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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Mar 28, 2015 20:57:51 GMT -6
www.newsarama.com/23945-transformers-producers-hire-akiva-goldsman-to-help-fast-track-sequels-spin-offs.htmlTRANSFORMERS Producers Hire AKIVA GOLDSMAN To Help Fast-Track Sequels & Spin-Offs The film studio behind the successful Transformers franchise are looking to transform and roll out. Deadline reports that Paramount Pictures has hired Akiva Goldsman in an effort to fast-track development of future Transformers films, both in sequels for the main film as well as undetermined spin-offs. The last film, Transformers: Age of Extinction in 2014, garnered nearly $1.1 billion for the studio and earned $250 million in net profits despite the high salaries for director Michael Bay and actor Mark Wahlberg, in addition to the special effect budget. Paramount's plan, according to Deadline, is for Goldsman to head up a "writer's room" of creative minds to create and develop ideas for "a potential multi-part Transformerssequel" as well as potential spin-offs from the Hasbro toys. Deadline states that Bay is up to direct a fifth Transformers film with hopes to begin after he completes his next film 13 Hours.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Mar 29, 2015 17:04:35 GMT -6
variety.com/2015/film/news/akiva-goldsman-2-1201461716/Paramount Expanding ‘Transformers’ Universe with Spinoffs, Sequels Paramount Pictures, Michael Bay and Lorenzo di Bonaventura are bringing on Akiva Goldsman to help expand the “Transformers” cinematic universe. Deadline reports Goldsman would not be writing but instead assembling and overseeing a “writers room” to hatch an idea for how to tackle a two-part sequel in the film’s franchise in addition to potential spinoffs. Goldsman would likely join Bay, di Bonaventura and Steven Spielberg as a producer. It’s unknown whether Bay will return to directing duties for any new installments. He is currently in pre-production on his Benghazi thriller “13 Hours.” The franchise is a huge priority for the studio, with the most recent film, “Transformers: Age of Extinction,” crossing the $1 billion worldwide box officer marker last year, making it the third film in the franchise to pass that milestone. Goldsman is no stranger to shaping box office juggernauts, having helped with tentpoles such as “I Am Legend,” “The Da Vinci Code” and, most recently, “Insurgent.” He is repped by WME.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on May 21, 2015 0:43:39 GMT -6
deadline.com/2015/05/transformers-writers-robert-kirkman-zak-penn-art-marcum-matt-holloway-jeff-pinkner-1201430601/‘Transformers’ Spinoff & Sequel Scribes Set: ‘Walking Dead’s Robert Kirkman & More Two months after Paramount and the Transformers brain trust of Michael Bay, Steven Spielberg and Lorenzo di Bonaventura picked Akiva Goldsman to incubate ideas for a multi-part sequel and spinoff films based on the billion-dollar franchise, they have finalized their “writers room.” And it’s a doozy. Goldsman’s four-team roster features some of the top names in sci-fi, I’ve learned: Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman, Iron Man scribes Art Marcum & Matt Holloway, Pacific Rim 2‘s Zak Penn and Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Lost‘s Jeff Pinkner. I’m hearing the ink isn’t even dry on the deals, but that is a major-league lineup to join Goldsman, who is spearheading it all for the studio, Hasbro, Spielberg and Bay (Bay and Goldsman were college buddies at Wesleyan). More writers will be added. This is a major priority for new Motion Picture Group President Marc Evans, who’s tasked with getting more movies made. It marks an intriguing new step as studios put even more of a premium on the care and feeding of tentpole franchises, as is the case with James Cameron’s Avatar sequels and Disney’s process for developing its Marvel tentpoles. Transformers certainly falls into the category of being worth the time and effort. Age Of Extinction grossed nearly $1.1 billion when it was released last summer and became the top-grossing release ever in China. And despite gross payouts that included Bay and the film’s star Mark Wahlberg, the film still generated $250 million in net profits.
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