TF2005.com forums have posted a pic grabbed during the Magic Clothing Trade Show in Las Vegas. I guess its part of a plan for Tranformers movie related clothesline. Optimus was one huge gun.
Two Video of Transformers Set Footage Released
Two new videos have hit the web showing some of the filming for Transformers being done in Los Angeles. One piece of footage from TMZ.com (found by AICN.com) mostly shows the vehicles for Jazz and Ratchet being driven around and prepped for a scene. The other video,found by TFormers.com shows a little filming being done as a caravan of cars go down the street with Bumblebee.The videos are here and here.
Bumblebee's Face is Revealed
The face of Bumblebee has reached the web. Its very Furby/Ewok like to me. Its also the final nail in the coffin that the Tranformers heads will not have human faces we grew up with. Since the movie is aiming for internal logic, it does make sense that alien robots wouldn't have human faces. Still, no horns on Bumblebee is a sad thing. (source)Update: Roberto Orci, one of the writers of the script, commented on TF faces, "without confirming or denying anything, all faces will have CG elements augmenting them."
Producers Tom and Don Video Interview
IESB.net has a two part video interview with Transformers producers Tom DeSanto (on left) and Don Murphy (on right). Both are apparently huge comics books and movies fans with both owning 10,000+ comics (me to but want to sell mine) and apparently thousands of DVDs (hmmm I bet the surround sound is sweet). Gives them geek creds at least. Very very wealthy geeks. Ah the things I would buy. Anyway, back to the videos.Tidbits of note:- Transformer rights where purchased in May 2003 from Hasbro.- Most of the studio exec pitched too at the time where to old to understand or know Transformers
On Set Video and Pictures including Jazz and Ratchet
LatinoReview.com has posted some new pictures and video from the on location shoot for Transformers in downtown Los Angeles. The pictures including shots of the set, cast, extras and the vehicles being used including a nice shot of Ratchet and Jazz.The pics are here and the video here.
Megatron Design Revealed
AICN posted, then pulled photos of the robot form of Megatron, the leader of the Decepticons and main villain (sorta, as only in film for about 20 minutes). Thankfully a site reader, Donald C., sent me the pics.I do believe that if the producers et al got a ton of crap for Starscream and other leaked designs, the sh-- is about to truly hit the fan. You saw a hint of him form being built here, but now you get to see it in all its colored glory.Now, having read the script, the idea is Megatron retained his alien Cybertron form in part because of his contempt for earthlings and all things Earth
COO of Hasbro Comments on Starscream
More notes from Transformers movie related big wigs. The first is a message from producer Don Murphy and now another note from COO of Hasbro, Brian Goldner. Hasbro is the American side producers of the Transformers line who are committed to producing the movie related line, which is the past is an indication needs to be ready to hit shelves by late May on the outside. He is speaking on the grey Starscream toy prototype, seen here:Please let the people on the board know that any grey models they have seen are VERY early forms of toys and will be revised and changed, and will gain tremendous de
Leaked Toy Images, Movie Robot Mode?
In this weekend of Transformers news comes leaked images of the potential plans for Optimus Prime, Starscream, Blackout and Scorponok. Since toys nowadays can do a remarkable job of recreating the characters and moments from the movies, its safe to say these images give a strong hint at to what the Transformers modes will look like in the movie. If they can pull of this detail for the toys, I can't wait to unleash my inner 10 year old with them.As an aside, TFW2005.com, I understand why people use watermarks(referring those HUGE yellow words on the above images), but when the watermarks inter
Full Frontal Bumblebee and other Vehicle Pics
Today has been a good day for Transformers movie news. First the full cast announcement and now we have a view of robot mode of Bumblebee from the front along with some alt modes of various Autobots.The first pic is an image of Bumblebee in robot mode with helpful human to help with scale. I have to admit, I can't decide if I like it or not. The detail looks slick, but I don't see the Camaro in there anywhere. Where is the hood? The car doors? Should be intriguing to see how this works not only in CGI but also with the toy line Hasbro will be releasing.The weird gray spikey thing is theorize
Optimus Prime 3D Pictures Confirmed
TheMovieBlog.com has reported that representatives from Paramount Pictures have confirmed that the 3-D images of Optimus Prime's arms and head are from real designs for the Aubotot leader. I assumed they where fan-made mainly but clearly wrong on that front. Not sure what that means but I do hope more information gets leaked. The Brawn segment has not been confirmed and out there somewhere is apparently a pic of Bumblebee's foot. Now I want to see the full body shot. No more appetizer (yep I am greedy).(source)(pic source)
Optimus Prime Body Part Mock-Ups
AICN.com post the above pics, which they got from the tfw2005.com forums, who in turn apparently got them from a Don Murphy message thread. The idea is they might be actual mockups of Optimus Prime's face and arm. The below pic is a fan's mockup of what he total picture possibly might look like. I doubt any of it is real. More then likely its all fan made designs using existing leaked information (the colors and fire streaks) but I noticed doesn't really add anything new. Any case they are fun pics and help give an idea of what might be coming. Below is also something that may (but probably n
Longer Access Hollywood Piece and November Trailer?
Seibertron.com has posted up a few pieces of news today about Transformers. The main event is a fairly long 4 and a half minute piece showing Michael Bay directing Shia LaBeouf as he is trying to escape a Transformers claw. Its also shows a little footage of Bay directing Shia and Megan Fox. No spoilers really, just a hint of some of what is planned involving the human cast.The footage is here.The other piece of news is Michael Bay's official site, ShootforTheEdit.com, the site admin Nelson indicated "...come November people will be forgetting the Mars Rover announcement", indicating that
Bay Reveals Sequel Hopes in MTV Interview
MTV has posted a little behind the scenes bit for Transformers. The involves brief blurbs from the majority of the Transformers cast and director Michael Bay. No new animatics where revealed but some information was shared.- 6 million hits in 8 hours when the trailer was first released a month ago.- Usual "I am so excited to be doing this" type sound bites.- Megan Fox, showing some lovely cleavage, reveals that Megatron is a "scary dude" and "Rachet, who is the nurse". I guess with the red cross, it could be confused with nurses since they typically wear those symbols more often then docs
Access Hollywood Transformers Clip
AccessHollywood.com has a about a 1 and a half minute video clip online that shows a brief interview with Michael Bay. Its provided a brief explanation of what the Transformers are, shows a little filming of an attack sequence involving Shia LaBeouf, vehicle mode Bumblebee, and a construction arm. Its also has a mostly covered up, hard to tell animatic of a Transformer. I can't tell what it shows but then that's probably why it was okayed to a brief display of it.The clip is here.AICN also reports about the clip and extracted just the animatic sequence from the piece at a larger size which
NEW Transformers Teaser Trailer
JesterJJZ over at Don Murphy's message board has gone all multimedia for us fans by posting up his fan-made Transformers teaser trailer.Jester's post:Alrighty...This is something that's been in the works for a long time...just never got around to finishing it. Initially I wanted this to come out right before the actual teaser was supposed to be released, but since they blew it and launched early, well that kinda put plans on hold. So with a bit of re-tweaking, I give you what the teaser should have been and how the actual film should start.Special thanks to Tasty Crisp for his awesome Ark mod
Another CG Optimus Prime Demo
YouTube.com has another demo of Optimus Prime's upper body transforming from the Peterbilt truck that may be used for the movie. As the picture show, its not very detailed and pretty basic. Its also clearly fan made, but still these are fun to see.The demo is here.The OP/Ultra Magnus Fan made clip that is really sweet is here.
