Two New Transformers: Age of Extinction TV Spots with New Footage

No one can accuse the 17th Shanghai International Film Festival of lacking in diversity or international appeal.

The festival in China’s financial hub and most cosmopolitan city will open with the restored classic Two Stage Sisters, a film from 1964 about two actresses in pre-revolutionary China, and close with a movie from half a century later that is almost its total opposite -- Transformers: Age of Extinction.

In an alternative marketing approach, cast members of Transformers: Age of Extinction, including Mark Wahlberg, have posted videos in China wishing nearly 10 million high-school students good luck with their college entrance exams.

It is hard to overstate the importance of these tests in China, which take place this weekend. In a country where education is one of the most highly prized assets, getting into one of China’s top universities is a national obsession.

The whole country goes respectfully silent during the exams. Flights are re-routed, and people are banned from honking car horns near the exam rooms nationwide. Outside the exam halls, anxious parents wait, many having spent weeks attending temples to make offerings to ensure success. Exam hall monitors are not allowed to wear high heels or perfume for fear of distracting the students.

Transformers: Age of Extinction will open in China day-and-date with its June 27 U.S. release, a week after its world bow in Hong Kong. That will be after an estimated 9.39 million high-school students take the university entrance exam this year, an increase of 3 percent over last year.

The official Transformers: Age of Extinction Optimus Prime movie vehicle from Western Star Trucks made an appearance at last weekend’s Rose Festival Starlight Parade in Portland, OR.

Rodimus Prime wrote:I remember when this new alt mode was 1st revealed I thought it was a bit tacky due to the chrome and rounded body, as opposed to the really square edges on the Peterbilt (which I still prefer) but this kinda grew on me. So much so that I actually bought the leader class figure when it was released. Not the ugly First edition, but the Generations version, with the chrome. I keep it in truck mode on my desk, it actually looks cool. Will Western Star allow its logo to be used in the film, unlike Peterbilt back in 2007?

Va'al wrote:Thanks to a tip by fellow Seibertron.com user KirbyForce1, we get shakey look at yet another TV spot for Transformers: Age of Extinction, featuring some shots of Bumblebee in his classic 1967 Camaro mode (the basis for the High Octane Deluxe figure) and some new lines by Mark Wahlberg's character Cade Yeager. Check it out embedded below!