Transformers:The Last Knight(2017)

[Sideswipe]

Really?  I have no problems identifying the Autobots.

[Pak-Man]

I kinda like the idea of a Transformers cinematic universe (If only because that means there will be too many movies for Michael Bay to do them all...) But they haven't set things up that way up until now. Right now the Transformers are all kind of a homogenized mess. The reason Marvel's universe works is because a Captain America movie feels different than a Hulk movie or a Thor movie or an Iron Man movie.

Right now all the Transformers movies equate to "Optimus Prime and his battle-ready pawns." That's gonna need to change if this is going to work. HOWEVER, if that means they WILL change it so that this will work, maybe Transformers movies start getting good...

[Henry88]

'Ant-Man' Scribes Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari Join 'Transformers' Writers Room: Cybertron Pic In Offing?
I'm hearing that one of the ideas in the works has a working title of Transformers One

EXCLUSIVE:
Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari, who spent half a year doing the production rewriting on Marvel's Ant-Man, have become the latest to join the Writer's Room that Paramount Pictures and director Michael Bay have organized to hatch sequels, prequels and spinoffs on their billion dollar Transformers franchise. I'm hearing that one of the ideas in the works has a working title of Transformers One, and that it is more or less an origins story that takes place on Cybertron, the planet where the good guy and bad guy robots hail from. Those talks originated with rights holder Hasbro. I'd also heard that this might be an animated feature, but that Barrer & Ferrari are also going to the writer's room with the expectation they'll write a live action Transformers movie, as well. Paramount insiders said that they haven't gotten that far on the specific projects, but I am told this is the plan. A Cybertron movie sounds like fertile ground for a feature, to me.

The goal is to have a sequel ready for when Bay completes directing the Benghazi drama 13 Hours, and other projects to come right behind that one. The Transformers mythology is deep enough to sustain this, I'm told, so it might well turn out to be a smart play for Paramount, which needs big pictures. Transformers: Age Of Extinction was last year's most profitable blockbuster, as named in Deadline's analysis.

[Darth Geek]

I like the idea of a Cybertron movie, if only because it would have NO HUMANS. I'd still rather Michael Bay not be directing it, though.

[Toyland Chairman]

I don't think it'll happen. Everything would be CGI. Too expensive.

[Darth Geek]

I don't think it'll happen. Everything would be CGI. Too expensive.

Really? Given the incredibly high budget these movies already have, the fact you wouldn't have to pay high priced actors (even name actors wouldn't get as much for just a voice acting role), no sets, and the fact that these movies have about an hour and a half of screentime with CGI already?

[Sideswipe]

Something is going to happen.  It maybe scaled down CGI or standard animation.

[Henry88]

Akiva Goldsman Explains 'Transformers' Writers Room As Paramount Adds Scribe Pair

[soguru]

I'm probably one of the only people who thinks Transformers should stop being live-action and just be an animated film, set in its own reality.

[Sideswipe]

What do you mean by "its own reality"?

[soguru]

What do you mean by "its own reality"?

I mean it would have nothing to do with the current series of movies.

[Sideswipe]

Haha, no.  You are not even close to being the only one to think that. There are tons of people who dont like them.

[soguru]

Haha, no.  You are not even close to being the only one to think that. There are tons of people who dont like them.

I think an animated movie would be fantastic. They do so well these days, even with the adult demographic. No reason why they shouldn't at least give it a go.

[Sideswipe]

Check out Transformer Prime on Netflix if you want to see some pretty good Transformer animation stuff.  It has a lot more mature writing in it that I would have expected, especially around mid season 2 through the end of the show.  Season 3 actually has some really great fight choreography.

[soguru]

Check out Transformer Prime on Netflix if you want to see some pretty good Transformer animation stuff.  It has a lot more mature writing in it that I would have expected, especially around mid season 2 through the end of the show.  Season 3 actually has some really great fight choreography.

Sweet! I've been waiting for a Transformers series like that.