something to audiences that’s a new take and something fresh. I’m not even sure [who I would play]. I was like, “Am I going to be, like, talking to myself? Am I still going to play Optimus Prime and then switch over to G.I. Joe? Do I get paid twice? What’s happening here?” That’s the important question.”
Di Bonaventura on standalone G.I. Joe movies:
We do intend to bring back G.I. Joe, a standalone. We’ve created a complication for ourselves because we just did the [Transformers: One] animated movie, and to our wonder and to our real happiness, because there are no human characters in the animated movie, the characters of the robots are so much more sophisticated around it. They cost too much in live-action, so we’re always trying to figure out how few words we can get from that, whereas, the animation is all the same. So, we’ve set a third problem for ourselves here, which is now the audience would be disappointed if we return to the same level of characterization we’ve had up to now.
Many fans have been able to see a preview showings of Transformers One across the world (US, UK, Australia). Below are images of the various preview events along with reactions. And that includes Thew's!
Thew wrote:Caught an advance screening of TransformersOne with my mate Tom in tow and can confirm it is a DELIGHT. Absolutely tremendous fun, a wonderful love letter to the franchise and a stellar introduction for new fans! You guys are gonna LOVE it
Ugh, I wanna watch it again already. What a movie. Straight in as my fave of the 21st century TF movies. Brings the backstory and deep lore to life, has fun with it and puts on a show with real stakes, big emotions, and easter eggs galore. I need it on Blu-ray immediately cheers
Shadow25 wrote:Guys... it was fantastic. You're all gonna love it. This movie is a love letter to Transformers. It embraces and does right by its characters and all iterations of the franchise while carving its own path.
I can't wait for everyone to see it. I really think and hope this can be something that unites all fans of this franchise.
Matt Neglia wrote:I almost cannot believe I’m saying this, but TRANSFORMERS ONE is by far and away the best Transformers film to date. The trailers don’t do this justice. Rich in character & emotion with a deep reverence for the lore, it tells the origins of Optimus Prime and Megatron, tragically transforming once from brothers to enemies. Josh Cooley directed this animated film to perfection, down to the last comedic and action beat, all backed by an epic score & an excellent voice cast. One of the genuine surprises of the year for me
ItzPerka wrote:TransformersOne is the ultimate Transformers movie! I felt like I was a kid again watching this movie. This was a movie made for the fans. It doesn’t release until September 20th but definitely go watch it when it releases! Easily a 9/10!
Thembo wrote:Sooo I just got lucky enough to see transformersone a bit early and I say as a lifelong fan that this is the best on-screen Transformers since 1986. I can't spoil anything, but it's really really good! You can feel that it was made by fans, with love. Had a fantastic time!
LiamTCrowley wrote:Paramount showing TransformersOne screenings TWO MONTHS early is a massive vote of confidence and damn it is it justified. Engaging story, stunning visuals, legit laughs, AND some tear-jerking gravity? Come on. The best Transformers theatrical experience I’ve had. Massive W. I’ve long thought the Transformers lore was goofy - this movie slapped me in the face and told me to sit down and listen. was locked in on everything regarding the Primes, Cybertron, and exactly how this world works. made me want to become a diehard fan. Keegan-Michael Key steals the show as Bumblebee. multiple legitimate laugh out loud moments from him. ScarJo and Hemsworth are welcomed surges of charisma as well, and Jon Hamm crushed as Sentinel Prime
tiza wrote:I went into this movie no expectations. i was blown away. imo there is no critique from me. the relationship between orion pax & d-16 is just amazing. this is a dark movie. very emotional the scenes hit like crack. in other words…peak!
It's been a while since we've seen an intentionally rare Transformer released, and even less common for it to be from Hasbro. No Surprise it's an Optimus Prime figure, right? As part of the 40th Anniversary celebration and ahead of the release of Transformers: One, a special "Battle Damaged" version of Studio Series 112 Optimus Prime/Orion Pax has been revealed by Hasbro HK limited to only 230 individually numbered copies globally! For Hasbro HK's part they'll be giving away 40 of them (8 per day) at Hasbro Fans Expo to people spending $3,000HKD ($384USD) in the Hasbro booth.
This isn't the only exclusive being offered. For those spending $800HKD ($102USD) they have "Transformers 40th Anniversary Commemorative Poker Cards" limited to 280 at the Expo (global number wasn't given). For those spending $500HKD ($64USD) they're giving out 280 40th Anniversary collectable coins which appear to be limited 5,000 globally. And while it doesn't appear to be exclusive, 500 sets of BotBots are being given to those that spend $300HKD ($38USD).
No word on where else these will be made available around the world, but we do have San Diego Comic Con THIS WEEKEND (Hasbro Fans Expo will be offering SDCC exclusives) so who knows? When we do we'll be sure to let everyone know and you can talk about it in the Seibertron Energon Pub forums!
On the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards an extended look at Transformers One was revealed. A special thanks to Pookah for letting us know that Chris Hemsworth, Bryan Tyree Henry, and Keegan-Michael Key introduced the extended look of Orion Pax, Elita-One, D-16, and B-127 exercising their new transformation cogs for the first time!
If you are looking to catch the clip it aired around the 20 minute mark of the 2024 Kids Choice Awards, and Nickelodeon has the following clip available on their site.
The Transformers One Mainline deluxe toys (called Prime Changers) have intrigued some fans and they will be the main toys for the film, while we wait until 2025 for the same cast of characters to come out in Studio Series. For those wanting to know as much as possible about these toys, we have a review for you below from Chuckdawg1999 showing Bumblebee. These toys have already been spotted at Meijer and are about to drop at other retailers like Target.
There are quite a few new sightings in Canada from the past week or so. The 2 Level A Transformers toys from Studio Series have been found in Canada. These are the SS86 Bumblebee and Transformers One Optimus Prime deluxe toys. They are sold in cases apart from the rest of the Studio Series waves in case a store just wants more Optimus and Bumblebee toys. They were found at Toysrus, along with SS86 leader class Swoop.
The Legacy Multipack was also found in Canada. That's the one with Tarn, Tarantulas, Squeezeplay and Prime Cliffjumper. That was found at Gamestop.
We have reviews of all those toys below if you want to know more about them. The photo in the thumbnail is from Tiffster.
USA! USA! While the US is rarely first to receive new figures, the Transformers One toys are being distributed there earlier. The street date is August 1st, to have these on the shelf in time for the film coming out a month later, but Meijer broke the street date and are selling both the COG changers (one steps) and Prime changers (deluxes). The case distributions are not standard with different assortments being shipped to different retailers. This particular assortment of Prime changers just included Optimus and Alpha Trion.
The other Prime changer toys are also being released from certain online outlets in different territories. So we now have a lot of in hand images of Sentinel, Optimus, Bee and Alpha Trion courtesy of Shaddowtoa, Devil Prime, ambitron and RATCHET 208.
As a fun extra, these toys are the same toys featured in Takara's "stop motion" music video for the theme song of the Japense version of Transformers One.
For those unaware, a new product has been gaining in popularity among Transformers fans and they are the licensed Blokees model kits. Blokees are licensed Transformers themed model kits. The pieces are on sprue trees and must be detached and then put together to create a poseable non transforming figure. They are in blind boxes and can be purchased on Ali Express but they are also available on the Blokees site: https://blokees.com/
While there are already many series out (the part sharing and standardized design make these far quicker to design and produce), we now know of 2 more: Shining Series 2 and Transformers One. For Transformers One, all we have is a grainy image, we can't even make them all out (is that first one Wheeljack?) but for Shining Series 2, we have official images showing G1 Optimus Prime, G1 Grimlock, G1 Sideswipe, G1 Beachcomber, G1 Soundwave, G1 Sunstorm, and the chase figure being "Optimus Prime Secret". These have LED lights, hence the name of the series.
If you want to know more about them, we have a review below explaining what these are and how big they are along with a review of the entirety of wave 2.
Another figure we got our first look at during the Shizuoka Hobby Show recently was the extensive repaint of MPM-3 Bumblebee for the new 40th Selection imprint, abbreviated as TF40A (Transformers 40th Anniversary) for reasons only Takara Tomy could answer. TF40A Bumblebee doesn't appear to have any physical modifications but has fixed any and all color issues that the original had. The yellow is darker, the metallics are brighter and the painted details are more accurate. If you have the original MPM-3 you already know what you're getting into, but if you missed out on the previous releases and have any interest this will be the one to get. Since this new release "technically" isn't being sold as an MPM it probably wont be sold at Target.
He'll be released in March 2025 and IS available on Amazon Japan right now! He's currently only about $104 after shipping to the USA there and that's before they've worked their discount magic so he should cost considerably less by release thanks to their "pre-order price guarantee".
And as a reminder, our next figure in the line will be TF40A Lio Convoy!
Ready to part with your MPM-3 or add a new figure to your Bumblebee army, or maybe take the plunge into MPMs? Let us know in the Seibertron Energon Pub!
MPM-3 Bumblebee for comparison.
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