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Artwork and Poster for Unproduced WWII set Transformers Film Operation Skyfire

Posted by william-james88 Feb 5, 2019 at 10:57pm CST 38,081 views
Fellow Seibertronian Deadput uncovered art and plans for a WWII set Transformers film that will probably never come to be. He has written all the details below, enjoy!

Remember the writers room thing? One of the ideas was Operation Skyfire which would of been a movie taking place during War World 2 and presumably by the name Skyfire would of been the main character perhaps and probably a different character from Jetfire from ROTF, while a whole movie didn't pan out it did influence the WW2 flashbacks in The Last Knight.

These pictures were in the bonus features but I think this is the first clear picture of them.

This was uploaded on the Artstation of JP Targete and here are his words on the artwork.

"A few years back me and a few other concept artist were invited by Paramount to participate in the "Transformers writer's room". We were there to help the writers visualize their unique "Transformers" movies. The results were exciting and fresh and gave a "new" take on the Transformer's Mythology. The images you see are a result of one of the "Transformer MOVIES" That was presented to Paramount and Steven Spielberg. The images can be seen on the special features of the "Transformers The Last Knight" Blue-ray. I was honored to be a part of this."


Transformers News: Artwork and Poster for Unproduced WWII set Transformers Film Operation Skyfire

Transformers News: Artwork and Poster for Unproduced WWII set Transformers Film Operation Skyfire

Transformers News: Artwork and Poster for Unproduced WWII set Transformers Film Operation Skyfire

Transformers News: Artwork and Poster for Unproduced WWII set Transformers Film Operation Skyfire

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Re: Artwork and Poster for Unproduced WWII set Transformers Film Operation Skyfire (view post)
Comment by LevelRage Feb 5, 2019
Man, I would love to see this come to light later on for the movie-verse. Probably could even retcon the issue of Bee's WW2 scene and his solo movie. Also feels kinda steam-punkish in a way to me.
Re: Artwork and Poster for Unproduced WWII set Transformers Film Operation Skyfire (view post)
Comment by Albatross250 Feb 5, 2019
F4U Autobots, A6M Decepticons




Furthermore i do love A6M Zeros as :SG-CONS:
Re: Artwork and Poster for Unproduced WWII set Transformers Film Operation Skyfire (view post)
Comment by Ultra Markus Feb 6, 2019
yeah i would love to see starsceam as a Focke-Wulf FW-190
Re: Artwork and Poster for Unproduced WWII set Transformers Film Operation Skyfire (view post)
Comment by angtre Feb 6, 2019
Should Michael Bay direct anything like this, expect Scourge to come with facial hair shaved as Hitler's. Maybe Unicron too.
Re: Artwork and Poster for Unproduced WWII set Transformers Film Operation Skyfire (view post)
Comment by SG Roadbuster Feb 6, 2019
you're telling me that we almost had a movie/toyline filled with vintage alt modes? *groans and stares longingly at rts lugnut, hftf highbrow, and Hubcap*
Re: Artwork and Poster for Unproduced WWII set Transformers Film Operation Skyfire (view post)
Comment by ZeroWolf Feb 6, 2019
Interesting concept, but maybe if they were to switch to an anthology movie format (no connection to other movies allowing exploration of styles and settings)

Also the new movieverse, if rebooted would not be the Knightverse as he would have to direct all installments for that to be the case. My current thinking is that they will try and have their cake and eat it, with keeping the movies in the timeline set up with the other films but allowing the style of the bots to change with no explanation (thinking we fans will take care of any inconsistencies :lol: which to be fair, we have already... Between all the movies!)
Re: Artwork and Poster for Unproduced WWII set Transformers Film Operation Skyfire (view post)
Comment by no-one Feb 6, 2019
Well this is a nightmare. A giant plane bot barfing Nazis :shock:

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The WWII aesthetic is cool and all, but I can't help but feel they missed the opportunity to strike while the iron was hot when the world was obsessed with the WWII Call of Duty games.

That being said, I'd be down with a "Transformers though time" off shoot line. It could be like Assassin's Creed, only with robits ;)^
Re: Artwork and Poster for Unproduced WWII set Transformers Film Operation Skyfire (view post)
Comment by Sabrblade Feb 6, 2019
LevelRage wrote:Man, I would love to see this come to light later on for the movie-verse. Probably could even retcon the issue of Bee's WW2 scene and his solo movie. Also feels kinda steam-punkish in a way to me.
The Bumblebee movie pretended like the WWII scenes of TLK never happened.
Re: Artwork and Poster for Unproduced WWII set Transformers Film Operation Skyfire (view post)
Comment by no-one Feb 6, 2019
Sabrblade wrote:
LevelRage wrote:Man, I would love to see this come to light later on for the movie-verse. Probably could even retcon the issue of Bee's WW2 scene and his solo movie. Also feels kinda steam-punkish in a way to me.
The Bumblebee movie pretended like the WWII scenes of TLK never happened.
Isn't everyone trying to pretend that TLK never happened ;)
Re: Artwork and Poster for Unproduced WWII set Transformers Film Operation Skyfire (view post)
Comment by Whifflefire Feb 6, 2019
Definitely would have seen this. Especially if 'Skyfire' actually referred to Skyfire. Where do I sign for this to actually be made...

The face on the carrier plane looks like first-Movie Megatron's head design, but I can't imagine any logical or sensible explanation for why Megatron (or anybody) would want to turn into an aircraft that exposes their entire face.
Could it have been nudged because the concept of a superhero period war film was already being done that year with Wonder Woman? Maybe they wanted to avoid looking like they'd copied the idea.
Re: Artwork and Poster for Unproduced WWII set Transformers Film Operation Skyfire (view post)
Comment by Carnivius_Prime Feb 6, 2019
carytheone wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
LevelRage wrote:Man, I would love to see this come to light later on for the movie-verse. Probably could even retcon the issue of Bee's WW2 scene and his solo movie. Also feels kinda steam-punkish in a way to me.
The Bumblebee movie pretended like the WWII scenes of TLK never happened.
Isn't everyone trying to pretend that TLK never happened ;)


Nope, I'm pretending Bumblebee never happened and all this WWII stuff did. This stuff looks great. Shame it was never produced into a film.
Re: Artwork and Poster for Unproduced WWII set Transformers Film Operation Skyfire (view post)
Comment by ScottyP Feb 6, 2019
If I recall from the TLK bonus features, this and many other concepts weren't "movies that will never be made" or formal pitches, they were (very involved) brainstorming exercises.
Re: Artwork and Poster for Unproduced WWII set Transformers Film Operation Skyfire (view post)
Comment by YRQRM0 Feb 6, 2019
Whifflefire wrote:Definitely would have seen this. Especially if 'Skyfire' actually referred to Skyfire. Where do I sign for this to actually be made...

The face on the carrier plane looks like first-Movie Megatron's head design, but I can't imagine any logical or sensible explanation for why Megatron (or anybody) would want to turn into an aircraft that exposes their entire face.
Could it have been nudged because the concept of a superhero period war film was already being done that year with Wonder Woman? Maybe they wanted to avoid looking like they'd copied the idea.


I'm guessing it's the Nazi's homage to Megatron, who they somehow know about. Or the Decepticon's homage. Either way, I'm sure it would have been about as dumb as Transformium.
Re: Artwork and Poster for Unproduced WWII set Transformers Film Operation Skyfire (view post)
Comment by Ravage XK Feb 7, 2019
The look of the large plane reminded me of movie Devestator.
Re: Artwork and Poster for Unproduced WWII set Transformers Film Operation Skyfire (view post)
Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Feb 7, 2019
Ravage XK wrote:The look of the large plane reminded me of movie Devestator.

That's what I thought when I saw it too
Re: Artwork and Poster for Unproduced WWII set Transformers Film Operation Skyfire (view post)
Comment by MaximalNui Nov 6, 2022
Not sure if anyone mentioned it yet, but I found more concept art from the same artist (also his online portfolio page, if anyone's interested), and here're a few highlights I don't think have been mentioned yet(BTW, that Decepticon Nazi plane on 2 images? That's Starscream):
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Not sure what's scarier: the massive size of that Quintesson Judge, or that Unicron's hand has a face in it!

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...you know what, nevermind. This is scarier.

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Decepti-gremlins!

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
Ravage XK wrote:The look of the large plane reminded me of movie Devestator.

That's what I thought when I saw it too

How about Megatron-locomotive?
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Bumblebee: Skull Island :lol:
Not gonna lie, though, if this was a Cybertron overtaken by wilderness instead of a secret Earth island, I'd love a movie or episode around this setting.
Re: Artwork and Poster for Unproduced WWII set Transformers Film Operation Skyfire (view post)
Comment by Sabrblade Nov 7, 2022
All that concept art isn't actually for TLK. It's art for a separate pitch called "Operation: Skyfire", a spinoff movie planned to have been made if TLK had been a success.

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Re: Artwork and Poster for Unproduced WWII set Transformers Film Operation Skyfire (view post)
Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Nov 7, 2022
Still wish those ideas had gotten a chance, that Operation Skyfire movie just speaks to me on so many levels
Re: Artwork and Poster for Unproduced WWII set Transformers Film Operation Skyfire (view post)
Comment by Sabrblade Nov 7, 2022
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Still wish those ideas had gotten a chance, that Operation Skyfire movie just speaks to me on so many levels
Although, it would have massacred the continuity of the movies even further, since the concept art also depicts ROTF Megatron participating in WWII.

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"Mein Fuhrer, the Iceman cometh!"
Re: Artwork and Poster for Unproduced WWII set Transformers Film Operation Skyfire (view post)
Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Nov 8, 2022
Sabrblade wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Still wish those ideas had gotten a chance, that Operation Skyfire movie just speaks to me on so many levels
Although, it would have massacred the continuity of the movies even further, since the concept art also depicts ROTF Megatron participating in WWII.

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"Mein Fuhrer, the Iceman cometh!"

I really don't care that much, a WWII Transformers movie is my dream
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