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The Bugatti Veyron is the ugliest super car to ever be made.
I wish they could do a Lamborghini Aventador Transformer, that would be sexy.
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Fun Fact 2: (my fact):)Quote:
Originally Posted by Trent
The Bugatti Veyron is the ugliest super car to ever be made.
I wish they could do a Lamborghini Aventador Transformer, that would be sexy.
It was never made to be 'sexy' (But I think it looks awesome). Every inch of that car is designed for practicality. It's shape is basically determined by the laws of aerodynamics. All the air that touches it serves a purpose. Whether it is used for aerodynamics or cooling.Quote:
Originally Posted by Omega Metro
FansProject Car-Crash is an Aventador. ;)Quote:
I wish they could do a Lamborghini Aventador Transformer, that would be sexy.
And appropriately action-y for Bay's moviesQuote:
Originally Posted by Trent
Sadly he had thawt opportunity in DOTM with optimus and missed it. We got 15 minutes of people sliding around a building instead... :pQuote:
Originally Posted by griffin
I actually quite like the look of the Bugatti. Make me want to play with my Cybertron and Shattered Glass Jaz toys... Gotta wait till I finish work now... :p
Little bit disappointed that Optimus looks much the same as he did before and curious to see why Bumblebee has gone back to an old clunker vehicle mode. And now I await the robot modes, hopefully less sinew-looking of the other movies and more panelly ala Prime.
Hasbro are going to have trouble selling yet another red/blue truck Optimus... even if the truck mode is slightly different... regular parents buying these things as presents will see it as a toy their kid already has from the last movie. A lot of the third movie toys shelf-warmed because kids (or their parents knew they) already had toys of most of the main cast from the last four years of movie toys.
They do have a better chance with Bumblebee, if they get the darn character to talk this time, as the car mode (and hopefully the robot mode) is significantly different... which is how it will look on shelves.
+1, as opposed to say Countach, which was a pain in engineers' tail pipes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trent
The big military vehicle (that I thought may be Grimlock) is apparently confirmed as being Hound. So no jeep then.
Film company president: "Transformers 4" to center on China (Xinhua, 31/05/2013):
The head of a Hollywood production company said "Transformers 4" will not only be set in China, but will also feature a China-centric theme.
"The film has a great deal to do with China. Effectively, China is a character in it," said Marc Ganis, president of Jiaflix Enterprises.
Paramount Pictures, the China Movie Channel and Jiaflix Enterprises announced in April that they had entered into an agreement regarding the production of "Transformers 4" in China.
The three agreed that the movie will feature a number of Chinese actors and actresses, with a public casting competition launched to select potential stars. Well-known actress Li Bingbing has already been confirmed to play a significant role in the film.
"So much of the movie takes place in China and the character she plays is a Chinese national. So it's a very natural position for her to have," Ganis said.
"Transformers 4" will take a different approach than "Iron Man 3," which had a special Chinese version featuring extra footage starring Chinese actors. However, many Chinese felt that the extra parts were too contrived.
"There is going to be a single version (of the film) worldwide with a very significant Chinese component," Ganis said.
The Transformers franchise has been highly successful in China. The third film's earnings surpassed 1 billion yuan (163 million U.S. dollars). The fourth installment is scheduled to be released next summer.
China's film industry has been growing rapidly, becoming the world's second-largest movie market in 2012. With traditional movie funding sources drying up, Hollywood studios increasingly see China as a destination of choice.
In order to truly tap into the Chinese film market, Hollywood studios and filmmakers should tell stories that are more culturally connected to Chinese people and culture, Ganis said.
"Work on story lines. Work on demonstrating what Chinese culture is like, what the Chinese people are like and show that to the world as part of the natural art of the story," he said.
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Cine Gear: 'Transformers 4' Taps Palm-Sized Novo Camera (The Hollywood Reporter, 02/06/2013):
Michael Bay’s Transformers 4 is among the latest productions to use Radiant Image’s palm-sized Novo action camera. The Novo and Novo 2K -- a newly-unveiled model of the camera that supports uncompressed 2K Raw -- were both on display this weekend at Cine Gear Expo.
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He added that in addition to Transformers 4, the original Novo -- weighing just 3.2 oz -- was also used for the upcoming film Need for Speed directed by Scott Waugh and lensed by Shane Hurlbut.
Co-created by View Factor Studios and Radiant, the Novo cameras are built with the GoPro sensor and designed for "cinematic" use, said Mansouri. The Novo includes a C-mount lens system plus a PL mount adapter. The auto exposure function can be disabled, permitting cinematographers to use the lens to manually adjust the aperture.
Ugh! So I guess TF4 will have English subtitles and get a showing on SBS in 3-4 years time.
I thought it was supposed to be a film about robots, transforming ones at that :rolleyes:
Any word of budget yet?
China is creeping into everything.... Changing whole story lines just to appease the Chinese market pffft:rolleyes:
Not excited for this film zzz:(
Paramount is going where the money is... they've pretty much tapped the western markets, and big-action movie budgets are just too huge now to be content with those countries. They need the billions of dollars potential of Asian countries that they haven't yet tapped into fully. And what better way to get the next big market interested than by making most of the movie featuring their country.
Weren't the first 3 films written to appease GM & the US army?
Thanks to the Transformers Live Action Movie Blog, More Possible Transformers Vehicles Spotted in Texas (03/06/2013):
Below are two new images of potential Transformers 4 vehicles thanks to site reader Erik W. Last weekend, while in the Pflugerville and Manor area (in Central Texas), he and his son spotted the big semi truck hauling three black off road looking cars that are not identical but similar looking to each other. He was able to spot them turn at a yellow sign that said E7 with arrows and other markers. The "E7" signs have been used in the past to identify Transformers production's base camp for whatever location they happen to be at and sometimes shooting locations. The location beyond the suburbs of Austin so can't help but wonder if related to the TF4 farm set.
So what are the vehicles for? A few possibilties come to mind. Since black SUVs tend to be Hollywood short hand for government, these could be off road version, possibly part of Harold Attinger's (Kelsey Grammer) crew. When not goverment, black vehicles just means bad guys so Decepticon alt modes? Or they simply serve the practical purpose of being rigged for the camera crew to film action scenes. I guess NEST is another possibility but I don't think they have a part in this movie. However I have no info to back that idea up. As always time will tell.
Update: Two things: 1) corrected the location typos (no clue how managed to screw up both of them) and 2) from the comments it appears on the vehicles is nearly identical to one used in Revenge of the Fallen and the other has been ID as a Rally Fighter.
Yes! Hound gets a movie-version. I'm hoping the robot designs are more refreshing this time around, but we'll have to see. And I'm not buying into this "riding dinobots and Galvatron" business until there's something more solid to support it. Although I think Galvatron on the big screen would be pretty awesome.
It's about making money. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by gamblor916
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Originally Posted by Omega Metro
Straight from michaelbay.com via Planet Iacon a picture of a Lamborghini Aventador.
What does it mean?
I don't mind a new film set in China, or have heaps of Chinese actors. The problem I had with the other films was they all seemed to be so focused on America, like other parts of the world were not important, go figure and have plenty of US Army focus as well. When really the whole movie should of been global, like planet Earth, and feature a coalition of Armed forces.
http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-...nd-bee-177670/
Aventador.
Start the reactor, I love that car.
That Aventador would be a great alt mode for breakdown/wildrider. Im sticking with my Stunticon theory:p
A random movie-related news item - a billboard in Texas where they are filming, has a subtle TF3 reference that probably only TFs fans will get... but people are thinking that with the high "illegal alien" population in Texas (from Mexico), it could be misinterpreted by non-fans as something to do with immigration.
Sounds like Bay's obsession with pyrotechnics, stunts and special effects has caused yet another accident on set (his movies seem plagued with them, from pushing the envelope all the time).
This time it is a 100-year old house that caught fire, with some injuries including a broken ankle.
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Originally Posted by Megatron
People said the same thing about Iron Man 3.Quote:
Originally Posted by Autocon
Those 'additional Chinese scenes' were less than 3 minutes total, and mostly amounted to him drinking a Chinese milk.
Every film has stakeholders to be appeased, whether product placement or storyline 'morals', films always bend to the whims of those other than the director.
Someone at TFW has snuck a quick video of some filming, featuring the newly revealed race car.
First Look at Mark Wahlberg on Set of TRANSFORMERS 4, Plus Vintage Vehicles and the Film’s Newest Autobot (Collider, 12/06/2013):
In addition to a latest Autobot to appear in Michael Bay’s Transformers 4, we get a first look at Mark Wahlberg on set of the new film. It looks like Wahlberg has kept in shape from his previous collaboration with Bay (Pain and Gain) and has brought along some vintage vehicles for the latest Transformers installment. We get looks at an old Chevy pick-up, a rusted-out big rig and a throwback firetruck from these images taken on set in Texas. There’s no indication of whether these autos are robots in disguise or merely good old fashioned set dressing, but a new vehicle from Bay’s blog will surely be doing some transformin’. Which Autobot it may be is anyone’s guess. Hit the jump to check it out.
Also starring Nicola Peltz, T.J. Miller, Sophia Myles, Li Bingbing, Jack Reynor, and Kelsey Grammer, Transformers 4 opens June 27, 2014.
Here’s what Bay has to say about the new car:
The Ultimate Sonic RS, just pure fun.
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Click on the article link above to see pics.
Has anyone seen the Dodge Challenger pic yet? Looks like there are going to be some sweet figures as far as alt modes are concerned.
I saw on one of the more recent photos of the white truck cab, that it has some faint flame decos on it. Not something that would be seen on any other Autobot, so maybe it's Optimus. Since Bumblebee is sporting an old 60s mode, maybe Optimus had to resort to hiding himself as a similarly old vehicle as well.
Thanks to Gyazo.com
White rescue vehicle spotted on set, again.
Care of jasonbo's flickr, we have some on set images featuring Mark Wahlberg,TJ Miller, Lucas Black, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, and a few others.
The first thing to cross my mind while scrolling through those pictures was, 'why does the rally car have back seats?' :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Sinnertwin
First up is an update on the recent TF4 set fire, 'Transformers 4' fire no big deal, says Michael Bay (Entertainment Weekly, 14/06/2013):
When news broke that there was a fire on the Texas set of Transformers 4, visions of disastrous pyrotechnic mayhem immediately came to mind. After all, this is a Michael Bay movie about ginormous alien invaders.
But Tuesday’s blaze, which scorched the attic of a 100-year-old house in Pflugerville where the production was filming and sent one injured person to the hospital, was nothing spectacular or dangerous, according to Bay, who blogged about the media’s breathless coverage of the fire.
I’m reading how the news makes everything more dramatic than real life. I guess the truth was just too unexciting. Yes there was a small smoldering fire at a house and no, no one was injured during the fire. And no, no one “just narrowly escaped” as the news dramatically states. A crew member though twisted his ankle after falling in a gopher hole on the ranch....
The fire was put out in a brief 15 minutes by a great fire crew on set. It was an attic fire and cause is unknown. No we were not shooting in the attic, we were shooting outside on the ranch.
Curiously, the aforementioned blog post on Michael Bay's web site no longer exists...
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Michael Bay's 'Transformers 4' expected to build 'small town' set within downtown Detroit (photos) (Daily Telegram, 15/06/2013):
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The Michael Bay-directed film 'Transformers 4' is expected to be shot this summer in Detroit and appears to already have crews working hard on set building downtown.
View MLive Detroit's photo gallery above of what appears to be set construction work along Washington Boulevard at Clifford.
A guard watching the site, representing Wolverine Security, told me last week the Transformer's crew is building a town, surrounding existing buildings like the old United Artists Theater and David Whitney, that will be a part of the film.
The security guard, who declined to identify himself, said work on the "town" is expected to be complete by crews sometime in July.
Bay and his crews are expected to have a busy summer in Detroit before the films scheduled June 27, 2014 release.
A bulk of the film is expected to be shot at Michigan Motion Picture Studios in Pontiac.
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Continuing from the previous article, TFW2005 gives us Transformers 4 Set Images And Information From Detroit:
2005 Boards Member tonyformer is bringing us some cool info and images from the Transformers 4 Set in Detroit.
According to our member, Detroit is not actually Detroit in the movie; it will be standing-in for China itself. Clearly, it can be seen thanks to the images provided, which clearly identify buildings with Chinese architectural influence.
But the "biggest" revelation (pun intended) comes from the info our member is providing us. Let us take a look at it from his own words:
"I was told that the set will indeed sub as "Somewhere" in China. She did not or would not give me an exact city name. She did however say that the set will be comprised of around 6 to 7 standing structures that will be of an older Chinese design and around 4 or 5 destroyed buildings that will have crushed in walls and so on. There will be piles of debris and this set will be part of a "Major" battle scene.
I asked her if she could elaborate any and was told that there would be "many" Transformers "good and bad" involved as well as humans fighting. She also said that there would be a few particularly "larger" Transformers that will crash through buildings while fighting each other.
I asked her if that meant like large human looking Transformers or more animal looking and she said, "All I can say it maybe both" with a smile.
So with that being asked, I asked her if she could tell me anything else and all she would tell me is this movie will blow all the others out of the water and will be darker than the last. And then said this particular set will be filmed on in July."
This description may very well be a confirmation of a certain rumor we've heard before. Check out more info and images at the thread associated with this news post.
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Here's more filming news: ‘Transformers 4’ to shoot scene in Fairfield Twp. (Daily Telegram, 15/06/2013):
Quiet wheatfields along M-52 are to become the backdrop for a spectacular action scene in the new “Transformers 4” movie later this month.
“It’s quite the deal,” said Fairfield Township Supervisor Curtis Emmons.
Representatives from Paramount Pictures Corp. contacted the township office about three months ago to say they might be interested in shooting a movie scene in the rural area, he said.
Just recently they said a section of M-52 between Weston and Mulberry roads was picked for the shoot, he said.
They asked to avoid publicity, but the movie company visit has become a hot topic of conversation in the township.
“They wanted to keep everything as quiet as they could, for the most part,” Emmons said. Uninvited spectators who could be endangered during the filming are something they hoped to avoid.
“That was their main concern, safety,” Emmons said.
People who live along the two miles of M-52 where the filming is to occur have been visited by Paramount representatives, Emmons said.
“They’ve been in contact with everybody in that stretch,” he said. “For the most part it seems like they had pretty good conversations with everybody.” No one is objecting to the action on the way, he said.
An agreement was made to have the Fairfield Township Fire Department on site during some of the four days of shooting. Emmons said he was asked not to talk about why they might need the fire department. He was also asked not to talk about what stars from the movie might be at the location.
A publicist for “Transformers 4” said in a June 13 email to The Daily Telegram that nothing is definite yet.
“We are still in the process of finalizing our plans in Lenawee County,” Gabriela Gutentag wrote.
The Michigan Department of Transportation has authorized closing M-52 between Weston and Mulberry roads from 8 p.m. on June 25 to 9 a.m. on June 29, said MDOT spokeswoman Kari Arend.
The Lenawee County Road Commission agreed to using county roads to detour traffic around the movie site, using Weston Road and Lyons Highway. The detour route continues into Ohio using State Route 120.
“Not many movies are being shot in Lenawee County,” said Scott Merillat, road commission managing director. Cooperating with a temporary detour was an easy decision, he said.
Merillat said he has also been in contact for several months with Paramount representatives as they were searching for a site.
“Initially they were searching for a four-lane highway,” he said. They settled for the wide two-lane stretch of M-52 after no four-lane roads were available that could be closed for four days. The M-52 site also has the wheatfields they wanted for background, he said.
The shooting was scheduled for the last week of June to stay ahead of the harvest that normally begins in early July.
Paramount representatives also approached the Lenawee County Sheriff’s Department for help with traffic control during the movie work.
“We’re working with them to provide them some help,” said Sheriff Jack Welsh. An agreement for cost reimbursement is being completed, he said.
Paramount started production of “Transformers 4” last month in Monument Valley, on the Arizona-Utah border, according to its website. Scenes were also reported being shot earlier this month at a stone quarry in McCook, Ill. The movie is scheduled for release on June 27, 2014.
On a side note, I tried to register at shootfortheedit last night to post up a couple things and they've stopped registrations... and only in the last couple days because the last registration was on the 13th. (unless it is just blocking certain countries)
I didn't think there were too many haters this time... most of the haters just don't even bother keeping track of the Movies now after the last two.
Just found out why - Nelson has closed registrations while purging unused ones.
Apparently he will delete anyone that doesn't post in that topic to prove they are still active... which seems a bit excessive, as there are less than 50 replies in the two weeks he posted that notice.
I picked up on that too. I wonder if they are going to do some 'flashbacks' of the Autobots in earlier times. Which despite being cool, would conflict with them arriving in the first movie.Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
Or maybe Bay is borrowing from RID, with Optimus and Ultra Magnus being brothers... and his little bro Magnus is copying some of the paint decos, like a family trait.
But then, even that would conflict with the second movie, in that Optimus was supposed to be the last descendant of the Primes.
Not that conflicting plot-devices would be new to the TF movies... :p
Or that Bay cares about continuity.. :p
Some more images of the Pagani via tformers, michaelbay.com, caranddriver.com
And here's another. michaelbay.com brings you Freightliner. A 2014 Argosy cab-over truck.
Loving the look of that truck!
Motor master would be a welcome addition. Menasor would be awesome if done correctly. Still scarred from devastator.