Hot Rod to be the Stand Out Character in Transformers: The Last Knight
Wednesday, June 14th, 2017 11:45AM CDT
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"We wanted Hot Rod, he was the stand out bot in the film" - Mike McCartney
"We had almost no reference for his fighting style so we asked Hasbro and they told us he was like Errol Flynn but fighting closer to the ground" - Cuz Parry
Another cool tidbit was that while we were able to play with Hot Rod as a character in Forged to Fight while we visited the studio, we were unable to pull off his signature third special. It was locked since it was Hot Rod making use of a special weapon he uses in the movie and they didn't want to spoil anything. My persoal guess is that it's a bone saw, one can dream.
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Posted by Bronzewolf on June 14th, 2017 @ 1:31pm CDT
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Posted by Seibertron on June 14th, 2017 @ 3:20pm CDT
Michael Bay, Josh Duhamel, Isabela Moner, Laura Haddock, Jason Zhang (Torch), Lorenzo di Bonaventura (Producer) and Mark Vahradian (Executive Producer) attend the China World Premiere of Transformers The Last Knight and the Ten Year "Transformers Movie" Anniversary Celebration on June 13, 2017 at the Haixinsha Asian Olympic Games Park in Guangzhou, China!
A special thank you goes out to our friends at Paramount for providing images and footage from this event to share with all of you.
You can click on any of the images below to view the full gallery of over 100+ images from this event.
Transformers The Last Knight makes its theatrical debut next week in theaters worldwide June 21st. Stay tuned to Seibertron.com for more information or visit TransformersMovie.com for showtimes and more.
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Posted by Kurona on June 14th, 2017 @ 3:35pm CDT
Posted by Seibertron on June 14th, 2017 @ 3:38pm CDT
Posted by dragons on June 14th, 2017 @ 3:42pm CDT
Posted by Decepticon Stryker on June 14th, 2017 @ 5:30pm CDT
dragons wrote:I speed on dash cam police car was going car was going to slow for it flip it hasn't be more hotrod doing flipping
Um...what?
Posted by Bronzewolf on June 14th, 2017 @ 8:36pm CDT
Posted by dragons on June 14th, 2017 @ 8:49pm CDT
This scene looks good
Posted by Bronzewolf on June 14th, 2017 @ 9:20pm CDT
Posted by SlyTF1 on June 14th, 2017 @ 9:26pm CDT
Bronzewolf wrote:Continuing with the barrage of new TV spots, we have the 32nd ad for Transformers The Last Knight. Titled "Final Chapter", there are only a few new scenes in this variant, one of them a shot of Megatron flipping out his battle mask! Check out the trailer below, and let us know if you'll be seeing Transformers The Last Knight later this month!
Oh yeah, I saw this on TV a few minutes ago. I thought it was old, since I've been staying away from all the new TV spots.
Posted by william-james88 on June 14th, 2017 @ 10:48pm CDT
here is a short blub from the article which you can fully read here.
Ads placed for the fifth installment of the toy-spawned movie franchise had an estimated media value of $7.34 million through Sunday for 992 national ad airings across 38 networks. (Spend figures are based on estimates generated from June 5-11. Estimates may be updated after the chart is posted as new information becomes available.) Paramount appears to be targeting a millennial-skewing audience, with key ad placements during both “Tosh.0” and “The Amazing World of Gumball,” as well as during the NBA Finals.
Posted by SlyTF1 on June 15th, 2017 @ 1:04am CDT
http://www.xsnet.cn/news/wy/2017_6/2752034.shtml
Some Guy In China Who Got To See The Movie Before Me wrote:"Quite perfect, full no urine, I want to play 100 points!"
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on June 15th, 2017 @ 8:15am CDT
Ok no more. I think I may now ban myself from this site for a week or so til I see the film hopefully next Thursday.
Oh and I don't know if anyone cares or has mentioned it already but tweeting the hashtag #Transformers on Twitter is followed by an automatic emoji of the movieverse's Autobot symbol.
Posted by Mindmaster on June 15th, 2017 @ 10:04am CDT
With just less than a week to go, The Last Knight is gearing up to be one of the biggest movies of the year. Are you just as excited as we are?
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on June 15th, 2017 @ 10:14am CDT
Mindmaster wrote:
With just less than a week to go, The Last Knight is gearing up to be one of the biggest movies of the year. Are you just as excited as we are?
Damn I love TLK Megatron.
Ok that's it. No more. NO MORE!
Unless something super weird or big happens I'm off here til I've seen the film. Take care, folks. Have a good week.
Posted by Randomhero on June 15th, 2017 @ 11:35am CDT
Carnivius_Prime wrote:Mindmaster wrote:
With just less than a week to go, The Last Knight is gearing up to be one of the biggest movies of the year. Are you just as excited as we are?
Damn I love TLK Megatron.
Ok that's it. No more. NO MORE!
Unless something super weird or big happens I'm off here til I've seen the film. Take care, folks. Have a good week.
I'm with ya. I didn't even know it was coming out next week. I need to stay away now
Posted by Big Grim on June 15th, 2017 @ 12:09pm CDT
Posted by dragons on June 15th, 2017 @ 12:15pm CDT
this was the one i saw last night while watching littel big shots
Posted by Cheesinator on June 15th, 2017 @ 12:16pm CDT
Posted by SlyTF1 on June 15th, 2017 @ 1:24pm CDT
Posted by Deadput on June 15th, 2017 @ 2:18pm CDT
Cheesinator wrote:In homage to Shockwave in the DOTM trailers, it looks like we already get too see Infernocus's brutal demise in the trailers alone.
You don't actually believe that Infernocus would ever be some deep memorable character right?
He/They exist for the same reason Stormtroopers and other grunts exist and not ever complains about them.
Posted by Deadput on June 15th, 2017 @ 3:03pm CDT
https://www.instagram.com/p/BVXz-bBA572/
Hey Barricade has a mouth!
Posted by TurboMMaster on June 15th, 2017 @ 4:15pm CDT
I wonder is that means he will have some real dialoques this time around.Hey Barricade has a mouth!
Posted by Deadput on June 15th, 2017 @ 4:19pm CDT
TurboMMaster wrote:I wonder is that means he will have some real dialoques this time around.Hey Barricade has a mouth!
I mean he had dialogue in both movies he was in but to be fair in movie 1 he was all yelling but it made sense for him, in DOTM he did talk but he was using lines meant for Soundwave that were reused for Barricade but still he spoke.
It's very likely he will talk it's just the matter of how much he talks but then again you don't need the character to speak to make them a good one I mean many people like Blackout even though he only said a couple of Cybertronian lines.
Posted by Deadput on June 15th, 2017 @ 7:10pm CDT
Our lord and savoir Nitro Zeus the best con!
Also in the music video for the cover of Torches the scene where the Decepticons are caught in an explosion and additional Decepticon is in the background...Barricade who wasn't in the scene before.
Posted by Deadput on June 15th, 2017 @ 7:18pm CDT
https://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelbay/
An interesting fact the description of the screenshot of Bee taking down the two legged Trf tank drone confirms that the name of those drones are "Sentinels".
Here are a couple of the stand out ones including the one I was talking about.
Posted by SlyTF1 on June 15th, 2017 @ 10:01pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on June 15th, 2017 @ 10:13pm CDT
The Last Knight. We have some new tv spots below along with some new HD images from Michael Bay's Flikr account, some promotional (and fictitious) behind the scenes footage featuring Hound and a great video featuring Calvin Johnson, Megatron, and his feud with Optimus Prime. We also finally have the confirmed running time to be 148m 53s by the British Board of Film Classification. Thanks to Seibertronians Deadput and SlyTF1.
Deadput wrote:Paramount has uploaded a character Trailer that advertises Prime, Bee, Hot Rod, Hound, Cogman, Barricade and Megatron as well as some new footage of Infernocus.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BVXz-bBA572/
Hey Barricade has a mouth!
Posted by Sabrblade on June 15th, 2017 @ 10:13pm CDT
Posted by Crystiallic on June 15th, 2017 @ 10:40pm CDT
Seibertron wrote:Does anyone have any info on the performer Janson Zhang from this event?
He's the performer of the ending theme song in Chinese release. He's actually got a wikipedia page, much to my surprise.
Posted by Crystiallic on June 15th, 2017 @ 10:50pm CDT
SlyTF1 wrote:The first review is officially out! ... But it's in Chinese. I just had my computer translate the whole page.
http://www.xsnet.cn/news/wy/2017_6/2752034.shtmlSome Guy In China Who Got To See The Movie Before Me wrote:"Quite perfect, full no urine, I want to play 100 points!"
You might have guessed, that dude wanted to say, "It was quite perfect, didn't have any useless scenes (literally, it reads "urine point" as one uses it to take a leak and not miss much), I want to give it 100% score."
The following interview did call out the whole OP-turn-to-the-dark-side arc a "typical Hollywood shit" though.
Posted by Deadput on June 15th, 2017 @ 10:51pm CDT
These are official by the way.
Peter Cullen - Optimus Prime
Frank Welker - Megatron
Erik Aadahl - Bumblebee Matches up to what I heard from rumors.
John Goodman - Hound
Ken Watanabe - Drift (Good to hear that Ken's alright health wise.)
Jim Carter - Cogman
Gemma Chan - Quintessa
John DiMaggio - Crosshairs & Nitro Zeus (Hell yeah Best con voiced by one of the best voice actors!)
Omar Sy - Hot Rod (He's a good fit and he is also a legit French guy too)
Steve Buscemi - Daytrader Presumably this is the Junk Truck guy
Reno Wilson - Mohawk & Sqweeks (Makes sense since his previous roles were hyper or fast talking characters)
Tom Kenny - Wheels obviously this is Wheelie
Jess Harnell - Barricade (Nice to hear he is back)
Mark Ryan - WWI Tank (Interesting they don't say a name)
Steven Barr - Volleybot (This is probably the rumored Cuba Autobot who is one of the DOTM Autobots who is in Cuba playing "soccer" with Simmons)
Some of these are obviously code names or early names just like how in ROTf credits Demolishor as Wheelbot and Rampage as Skipjack or how DOTM called the Wreckers things like Amp and Target.
Posted by Cheesinator on June 16th, 2017 @ 4:00am CDT
Deadput wrote:Cheesinator wrote:In homage to Shockwave in the DOTM trailers, it looks like we already get too see Infernocus's brutal demise in the trailers alone.
You don't actually believe that Infernocus would ever be some deep memorable character right?
He/They exist for the same reason Stormtroopers and other grunts exist and not ever complains about them.
Very true, but it's still a little surprising to see a unique gimmick for the character unveiled in a trailer within a few seconds of said character getting annihilated.
Posted by TurboMMaster on June 16th, 2017 @ 4:05am CDT
Mark Ryan - WWI Tank (Interesting they don't say a name)
Maybe it's Warpath, I mean it fits perfectly. It is true that he is canonically dead in present day, but he could played some part in WWII.
Maybe because it was already played few times already in other movies this year?The following interview did call out the whole OP-turn-to-the-dark-side arc a "typical Hollywood ****" though.
He always tried to avoid collateral damage (Flashbacks from Mission City, Chicago and Kong Kong) Well, maybe now he is actually good at itAnd not a single scorch mark to be found on the floor that Optimus shot.
Posted by SlyTF1 on June 16th, 2017 @ 9:15am CDT
Posted by WreckerJack on June 16th, 2017 @ 1:41pm CDT
Transformers The Last Knight will be in theaters next week. If you'd like so save a few bucks off your ticket have a look at this offer from RedBox!
Posted by SlyTF1 on June 16th, 2017 @ 2:20pm CDT
It's the same music that was used in that "extended TV spot" a few weeks back.
Posted by dragons on June 16th, 2017 @ 2:25pm CDT
In this trailer no he does not have transformers account with any transformers sites
https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ron/38533/
Posted by SlyTF1 on June 16th, 2017 @ 4:21pm CDT
Posted by Deadput on June 16th, 2017 @ 5:57pm CDT
https://www.facebook.com/IMAXUSCA/videos/10155566270128900/
Can somebody tell me what Nitro turns into?
Posted by SlyTF1 on June 17th, 2017 @ 2:19am CDT
Posted by Kurona on June 17th, 2017 @ 8:42am CDT
+++ #Transformers benötigen ein Update +++
Da haben #Bumblebee und #Barricade die Rechnung wohl ohne unsere stahlharten Kolleginnen und Kollegen gemacht als sie sich gestern durch Charlottenburg bewegten. Beide stolperten gegen 12 Uhr auf der Bismarckstr. in Charlottenburg in eine Verkehrskontrolle unserer Abschnitte 24 und 25.
Da es auf dem Planeten #Cybertron sicher keine StVZO gibt, hatten beide ordentlich Ärger im Gepäck.
Wen wundert es da, dass sowohl der „Autobot“ als auch der „Decepticon“ bauliche Veränderung hatten, die liegen ihnen ja quasi in der Getriebeflüssigkeit. Die Liste war lang, neben Fahrwerk, Reifen und Beleuchtung schienen auch beide Auspuffanlagen eindeutig starke Mängel zu haben. Zudem hatte #Barricade eine „Verletzung“ an der hinteren Achse. Wie es zu dem gefählichen Ölverlust kam, wollte er uns nicht sagen. Aber den Verdacht auf ein „Optimus Crime“ gab es nicht.
Mit Hilfe unserer Abschleppticons haben wir beide zum Planeten „Dekra“ gebracht. Hier gesellen sie sich zu ihren anderen Stahlkumpels und warten auf ein irdisches Gutachten. Die Prüfanstalt ist zwar nicht Cybertron aber dafür sind sie dort die einzigen ihrer Spezies.
Kleiner Pluspunkt, wenigstens Bumblebees Beifahrer „Wheelie“ war angeschnallt. Der besorgte Blick ist begründet:
- Die Teilnahme an der Filmpremiere nächste Woche dürfte gefährdet sein.
- Auf die Halter (39 und 27 Jahre) warten zudem Bußgeldverfahren und die Kosten des Gutachtens.
+++ #transformers need an update +++
#Bumblebee and #barricade didn't take the bill without our forged colleagues when they moved through charlottenburg yesterday. Both stumbled at 12 am on Bismarck str. In Charlottenburg in a traffic control of our sections 24 and 25.
Since there are no stvzo on the planet #cybertron, they both had a lot of trouble in their luggage.
Who is surprised that both the " Autobot " and the " Decepticon " have had structural change, they are basically in the fluid. The list was long, along with chassis, tyres and lighting, both exhaust systems seemed to be clearly deficient. In addition, #barricade had an "injury" on the rear axle. As it came to the dangerous superior, he didn't want to tell us. But there was no suspicion of " Optimus crime
With the help of our tow icons, we've both brought you to the planet " Dekra Here you join your other steel mates and wait for an earthly opinion. The facility is not cybertron but they are the only species in their species.
Small plus, at least bumblebees passenger "wheelie" was fastened. The concerned look is justified:
- participation in the, next week should be at risk.
- the holders (39 and 27 years) are also waiting for of and the cost of the report.
Posted by Glarryg on June 17th, 2017 @ 9:20am CDT
Glarryg
Posted by Rated X on June 17th, 2017 @ 10:20am CDT
Posted by Kurona on June 17th, 2017 @ 10:30am CDT
Rated X wrote:Since when do police release a statement that is humorous? And im assuming that germany has similar laws to the US banning civilians from driving a car with the words "police" on it in the streets, so I doubt these cars were driven in. They even had the hoods up for display purposes so they were obviously towed in and parked with somebody's permission to attract business. Im calling fake on the whole police report thing. The cops were probably actors and towing the cars away was a big publicity stunt. Suprised you news guys believed this was a legit auto impounding. Cmon now...
'fraid it's real. Charges are listed, laws broken are listed, etc. and there's been nothing to the contrary. If this does indeed turn out to be confirmed as a big PR stunt, we'll post an updated story to reflect that - but right now, everything's saying this is real.
Should have linked the actual facebook post though. Editing!
Posted by Stuartmaximus on June 17th, 2017 @ 11:41am CDT
Deadput wrote:Imax uploaded a spot on facebook and the most notable thing was a shot of Megatron and Nitro transforming into jet modes!
https://www.facebook.com/IMAXUSCA/videos/10155566270128900/
Can somebody tell me what Nitro turns into?
Albatross250 wrote:
Speaking of Nitro, he's based on a F-5 or the F-20
Posted by william-james88 on June 17th, 2017 @ 11:59am CDT
Deadput wrote:Imax uploaded a spot on facebook and the most notable thing was a shot of Megatron and Nitro transforming into jet modes!
https://www.facebook.com/IMAXUSCA/videos/10155566270128900/
Posted by william-james88 on June 17th, 2017 @ 12:04pm CDT
An official distribution notice sent to Chinese exhibitors was released online Thursday showing a running time of 150 minutes for the film — two minutes more than the 148-minute version playing in the rest of the world. It’s unclear what the extra two minutes in the Chinese version includes.
Posted by william-james88 on June 17th, 2017 @ 12:25pm CDT