Interview with Transformers: The Last Knight Producer Ian Bryce
Thursday, May 18th, 2017 1:09PM CDT
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How would you describe what you do with Michael?
It’s sort of my job to help guide him and show him how we can get there efficiently. But he’s got a really good tummy himself. He knows what his day is and then I help manage the big picture for him and figure out how to get him from one place to the other, getting through it on time. Mike is prodigiously fast. The minute he arrives he starts shooting and he doesn’t stop until he goes home. For the size of movie and the scope and scale of the movie, our schedules are very competitive.
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What was it like working on the Arthurian battle?
It was really fun actually, because neither one of us had done it. If you’re fans of movies like Gladiator, The Longest Day, any period battle sequences... The trick for us was to figure out how to give it the scale that the movie deserved and fitted in a financial box that was necessary. We made the battle quite a bit bigger than originally intended, just because we felt that being part of the opening sequence of the movie we really needed to grab the audience’s attention. It was shot in three days but we jammed a lot of stuff into that sequence with horse stunts and archers and fire and spinning balls, the trebuchet. We got a lot in there.
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What are your thoughts on how this Transformers universe is opening up and spiralling out?
The Bumblebee spin-off is scheduled to shoot this summer and release next year. The conceiving of it was done previously, back in the writers room, so now they’re beginning to execute that. I think each one is somewhat reliant on the last one. If this movie is well received then you make that judgement when the movie comes out and push to the next movie. It’s been that way throughout the franchise, we never really committed to the next one until the last one came out and we saw what happened. We’ve taken a one step at a time approach, trying to be faithful to the audience. If they still love it, we keep doing it.
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Posted by william-james88 on May 18th, 2017 @ 1:16pm CDT
partholon wrote:and im REALLY worried about grimlock in this now.
Grimlock was already confirmed by the producer to serve as comic relief, so set any expectation you have of properly utilising him to an all time low.
Posted by Deadput on May 18th, 2017 @ 1:21pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:partholon wrote:and im REALLY worried about grimlock in this now.
Grimlock was already confirmed by the producer to serve as comic relief, so set any expectation you have of properly utilising him to an all time low.
He does get action scenes though and although we have not seen it yet some people got to see him and Slug take out some human vehicles.
Also they never said he would only be comedy relief he and the other Dinobots are knights after all I'm sure they will come into play.
Posted by Va'al on May 18th, 2017 @ 2:00pm CDT
Check the full works by clicking on any of the images below, and let us know what you made of the trailer in the Energon Pub discussion!
Posted by Deadput on May 18th, 2017 @ 2:17pm CDT
Also from what I saw at the Imax preview Carmichael's character isn't horrible like Leo or one of the Twins so he is tolerable unless you super despise every comedy relief character in all movies and games he does have some actual funny bits from what I saw.
Some of the kids (The short kid talking about finding dead robots, the one "hot wiring" the car,) are not as tolerable and they tend to swear a bunch which is unfortunate although the tall kid who has a crush on Issy's character is ok and the last kid I don't know since he did not say or do much.
You'll probably hate them if you hate kids in movies but their not the worse humans in the franchise and their not in the movie long only for what I'm assuming is the first hour or half hour of the movie.
Just saying for those who worry about the side character humans although this is my opinion so anyone else might think different.
Posted by SlyTF1 on May 18th, 2017 @ 3:49pm CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 18th, 2017 @ 4:34pm CDT
Posted by Deadput on May 18th, 2017 @ 4:56pm CDT
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Anyone else catch that Barricade was the bot beat up by Grimlock in dino mode towards the end of the trailer?
Yup it also seems to happen during the scene where Mark and Izzy are being chased by him.
But he survives his attack somehow since he is in London later and with Onslaught and Hooligan.
Posted by Bumblebee21 on May 18th, 2017 @ 5:08pm CDT
Posted by Sigma Magnus on May 18th, 2017 @ 5:10pm CDT
Bumblebee21 wrote:barricade has a little energon, and lot of luck
Fixed that for ya.
Posted by crazyfist on May 18th, 2017 @ 5:53pm CDT
Posted by Rodimus Prime on May 19th, 2017 @ 1:45am CDT
Posted by Va'al on May 19th, 2017 @ 4:34am CDT
Posted by Va'al on May 19th, 2017 @ 7:56am CDT
Leaving Earth, Optimus Prime planted a beacon on the moon. Sqweeks received a coded message from that beacon. The message comes from outer space and it might be from Optimus Prime. Sqweeks needs your help to decipher the message. Will you embark on this quest and find out if Optimus Prime is in danger?
Posted by william-james88 on May 19th, 2017 @ 9:23am CDT
Rodimus Prime wrote:Where are shots of Hot Rod?
Theres a shot of him and hound fighting megatron in the trailer gallery. Post it here when you find it
Posted by Stuartmaximus on May 19th, 2017 @ 12:55pm CDT
Posted by Va'al on May 19th, 2017 @ 3:25pm CDT
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on May 19th, 2017 @ 3:30pm CDT
Posted by Bronzewolf on May 19th, 2017 @ 4:06pm CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 19th, 2017 @ 4:49pm CDT
Carnivius_Prime wrote:Very cool! I need to make that hammer for my Bumblebee figures.
I agree. The Bammer (huehue) is a really cool weapon for him
Posted by Va'al on May 20th, 2017 @ 3:52pm CDT
Check it out below, and let us know what you think of the character and the movie in the Energon Pub!
Posted by Sabrblade on May 20th, 2017 @ 4:40pm CDT
Posted by SG Roadbuster on May 20th, 2017 @ 7:13pm CDT
Posted by Deadput on May 20th, 2017 @ 9:48pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Ahh, Jazz...
While it does seem unfair that Bee can live while Jazz died the difference between them when I thought about were that Jazz torso was "ripped" in half like it wasn't meant to detach without consent while Bee only "detached" his part cleanly by joint within his own power.
So the gist of it is that I think it's a "damage" thing and it would be different if say somebody shot Bee in the neck and made his head fall off it would probably kill him then.
It's probably going to either be an upgrade he gets recently or a one time thing he can only do once safely...doesn't make the trick any less dumb though.
Posted by Sabrblade on May 20th, 2017 @ 9:52pm CDT
Thank you for taking a facetious post in a completely serious manner.Deadput wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Ahh, Jazz...
While it does seem unfair that Bee can live while Jazz died the difference between them when I thought about were that Jazz torso was "ripped" in half like it wasn't meant to detach without consent while Bee only "detached" his part cleanly by joint within his own power.
So the gist of it is that I think it's a "damage" thing and it would be different if say somebody shot Bee in the neck and made his head fall off it would probably kill him then.
It's probably going to either be an upgrade he gets recently or a one time thing he can only do once safely...doesn't make the trick any less dumb though.
Posted by Ultra Markus on May 20th, 2017 @ 11:45pm CDT
Posted by Rodimus Prime on May 21st, 2017 @ 6:56am CDT
That's the pot calling the kettle black...Sabrblade wrote:Thank you for taking a facetious post in a completely serious manner.Deadput wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Ahh, Jazz...
While it does seem unfair that Bee can live while Jazz died the difference between them when I thought about were that Jazz torso was "ripped" in half like it wasn't meant to detach without consent while Bee only "detached" his part cleanly by joint within his own power.
So the gist of it is that I think it's a "damage" thing and it would be different if say somebody shot Bee in the neck and made his head fall off it would probably kill him then.
It's probably going to either be an upgrade he gets recently or a one time thing he can only do once safely...doesn't make the trick any less dumb though.
I am rather intrigued by this new development, though. It seems to defy all previous thoughts on the Bayverse Transformers being able to take damage. Is this something KSI cooked up in the vein of how they constructed Galvatron and the clones in the last film? Or something maybe Prime did to Bee after returning from his visit with not-Botanica? I'm excited to find out. I'm excited for this movie in general.
Posted by dragons on May 21st, 2017 @ 7:39am CDT
SG Roadbuster wrote:looking at the way the explosion is reversing itself, i'd say it looks like someone is screwing around with Time itself.
Same thing I got when whalberg said that was mistake
Posted by PrimeVsPrime on May 21st, 2017 @ 12:57pm CDT
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on May 21st, 2017 @ 1:31pm CDT
PrimeVsPrime wrote:Just made this short stop motion between Barricade and Bumblebee! Pls give it a watch if you can! https://youtu.be/Z_SvgsZcoeo
Nice to see you here, dude and as I said on Twitter, I love this video and how cool Barricade is in it and a nice touch with Bee's new trick too.
Posted by Va'al on May 22nd, 2017 @ 3:55am CDT
Some other stand-out take-aways from the piece: The final version for the story ultimately came down to writers Ken Nolan (Black Hawk Down), Art Marcum and Matt Holloway (both on Iron Man). Two pitches made into the story, but three storylines are present overall (King Arthur, WWII, and a third - probably the space/Quintessa material). Multiple time settings were considered in the writer's room pitches, and it seems that an Ancient Rome movie may appear at some point. The sixth movie was drafted before TLK was completely polished up, so it's bound to change before actual production.
Also, Michael Bay lost his hair and his dog during production of this film. And John Turturro's Simmons character is based on Bay.
Posted by Deadput on May 22nd, 2017 @ 4:13am CDT
Back during the OT days I think but I don't remember where I read it.
But I do know I heard this before that I'm certain of.
Posted by Kurona on May 22nd, 2017 @ 6:00am CDT
Ah well, at least they had the sense to recognise TFA Ratbat is AWESOME
Posted by Sabrblade on May 22nd, 2017 @ 10:14am CDT
* Bay lost three inches of his hair filming a fire sequence for the film 13 Hours, not TLK. This was right before he met up with the writers over Skype on the first day of the Writer Room back in June 2015.
* So it was Bay who convinced Paramount to put together the Writers Room since, in his eyes, the Transformers film franchise was "getting stale" and "gonna die" at the rate it was going.
* The writer of Black Hawk Down and the writers of Iron Man 1 being the writers of TLK give me some sense of hope that this film might possibly be a step up from the preceding sequels.
* Like Bay back in the mid-2000s, the Writers Room team had to go through "Transformers School", in which the article says that they went through "14 billion years of history".
* Prior to the Writers Room, Ken Nolan hadn't even seen any of the TF movies yet. So right before he was due for the Writers Room, he binge-watched all four of them and "almost went to an insane asylum."
* I'm a bit hesitant on the notion of this film squishing three treatments together (King Arthur, WWII, and Quintessa), as AOE already felt like 2+ films squished together haphazardly.
* Santiago Cabrera is playing Merlin? O...kay?
* In that little bit on the left side of the third page, what do these people got against the Insecticons? Even the Tom Hanks movie Big established that robots turning into insects was cool.
* The Bumblebee film having a younger tone sounds promising.
* The writers of Ant-Man doing the animated Cybertron prequel is the best news of this article yet!
* Lorezo di Bonaventura immediately shot down any notion of an R-rated Transformers film. Good! Though, sadly, Bay likes the idea.
* Though I agree with Bay that orange is an unattractive lighting color, I wish he didn't feel that he had to cuss out his own people.
* The notion of John Turturro having based Simmons on Bay is mentioned here as something that was admitted back when the first film was made.
* Heh, Turturro previously wanted to cast Bay in a film that he (Turturro) was directing, and if Bay hadn't been in Cuba filming TLK at the time, he would have done it instead of having to turn it down. He would have played a famous hairdresser and would have shot a guy in the butt.
Posted by SlyTF1 on May 22nd, 2017 @ 11:30am CDT
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on May 22nd, 2017 @ 11:33am CDT
SlyTF1 wrote:I pray Hasbro lets Bay make an R-rated Transformers movie. It'll never happen, but I want it more than anything in life.
Robot on robot violence doesn't seem to require an R-rating as seen in the previous movies but lots of close ups of humans getting squished under foot and and blown to bits and yeeeeah! Megatron picking up a human by the head and popping it like a zit. brutal :O
Have Transformers ever cussed? I mean with human swear words rather than more family friendly substitutions?
Posted by Kurona on May 22nd, 2017 @ 11:47am CDT
Carnivius_Prime wrote:SlyTF1 wrote:I pray Hasbro lets Bay make an R-rated Transformers movie. It'll never happen, but I want it more than anything in life.
Robot on robot violence doesn't seem to require an R-rating as seen in the previous movies but lots of close ups of humans getting squished under foot and and blown to bits and yeeeeah! Megatron picking up a human by the head and popping it like a zit. brutal :O
Have Transformers ever cussed? I mean with human swear words rather than more family friendly substitutions?
"Oh, Shit, what are we gonna do now?!"
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on May 22nd, 2017 @ 11:48am CDT
Kurona wrote:"Oh, ****, what are we gonna do now?!"
Despite the suit he's wearing, Spike is not a Transformer.
Posted by Kurona on May 22nd, 2017 @ 11:56am CDT
Carnivius_Prime wrote:Kurona wrote:"Oh, ****, what are we gonna do now?!"
Despite the suit he's wearing, Spike is not a Transformer.
Are you sure about that?
Spike Witwicky - G1 1987 Toy Gallery
Posted by Sabrblade on May 22nd, 2017 @ 12:05pm CDT
Have you not been watching these movies?Carnivius_Prime wrote:Have Transformers ever cussed? I mean with human swear words rather than more family friendly substitutions?
Posted by Deadput on May 22nd, 2017 @ 1:25pm CDT
"Did you ever hear the tragedy of Skids and Mudflap the Stereotypical Twins?" "No." "I thought not. It's not a story the True-fans would tell you. It's a Bay legend."Carnivius_Prime wrote:Have Transformers ever cussed? I mean with human swear words rather than more family friendly substitutions?
Posted by SlyTF1 on May 22nd, 2017 @ 2:23pm CDT
Carnivius_Prime wrote:SlyTF1 wrote:I pray Hasbro lets Bay make an R-rated Transformers movie. It'll never happen, but I want it more than anything in life.
Robot on robot violence doesn't seem to require an R-rating as seen in the previous movies but lots of close ups of humans getting squished under foot and and blown to bits and yeeeeah! Megatron picking up a human by the head and popping it like a zit. brutal :O
Have Transformers ever cussed? I mean with human swear words rather than more family friendly substitutions?
I want human violence and Tarantino style dialogue.
Also, Sonic is doing some Last Knight promotional stuff: https://www.sonicdrivein.com/-/colorchangingslushes
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on May 22nd, 2017 @ 2:46pm CDT
EDIT: Nevermind, submitted as news. Also, there's a Transformers/sonic sweepstakes that begins on the 29th, using a "sticker code" that my Bumblebee slush didn't come with. Guess they're not putting the codes on the slushes until the 29th.
Posted by Deadput on May 22nd, 2017 @ 2:54pm CDT
But really ugh grape.
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on May 22nd, 2017 @ 2:59pm CDT
Deadput wrote:" Darn Sonic and them posting spoilers about Bee becoming evil with that purple slushie " /s
But really ugh grape.
I don't know about spoilers, but I can verify that the Bumblebee slush is delicious!
Posted by Bronzewolf on May 22nd, 2017 @ 3:04pm CDT
Posted by Deadput on May 22nd, 2017 @ 3:12pm CDT
Is it a convenience store or a restaurant?
Posted by Microraptor on May 22nd, 2017 @ 3:14pm CDT
Deadput wrote:Is Sonic a US thing because I've never heard of them here in Canada?
Is it a convenience store or a restaurant?
I think it's a just a US thing? It's a restaurant set up like those old fifties drive ins, where there's no inside and people will bring food out to you. They have killer tater tots.
Posted by Kurona on May 22nd, 2017 @ 3:15pm CDT
Posted by Bronzewolf on May 22nd, 2017 @ 3:29pm CDT
Kurona wrote:It's a popular video game series with quite a few good games. I'd recommend Generations and 3&K myself.
Slushin' around at the speed of sound.
Microraptor wrote:Deadput wrote:Is Sonic a US thing because I've never heard of them here in Canada?
Is it a convenience store or a restaurant?
I think it's a just a US thing? It's a restaurant set up like those old fifties drive ins, where there's no inside and people will bring food out to you. They have killer tater tots.
Bingo! Ironically, I live right down the street from a sonic, which is directly across the street from a Valvoline, who is also running a TF promotion There's a conspiracy theory in there somewhere, I'm sure.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on May 22nd, 2017 @ 4:24pm CDT
Bronzewolf wrote:Kurona wrote:It's a popular video game series with quite a few good games. I'd recommend Generations and 3&K myself.
Slushin' around at the speed of sound.Microraptor wrote:Deadput wrote:Is Sonic a US thing because I've never heard of them here in Canada?
Is it a convenience store or a restaurant?
I think it's a just a US thing? It's a restaurant set up like those old fifties drive ins, where there's no inside and people will bring food out to you. They have killer tater tots.
Bingo! Ironically, I live right down the street from a sonic, which is directly across the street from a Valvoline, who is also running a TF promotion There's a conspiracy theory in there somewhere, I'm sure.
I happen to have at least three within driving range. And my wife loves slushies.