Transformers (film series)
Transformers is a series of American science fiction action films based on the Transformers franchise. Michael Bay has directed the first five films: Transformers, Revenge of the Fallen, Dark of the Moon, Age of Extinction, and The Last Knight. A spin-off film, Bumblebee, directed by Travis Knight and produced by Bay, was released on December 21, 2018. The series has been distributed by Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures.
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Transformers is a series of American science fiction action films based on the Transformers franchise which began in the 1980s. Michael Bay has directed the first five films: Transformers, Revenge of the Fallen, Dark of the Moon, Age of Extinction, and The Last Knight. A spin-off film, Bumblebee, directed by Travis Knight and produced by Bay, was released on December 21, 2018. The series has been distributed by Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures. It is the 13th-highest-grossing film series, with a total of USD 4. 8 billion; two films in the series have grossed over USD 1 billion each. Hasbro had to designing the names or roles of the Decepticons because they had been leaked. Some of the names were also changed because Bay was upset that they were leaked. The Transformers had no dialogue, as the producers feared talking robots would look ridiculous. The writers remained involved throughout production, adding additional dialogue for the robots during the sound mixing. In September 2007, Paramount announced a release date for the film’s sequels, but it was later announced in June 2009 that the sequels would not be released until 2012 and 2013. The first film was originally planned to be a G. I. Joe film adaptation, but when the U.S. launched the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, Hasbro suggested adapting theTransformers franchise instead. The treatment featured the Autobots Optimus Prime, Ironhide, Jazz, Prowl, Arcee, Ratchet, Wheeljack, and Bumblebees, and the DeCEPTicons Megatron, Starscream, Soundwave, Ravage, Laserbeak, Rumble, Skywarp and Shockwave.
The second film was written by Tom DeSanto and Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, who cited the Generation 1 cartoon and comics as their main influence. They made the Creation Matrix their plot device, though Murphy had it renamed because of the film series The Matrix. They chose to write the treatment from a human point of view to engage the audience, while Murphy wanted it to have a realistic tone, reminiscent of a disaster film. Bay based Lennox’s struggle to get to the Pentagon phone line while struggling with an unhelpful operator from a real account he was given by a soldier when working on another film. He disliked her motorcycle form, which he found too small, which was later dropped from the film. An early idea to have the decepticons strike simultaneously in multiple places around the world was also dropped, being later used in the script for the sequel to Age ofextinction. Bay considered the first draft ‘too kiddie’, so he increased the military’s role in the story. He also wanted to make the military believe nations like Iran were behind the attack as well as making theDecepticons primarily military vehicles. He considered the film as a’stupid toy movie’, but wanted to work with Spielberg, and gained a new respect for the mythology upon visiting Hasbro.
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