Isabela Moner of Transformers: The Last Knight Interview and Casting Stories
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"Transformers: The Last Knight" star Isabela Moner talks with Access Hollywood Live's Natalie Morales and Kit Hoover and shares the resourceful way she auditioned for her role. Plus, Isabela shares how "Transformers" co-star Mark Wahlberg was a real father figure for her. "Transformers: The Last Knight" lands in theaters June 21.
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Posted by SlyTF1 on June 9th, 2017 @ 11:17am CDT
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on June 9th, 2017 @ 11:21am CDT
https://youtu.be/XIWkCQJC-eQp
Posted by Deadput on June 9th, 2017 @ 11:38am CDT
EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Got another one! This one has a new shot with Bumblebee.
https://youtu.be/XIWkCQJC-eQp
This one potentially spoils the end of the movie so don't watch if none of you want to be spoiled.
Optimus is standing behind Bee appearing to be normal
Posted by Va'al on June 9th, 2017 @ 12:41pm CDT
Check them out below!
Posted by Deadput on June 9th, 2017 @ 1:04pm CDT
SlyTF1 wrote:New TV spot shows Grimlock vs Berserker.
Actually that's Dreadbot (Hooligan) the rusty hippie van.
Posted by Va'al on June 9th, 2017 @ 2:09pm CDT
Two worlds will collide. One will survive. Get tickets now for #Transformers: The Last Knight: http://tickets.transformersmovie.com
Posted by SlyTF1 on June 9th, 2017 @ 2:23pm CDT
Posted by Deadput on June 9th, 2017 @ 2:28pm CDT
SlyTF1 wrote:That's the greatest poster I've ever seen in my entire life.
Really?
It's one of the worse in the franchise whoever made it can't use photoshop properly at least in regards to the characters since the Cybertron and Stonehedge placements are ok.
At least it's got a better color choice then that other one which is without a doubt the worse one.
Just ugh
Posted by SlyTF1 on June 9th, 2017 @ 2:47pm CDT
Deadput wrote:SlyTF1 wrote:That's the greatest poster I've ever seen in my entire life.
Really?
It's one of the worse in the franchise whoever made it can't use photoshop properly at least in regards to the characters since the Cybertron and Stonehedge placements are ok.
At least it's got a better color choice then that other one which is without a doubt the worse one.
Just ugh
That one is great too.
Posted by Va'al on June 9th, 2017 @ 2:49pm CDT
Posted by Deadput on June 9th, 2017 @ 3:10pm CDT
Va'al wrote:They are objectively badly done. But that's not gonna get in the way of Slyvision.
Almost sounds like a gimmick for a line based around spy themed Transformers like Soundwave or Punch that would actually be a cool toyline based around mystery and most if not all the figures are spy or stealth based Transformers.
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on June 9th, 2017 @ 3:15pm CDT
Va'al wrote:They are objectively badly done. But that's not gonna get in the way of Slyvision.
Objectively? That poster with Optimus and Dragonstorm was really bad, but I don't think the others are bad at all. I think they're pretty cool.
Posted by william-james88 on June 9th, 2017 @ 3:16pm CDT
Va'al wrote:They are objectively badly done. But that's not gonna get in the way of Slyvision.
This is easily the worst
Posted by dragons on June 9th, 2017 @ 3:31pm CDT
Deadput wrote:SlyTF1 wrote:That's the greatest poster I've ever seen in my entire life.
Really?
It's one of the worse in the franchise whoever made it can't use photoshop properly at least in regards to the characters since the Cybertron and Stonehedge placements are ok.
At least it's got a better color choice then that other one which is without a doubt the worse one.
Just ugh
nothing special if i had patiance i can make same poster have it look same without using phototshop
Posted by Kurona on June 9th, 2017 @ 4:10pm CDT
Va'al wrote:Another trail-- ah, no, a new poster for Transformers: The Last Knight has been shared by the movie's official social media accounts - and it lays down heavy layers of metaphors, and a literal divide between the 'worlds' represented in the movie. Rethink your heroes indeed. Check it out below!Two worlds will collide. One will survive. Get tickets now for #Transformers: The Last Knight: http://tickets.transformersmovie.com
I think I see what this poster is trying to say. Bumblebee sides with a union of Earth and Cybertron; yet knowing enough to protect one from the other.
Optimus stands for the people too lazy to put in a background.
Posted by Deadput on June 9th, 2017 @ 11:08pm CDT
Sonic has an advertisement that feature Bumblebee vs Barricade action which is likely taken from the movie.
Posted by Va'al on June 10th, 2017 @ 4:15am CDT
EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Va'al wrote:They are objectively badly done. But that's not gonna get in the way of Slyvision.
Objectively? That poster with Optimus and Dragonstorm was really bad, but I don't think the others are bad at all. I think they're pretty cool.
The aesthetics may be appealing, but you can see the borders of each figure where it has been cut out of another image and pasted onto this one! I wasn't trying to say they're objectively bad, just badly done, or put together.
Posted by X3ROhour on June 10th, 2017 @ 6:43am CDT
a Bayformers
film?
that doesn't suck?
probably not
but i have hope.
no faith, what so ever...
but a little smidge of hope.
Posted by Rainmaker on June 10th, 2017 @ 6:48am CDT
Z3ROhour wrote:is it possible?
a Bayformers
film?
that doesn't suck?
probably not
but i have hope.
no faith, what so ever...
but a little smidge of hope.
I hope, but this is Michael Bay we're talking about.
Posted by Rodimus Prime on June 10th, 2017 @ 8:05am CDT
As for TLK, so far I get the vibe that it will be superior to RoTF and AoE, and on par with the original and DoTM.
I am most curious as to how they will reconcile having both Megatron and Galvatron.
Posted by SlyTF1 on June 10th, 2017 @ 8:50am CDT
http://www.fandango.com/transformers:th ... ieoverview
Which is way too damn short for me. I've always said that any movie that isn't at LEAST 2 hours and 30 minutes long is complete trash. I've watched a lot of movies, and it always disappoints me when they feel shorter than that.
Posted by Kurona on June 10th, 2017 @ 9:02am CDT
especially when it comes to bay movies. I will HAPPILY take less runtime for bay movies
Posted by Kurona on June 10th, 2017 @ 9:09am CDT
Posted by Kurona on June 10th, 2017 @ 9:11am CDT
SlyTF1 wrote:A runtime of 2 hours and 28 minutes is pretty much confirmed:
http://www.fandango.com/transformers:th ... ieoverview
Which is way too damn short for me. I've always said that any movie that isn't at LEAST 2 hours and 30 minutes long is complete trash. I've watched a lot of movies, and it always disappoints me when they feel shorter than that.
But both the first movie and ROTF were under 2h30m and I thought you liked all the Bay movies?
Posted by SlyTF1 on June 10th, 2017 @ 9:22am CDT
Kurona wrote:SlyTF1 wrote:A runtime of 2 hours and 28 minutes is pretty much confirmed:
http://www.fandango.com/transformers:th ... ieoverview
Which is way too damn short for me. I've always said that any movie that isn't at LEAST 2 hours and 30 minutes long is complete trash. I've watched a lot of movies, and it always disappoints me when they feel shorter than that.
But both the first movie and ROTF were under 2h30m and I thought you liked all the Bay movies?
But I consider DOTM and AOE to far superior to the first 2. Especially AOE.
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on June 10th, 2017 @ 9:49am CDT
Two and half hours sounds like plenty TF fun for me while not leaving me stranded.
Posted by Deadput on June 10th, 2017 @ 12:34pm CDT
SlyTF1 wrote:
But I consider DOTM and AOE to far superior to the first 2. Especially AOE.
Well of course DOTM is the best "movie" in the franchise although it might not be the best "Transformers movie" for some.
Many of AOE's bits and flaws makes it the worse but is balanced out by the decent robot screen time even if their reduced to one liners mostly in a way it's almost the mirror of ROTF.
(Remember all of this is in my very own not so unique humble opinion)
Posted by Kurona on June 10th, 2017 @ 12:42pm CDT
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on June 10th, 2017 @ 12:56pm CDT
Posted by Deadput on June 10th, 2017 @ 1:58pm CDT
Kurona wrote:For me the first one is still the best. There's still quite a number of problems - the lack of Sam's parents in future instalments is by far the greatest decision this series has ever made - but I found it a decent fun Summer popcorn-muncher for what it was. A not-overly complex story, a small contained Transforming cast which had simple understandable character traits and colour coding; and we still had actual human cannibal Shia LaBeouf. Nothing great but not something I'd hate to watch again.
The first one is good as well so it comes as second fave for me.
I miss Jazz but I understand why he died since it would seem rather one sided if only Decepticons died but I would of brought in one or two Autobots like Longarm and some other b tier dude like Windcharger or Swerve to bite it and I probably would have added in Wreckage to fill out the final battle since Bonecursher and Frenzy were killed before the battle and Scorponok and Barricade disappeared and I also would have put in one scene of the Decepticons meeting to establish them as characters with English dialogue.
That would of made Jazz stick around for at least the original trilogy of movies although he probably would of bit it instead of Ironhide when Sentinel betrayed them but I hope Jazz appears in a prequel like the Bee movie to make up for his lack of time.
Posted by Kurona on June 10th, 2017 @ 2:05pm CDT
Deadput wrote:Kurona wrote:For me the first one is still the best. There's still quite a number of problems - the lack of Sam's parents in future instalments is by far the greatest decision this series has ever made - but I found it a decent fun Summer popcorn-muncher for what it was. A not-overly complex story, a small contained Transforming cast which had simple understandable character traits and colour coding; and we still had actual human cannibal Shia LaBeouf. Nothing great but not something I'd hate to watch again.
The first one is good as well so it comes as second fave for me.
I miss Jazz but I understand why he died since it would seem rather one sided if only Decepticons died but I would of brought in one or two Autobots like Longarm and some other b tier dude like Windcharger or Swerve to bite it and I probably would have added in Wreckage to fill out the final battle since Bonecursher and Frenzy were killed before the battle and Scorponok and Barricade disappeared and I also would have put in one scene of the Decepticons meeting to establish them as characters with English dialogue.
That would of made Jazz stick around for at least the original trilogy of movies although he probably would of bit it instead of Ironhide when Sentinel betrayed them but I hope Jazz appears in a prequel like the Bee movie to make up for his lack of time.
Well, CGI models cost a lot; and since this was before the series as a movie franchise was known to utterly annihilate the box office... extra characters like that likely wouldn't have made the budget.
Posted by SlyTF1 on June 10th, 2017 @ 2:30pm CDT
Posted by Deadput on June 10th, 2017 @ 3:05pm CDT
SlyTF1 wrote:The first has always been my least favorite, simply because the Cybertronians barely got any screentime. That, and I despise the teenage drama crap in the first half more than anything else in the entire franchise. Also, the whole scene with Sam looking for the glasses in his house is one of the most boring stretches of film I've seen in my entire life. I hate that whole Sector 7 sequence before Optimus shows up.
There were flaws yes but the first movie was a decent film overall in fact I feel like it only started to go down right after the Bonecusher and Frenzy fight since the final battle in that movie was bit of a cluster although it had some good moments like Jazz, Ironhide and Ratchet vs Brawl, Starscream vs Ironhide and Ratchet and Starscream's clever attack on the F-22's.
I do like how each of the cons were a threat in their own right although they could of used a scene like Rotf's Nemesis meeting and DOTM's Africa group thing which actually should have had Shockwave in that scene as well.
Posted by Deadput on June 10th, 2017 @ 3:12pm CDT
Kurona wrote:Well, CGI models cost a lot; and since this was before the series as a movie franchise was known to utterly annihilate the box office... extra characters like that likely wouldn't have made the budget.
Well... Maybe just Longarm then because look at him dude he's the one Transformers design that just hits all of my aesthetic favorites him and ROTF Breakaway who I also wished were in the movies.
Even Stephan Spielberg wished he was in the movie! http://badflipblog.blogspot.ca/2009/10/tf1-tow-truck-drone-02.html
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on June 10th, 2017 @ 3:19pm CDT
Deadput wrote:Well... Maybe just Longarm then because look at him dude he's the one Transformers design that just hits all of my aesthetic favorites him and ROTF Breakaway who I also wished were in the movies.
Weird cos I had both the Longarm and Breakaway toys but I didn't care for them much at all. Just had them at the time to boost the collection (and cos they were in the video games) way before I started culling things down due to space, money and other reasons. I did think Landmine was a pretty cool non-movie movie toy though.
Posted by Deadput on June 10th, 2017 @ 4:01pm CDT
Carnivius_Prime wrote:Deadput wrote:Well... Maybe just Longarm then because look at him dude he's the one Transformers design that just hits all of my aesthetic favorites him and ROTF Breakaway who I also wished were in the movies.
Weird cos I had both the Longarm and Breakaway toys but I didn't care for them much at all. Just had them at the time to boost the collection (and cos they were in the video games) way before I started culling things down due to space, money and other reasons. I did think Landmine was a pretty cool non-movie movie toy though.
Ah no the Breakaway toy is meh but the character himself looks great in the game and the concept art especially his baby face.
Video game Longarm is ok but his toy version is pretty great especially once you unscrew the gun off his hand so he can put it down.
Posted by Deadput on June 10th, 2017 @ 4:06pm CDT
Reno Wilson confirms that he is returning for The Last Knight!
He could be voicing Brains since as far as we know he is still alive and Wheelie is in the movie but he could always voice a new character like he did every film before AOE.
Rumors that are potentially true below which is semi relevant and also spoiler-ish but nothing major like deaths or plot.
I heard rumors from a "person" that Brains is mentioned in the film as well as Sideswipe but in what context I do not know, this guy apparently saw around 40 minutes of the film in a screening he did say that Bumblebee's voice was temporarily changed into a female as a "joke" a few days before the spot that we saw came on which he was right about since Bee spoke with Siri's voice, he also says that there is an Autobot from DOTM in Cuba with Simmons and plays soccer with him
Posted by Va'al on June 11th, 2017 @ 3:56am CDT
Next, we have news of the Japanese dubbing for the movie - The Last Knight King, in translation - featuring Hanako Sakurai as Izabella (Isabela Moner's character), meaning that US production on the movie is indeed complete, and international distributors are working on their versions as I type.
And finally, keeping with humans, we have four new portraits from vk.transformers for the Earth side of the cast from the movie: Mark Wahlberg / Cade Yeager, Isabela Moner / Izabella, Laura Haddock / Vivian Wembly, Anthony Hopkins / Sir Edmund Burton. But also a couple profiles for Bumblebee and Optimus Prime, so you can now create your own photoshopped movie poster! Check them out below.
Posted by Stuartmaximus on June 11th, 2017 @ 4:53am CDT
Posted by OptimalOptimus2 on June 11th, 2017 @ 7:39am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on June 11th, 2017 @ 7:40am CDT
That name isn't confirmed.OptimalOptimus2 wrote:Wreck-Gar in Transformers 5?!?
Posted by Rodimus Prime on June 11th, 2017 @ 10:40am CDT
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on June 11th, 2017 @ 11:13am CDT
https://twitter.com/ParamountUK
(Should be the third one down)
Long story short, Ironhide gets placed in an 1815 painting in an art museum. Hilarity ensues.
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on June 11th, 2017 @ 1:41pm CDT
EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:I've never been one for paintings and art and all that, but throw in an Autobot and you've got my interest.
https://twitter.com/ParamountUK
(Should be the third one down)
Long story short, Ironhide gets placed in an 1815 painting in an art museum. Hilarity ensues.
Doh I wanted to post about it but I was at rehearsal and while I could see Twitter fine, I couldn't get onto Seibertron on my phone. I loved this.
https://twitter.com/ParamountUK/status/ ... 2210600961
Posted by Deadput on June 11th, 2017 @ 4:39pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:That name isn't confirmed.OptimalOptimus2 wrote:Wreck-Gar in Transformers 5?!?
I hope it's not his name so people can get past that the names of the character has to mean something and not the characterization of them.
If he's a good character then it doesn't matter if his name was Wreck-Gar, Scrapheap or Pile-O-Garbage since he was a good character.
Just like how I don't personally care for the majority of Prime characters because their mostly badly written and how their "namesake" doesn't change my opinion.
Posted by Burn on June 11th, 2017 @ 10:44pm CDT
Rodimus Prime wrote:Just got my ticket for TLK for 8 PM on Tuesday June 20th. Can't wait.
Would you be able to do that review Va'al asked all staff about last week?
Posted by WreckerJack on June 11th, 2017 @ 11:10pm CDT
Posted by WreckerJack on June 12th, 2017 @ 12:03am CDT
Hopkins plays Sir Edmund Burton, the 12th Earl of Folgan, who has devoted his life to the study of the ancestries of humans and Transformers. He and Mark Wahlberg (as the hero Cade Yeager) team up to make an unlikely alliance to save the world from being destroyed by war between the Transformers and humans.
‘You’re not going to ask me to explain the plot are you?’ he says. ‘Because it’s so very complicated and there’s the whole mythology of four previous films that come into play. I have to admit, I don’t quite get all of it.
‘All I know is I play a highly educated, eccentric English lord. I had a terrific time making it. Mark Wahlberg was wonderful to work with, the locations were excellent [Northumberland, Norway, Arizona, the Isle of Skye and Stonehenge] and I showed up, put my costume on, said my lines and stayed out of trouble. That’s all I ever do. It beats working for a living.’
Hopkins is always at pains to destroy any smug ‘luvviness’ about the acting world. He loathes the painful intensity of the method actors, who insist on staying in character throughout filming (‘what a pain in the ass’) and repeats several times that ‘the greatest difficulty in this business is the sense of entitlement some people have just because of what they do’.
Included with the article is this photo of him with HotRod.
Posted by SlyTF1 on June 12th, 2017 @ 12:47am CDT