Images of Filming Rise of the Beasts in Peru with Off Road Bumblebee, Nightbird, and the Terrorcons

I want to get psyched for this. My concern now, we were told Predacons....but I haven't heard a peep about them. Are they really keeping those guys more under wraps than anyone else?

That_Guy wrote:I want to get psyched for this. My concern now, we were told Predacons....but I haven't heard a peep about them. Are they really keeping those guys more under wraps than anyone else?

They're probably going to be really minor characters since we already know that the Terrorcons are the main villains here.

First-Aid wrote:Anyone else notice the dearth of Autobot and Decepticon insginias on Scourge's grill? Like he takes their insignias after he destroys them. Very unique touch....I like it

Yeah, I wrote as such in the article. There is a maximal insignia there too.

It's not unique though, this would be at least the third time we had something like this. Michael Bay would do similar stuff like this in his movies.

That_Guy wrote:I want to get psyched for this. My concern now, we were told Predacons....but I haven't heard a peep about them. Are they really keeping those guys more under wraps than anyone else?

We heard as much about them as the Decepticons. But unlike the Decepticons, they aren't cars so you wouldn't even see their alt modes in set(which is really bad news for anyone hoping to see Decepticons). The Predacons will be all CGI if they show up anyways. While all 5 fractions will be in the film, the main ones are the autobots vs the Terrorcons helped by the maximals. But the main characters will be 2 humans, so there's time that must be spent with them too.

Well I guess the director of Transformers 7 Rise of the Beasts saw that word and images got out and posted some nice group shots of the two teams on his Instagram. We see one shot of the Autobots with Steve Caple Jr in the middle and one shot of the Terrorcons. While we know the Maximals will also be in this movie (hence the film's title), they are all CGI, so only vehicle alt modes are on set. Which does indeed beg the question as to whether the Decepticons will be present or not since the "characters" shown in these images are from only 2 of the supposed 5 fractions in the movie. For the Autobots we have Optimus Prime, Bumblebee (in Off Road mode), Mirage, Arcee (first time seeing her motorcycle mode clearly) and an old VW van. The only other Autobot said to be prominent in the movie is Wheeljack, so this might be our first look at his alt mode.

For the Terrorcons we have Scourge, Nightbird and a an orange Truck.

I'm not keen on Scourge's design, he looks far too similar to Megatron's Dark of the Moon form with not a huge amount there to make him really stand out. While the insignias on his grille are a nice touch, from what we know about the character I can't help but wonder how different, if at all, he'll be from Lockdown. It just feels like the writers or designers were just cherry-picking elements that people liked from past antagonists and meshed them together to make Scourge. That being said, the three Terrorcons do look nice together, I'd say I like Nightbird and the tow truck more than Scourge.

If that Volkswagen van does turn out to be Wheeljack like many have speculated, I'd be fine with that. The Repairs decall on the side is fitting for Wheeljack's character, and while I kinda get where geewunners are coming from more now than I did in the late 2000's, I've always been OK with movie characters having different designs and vehicle modes from the originals as long as it isn't too far off. For example I'm fine with Ratchet being neon green because he's still a medical officer.

Trevman21 wrote:Michael Bay is an executive producer on the film, really nothing to worry about

If a Maximal dosent dry hump the main heroine's leg while farting in the middle of an explosions extravaganza, I'll be seriously disappointed.

I don't know how the movie is going to turn out, but at least the alt modes look awesome. Bee and Nightbird look especially cool, and Wheeljack as a VW van definitely intrigues me.

If you didn't tell me that was scourge I would have thought it was megatron.

Man, those cast shots of the alts are awesome. I am really looking forward to seeing the bot modes for these, and also seeing them in action!

These Bayverse Terrorcons seem to have about as much to do with the original Terrorcons as Movie 5 Onslaught had to do with Bruticus. Which means no Abominus either. Looks like the 'bayverse' movies are dropping the ball yet again.