TFW2005 have managed to get an interview with Transformers: Animated voice actor Tara Strong, who plays Sari Sumdac. As well as discussing the new show, they also talk about here other roles.
Transformers-themed pub could be Britain’s Best Home Bar
A Transformers-themed pub is in the running to be crowned Britain’s Best Home Bar, in a competition being run by Liberty Games. The winning bar, chosen… [more]
TFNation 2019 Transformers Convention Review
This last weekend saw yet another Transformers convention take over the Metropole Hilton, in Birmingham. These weekends have become a staple of my summer… [more]
Annual Transformers Forum Meet Tour
Every year, since 2011, the nerds from TheTF.Net forum (now a Facebook group, because running a forum proved too much like hard work) have met for a weekend… [more]
Our 2019 Forum Meet took place this weekend, in Cardiff
This weekend saw our annual forum meet being held in the Welsh capital of Cardiff. Each year we meet in a different town or city in the UK, alternating… [more]
Video Footage from Transforce in 2001
Almost 18 years ago (crikey, has it been that long?) we wrote a review of our visit to Transforce in August 2001. It was a seriously hot day, but a great… [more]
Interview with Hasbro Designer Tim Bradley
TF@TM have interviewed Tim Bradley, who worked for Hasbro as a designer in 1998 and 2004 on Transformers, Star Wars and Jurassic Park to name a few. Included in his Transformers portfolio is work on Beast Wars, Beast Machines and Transformers Cybertron.
The full interview can be read here.
Simon Furman Interviewed
TFW2005 have sat down with comic writer Simon Furman and discussed his work on Transformers comics, but also his views on the Transformers movie, and how he feels it should have been done.
TFW2005: (Further along the expanded universe angle) Are there any possibilities to seeing any stories from Transformers past or Transformers future that would have all new characters we have never seen before (no Optimus, no Megatron, no G1 homages, etc)?
Simon Furman: There’s always that potential I suppose, and we are going right back in time for The Thirteen, which features a (largely) new cast of characters we’ll be building from the ground up. Not sure about the future. I don’t really want to do an animated TF movie thing and scrap everything in favour of a new cast. There’s so much potential in the present day cast still to explore in new and different ways. That’s where my creative energies are focused right now.
Interview with Oscar Nominated ILM Animation Supervisor
Animation Supervisor, Scott Benza, who works at ILM, the studio behind the wonderful special effects on Transformers, has been interviewed about his recent Academy Award nomination.
In the interview, he talks about his past work but also how he went about creating the effects to make them believable.
We find out on 24th February if Transformers wins the Oscar.
Interview with Chris Ryall at Comic Book Resources
In an interview with IDW Publishing Editor-in-Chief Chris Ryall, some news about future Transformers comic releases has been revealed including that a new Transformers; Evolutions titles is planned but with all the different continuities currently on offer, it will have to wait for a break.
Are there plans for more “Transformers: Evolutions” titles in the future?
There are talks, anyway. Between the animated movie, the ongoing TF comics we’ve been doing, the reprints of past companies’ stories, the movie continuity, and the upcoming new animated series books, I think that both Hasbro and I are wary of having too many more different continuities out there. But that said, the answer to the question is “yes.”
Marty Isenberg Q & A
BigBot.com have interviewed Transformers: Animated writer Marty Isenberg on the upcoming cartoon. Many people will remember Marty from his work on Beast Machines and the problems that went on at the time with that series.
He reveals some general information about the series without giving away any spoilers.
Don Figueroa Interview
TFW2005 have had an interview with fan favourite artist, Don Figueroa, and in it, he confirms (Chris Ryall mentioned it last month) that he will be taking some time away from Transformers projects and doing something new. There is also some concept sketches that Don has done.
Interview with Hasbro’s Eric Siebenaler
Fansite TFW2005 have managed to get an interview with Hasbro designer Eric Siebenaler. The interview goes into detail on his work at Hasbro, with the odd mention of Transformers Animated designs, and about how to get involved within the industry.
Tom DeSanto interview in Dreamwatch Magazine
Ain’t it cool news reports that Tom DeSanto has been bigging up the live action Transformers movie in an interview in Dreamwatch magazine. Check out the article here.
Some of the things Tom said
“There’s no better mythology to bring to the big screen than Transformers.
Transformers has got great characters and created an iconic world, and the
mythology still resonates with people 20 years after it was launched. Even
though they’re robots the characters have a lot of personality and a lot of
heart and people still care about them. That’s a great thing.”“The plan with the movie is that it will combine live action with CGI.
I think it’s going to be something the audience has never seen before. In
all the years of movie-making, I don’t think the image of a truck transforming
into a 20-foot tall robot has ever been captured on screen. I also want to
make a film that’s a homage to 1980s movies and gets back to the sense of
wonder that Hollywood has lost over the years. It will have those Spielberg-ian
moments where you have the push-in on the wide-eyed kid and you feel like
you’re 10 years old even if you’re 35. That’s the energy I want to go for.”“Just like with X-Men I want to get to the core of what makes Transformers
great. We’re going to get back to the heart of what Transformers is and distill
that into a movie.”
Another Lorenzo di Bonaventura Interview
IESB.net have interviewed Lorenzo di Bonaventura from comic-con about the Transformers movie and the Cullen announcement. It’s good to see one of the producers talking to the press.
