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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on May 20, 2016 20:40:50 GMT -6
variety.com/2016/film/news/josh-duhamel-transformers-the-last-knight-1201777026/ Josh Duhamel to Return to ‘Transformers’ Franchise After skipping the last installment, Josh Duhamel is set to return to the “Transformers” franchise, rejoining director Michael Bay, who helmed the previous films. Mark Wahlberg, who is also returning for “The Last Night,” announced the news on Twitter. Mark Wahlberg ✔ @mark_wahlberg .@joshduhamel welcome back to the #transformers family. This is gonna be good. 12:01 PM - 17 May 2016 632 632 Retweets 2,207 2,207 likes The movie opens on June 17, 2018, with shooting starting next week in Cuba. The pic will also be filmed in Detroit. Bay has directed the four movies in the franchise, which have grossed a collective $3.8 billion worldwide and are based on Hasbro’s toy line. The original “Transformers” opened in 2007. Shia LaBeouf starred in the first three films. “Transformers: Age of Extinction” grossed $245 million domestically and $859 million internationally in 2014. Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Don Murphy and Tom DeSanto will produce “Transformers: The Last Knight” with Hasbro. Duhamel was last seen in the Hulu limited series “11.22.63” opposite James Franco. He also has the indie “This Is Your Death” co-starring Famke Janssen, on the horizon. Duhamel is repped by ICM Partners and John Carrabino Management.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on May 28, 2016 18:40:44 GMT -6
spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2016/05/28/transformers-the-last-knight-cryptic-promo-teases-big-reveal-next-week/"Transformers: The Last Knight" Cryptic Promo Teases Big Reveal Next Week The cameras haven’t yet begun to roll on Michael Bay’s fifth “Transformers” film, but the marketing machine is already kicking into high gear. Paramount Pictures has released a cryptic 19-second promo that suggests we could see the first big reveal for “Transformers: The Last Knight” on Tuesday. The staticky video, which debuted across social media, depicts a torn U.S. State Department document, and is accompanied by a transmission in Morse Code that says, “I’m coming for you May 31.” In case that’s not ominous enough, the caption on Twitter adds, “Something wicked this way comes.” We can presume whatever is coming next week will be related to the film’s main villain. Could that be Unicron — or is that too much to hope for? Starring Mark Wahlberg, who will reprise his role as Cade Yeager from “Age of Extinction,” “Transformers: The Last Knight” arrives in theaters June 23, 2017. http://instagram.com/p/BF7F-ZtoMkd
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Jun 3, 2016 12:40:51 GMT -6
variety.com/2016/film/news/transformers-5-anthony-hopkins-1201737873/ Anthony Hopkins Joins ‘Transformers 5’ Anthony Hopkins is joining the cast of Paramount and Hasbro’s next “Transformers” film with Mark Wahlberg starring and Michael Bay returning to direct. Lorenzo di Bonaventura is producing the movie. Details behind the next pic are under wraps, and sources say that Wahlberg is the only cast member from “Age of Extinction” who’s expected to reprise his role. This past spring, Paramount announced it would be assembling a writers’ room to build its new “Transformers” universe that would include spinoffs, along with new installments in the franchise. The room was overseen by Akiva Goldsman with the studio recently tapping Art Marcum and Matt Holloway (“Iron Man”) along with Ken Nolan (“Black Hawk Down”) to write the script. Hopkins was last seen in “Collide.” He is repped by UTA and Independent Talent Group.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Jun 28, 2016 11:47:26 GMT -6
variety.com/2016/film/news/tyrese-gibson-transformers-the-last-knight-1201805063/ Tyrese Gibson Returning for ‘Transformers: The Last Knight’ Tyrese Gibson is the latest actor returning to the “Transformers” franchise. Gibson will be reprising his role as Air Force Chief Master Sergeant Robert Epps in “Transformers: The Last Knight.” The actor annouced the news on Instagram, where he posted several photos with director Michael Bay captioned “Robert Epps is back! #T5 Summer 2017 just got even more interesting,” as well as a video. Production is already underway in Cuba for “Transformers: The Last Knight,” which hits theaters on June 23, 2017. “Transformers 6” has been slotted for June 8, 2018, while “Transformers 7” is scheduled for June 28, 2019. Gibson appeared in the first three “Transformers” films, but skipped the last installment, 2014’s “Age of Extinction.” Mark Wahlberg is also back as Cade Yeager and Josh Duhamel returns as Lieutenant Colonel Lennox. Anthony Hopkins, newcomer Isabela Moner, Jerrod Carmichael and Laura Haddock have joined the cast as well. Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Don Murphy and Tom DeSanto will produce “Transformers: The Last Knight” with Hasbro. Bay has directed the four movies in the Paramount franchise — based on Hasbro’s popular toy line — which grossed a collective $3.8 billion worldwide. Gibson can next be seen in another long-running franchise: “Fast 8.” The film debuts on April 14, 2017, just a few weeks before “Transformers 5.” www.instagram.com/tyrese/
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Sept 5, 2016 8:05:08 GMT -6
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Sept 23, 2016 21:12:30 GMT -6
www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/transformers-last-knight-nazi-flag-932144'Transformers: The Last Knight' Under Fire for Flying Nazi Flags at Winston Churchill's Birthplace "He will be turning in his grave," an ex military commander said of the late British Prime Minister. The production of Transformers: The Last Knight is in hot water with veterans groups after dressing Winston Churchill's birthplace with Nazi iconography. The Sun published photos of Blenheim Palace, where the former British Prime Minister was born in 1874, decorated with Swastikas for shooting. According to the publication, actors dressed in SS uniforms marched up to the palace with Nazi artillery on Wednesday evening while shooting the Michael Bay-directed film. Churchill is buried less than a mile away at St. Martin’s Church, Bladon. "I know its a film, but it’s symbolically disrespectful to Churchill. He will be turning in his grave," Colonel Richard Kemp, the ex-commander of British forces in Afghanistan, told The Sun. Distributor Paramount did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but Bay addressed the controversy on Friday while speaking to the BBC. "People have not been fortunate enough to read the script and they don't know that Churchill in this movie is a big hero," Bay said. "He would be smiling." Bay added: "When you see the movie you'll understand. I for one, probably more than any director in the world, have shot more veterans and more active military men and women in my movies. You can actually look it up. I would do nothing to disrespect veterans." Transformers: The Last Knight is the latest in a string of films to shoot at Blenheim Palace, which was built in the early 1700s and is among the most iconic houses in England. Recent productions shooting there include Spectre and Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation. Transformers: The Last Knight will be released June 23, 2017.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Nov 17, 2016 1:23:42 GMT -6
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Dec 7, 2016 1:00:35 GMT -6
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Jun 14, 2017 10:28:34 GMT -6
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/chinas-weying-buys-paramounts-transformers-last-knight-1013371China's Weying Buys Into Paramount's 'Transformers: The Last Knight' The firm will be a strategic marketing and promotion partner for the film in the Middle Kingdom. Chinese online ticketing giant Weying Technology has taken a stake in Paramount Pictures' Transformers: The Last Knight, the companies said Wednesday. The firm will be a strategic marketing and promotion partner for the film in the Middle Kingdom. Financial terms weren't disclosed, but the Chinese company will be entitled to an undisclosed share of global revenue for the film, including theatrical, video, TV, VOD and merchandising, the partners said. Founded in 2014 by Internet entrepreneur David Lim, Weying has grown to become one of the top three ticketing vendors in China, where over 80 percent of all movie tickets are sold online. Valued at $2 billion last year, the service has more than 100 million users and leverages its vast troves of data to generate targeted digital marketing campaigns. Weying's first two investments in U.S. studio tentpoles, made earlier this year, were hit and miss. The company helped finance and jointly promote Paramount's xXx: The Return of Xander Cage and Ghost in the Shell — the former earned $164 million in China, while the latter took $29 million. The new Transformers film will open in China on June 21. Expectations are especially high for the latest installment in the Michael Bay action franchise. Transformers: Age of Extinction earned $320 million in the Middle Kingdom in 2014 — it remains the third-biggest Hollywood film ever in China, behind only the last two Fast and Furious films from Universal. "We've set up an office in Los Angeles, in Century City, to acquire content for China as well as to build strong, direct relationships with the studios," Luke Xiang, the vp and international face of Weying, told THR recently in Beijing. "In the year ahead, we will make several more investments in U.S. studio films, European independents and Japanese titles. We will be diversified because that's what the Chinese marketplace has an appetite for." Local marketing tie-ups have become commonplace for studio tentpoles in the massive Mainland China market; Weying is the second Chinese firm to board Transformers 5. Chinese film company Huahua Media, which served as a marketing partner on Transformers 4, announced an unspecified stake in the new film at a Shanghai signing ceremony in December last year. The event was attended by the late Brad Grey, then chairman of Paramount, and Huahua CEO Wang Kefei. Soon after, Huahua, in partnership with Shanghai Film Group, unveiled a high-profile $1 billion slate financing agreement with Paramount, which sees the Chinese partners bankroll 30 percent of every title from the U.S. studio over the next three years.
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