Anthony Hopkins on Transformers: The Last Knight London Set

After a human, a new Transformer character has been spotted on the London set for Transformers: The Last Knight, and we share via social media users Steve Mason and June Bates - who do not identify the bright red McLaren Sports Series 570GT, though there is the suggestion that Dino / Mirage may in fact be back for the fifth Paramount movie. Check out the images below, and let the speculation engines rev in the Energon Pub!

Oh boy. A high-end sports car in the live-action movies, how novel.

Is it just me or does this give off a RiD Sideswipe vibe

Why does every red car have to be Dino?

Wonderful, another stereotype character is coming back.

Madeus Prime wrote:Wonderful, another stereotype character is coming back.

I wouldn't call him a stereotype. He had a (legit) Italian accent and that was it.

Speaking of stereotypes, I wonder why Cybertronians even have Earth based accents. I don't really get how that gets factored into the development of a character. Why aren't there transformers with Swahili accents or Russian accents.

MGrotusque wrote:Speaking of stereotypes, I wonder why Cybertronians even have Earth based accents. I don't really get how that gets factored into the development of a character. Why aren't there transformers with Swahili accents or Russian accents.

Convention. An accent can help you get a specific mental image of a character, and it makes them more identifiable then they would be if everyone just had a northeastern american one or something. In-universe, I assume it matters where they land and what their first data scans would be like. If some random autobot lands in Germany and the first broadcast it picks up is a german-language sitcom, they're going to pick up that accent.

MGrotusque wrote:Speaking of stereotypes, I wonder why Cybertronians even have Earth based accents. I don't really get how that gets factored into the development of a character. Why aren't there transformers with Swahili accents or Russian accents.

Unless it does something really cool for a character, I've always felt accents are overused in Transformers as a whole. For example, Cybertron with it's Texan Skywarp, Australian Jetfire felt unnecessary, but the New York accents of Ransack and Crumplezone were golden (in my opinion).

Now for the movies, I'd be okay if they used accents liberally, but not to the point of giving characters such strong accents that they feel like stereotypes, regardless of the stereotype laden writing (looking at you Skids and Mudflap). For example, Ken Wantanabe may naturally have a strong Japanese accent, but I've seen films where he's had a softer accent. Why this couldn't be applied to Drift? We'll never know.

Saw this on social media, but someone suggested the car could be "Stinger" brought back from the fourth film (even though they got scrapped). But eh. I guess we won't know until the movie comes out or more information is released.

Cool! Hopefully he gets a good toy to represent him this time, oh and it comes to America.

Madeus Prime wrote:Wonderful, another stereotype character is coming back.

In some other part of the world your probably considered a stereotype.

And even if he was you do know just because someone is a stereotype doesn't mean it's a bad thing right?


Look at the G1 cartoon for example it has a lot of similar characters there.

MGrotusque wrote:Speaking of stereotypes, I wonder why Cybertronians even have Earth based accents. I don't really get how that gets factored into the development of a character. Why aren't there transformers with Swahili accents or Russian accents.

It was explained in the very first movie that they picked up the Earth languages through the Internet so their accents would have been derived from whatever it was they gravitated towards on the web.

Emerje

Madeus Prime wrote:Unless it does something really cool for a character, I've always felt accents are overused in Transformers as a whole. For example, Cybertron with it's Texan Skywarp, Australian Jetfire felt unnecessary, but the New York accents of Ransack and Crumplezone were golden (in my opinion).

Skywarp was in Cybertron?


Guess I never saw him with Thundercracker on the screen all the time.

Since DOTM went out of its way to make Dino be an Italian car model with an Italian name and an Italian voice actor, I really don't think they'd break that setup with the character. So with this not being an Italian car model, and with Francesco Quinn having passed away, I really don't think this is Dino.

Sabrblade wrote:Since DOTM went out of its way to make Dino be an Italian car model with an Italian name and an Italian voice actor, I really don't think they'd break that setup with the character. So with this not being an Italian car model, and with Francesco Quinn having passed away, I really don't think this is Dino.

If they were to bring him back they probably don't want to deal with Ferrari's ridiculous contract again.

They would also probably change his name from Dino to Mirage.

Plus Sideswipe had his voice actor changed in between rotf and dotm.

I'm thinking this is either; Stinger brought back to life by Megatron or something, or Hot Rod is going to get a more conventional color scheme in the film the way Bumblebee did in the last one.

Nemesis Maximo wrote:I'm thinking this is either; Stinger brought back to life by Megatron or something, or Hot Rod is going to get a more conventional color scheme in the film the way Bumblebee did in the last one.

Red car is not hot rod he has been seen separately from this guy.


Also according to people who have been on set Cogman is being referred to as an Autobot.

Deadput wrote:In some other part of the world your probably considered a stereotype.
And even if he was you do know just because someone is a stereotype doesn't mean it's a bad thing right?
Look at the G1 cartoon for example it has a lot of similar characters there.

That's fair. But please, do not presume me to be a stereotype when you don't personally know me.

I'm just saying that it's extremely "normal" for modern films to just default to having characters of a certain nationality always operate like the stereotypes that are given in most forms of entertainment. I am just sick of it, regardless of it being associated with Transformers in the current discussion.

And yeah, G1 had stereotypes, and looking back, they were pretty bad. But that was another era culturally, and I feel that we should've matured in terms of foreign representation in films and TV. Of course, these films are proof we have only matured in terms of visual quality and nothing else.

Deadput wrote:Skywarp was in Cybertron? Guess I never saw him with Thundercracker on the screen all the time.

Pardon my error, I was getting ready for a good friend's wedding. I was in a rush.

Noideaforaname wrote:Oh boy. A high-end sports car in the live-action movies, how novel.

I need to report it all nonetheless. Feel for me.

Not sure if this is already known or not.
The word is that Sir Anthony Hopkins
is providing the voice of UNICRON.
>>I hope this is true<<

Nerdimus Maximus wrote:Not sure if this is already known or not.
The word is that Sir Anthony Hopkins
is providing the voice of UNICRON.
>>I hope this is true<<

Unicron's been rumored for every movie since ROTF. And frankly, I hope he doesn't show up in any of these movies with the way they've been so far. The movies need to improve a drastic amount before they'd be ready to do justice for someone like Unicron.

I still think Unicron makes more sense as the main villain in a Hasbro crossover movie. Nothing brings people together across time and space like a world eater.

Emerje

Madeus Prime wrote:That's fair. But please, do not presume me to be a stereotype when you don't personally know me.

Not saying you are one but I'm saying you might be considered one somewhere else in the world.

Bad wording choices on my part sorry.

Emerje wrote:I still think Unicron makes more sense as the main villain in a Hasbro crossover movie. Nothing brings people together across time and space like a world eater.

Emerje

Unicron really should be the final threat for once like he is supposed to be I mean how do you raise the stakes up even more after him?

Only thing I can think of is maybe the Elder Gods from the comics but I don't think there is anything else.

Nerdimus Maximus wrote:Not sure if this is already known or not.
The word is that Sir Anthony Hopkins
is providing the voice of UNICRON.
>>I hope this is true<<

from liver eater to world eater

Emerje wrote:I still think Unicron makes more sense as the main villain in a Hasbro crossover movie. Nothing brings people together across time and space like a world eater.

Emerje

I think your right.....he's more likely to show up in that animated movie that's coming up...as part of this expanded cinematic universe!(god knows we'll prob end up with a new toy of him) seeing as Bay has been avoiding putting him in his films like the plague.

What if by chance that the Red Sportscar spotted is something obscure like Transformers: Cybertron Excellion, or something obscure from early G1/Diaclone?

Fellow Seibertronians, Transformers: The Last Knight is filming in London, and we have a slew of photos to show you, thanks to arun09345, and corentin.spot we have several photos of Hot Rod, Bumblebee, Barricade, the mysterious Aston Martin and red car that is reminiscent of Dino (Mirage), as well as a shot of Hound, and some clips of some action scenes that will likely be featured in the upcoming movie. So check them out, and let us know what you think in the comments below.

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Kind of wondering if the 'bots and 'cons are going to team up in this one somewhat. No evidence for it really, but I've had it as an after thought as of late.

So let me get this straight....In this movie, there is an Aston Martin Trasnformer, a McLaren transformer, and now a classic Citroën transformer?! You've got me on the hook, Bay. Don't disappoint me.

I never really care much about cars (I can't even drive) but then these movies make them look like the most gorgeous things ever.

oh my Lord i really hope that db-11 is a bot, i need a figure that turns into a db-11.

So. Many. Nice. Cars.

princessgalassia wrote:oh my Lord i really hope that db-11 is a bot, i need a figure that turns into a db-11.

I'm totally in the same boat. Me and My dad's favorite car. Welcome to Seibertron, btw!

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:So. Many. Expensive. Cars.

Fixed that for ya.

JazZeke wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:So. Many. Expensive. Cars.

Fixed that for ya.

Thank you very much, as this is very very true

JazZeke wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:So. Many. Expensive. Cars.

Fixed that for ya.

You're not wrong

American police car (not a werewolf) in London, I'm sure that's a common sight.

Not such a great disguise there Barricade, maybe you should have reformatted a bit.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:American police car (not a werewolf) in London, I'm sure that's a common sight.

Not such a great disguise there Barricade, maybe you should have reformatted a bit.

Emerje

But it looks so awesome, plus, I don't think at this point any of them care about hiding, not with some of the flashy alt. modes they've chosen

You think that's weird, check out Hound's cutting-edge disguise (bet he doesn't look out of place at all in London):

On this glorious Sunday afternoon, it's once again time for some Transformers: The Last Knight news.

To start us off, Tyrese Gibson has been fairly quiet about his role in the new movie, but this past week was kind enough to post a picture on his Facebook page showing the front cover of a script where he and Mark Wahlberg have a London scene together.


Up next is Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland, which appears to be the castle meant to be King Arthur's Castle. Filming took place during both the day and the night, and you can check out those photos, courtesy of the Transformers Instagram, below.












Also as a little touch, a photo was snapped of Mark Wahlberg, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Freya the no-longer lonely dog, who appears to be Mr Hopkins companion, and mo-cap actor, which the past says is Sqweeks but rumor has it that it is someone else entirely. Check out the image below.


So another roundup is complete. What did you think of these latest news discoveries? Tell us what you think in the comments section below.

If you find any Transformers related news, feel free to send it our way so that all your fellow Transformers fans can experience what you know! And stay tuned to Seibertron.com for all your latest Transformers News and Galleries!

One thing i never thought of.....seeing as they seem to be going back to King Arthur times....& i take it some of the Transformers will be going back to that era!......there isn't or wasn't much in the way of roads back then, so unless the TF's happen to be either off road vehicles, a tank or an aircraft/helicopter, then there's gonna be an awfuly lot of Transformers walking/running about without the use of their alt modes, during those scenes

Btw i spotted something familiar in this picture(& i don't mean Bee or the name of the store, try looking at the reflection in the window of Daniel store! is it? could it be? )

If you're referring to the emergency vehicle, that is not Sentinel Prime. It is probably just an emergency vehicle there for safety reasons

Stonehenge? Newcastle? Rievaulx Abbey? It's like Michael Bay is working his way through the locations of my British vacation.

I can only imagine how terrified the English Heritage workers at Rievaulx Abbey were when they heard who wanted to film there.

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:for safety reasons

It's a Michael Bay film, there needs to be at least four firetrucks and 2 ambulances on standby at any one point during filming.

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:If you're referring to the emergency vehicle, that is not Sentinel Prime. It is probably just an emergency vehicle there for safety reasons

Nooooo! the crane! the green one! is it Hook?

Stuartmaximus wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:If you're referring to the emergency vehicle, that is not Sentinel Prime. It is probably just an emergency vehicle there for safety reasons

Nooooo! the crane! the green one! is it Hook?

That looks like a piece of filming equipment

Almost certainly not. This is Michael Bay. Maybe if it had flames, spikes, horns and transformed into a monster truck/Godzilla hybrid, then it could be Hook.

Stuartmaximus wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:If you're referring to the emergency vehicle, that is not Sentinel Prime. It is probably just an emergency vehicle there for safety reasons

Nooooo! the crane! the green one! is it Hook?

MegaDump wrote:Almost certainly not. This is Michael Bay. Maybe if it had flames, spikes, horns and transformed into a monster truck/Godzilla hybrid, then it could be Hook.

Stuartmaximus wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:If you're referring to the emergency vehicle, that is not Sentinel Prime. It is probably just an emergency vehicle there for safety reasons

Nooooo! the crane! the green one! is it Hook?

I gotta go with the dump on this one. (ew...)

I wouldn't hold my breath fro it being Hook. Bay and crew already botched the Constructicons back in ROTF.