Director Announced for Next Live Action Transformers Film
Tuesday, November 17th, 2020 10:53PM CST
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Following a lengthy search, Paramount Pictures and Hasbro Studios have set Steven Caple Jr. to direct the new Transformers pic in the reinvented universe. Insiders add while negotiations have yet to begin, he is the top choice among studio execs and producers and a deal should close in the coming weeks. After meeting with several top execs including Paramount Motion Picture President Emma Watts, the studio saw Caple as the best fit for the franchise that the studio chose to revamp at the top of the year.
In January, the studio made the decision to give the entire franchise a revamp by having two simultaneous scripts that are in active development: one by James Vanderbilt and one by Joby Harold. Harold’s film eventually would be chosen as the next installment in the franchise, and once he had given his final touches on the script at the end of the summer, the studio began taking director pitches on the next film.
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Posted by Quantum Surge on November 17th, 2020 @ 11:34pm CST
Still, I wonder if either this or the animated film will come out first and if it'll either be a normal TF film or be a Beast Wars adaptation.
Posted by TulioDude on November 17th, 2020 @ 11:43pm CST
Hope for the best.Good luck Steven Caple Jr.!
Posted by Rodimus Prime on November 18th, 2020 @ 12:08am CST
Posted by Evil Eye on November 18th, 2020 @ 4:18am CST
Posted by blackeyedprime on November 18th, 2020 @ 5:53am CST
Hopefully the director wont have anything against mass shifting shrink chips cybertronians and not need to have a non existent mass shifting cube with no sense to the plot in his film.
Posted by Brokebot on November 18th, 2020 @ 6:23am CST
Posted by First-Aid on November 18th, 2020 @ 6:16pm CST
I have hope for this. As long as it's not too heavy.
Posted by noctorro on November 20th, 2020 @ 1:06am CST
I'm so tired of the Bay storytelling. I do hope it's more high energy than Bumblebee, love that film and it's a great start of a movie series. But the next needs to have a bit more characters and the main character robot needs to be on top of his game.
I like energetic, competent and driven people (Thank you Iron Man 1 / Winter Soldier etc.).
Posted by william-james88 on June 16th, 2021 @ 11:15am CDT
We also have news that Dexter's Luna Lauren Velez has been cast as the main character's mom. That main character will be played by Anthony Ramos who stars in the recently released In the Heights film. That news comes to us from comicbookmovie.com.
Posted by RLTW-N64-3D on June 16th, 2021 @ 2:08pm CDT
Posted by TulioDude on June 16th, 2021 @ 2:34pm CDT
Day 533 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.
Posted by william-james88 on June 16th, 2021 @ 3:25pm CDT
TulioDude wrote:I wonder if this will follow right after the events Bumblebee.
Day 533 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.
There are 5 years in between so it cant be right after
Posted by TulioDude on June 16th, 2021 @ 4:00pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:TulioDude wrote:I wonder if this will follow right after the events Bumblebee.
Day 533 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.
There are 5 years in between so it cant be right after
I meant in the sense that will follow through Bumblebee ending:With Optimus and Bumblebee on Earth setting a up a new base for the Autobots that are arriving
Posted by william-james88 on June 16th, 2021 @ 4:51pm CDT
TulioDude wrote:william-james88 wrote:TulioDude wrote:I wonder if this will follow right after the events Bumblebee.
Day 533 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.
There are 5 years in between so it cant be right after
I meant in the sense that will follow through Bumblebee ending:With Optimus and Bumblebee on Earth setting a up a new base for the Autobots that are arriving
It will feature a team of autobots, with Optimus and Bumblebee so sure.
Posted by Sabrblade on June 17th, 2021 @ 12:08am CDT
Posted by Bumblevivisector on June 17th, 2021 @ 6:55am CDT
Here's the perfect G2 tie in to the previous film:william-james88 wrote:TulioDude wrote:william-james88 wrote:TulioDude wrote:I wonder if this will follow right after the events Bumblebee.
Day 533 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.
There are 5 years in between so it cant be right after
I meant in the sense that will follow through Bumblebee ending:With Optimus and Bumblebee on Earth setting a up a new base for the Autobots that are arriving
It will feature a team of autobots, with Optimus and Bumblebee so sure.
Have one of the new 'Cons doing recon on Earth review the events of the Bee movie via Cybernet-Space-Cube technology, showing all stock footage with unnecessary, distracting CGI border effects!
Posted by william-james88 on June 21st, 2021 @ 12:38pm CDT
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on June 21st, 2021 @ 1:10pm CDT
Posted by TulioDude on June 21st, 2021 @ 2:04pm CDT
Edit:Day 538 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.
Posted by Burnblast on June 21st, 2021 @ 2:56pm CDT
Posted by Pandasaurus Rex on June 21st, 2021 @ 3:19pm CDT
Posted by khrome on June 22nd, 2021 @ 11:08am CDT
Posted by Seibertron on June 22nd, 2021 @ 2:59pm CDT
THE VIRTUAL EVENT FEATURED A CONVERSATION WITH DIRECTOR STEVEN CAPLE JR. AND PRODUCER LORENZO DI BONAVENTURA WITH SPECIAL APPEARANCES BY STARS ANTHONY RAMOS AND DOMINIQUE FISHBACK
LOGLINE: Returning to the action and spectacle that first captured moviegoers around the world 14 years ago with the original Transformers, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts will take audiences on a ‘90s globetrotting adventure and introduce the Maximals, Predacons, and Terrorcons to the existing battle on earth between Autobots and Decepticons. Directed by Steven Caple Jr. and starring Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback, the film arrives in theatres June 24, 2022.
TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS IS IN THEATRES JUNE 24, 2022
Paramount Pictures and Skydance Present
In Association with Hasbro and New Republic Pictures
A Don Murphy/Tom DeSanto Production
A di Bonaventura Pictures Production
A Bay Films Production
"TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS"
DIRECTED BY: Steven Caple Jr.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY: Steven Spielberg, Brian Goldner, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, Brian Oliver, Bradley J. Fischer, Valerii An
PRODUCED BY: Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Tom DeSanto & Don Murphy, Michael Bay, Mark Vahradian, Duncan Henderson
BASED ON: Hasbro's Transformers™ Action Figures
STARRING: Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback
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Posted by Seibertron on June 22nd, 2021 @ 3:20pm CDT
Earlier today, Paramount held a virtual event for the upcoming Transformers 7 film. They revealed the title as Transformers: RISE OF THE BEASTS during the event and via this press release. Attending the virtual event were Lorenzo di Bonaventura (Producer), Steven Caple, Jr (Director), actors Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback along with moderator Anthony Brenzican (from Vanity Fair). Here are my notes from today's exciting TRANSFORMERS Production Kickoff Virtual Event Confirmation with Paramount:
Transformers 7 Production kick-off event
Director: Steven Caple, Jr
Moderator: Anthony Brenzican
Producer: Lorenzo di Bonaventura
- Caple talked Beast Wars.
- Title of next movie is Transformers Rise of the Beasts
- Prehistoric, Predacons
- Moderator mentioned Maximals, Predacons and "Terrorcons"? Not sure if he misspoke on Terrorcons.
- Lorenzo talked about finding a new set of priorities with this direction.
- Going to see new villains and Autobots we've never seen before.
- Mentioned that Transformers has a lot of "tribes" and this movie is going to bring a lot of these "tribes" together.
- Director mentioned Terrorcons again, so apparently not a mistake earlier. Terrorcons will disrupt the movie.
- Difference between Predacons and Terrorcons. Predacons are more reptillian. Building a backstory to Predacons.
- Predacons are the natural enemy of the Maximals.
- Terrorcons are in opposition to the Autobots.
- There will be some Decepticons in the movie.
- 5 factions mentioned so far.
- Terrorcons will threaten everyone.
- Rise of the Beast time period will place around 1994.
- Sounds like it will still be in the Bayverse. Intentionally setting it in 90s so that it doesn't cut into time period of Bay films.
- 90s are rich in texture, mentioned music, and energy from the 90s. Director used the word "grit" to describe this era.
- Drawing some inspiration from popular 90s films.
- Will be a journey!
- Lorenzo discussed how they are privileged to be part of this franchise. Access point are the human characters to get access to the Transformers characters.
Locations discussed:
- New York City (Brooklyn) ... travel through New York, but Brooklyn is main area.
- Peru, jungle, Monchu Pichu (sp?), beautiful landscapes, beautiful people. Incan traditions and how it impacts storyline.
Characters in Transformers Rise of the Beasts
Transformers characters discussed:
- Main robot character ... is Optimus Prime, has a much more G1 flair. Cleaner look. Steven: "We are going G1 with Optimus Prime". Bringing the story back to see how (why?) Optimus Prime becomes the leader that we know. He's "new" to Earth. This film is forming why he wants to protect humans. Peter Cullen is returning as Optimus Prime.
- Bumblebee as a Classic Z28 Camaro, but with an offroad kit on it. Literally called it Offroad Bumblebee.
- Another Autobot ally ... Mirage is a silver Porsche 911 with blue detailing. Why not Jazz??? Rebel of the group. Anti-authority character. Lorenzo said Mirage has always been able to transform into other vehicles. Not sure what he was talking about? Mirage takes a prominence that is significant to the movie.
- Arcee is 4th Autobot mentioned. Loyal soldier to Prime. Voice of reason. She transformers into a Motorcycle. Dakatti 916?
- Another female Transformer is Nightbird. Vehicle form reminds me of Cybertron Runamuck. Transforms into a GTR. Still a ninja. Looks really cool. She's a Terrorcon. Lorenzo stated that she has had flexible allegiances in the past?
- Different villain than Megatron. Big bad this time around is Scourge (but a different version than we've seen before). Leader of the Terrorcons. Looks like it might have a truck form or something. Large crane claw on left hand. Smokestacks behind shoulders with black smoke coming out of them. Sounds like a bounty hunter of sorts. Loves to collect Autobots and Maximals and tears off their faction symbols and wears them. Character design art by "Del Rio".
- Beast Wars characters: Airazor. She's the heart of the Maximals. Rustic in design. Aged texture. Looks a bit rusty. Realistic mechanical beasts. Kind of gives me a Beast Machines vibe.
- Rhinox is here as well. Looks like Headstrong. Likes to ram things. "Wants to use that horn!"
- Optimus Primal as a gorilla. Has a traditional Maximal symbol on his chest. Not sure if that's final or not. Has hair on back of forearms and back of shoulders.
Human characters discussed:
- Actors brought into conversation: Anothony Ramos and Dominique Fishback.
- Dominique's character: playing Elena, works at a museum, trying to get a leg up in life, boss keeps taking credit for work she does. Intelligent person. Artifact researcher. Sophisticated thinker. New Yorker. If I recall correctly, she mentioned that she got into Transformers because of Shia and the first Michael Bay Transformers film.
- Anothy's character: Noah, is from Brooklyn. Sort of like a father figure to his brother. All about taking care of home and family. Ex-military. Trying to find his way after came back home. Lower income. Hustling. Amazing with electronics. Anything electronic can fix. One thing he loves about Noah is his tenacity, heart, and will to never quit. Amazing to see his journey as humans meet Transformers in film. Anthony said Beast Wars was his Transformers.
Recap of characters discussed during today's event:
- Anthony Ramos as "Noah"
- Dominique Fishback as "Elena"
- Optimus Prime
- Bumblebee
- Arcee
- Mirage
- Nightbird
- Scourge
- Airazor
- Rhinox
- Optimus Primal
Questions from the audience:
Are there practical elements to the film? Practical versus digital elements. Lorenzo says most of these movies are practical with digital effects enhancing the practical. The more you create "real", the more real the CG effects look. Steven: Cheat code for visual is partly the locations / scenery.
Daniel Cribb: What was some of main concerns coming into the legacy of Transformers?
Steven: balancing out what has come before and what he's going to bring to the table. Making sure people are feeling something new / fresh to the table. Something honest. Finding a relatability, a way to connect. Listens, close ear to the ground to hear what people are saying.
Rise of the Beasts will be more of a larger spectacle and not a smaller initimate film like Bumblebee.
Will there be rap music involved in the film? You will feel '94. Hip hop culture. You will feel Brooklyn. Will have a great soundtrack.
Who is your favorite Transformer and why?
Lorenzo: evolved over time. Ironhide originally because his son's favorite character. Bumblebee has been his favorite.
Steven: you haven't met his favorite character yet because it's in Rise of the Beasts. Loves Prime. Ironhide is a cool character. Of course 'Bee. Gonna be some dope characters he's going to introduce in this film.
Posted by TulioDude on June 22nd, 2021 @ 3:23pm CDT
Seeing Beast Wars characters in live action will be cool.
Glad to see synopsis match the title.
Edit:Peter Cullen is back?HYPE
Looks Arcee will Transformers Prime inspired.Awesome.
Posted by Mindmaster on June 22nd, 2021 @ 3:31pm CDT
Posted by ZeroWolf on June 22nd, 2021 @ 3:35pm CDT
Though I guess this means the return of the bayverse vs reboot arguments -_-
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on June 22nd, 2021 @ 3:49pm CDT
In regards to connections to the Bayverse, I’m guessing this will be like Bumblebee in that it does it’s own thing story-wise but pulls a few things from the Bayverse.
Posted by Brutal brawl on June 22nd, 2021 @ 3:56pm CDT
Posted by Autobot N on June 22nd, 2021 @ 4:00pm CDT
Welp, there goes my excitement for this movieSeibertron wrote:[*]Sounds like it will still be in the Bayverse. Intentionally setting it in 90s so that it doesn't cut into time period of Bay films.
Posted by TulioDude on June 22nd, 2021 @ 4:03pm CDT
Brutal brawl wrote:Im wonderong by scourge are they reffering to the original nemesis prime scourge, i mean he was a truck after all
This having Beast in the title,make me believe he will also have Cybertron Scourge elements
Posted by blackeyedprime on June 22nd, 2021 @ 4:18pm CDT
Posted by Immortal Starscream on June 22nd, 2021 @ 4:21pm CDT
Still, I want to believe in the movie franchise, and I want to have hope that it will be a fun ride. Fingers crossed!
Posted by o.supreme on June 22nd, 2021 @ 4:22pm CDT
I'm glad they confirmed it's a sequel to BB, and in a different continuity to films 1-5. Also 1994... was quite a nostalgic year for me. It was when I graduated High School. (yes I'm old). It will be interesting to see how they interpret the time period. Also it would have been a neat little not to set in 1996, when BW officially came out, but it's ok. Yes I was 20 years old watching BW, giving it a chance (I had my doubts but never hated on it). I watched the early premiere in Spring, and when S1 fully rolled out in the fall, I woke up super early each Monday Tuesday (and sometimes Wednesday) to record it. From the time I saw the Starscream cameo in episode 3 I knew there was hope, and the show didn't disappoint.
Posted by Jumpstart1083 on June 22nd, 2021 @ 4:29pm CDT
Reading through that post, it seems the same group of people ignoring source material, doing whatever they want to, and then at the same time ironically tying to “please” every type of fan all at once at the same time as they try to please themselves too by making up their own characters and then just working with/trying to clunkily tie all these characters together…..
Honestly, it sounds overly complicated/convoluted already and like it’s going to be a huge mess. Really hope I’m wrong. The good news is that I’m wrong all the time, so fingers crossed!
Posted by ZeroWolf on June 22nd, 2021 @ 4:32pm CDT
o.supreme wrote:The concept overall sounds interesting. It is odd for me to still see some people (on other sites) up in arms about the use of character names. I mean name slapping has occurred since the first film, and I didn't expect it to change here.
I'm glad they confirmed it's a sequel to BB, and in a different continuity to films 1-5. Also 1994... was quite a nostalgic year for me. It was when I graduated High School. (yes I'm old). It will be interesting to see how they interpret the time period. Also it would have been a neat little not to set in 1996, when BW officially came out, but it's ok. Yes I was 20 years old watching BW, giving it a chance (I had my doubts but never hated on it). I watched the early premiere in Spring, and when S1 fully rolled out in the fall, I woke up super early each Monday Tuesday (and sometimes Wednesday) to record it. From the time I saw the Starscream cameo in episode 3 I knew there was hope, and the show didn't disappoint.
Urm they didn't say it was set in a different continuity...
Posted by megamanfan on June 22nd, 2021 @ 4:38pm CDT
Posted by Autobot_Benz on June 22nd, 2021 @ 4:42pm CDT
Not a fan of that Rhinox description . Rhinox is the Computer expert/medic of the Maximals come on guys its not that hard. the only brute force Rhinox liked using was his chain guns of doom.
Posted by ZeroWolf on June 22nd, 2021 @ 4:46pm CDT
megamanfan wrote:i will reserve judgment until i see who's writing it.
Joby Harold
Posted by Munkky on June 22nd, 2021 @ 4:57pm CDT
Posted by First Gen on June 22nd, 2021 @ 5:11pm CDT
Posted by Autobot N on June 22nd, 2021 @ 5:15pm CDT
Posted by LinaNui on June 22nd, 2021 @ 5:33pm CDT
I think the big thing that will be dragging the movie down for me, is the human characters and that it is supposed to be a heist. Like why do they have to do a heist, they are giant alien robots they can walk up and take whatever it is. The human characters, based off the descriptions, are going to be boring and unoriginal cleishas.
Hopefully the movie can surprise me, but I currently only have 1 expectation of anything good, and that is Scourge.
Posted by jtanimator on June 22nd, 2021 @ 5:35pm CDT
Posted by ZeroWolf on June 22nd, 2021 @ 5:41pm CDT
Posted by TheForgottenTaxi on June 22nd, 2021 @ 5:58pm CDT
But this sounds like the sort of incoherent mess we've come to expect from the Bayverse.
I'm guessing that there was a desire from Hasbro to push Beast Wars to line up with Kingdom and just generally because 90s kids are hitting prime nostalgia buying years, and a desire from Paramount to be a follow-up to Bumblebee set in the 90s and a desire from di Bonaventura to do another "big" Transformers movie and maintain continuity with the Bay films, and nobody at all stopped and said, "Wait, do we actually have, y'know, a story here?"
Hope I'm wrong. But they've done zero to earn the benefit of the doubt.
Posted by Mr.MicroMaster on June 22nd, 2021 @ 6:15pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on June 22nd, 2021 @ 6:21pm CDT
Like, it sounds like a placeholder name that never got changed.
Posted by Deadput on June 22nd, 2021 @ 6:57pm CDT
Because it wasn't like we never had trouble with just the 2 base factions already noooooo.
Like the details sound cool on paper until you realize this is just going to be a mess regardless of which continuity it is in because just cramming a lot of characters doesn't make for a good film, which gets to my point of potentially creatively restricting themselves by making the movies take place in the same continuity as Bayverse which means the they have to stick to the past while we have to acknowledge what eventually happens in the other films.
Since ya know, any Autobot who wasn't alive by TLK is more than likely dead unless they took off in a space ship and decided to not showed up when Optimus asked Autobots to come to Earth in 2007.
Same with Arcee here, if she's the same Arcee as ROTF I sure can't wait to get invested in a character in this film who in the future gets ceremoniously killed off in a bit part after 2 lines during ROTF, same with Mirage if he's the same guy as Dino who was going to be called Mirage in DOTM.
If this actually ends up being a good film I'm going to be surprised, I really want to be optimistic but hey I was optimistic for literally every sequel after 2007 which only DOTM really got anywhere close to decency.
Last but maybe not least: The title is dumb, who uses "Rise of" in a movie title these days? Love the creativity placed into it.
Posted by Deadput on June 22nd, 2021 @ 7:00pm CDT
Would it not make more sense to do an individual Autobots vs Decepticons movie sequel to Bumblebee and a individual Beast Wars films to set up these characters before bringing them together to take on the Terrocons?
All the "lack of screen time" issues people complained about before is going to repeat themselves again.
Edit: I'll list a positive, in a vacuum the announced characters do sound cool and I'm grateful their not doing a straight G1 retread, I was hoping for something with a scale similar to the 2007 movie where we had a core group of good guys and bad guys like say 6-7 Autobots vs 7-8 Decepticons.