Nokia has announced they will release a Transformers special edition of their Nokia 5300. The cell will have all the features of the original phone, but include special Autobot and Decepticon artwork. ... MORE
Transformers producer Don Murphy posted on his site that one possible reason for Transformers 2 being put on hold is the upcoming strike by the Screen Actors and Directors Guilds that could occur in June 2008.
"For those of you most anxious about TRANSFORMERS 2, the silence you hear is primarily because people are fretting about a presumed strike ... MORE
Contributed greatly by the success of Transformers, Hollywood has managed to break Summer 2004's $4.009 billion record by bringing in an estimated $4.11 billion in domestic ticket sells.
Despite a competive summer which only brought three films to hold back-to-back weekend titles (Spider-Man 3, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End and Superbad ... MORE
IMAX Corporation has announced that Transformers will hit IMAX screens on September 21st using its IMAX DMR (Digital Re-Mastering) technology. "IMAX's all-encompassing format takes Transformers to a whole new level of detail and intensity," said director Michael Bay. "I am very excited to work with the team at IMAX to create this turbo- ... MORE
After announcing he was quitting Transformers 2 due to Paramount's decision to release Transformers exclusively on HD-DVD rather than both formats, director Michael Bay says he overreacted and is back on for an inevitable sequel.
"Last night at dinner I was having dinner with three Blu-Ray owners," wrote Bay on his official site. "They were ... MORE
Transformers has been honored with three National Movie Awards nominations including Best Action/Adventure film, Best Performance by a Male (Shia LaBeouf) and Best Performance by a Female (Megan Fox).
This is the first year of the awards, which are being produced by UK television network ITV. The network had tremendous success with ... MORE
Director Michael Bay has vowed that he will not direct Transformers 2 due to Paramount's decision to support HD-DVD exclusively in the format wars. "No Transformers 2 for me," wrote Bay on his website Shoot for the Edit.
Paramount made the announcement yesterday that after a year of testing both formats, they were going to exclusively releas ... MORE
"Nelson" has announced on the official Michael Bay site that Transformers will be making it's way to IMAX screens at some point. No news yet on when this may occur and if the film will be converted to the IMAX format or if it will be displayed in the standard theater format. ... MORE
In preparation for its Indian release, General Motors India has announced a partnership with Transformers. Campaigns featuring the films "stars" - the Chevrolet Silverado, Chevrolet Cobalt, Buick Lucerne, Pontiac G6 and GMC Yukon - will begin appearing around India in various formats.
"Our collaboration represents the perfect merging of syne ... MORE
Rush Hour 3 may have taken the top spot for the North American boxoffice, but Transformers continues to dominate as the film surpassed the $300 million mark over the weekend. The film is currently the fourth highest grossing film of the year behind Spider-Man 3, Shrek the Third and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. Transformers ... MORE
Variety reports that Transformers has surpassed Spider-Man 3 to become the highest grossing film in Malaysian history. The film managed to beat out newcomers Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and The Simpsons Movie to take the top spot for the third consecutive week bringing its total to 17.6 million ringgits ($5.2 million). ... MORE
The triple threat of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Transformers and The Simpson Movie brought a record boxoffice weekend for UK cinema bringing in £20 million over the three days. It beat the previous record of £19.2 million back in November 2005 when Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire hit theaters.
"The cinema market continues ... MORE
The talent behind the recently released UK Transformers comic will be appearing at the London Film & Comic Con. Writer Simon Furman, artist Geoff Senior and editor Steve White will be on-hand signing copies. Also appearing will be one of the classic Camaro's that portrayed Bumblebee in the film.
The event will be taking place ... MORE
The long awaited release of the Transformers UK comic is finally here. The comic marks the return of some of the greatest writers and artists to ever grace the pages of Transformers lore.
Editor Steve White says of the new endeavor, "It's been great working on the launch issue, which has gone amazingly well. We managed to pull together ... MORE
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DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures' co-production Transformers set an industry record for a non-sequel of $155.4 million in its opening week, surpassing the previous record held by the original Spider-Man in 2002. In addition, during its first full day of release on Tuesday, July 3, Transformers grossed $27.8 million, t ... MORE
It took almost seven days to do it, but Transformers managed to match Spider-Man 3's $151.1 million opening weekend. Of course, Spider-Man 3 was able to do it in just three days, but it came with a built-in audience.
Transformers easily took the top spot, earning $67.6 million for the three day weekend. It's final total so far, includi ... MORE
As Transformers continues to dominate the North American box-office, the film has been honored with nine Teen Choice Award nominations. Teenagers who register on the official FOX.com website can cast their votes for their favorite robots in disguise. The show will air live on FOX Sunday, August 26th at 8/7c.
TRANSFORMERS NOMINATIONS:
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Monroe Truck Equipment, in association with Hasbro, has announced they will be offering custom versions of the GMC TopKick 6500 to resemble the vehicle mode of Autobot Ironhide from Transformers.
The vehicle will include custom 40-inch wheels, chrome big-rig smokestacks, custom front and rear bumbers with 16,000 pound wench mounted on front and st ... MORE
Director Michael Bay posted on his blog (and then later removed) the following message regarding producers Tom DeSanto and Don Murphy:
LET'S GET SOME FACTS STRAIGHT06/29/2007 11:20 PM
The movie is over.
Wow that was a hard one, but I must tell you it was so much fun. The most difficult actors I've ever worked with, besides Bruce Willis, are Opti ... MORE
In its first full day in theaters, Transformers had the biggest Tuesday ever with $27.9 million in 4,011 theaters. It easily beat the previous record held by Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest which earned $15.7 million last year.
Estimates for the Fourth put the film earning $29.1 million for the day - a 4.3% increase from the ... MORE
Despite not having the benefit of showing throughout the day like its competition, Transformers still managed to take the top spot away from Ratatouille. The film, which began showings at 8pm in most theaters earned an estimated $8.8 million in its first day at the box office. Ratatouille, which held the number one spot for the weekend ... MORE
Below are links to the press junket interviews for Michael Bay and the cast of Transformers:
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Today is the day that Transformers is finally in U.S. theaters. I'm sure all you have your tickets already (or may have seen it at least once so far), but for those still looking to get tickets, here's some links to on-line ticketing partners:
Fandango
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Transformers star Tyrese Gibson told USA Today of the dangers he faced filming scenes in the New Mexico desert. "I think one day it was 124 degrees - spiking hot," explained Gibson. "The dust and sand got a little crazy, and a few people had to get their eyes flushed out."
Though filming was tough, it was nothing like growing up i ... MORE
Shia LaBeouf appeared on The Early Show this morning to talk about Transformers and working with Harrison Ford on next summer's Indiana Jones 4. He also brought along a clip of a scene between him and Megan Fox. You can watch the video and read an article on the appearance here. ... MORE
For Shia LaBeouf's appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman, they showed a clip of him on the roof facing off against Megatron. In the clip, you get to hear Hugo Weaving as the voice of Megatron. It doesn't sound anything like Hugo Weaving and is very digitized, so not sure why they needed to go with a known actor instead of Fra ... MORE
USA Today has charted the evolution of the Transformers from Japanese toy to Hollywood movie stars:
Early 1980s Assorted Japanese toy companies begin manufacturing robots that change shape into vehicles.
1983 American toy manufacturer Hasbro acquires the license to many of these toys and collaborates with Marvel Comics to give the machines indivi ... MORE
A Boston-based child advocacy group - Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood - have sent a letter of protest to the Federal Trade Commission, complaining that the PG-13 rated Transformers is running ads and selling toys aimed at children under 13. The group has asked the commission to work with toy companies to produce a uniform ratings sys ... MORE
Fashion Wire Daily has the fashion report from Wednesday's premiere of Transformers. All you fans interesting interested in how much the diamonds Megan Fox cost, can read the entire article here. ... MORE
Transformers star Megan Fox has been cast in How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, a film based on Toby Young's memoirs of working at Vanity Fair. The film stars Kirsten Dunst, Simon Pegg, Jeff Bridges and Gillian Anderson. Fox will play a Hollywood starlet getting her first exposure to fame, something she should know som ... MORE
The Transformers are just one of a string of 80's nostalgia items that the pop culture is bringing back.
This embrace of styles from the past, at least for people of a certain age who are in the position of social arbiters, has to do with a social equivalent of comfort food," said Alice Echols, a professor and cultural historian at the Univer ... MORE
USA Today examines the lasting impact of Transformers and in particular, the heroic leader Optimus Prime.
"If they'd just been robots and talked and thought and acted like robots, it wouldn't have caught on. But they were such Everyman characters that you treated them like they were a person, with flaws and imperfections and conflicted natur ... MORE
Transformers opened today in South Korea to the highest number of online ticket sells for any movie this year. The reservation rate for Transformers hovered around 80 percent for all online tickets sells.
"Movies that do well in South Korea tend to do well in other parts of Asia," said Jessica Kim of Publicity Manager for CJ Entertainment, t ... MORE
CBS Radio will broadcast live from the U.S. premiere of Transformers tonight at 6:30PM PT. It's part of their new "Live from the Web Carpet" series. You can check it out live here. ... MORE
John Turturro told Sci Fi Wire that in order to create the role of Agent Simmons, a member of a top-secret government agency, he looked toward his famously demanding director for inspiration.
"I kept looking at him, and I was thinking, 'Well, maybe I should do it more like Michael Bay, you know?'" explained Turturro. "At least a little bit.& ... MORE
For those of you that consider scouring the internet a game, then we have the site for you. Check out the Transformers album site for a game that has you matching artists found on the soundtrack with pictures from the film. Check it out here. ... MORE
The Hollywood Reporter has posted an extensive article about the numerous promotional tie-ins that will follow the release of Transformers. Included is the unprecedented directing of television spots for three seperate tie-in partners by director Michael Bay.
"Having the director of the film involved in the production of the partners' promot ... MORE
Wired had a chance to sit down with director Michael Bay and discuss bringing Transformers to the big screen and his thoughts on the fans who accused the director of ruining their childhoods. Check out the entire article, "The Rebirth of Optimus Prime" here. ... MORE
Transformers co-writer Roberto Orci told Sci Fi Wire that Transformers was "E.T. with action." Not surprising considering E.T. director Steven Spielberg is the Executive Producer and action director Michael Bay helmed the film.
With such a pedigree, it seems like a slam dunk, but Orci and his co-writer Alex Kurtzman had some obstacles to ove ... MORE
Buger King has launched their official Transformers site to promote their BK Kids Meal which will feature toys from the film. As with other sites promoting Transformers, the site asks user to choose sides between the Autobots and Decepticons. Once a side is chosen, a description of each robot toy is given by the voice of Optimus Prime h ... MORE
Website mania.com is reporting that Dreamworks and Paramount Pictures will be running Transformers around the clock at the top ten theaters in the country beginning Monday, July 2nd through Wednesday, July 4th. This move could potentially take box office away from Live Free or Die Hard and Ratatouille, which hit theaters this week. No i ... MORE
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The fate of the world is in gamers' hands with the announcement that TRANSFORMERS: The Game from Activision, Inc., under license from HPG, the licensing division of Hasbro, Inc. has shipped to retail stores nationwide. Timed to the highly anticipated theatrical release of the "TRANSFORMERS" live-action feature film from DreamWorks P ... MORE
The official site for the Transformers soundtrack has launched with clips of songs from Linkin Park, Smashing Pumpkins, Goo Goo Dolls and more. The album hits stores on July 3rd, but you can check out the site now by going here. ... MORE
Check out the sweet new Transformers TV spot featuring Megatron transforming into his future jet form and Optimus Prime wielding a badass sword: ... MORE
Transformers star Megan Fox told Sci Fi Wire that she was glad the women in the film were portrayed positively. "Both of the female characters in the movie were very strong characters," said Fox. "Rachael [Taylor]'s character's very intelligent, and I felt that they were representing women very well."
Despite doing most of her own stun ... MORE
Cartoon Network and Hasbro announced today that the new series, Transformers Animated will premiere on the Cartoon Network in January 2008. Twenty-six half hour episodes and one 90-minute special have been ordered of the series which will include classic Autobots and Decepticons joined by new characters.
"We are thrilled to be working w ... MORE
When 4,000 attendees of the L.A. Film Festival sit down to watch the North American premiere of Transformers, they will be watching the future of cinema distribution. The film will arrive at four seperate theaters in Westwood Village not via standard print, but via satellite. This will mark the first time a motion picture has been deliv ... MORE
Director Michael Bay and stars Shia LaBeouf, Tyrese Gibson, Josh Duhamel and Megan Fox went virtual for a Transformers press conference on website Second Life. They gathered with reporters in a recreation of Sector 7, a top-secret lab where a frozen Megatron is kept in the film.
Bay took the opportunity to defend his choices in the film that ... MORE
Ricky at Titan Magazines has supplied us with new pics from issue two of the upcoming Transformers UK comic. The artwork is by legendary Transformers artist Nick Roche and feature Megatron gripping Bumblebee and transforming into his new future jet form.
You can check out the photos here and here.
The Transformers UK comic goes on sale July ... MORE
Trade paper Variety has posted its review of the upcoming Transformers. Read some highlights below and check out the full review here:
If it's true that there's an 8-year-old boy inside every man, "Transformers" is just the ticket to bring the kid out. Big, loud and full of testosterone-fueled car fantasies, Michael Bay's actioner hits a new ... MORE
Paramount Pictures' Transformers took over a 2,300 year old Greek Theater at the 53rd annual Taormina Film Festival in Taormina, Sicily Thursday. The 5,000 seat cliffside theater was filled with enthusiastic filmgoers, many of whom had waited more than two hours to see the film.
"This is a worldwide film, and with its dates and its ... MORE
Cineplex Theaters announced they will begin selling advance tickets to Transformers today via their website and at theater box offices across the country. "We are...excited to offer guests the opportunity to buy their tickets in advance to see the highly anticipated movie, Transformers, on the big screen," said Pat Marshall, Vice-President Co ... MORE
Below please find links to the various Transformers clips that have been released:
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Sci Fi Wire quotes director Michael Bay as saying he wasn't a fan of the Transformers prior to being approached by Steven Spielberg to helm the live-action film. "I was not a Transformers fan before I signed on for this movie," Bay told reporters at a recent press conference. "I think I was two years old when the toys came out, so ... MORE
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This 4-weekly, 52 page comic reunites some of the biggest names in the business to bring the eternal struggle between Autobots and Decepticons to audiences old and new. Whether you remember Megatron as a smoking Walther P-38, or your Transformers adventure begins with their war on our world, the publication of Transformers Com ... MORE
Blackout is the largest Decepticon, transporting the other group members, and he has the ability to disrupt mechanical devices via EMP.
Blackout is said to have a cage that holds Skorponok, which is where the Soundwave connection was first made.
In Transformers, Blackout and his partner Skorponok attack the Soccent Operations Base in Qatar.
TRAN ... MORE
Frenzy is one the smallest Decepticons and is often seen converted into an everyday gadget (e.g., boom box) for purposes of spying on humans. He has multiple alternate modes, one of which is a car CD player, and the other being the stereo seen in the new trailer.
TRANSFORMS INTO: BOOM BOX ... MORE
Skorponok is a vehicle who moves through his environment stealthily. Skorponok is deployed from Blackout and can fire rockets.
TRANSFORMS INTO: Mechanical Scorpion ... MORE
