Transformers 5: The Last Knight - Sir Anthony Hopkins Praises Michael Bay

Posted by Bronzewolf Sep 25, 2016 at 10:13pm CDT 42,709 views

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Seibertronians, it looks like Sir Anthony Hopkins, legendary actor and member of the Transformers 5 cast, has released a statement praising Michael Bay and the Transformers filming experience. In a video posted on the Transformers 5 Facebook page (available embeddee below), he calls it

...one of the best experiences (he's) had on a film...since Speilberg

and

Directors like...Bay...just say "Let's do it". I love that, because I'm like that

Good words like these are crucial, as the production has been swamped in controversy recently, with the disputed choice of draping Nazi flags on the birthplace of Winston Churchill. Watch the video below and tell us in the comments what you think! What character is Hopkins playing? King Aurthur? Merlin? Winston Churchill? What do you think of his final comments about how he'll be back? what do you think he'll reveal?

And, as always, keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com!

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Comment by Bronzewolf Sep 25, 2016

Seibertronians, it seems the Anthony Hopkins story was not the only piece of TF5 news today. Apparently the Last Knight cars made a return to London recently to take part in a small photoshoot and cruise through the Buckingham Palace grounds with a full motorcade! Check out some of the images and a video posted to the Transformers Movie Instagram below, but then see a full gallery on Comingsoon.net!

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And, as always, stay tuned to Seibertron.com for all the latest and greatest Transformers 5: The Last Kight News!

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Comment by Sabrblade Sep 25, 2016

Apollo-XL5 wrote:I highly doubt we will see King Arthur punching Adolf Hitler (Captain America style) in this film.

Unless...

Oh! I know how they'll make Churchill a hero in this movie! He'll be the one whose able to pull the sword from the stone and defeat the Nazis with Excalibur! In this movie, King Arthur will defeat Hitler because it will be revealed that Churchill is King Arthur!

I'm scared they might actually do this.

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Comment by Ravage XK Sep 26, 2016

I don't think they are actually allowed in the grounds of Buckingham Palace, that's just The Mall. Johnny English did that on a wheelchair

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Comment by Bronzewolf Sep 26, 2016

Ravage XK wrote:I don't think they are actually allowed in the grounds of Buckingham Palace, that's just The Mall. Johnny English did that on a wheelchair

My point was that I believe they closed the mall down so they could drive through. ;)^

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Comment by Bronzewolf Sep 26, 2016

Bronzewolf wrote:
Ravage XK wrote:I don't think they are actually allowed in the grounds of Buckingham Palace, that's just The Mall. Johnny English did that on a wheelchair

My point was that I believe they closed the mall down so they could drive through.

Oh, wait, I see what you're saying. They aren't the grounds to Buckingham Palace itself. Gotcha. Yeah, I knew that. Sorry, I misread your comment. I thought you were saying how it wasn't special they were driving through. I'll clairify in the story.

EDIT: Story changed! Thanks for pointing that out. Should have been more specific.

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Comment by Evil Eye Sep 26, 2016

Sabrblade wrote:
Apollo-XL5 wrote:I highly doubt we will see King Arthur punching Adolf Hitler (Captain America style) in this film.
Unless...

Oh! I know how they'll make Churchill a hero in this movie! He'll be the one whose able to pull the sword from the stone and defeat the Nazis with Excalibur! In this movie, King Arthur will defeat Hitler because it will be revealed that Churchill is King Arthur!

I'm scared they might actually do this.

Oh come on now. That would be awesome.

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Comment by Stuartmaximus Sep 26, 2016

Ok why are they calling the red McLaren a lady?

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Hmmm...well!....if that's the case....who could it be :-?

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Comment by YRQRM0 Sep 26, 2016

It would be sweet if it actually was an homage to Cybertron Override, as long as she still had some resemblance in robot mode.

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Comment by Va'al Sep 27, 2016

As with every Tuesday, the official Transformers Facebook page has shared a new clip from the live action movie universe, and it's directly from The Last Knight set that we get a new look at one of the behind the scenes machines that director Michael Bay is very keen on: the Baybuster, a stunt creating vehiclewe have heard about before. Check out the clip below!

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Comment by Va'al Sep 27, 2016

In other live action Transformers movie news, we have word from music composer Steve Jablonsky himself on Twitter, that he may indeed be back for the fifth time running, at least for the main score theme for The Last Knight! Check out the image he sent below, in which a folder with TF5 Themes Ideas is shown, and discuss the news in the Energon Pub.

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Comment by Tyrannacon Sep 27, 2016

I don't mind Jablonsky's music in the films. I actually like it for the most part, and it suits the films well enough I feel. So I hope he continues to do good with it as well continue to do the film's music composing.

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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Sep 27, 2016

Awesome, I love the scores he's done

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Comment by EvasionModeBumblebee Sep 27, 2016

Jablonsky's scores have always been amazing, particularly arrival to earth, Bumblebee, and Autobots reunite. I'd be really disappointed if he didn't return xD

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Comment by EvasionModeBumblebee Sep 27, 2016

Black Hat wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Apollo-XL5 wrote:I highly doubt we will see King Arthur punching Adolf Hitler (Captain America style) in this film.
Unless...

Oh! I know how they'll make Churchill a hero in this movie! He'll be the one whose able to pull the sword from the stone and defeat the Nazis with Excalibur! In this movie, King Arthur will defeat Hitler because it will be revealed that Churchill is King Arthur!

I'm scared they might actually do this.

Oh come on now. That would be awesome.

That would be awesome. If we got to see some Combiner rip big ben out of the ground and hit another bot with it, we'll of checked off everything that needs to happen in a Transformers movie in Britain.

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Comment by Quantum Surge Sep 27, 2016

The Bayformer films may not be as good as they used to be, but Steve's scores are one of the best parts of them, and I'm glad he's still returning.

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Comment by OptimalOptimus2 Sep 28, 2016

To be honest, Jablonsky is very creative with his music scores. There is no telling what euphonic masterpiece he has to offer.

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Comment by Sigma Magnus Sep 28, 2016

Can't wait to hear the new soundtrack.

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Comment by Va'al Sep 29, 2016

Via the UK branch of the Metro newspaper (or at least its online incarnation) we have a new interview with Transformers: The Last Knight cast member Mark Wahlberg, who plays the returning Cade Yeager, and drops hints as to what we might expect in the fifth Michael Bay movie with the Cybertronians - from the recent Nazi set dressing controversy to the rumoured mini-dinobots, to Anthony Hopkins' involvement. Check it out in the embedded clip below!

Speaking exclusively to Metro.co.uk, Mark admitted that by announcing there would be mini-dinobots in the upcoming sequel he had ‘already revealed too much’ but that fans should also expect ‘a few other surprises’.

The film currently has confirmed autobots, decepticons, mini-dinobots, King Arthur, Nazis – and Sir Anthony Hopkins.

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Comment by RAR Sep 29, 2016

The production art for the last movie had those Raptors in it (What Slash is based upon) so I would say it's seems quite possible the mini-Dinobots Mark describes are those Raptors.

Though I guess they could have expanded the idea and come up with some other sorts of smaller scale Dinobots too.

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Comment by Quantum Surge Oct 1, 2016

Mini-Dinobots=Slash from AOE?

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