By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
In a recent interview with Huffington post writer of Transformers: Age of Extinction, Ehren Kruger, talked about the creative process that goes into making a Transformers movie.
Over the course of the interview Kruger - who also wrote Transformers: Dark of the Moon and co-wrote Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - explains some of the decisions that were made in the creation of Age of Extinction, such as the decision to use an older human lead with Mark Wahlberg.
The key factor that a lot of online news outlets have homed in on, though, is the one thread that director Michael Bay has repeatedly said "no" to when it has been pitched by Ehren Kruger, which is the use of the planet-sized and planet-eating baddie Unicron. Unicron, while he's been talked about, has been put back into the toybox because he's just too big to do until they can find the right story - or a way to make him make sense. Given how other live-action projects have struggled with giant-sized planet-eaters - we're looking at you, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer - this might not be a bad call.
Click here to check out the full interview on Huffington Post, which gives a great insight into the creative process behind the Transformers movies and also a good view into the role Michael Bay plays in the whole thing.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Burger King in Taiwan is currently doing a promotion where they are offering Transformers Age of Extinction-themed dog tags with certain menu choices. There's five styles of dog tags available, a different one each week through to the end of July, with the characters featured on the tags as follows:
Week ending July 2nd - Optimus Prime
Week ending July 9th - Crosshairs
Week ending July 16th - Lockdown
Week ending July 23rd - Drift
Week ending July 30th - Bumblebee
Check out a few images of the promotional material attached to this post.
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By Super_Megatron from
TFW2005:
TFcon is happy to welcome the voice of Generation 1 Grimlock
Gregg Berger to TFcon Toronto. He also voiced Jetfire, Long Haul and Outback in the same series. He returned to the character of Grimlock for the Fall of Cybertron video game.
Gregg will be taking part in Q&A panels and autograph sessions with the attendees of the world’s largest fan-run Transformers convention all weekend long.
TFcon Toronto – The world's largest fan-run Transformers convention will take place July 11th to 13th, 2014. TFcon will return to the Delta Meadowvale Hotel and Conference Centre to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Transformers.
You can book your discounted room now via the 2014 hotel reservation website. TFcon Toronto
preregistration is still online. This is the only way to reserve the 2014 exclusive MASTERPIECE SHAFTER and to sign up for the customizing classes.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Mech Ideas have announced that they are continuing their partnership with Auto Assembly and TFcon for 2014, to bring a second set of limited edition recolors to fans. For 2014 they are offering something a bit special - recolors of their Techno Toon Titans Buster & Trench, aka Animated Huffer and Pipes, in red and green "Mushroom Kingdom" decos.
These crossover Mario and Luigi 'bots will be limited to 300 pairs total in the west, with 150 of each available at
Auto Assembly 2014 over the weekend of 8th - 10th August 2014 at the Hilton Metropole Hotel in Birmingham, England. A further 150 will also be available at
TFcon 2014 over the weekend of July 11th to 13th, 2014 at the Delta Meadowvale Hotel and Conference Centre in Ontario, Canada.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Korean Super Mario Kart style kart racing game, Kart Racer, has recently had an update to celebrate the launch of Transformers: Age of Extinction. The game, produced by Nexon, has added Optimus Prime and Galvatron as playable characters in game, along with a series of accessories to allow you to customize your kart.
You can check out the
official Korean language website for the game. Credit goes to
Silicon Era for the English-language report that brought this to our attention.
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By SilverOptimus from
TFW2005:
Despite negative reviews from the critics, Transformers: Age Of Extinction has passed $100 Million Domestically while earning a total of $301.3 Million Globally.
The Hollywood Reporter states:
"Michael Bay's 3D tentpole becomes the first film of 2014 so far to conquer the $100 million threshold in North America; overseas, it opens to $90 million in China, the biggest debut of all time.
The 3D film scored the top debut of the year internationally, even though it won't roll out in most of Europe and Latin America until after the World Cup. In addition to China, the tentpole generated big returns in Russia, where it took in $21.7 million, the second biggest launch of all time, with 3D grosses representing 80 percent. And it did nearly as much in South Korea, nabbing the top opening of the year with $21.5 million."You can read more at
THR.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Titan UK's Transformers Magazine has rebranded again for Transformers: Age of Extinction, and with this latest rebranding, they are giving away little PVC Transformers figures on the cover of each issue. Bizarrely these PVCs are drawn from Transformers Prime rather than the movie series...
The list of figure giveaways is as follows:
Issue 1: Oprimus Prime and Breakdown - out now
Issue 2: Bumblebee and Arcee - 24th July
Issue 3: Megatron and Vehicon - 21st August
Issue 4: Ratchet and Starscream - 9th October
Issue 5: Bulkhead - 20th November
The magazine also comes with the standard assortment of puzzles, trivia, and all-new comic strips, with issue #1 featuring a story set between Dark of the Moon and Age of Extinction delving into the backstory of Drift. As always these are likely to be non-canonical stories, but right now this is the only fiction being produced alongside Transformers: Age of Extinction.
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By Mechafire from
TFW2005:
Apple's iTunes website has updated with the brief, 3-page preview for Transformers: More than Meets the Eye #31:
Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #31
FLYING BLIND! Trapped inside a giant replica of RODIMUS's head (don't ask), MEGATRON and the crew of the Lost Light have to solve the biggest mystery of their lives. And they have to do so quickly—because every time the lights go out, something terrible happens...
The full issue will be released Wednesday, July 9, but if you don't mind spoilers, you can check the preview out after the jump!
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By SilverOptimus from
TFW2005:
The Movie Network has posted a list of songs featured in Transformers: Age Of Extinction.
The soundtrack includes two international tracks; "Moonlight Reflected on the Er-Quan Spring" by Lei Qiang and "Daybreak" by Han Geng. However, the list does not mention "Who Control" also by Han Geng. Imagine Dragons not only has performed "Battle Cry" for the movie but has also contributed a second unreleased song titled "All For You".
Some of the songs are already released, but most songs are yet to be heard. No word yet regarding the release date of the Soundtrack Album.
You can find the track list below:<ol>
Heartbreaker - Paul Salva
Nasty Girl - T.J. Miller
Dat Slap - Rodnae Da Boss Feat. Fiend AKA International Jones
First Light - Racing Glaciers
Moonlight Reflected on the Er-Quan Spring - Lei Qiang
U Can't Touch This - M.C. Hammer
Daybreak - Han Geng
All for You - Imagine Dragons
Battle Cry - Imagine Dragons
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For more info, visit
The Movie Network.
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By SilverOptimus from
TFW2005:
Composer Steve Jablonsky has updated his
Official Fan Page with info regarding the release of Transformers: Age Of Extinction Score.
On June 26th, the composer wrote:
"Score album is mixed and ready for mastering! Working hard to get this out as soon as possible. More updates soon. Enjoy the movie this weekend. It's big."Moments ago Mr. Jablonsky mentioned the following:
"The amazing Patricia Sullivan is mastering the score album today. Dinobots roll out!"When the fans asked for a specific release date, he had this to say:
"We don't have an official release date yet. That is in the hands of the studio and record label. Releasing a score album is more complicated than you might think"The composer also talked to
HitFix about the music he did for the 4th Michael Bay Transformers movie.
"Michael said to me, 'This is new, let’s approach it as something new.' I put aside all my old themes and just started on brand new ideas. We have all these new characters: Mark Wahlberg, his daughter. There’s a new villain, Lockdown. I focused a lot of time writing a theme for him. He was one of my favorites."Read Replies (0)
By SilverOptimus from
TFW2005:
Best Buy is joining
Amazon and
Target with another
exclusive Home Release of Transformers: Age Of Extinction.
Best Buy exclusive Blu-Ray release is coming with a Steelbook and the DVD version is also
available for Pre-Order.
Blu-Ray Pre-Order: $24.99
DVD Pre-Order: $19.99
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