Transformers: The Last Knight Starts Filming in Cuba
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Production has begun on the upcoming Transformers: The Last Knight and they’ve set up shop in an unlikely place: Cuba! Director Michael Bay made the announcement on his Instagram page, noting they were only the second American production to be filming in Cuba (following the upcoming Fast 8 ).
The Transformers: The Last Knight cast includes the return of Transformers: Age of Extinction star Mark Wahlberg as Cade Yeager as well as newcomer Isabela Moner (100 Things to Do Before High School, Growing Up Fisher) as the film’s female lead, Izabella. Jerrod Carmichael (The Carmichael Show, Neighbors) is also set to play an unspecified leading role. Josh Duhamel will also reprise his role of Lieutenant Colonel Lennox from the first three films.
Production on Transformers: The Last Knight is set to come stateside on June 6 in Detroit, where Transformers: Age of Extinction was also shot.
Michael Bay returns to the director’s chair for the film, which is set to be written by Iron Man scribes Art Marcum & Matt Holloway and Ken Nolan (Black Hawk Down). Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Don Murphy and Tom DeSanto will produce the sequel.
Combined, the previous four Transformers films have brought in over $3.7 billion at the global box office with 2014’s Age of Extinction the second-highest grossing in the series. Current plans call for Transformers: The Last Knight to be released on June 23, 2017. It will be followed by a Bumblebee spin-off film in 2018 before Transformers 6 arrives in 2019.
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Posted by Sabrblade on May 26th, 2016 @ 7:00am CDT
Posted by ArmadaPrime on May 26th, 2016 @ 10:56am CDT
Posted by Kurona on May 26th, 2016 @ 11:03am CDT
Posted by Deadput on May 26th, 2016 @ 12:16pm CDT
ArmadaPrime wrote:Can't see a faction symbol but that does look like the Chevrolet badge on the front, so I'd say there's at least a fair chance of it being a new bot
You do know most movie transformers don't have faction symbols in alt mode right?
Posted by ArmadaPrime on May 26th, 2016 @ 12:26pm CDT
Deadput wrote:ArmadaPrime wrote:Can't see a faction symbol but that does look like the Chevrolet badge on the front, so I'd say there's at least a fair chance of it being a new bot
You do know most movie transformers don't have faction symbols in alt mode right?
They're never plastered on, but I could swear that there's often a subtle symbol either somewhere on the bonnet or the radiator, similar to where you might find the manufacturer's badge
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 26th, 2016 @ 1:17pm CDT
it'd be cool if it was though
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on May 26th, 2016 @ 2:00pm CDT
Posted by Deadput on May 26th, 2016 @ 2:35pm CDT
SillySpringer wrote:I am calling that it's gonna be Wasp or a similar Decepticon, if that car's even a Transformer.
The only transformers to retain their original colours in the movies are Optimus, Bumblebee, Hound and Megatron and Megatron is only loosely based on the G1 colours.
So it could be anyone hell it could be Blurr for all we know.
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on May 26th, 2016 @ 2:38pm CDT
Deadput wrote:SillySpringer wrote:I am calling that it's gonna be Wasp or a similar Decepticon, if that car's even a Transformer.
The only transformers to retain their original colours in the movies are Optimus, Bumblebee, Hound and Megatron and Megatron is only loosely based on the G1 colours.
So it could be anyone hell it could be Blurr for all we know.
...THAT car being Blurr? Nah. Nascar is the better option for him.
Hmm Idk. It reminds me a lot of Cybertron Downshift for some reason.
Posted by Optimum Supreme on May 26th, 2016 @ 3:46pm CDT
ArmadaPrime wrote:Deadput wrote:ArmadaPrime wrote:Can't see a faction symbol but that does look like the Chevrolet badge on the front, so I'd say there's at least a fair chance of it being a new bot
You do know most movie transformers don't have faction symbols in alt mode right?
They're never plastered on, but I could swear that there's often a subtle symbol either somewhere on the bonnet or the radiator, similar to where you might find the manufacturer's badge
They could always add something like that via CGI in post production.
Posted by Sabrblade on May 26th, 2016 @ 6:34pm CDT
And Brawl, one-third of Arcee, another one-third of Arcee named Chromia, The Fallen, Ravage, Long Haul (debatable), Scrapmetal (there was a yellow/black version), Topspin, Shockwave (debatable), and (sorta) the Dinobots (they were at least largely gray in the movie).Deadput wrote:SillySpringer wrote:I am calling that it's gonna be Wasp or a similar Decepticon, if that car's even a Transformer.
The only transformers to retain their original colours in the movies are Optimus, Bumblebee, Hound and Megatron
Posted by Kurona on May 26th, 2016 @ 7:14pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:And Brawl, one-third of Arcee, another one-third of Arcee named Chromia, The Fallen, Ravage, Long Haul (debatable), Scrapmetal (there was a yellow/black version), Topspin, Shockwave (debatable), and (sorta) the Dinobots (they were at least largely gray in the movie).Deadput wrote:SillySpringer wrote:I am calling that it's gonna be Wasp or a similar Decepticon, if that car's even a Transformer.
The only transformers to retain their original colours in the movies are Optimus, Bumblebee, Hound and Megatron
Shockwave only really kept his colouring in the toys.
Posted by Sabrblade on May 26th, 2016 @ 7:17pm CDT
Yeah, it's debatable with him. Some DOTM imagery gives him more of a purple hue while other imagery of him doesn't.Kurona wrote:Sabrblade wrote:And Brawl, one-third of Arcee, another one-third of Arcee named Chromia, The Fallen, Ravage, Long Haul (debatable), Scrapmetal (there was a yellow/black version), Topspin, Shockwave (debatable), and (sorta) the Dinobots (they were at least largely gray in the movie).Deadput wrote:SillySpringer wrote:I am calling that it's gonna be Wasp or a similar Decepticon, if that car's even a Transformer.
The only transformers to retain their original colours in the movies are Optimus, Bumblebee, Hound and Megatron
Shockwave only really kept his colouring in the toys.
Posted by Emerje on May 26th, 2016 @ 7:32pm CDT
Emerje
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on May 26th, 2016 @ 8:52pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Yeah, it's debatable with him. Some DOTM imagery gives him more of a purple hue while other imagery of him doesn't.Kurona wrote:Sabrblade wrote:And Brawl, one-third of Arcee, another one-third of Arcee named Chromia, The Fallen, Ravage, Long Haul (debatable), Scrapmetal (there was a yellow/black version), Topspin, Shockwave (debatable), and (sorta) the Dinobots (they were at least largely gray in the movie).Deadput wrote:SillySpringer wrote:I am calling that it's gonna be Wasp or a similar Decepticon, if that car's even a Transformer.
The only transformers to retain their original colours in the movies are Optimus, Bumblebee, Hound and Megatron
Shockwave only really kept his colouring in the toys.
He actually looks purple to me. Maybe it's just because purple stands out to me more since it's my favorite color.
Posted by Deadput on May 27th, 2016 @ 1:34am CDT
Emerje wrote:I'll be shocked if any Transformer appearing in Cuba isn't shown with a cigar and woven fedora because Bay loves stereotypes.
Emerje
You people really have ridiculous assumptions when it comes to Bay's decisions.
You would probably excuse idw for Kup's cigar.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 27th, 2016 @ 3:45pm CDT
Josh Duhamel wrote:At the top of his work docket is, of course, his role as Lt. Colonel William Lennox in Michael Bay’s Transformers: The Last Knight. The day before we spoke, Mr. Duhamel was stationed to film his scenes 70 miles outside of Los Angeles in El Mirage, California. “I had never been there and it’s a trip,” he said of the far flung locale. “It’s this giant, flat lakebed with 40 MPH winds that didn’t stop all day, but Michael [Bay]’s set is unlike any other set. He has all of the gadgets and the coolest stuff, and the energy of that set is just really – well, it’s a spectacle, and it’s really changed my career. It’s helped me to pursue other little creative things. I love the big Transformer movies, but I also love these passion projects.”
Posted by Bumblebee21 on May 27th, 2016 @ 9:50pm CDT
Posted by Sigma Magnus on May 27th, 2016 @ 9:54pm CDT
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on May 27th, 2016 @ 10:26pm CDT
Sigma Magnus wrote:I expected a jumpscare there for some reason.
Me too since you said that. I thought you were using reverse psychology to get more people to watch it.
So, can anyone here translate morse code?
Posted by BERSEKAEL on May 27th, 2016 @ 10:33pm CDT
Posted by Sigma Magnus on May 27th, 2016 @ 10:36pm CDT
SillySpringer wrote:Sigma Magnus wrote:I expected a jumpscare there for some reason.
Me too since you said that. I thought you were using reverse psychology to get more people to watch it.
So, can anyone here translate morse code?
Don't look at me, I couldn't learn a second language if I tried. Anyway, yeah, can anyone here translate that?
Posted by Sabrblade on May 27th, 2016 @ 11:22pm CDT
A replying Tweet posted this:SillySpringer wrote:Sigma Magnus wrote:I expected a jumpscare there for some reason.
Me too since you said that. I thought you were using reverse psychology to get more people to watch it.
So, can anyone here translate morse code?
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on May 27th, 2016 @ 11:38pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:A replying Tweet posted this:SillySpringer wrote:Sigma Magnus wrote:I expected a jumpscare there for some reason.
Me too since you said that. I thought you were using reverse psychology to get more people to watch it.
So, can anyone here translate morse code?
Posted by Sabrblade on May 27th, 2016 @ 11:40pm CDT
The Transformers will face...
The Boogeyman!
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on May 27th, 2016 @ 11:47pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:This time...
The Transformers will face...
The Boogeyman!
Boogeyman's kinda lame against Transformers even though he's stinkin terrifying in that new Boogeyman indie-game.
Posted by Kurona on May 28th, 2016 @ 2:30am CDT
Bumblebee21 wrote:Found this
https://mobile.twitter.com/transformers ... 2870605824
That was painful to listen to; ears are still ringing...
Posted by Va'al on May 28th, 2016 @ 7:08am CDT
What are we to expect from this? Speculate away in the Energon Pub!
Posted by Sigma Magnus on May 28th, 2016 @ 7:33am CDT
Dr Va'al wrote:[...] Which featured a message in morse code over a United States State Department torn image, with the writing 'File no. 21.63 Date: 10'. The message translates as 'I M COMING FOR YOUHUMANS.MAY31'.
To quote Mr. Popo [DBZA], "WELL THAT'S F***ING OMINOUS."
Posted by Mythic_Gears on May 28th, 2016 @ 1:11pm CDT
Dr Va'al wrote:Fellow Seibertronian Bumblebee21 found the beginning of the marketing campaign from Paramount for Transformers: The Last Knight ... which featured a message in morse code over a United States State Department torn image, with the writing 'File no. 21.63 Date: 10'. The message translates as 'I M COMING FOR YOUHUMANS.MAY31'.
What are we to expect from this? Speculate away in the Energon Pub!
[center]Something Wicked this Way Comes
I think this means that we will be getting a tease or a look at the villain for Last Knight on the 31(currently the 28th when I am writing this) or maybe the movie will release on May 31 of what ever year. I definitely think we will be getting something on the 31 though.
Posted by Va'al on May 30th, 2016 @ 11:19am CDT
Posted by Sigma Magnus on May 30th, 2016 @ 11:24am CDT
Dr Va'al wrote:I dunno what to make of this.
That makes two of us...
Posted by Autobot N on May 30th, 2016 @ 11:46am CDT
Adding me in makes it a trio.Sigma Magnus wrote:Dr Va'al wrote:I dunno what to make of this.
That makes two of us...
Posted by Kurona on May 30th, 2016 @ 12:30pm CDT
Maybe the bike is a mini-con or something? High Wire?
Posted by ZeroWolf on May 30th, 2016 @ 2:17pm CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 30th, 2016 @ 8:53pm CDT
Posted by Rodimus Prime on May 31st, 2016 @ 8:39am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on May 31st, 2016 @ 8:41am CDT
I presume any info would be comng from California since that's where Hollywood and its people are, but most Californians are either still asleep or just waking up right now.Rodimus Prime wrote:So. It's the 31st. What's the big deal?
Posted by Va'al on May 31st, 2016 @ 12:13pm CDT
We also get a Megatron teaser from the official Transformers Facebook page, mirrored below.
Posted by Hellscream9999 on May 31st, 2016 @ 12:18pm CDT
Posted by Sigma Magnus on May 31st, 2016 @ 12:22pm CDT
Posted by Hellscream9999 on May 31st, 2016 @ 12:23pm CDT
Sigma Magnus wrote:So, wait...what? I thought Megs already returned as, y'know, Galvatron!
He did, but now he's back... as Megatron
Posted by Sigma Magnus on May 31st, 2016 @ 12:25pm CDT
Hellscream9999 wrote:Sigma Magnus wrote:So, wait...what? I thought Megs already returned as, y'know, Galvatron!
He did, but now he's back... as Megatron
Oh dear Primus, it's the Unicron Trilogy all over again!
Posted by Hellscream9999 on May 31st, 2016 @ 12:26pm CDT
Sigma Magnus wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Sigma Magnus wrote:So, wait...what? I thought Megs already returned as, y'know, Galvatron!
He did, but now he's back... as Megatron
Oh dear Primus, it's the Unicron Trilogy all over again!
eh, what can you do, hopefully with actual writers, this can be explained competently
Posted by Sigma Magnus on May 31st, 2016 @ 12:30pm CDT
Hellscream9999 wrote:Sigma Magnus wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Sigma Magnus wrote:So, wait...what? I thought Megs already returned as, y'know, Galvatron!
He did, but now he's back... as Megatron
Oh dear Primus, it's the Unicron Trilogy all over again!
eh, what can you do, hopefully with actual writers, this can be explained competently
Hope so...
Posted by Hellscream9999 on May 31st, 2016 @ 12:33pm CDT
Sigma Magnus wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Sigma Magnus wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Sigma Magnus wrote:So, wait...what? I thought Megs already returned as, y'know, Galvatron!
He did, but now he's back... as Megatron
Oh dear Primus, it's the Unicron Trilogy all over again!
eh, what can you do, hopefully with actual writers, this can be explained competently
Hope so...
Wait, wasn't Galvatron voiced by Leonard Nimoy? Maybe that forced them to go back to Megs rather than get a new voice actor and have them sound different (not that Galvatron really said anything in AoE ) I could see Galvatron 'shedding' his new human-given form and name and reclaiming his old name and Cybertronian body-style out of pride and vanity
Posted by Sigma Magnus on May 31st, 2016 @ 12:36pm CDT
Hellscream9999 wrote:Sigma Magnus wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Sigma Magnus wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Sigma Magnus wrote:So, wait...what? I thought Megs already returned as, y'know, Galvatron!
He did, but now he's back... as Megatron
Oh dear Primus, it's the Unicron Trilogy all over again!
eh, what can you do, hopefully with actual writers, this can be explained competently
Hope so...
Wait, wasn't Galvatron voiced by Leonard Nimoy? Maybe that forced them to go back to Megs rather than get a new voice actor and have them sound different (not that Galvatron really said anything in AoE ) I could see Galvatron 'shedding' his new human-given form and name and reclaiming his old name and Cybertronian body-style out of pride and vanity
No, no, Galvatron was voiced by Frank Welker. It was Nimoy in the G1 movie.
Posted by Randomhero on May 31st, 2016 @ 12:37pm CDT
Sigma Magnus wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Sigma Magnus wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Sigma Magnus wrote:So, wait...what? I thought Megs already returned as, y'know, Galvatron!
He did, but now he's back... as Megatron
Oh dear Primus, it's the Unicron Trilogy all over again!
eh, what can you do, hopefully with actual writers, this can be explained competently
Hope so...
I'm thinking the same thing. I'm not really bothered because we have an amazing writing team taking on these movies.
That being said its never been the writing that's been an issue for me. It's the god awful editing! And I find enjoyment in all the movies but yeah, Bay in the editing room...yikes.
Megatron coming back Is interesting. His head(and maybe his body) are intact and what if we will get both Megatron and Galvatron and Galvatron is just a copy of Megatrons consciousness.
Posted by Hellscream9999 on May 31st, 2016 @ 12:38pm CDT
Sigma Magnus wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Sigma Magnus wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Sigma Magnus wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Sigma Magnus wrote:So, wait...what? I thought Megs already returned as, y'know, Galvatron!
He did, but now he's back... as Megatron
Oh dear Primus, it's the Unicron Trilogy all over again!
eh, what can you do, hopefully with actual writers, this can be explained competently
Hope so...
Wait, wasn't Galvatron voiced by Leonard Nimoy? Maybe that forced them to go back to Megs rather than get a new voice actor and have them sound different (not that Galvatron really said anything in AoE ) I could see Galvatron 'shedding' his new human-given form and name and reclaiming his old name and Cybertronian body-style out of pride and vanity
No, no, Galvatron was voiced by Frank Welker. It was Nimoy in the G1 movie.
Oh, okay, thought it was one of them
Posted by ShockBlade501 on May 31st, 2016 @ 12:39pm CDT
Hellscream9999 wrote:Sigma Magnus wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Sigma Magnus wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Sigma Magnus wrote:So, wait...what? I thought Megs already returned as, y'know, Galvatron!
He did, but now he's back... as Megatron
Oh dear Primus, it's the Unicron Trilogy all over again!
eh, what can you do, hopefully with actual writers, this can be explained competently
Hope so...
Wait, wasn't Galvatron voiced by Leonard Nimoy? Maybe that forced them to go back to Megs rather than get a new voice actor and have them sound different (not that Galvatron really said anything in AoE ) I could see Galvatron 'shedding' his new human-given form and name and reclaiming his old name and Cybertronian body-style out of pride and vanity
Yeah, that was g1, but in bayverse did voice Sentinel Prime