With only a week to go before the early bird discounts run out on tickets for Auto Assembly 2009 and tickets rise to their full prices, we can announce… [more]
Star of Transformers and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Tyrese Gibson, is naturally excited about being part of the movies, but still can’t get… [more]
Bad news fellas, it seems the most beautiful woman in the world (after Arcee of course), Megan Fox, is not on the market and in the hunt once again for… [more]
The first trailer for Transformers Revenge of the Fallen was removed from YouTube within hours, expect this one to last just as long! It's the full trailer… [more]
We've just been sent this press released from Simon and Sven from Auto Assembly, and it's big news. Get read for some Decepto-chop munching at AA this… [more]
Well, unfortunately not in the Movie, but in Activision’s Transformers The Game. Both Frank Welker and Peter Cullen have agreed to provide voices for the game.
“As Transformers fans, we knew the importance of having the well-known voices of Optimus Prime and Megatron in the game,” said Activision head of production Laird Malamed.
Both actors took part in a Q & A session with GameSpot which provide very good (& long) reads.
TF@TM have got in contact with Hayley at Winning Moves, and have more news on the Top Trumps game based on the Transformers Movie. They are coming in June to the UK and be on sale for £3.99.
Here is the press release that we forgot to post from the other day
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Transfomers get a Thumbs Up!British gadget and novelty company Thumbs Up are celebrating as they have been granted the licence to produce Transformers the Movie light-up t-shirts, USB gadgets and Wheelie Glider shoe wheel attachments.Set to hit the shops several weeks before the film�s launch in July, Thumbs Up�s licensed products feature logos and characters from the Transformers film, including the iconic Autobot and Decepticon insignias. These have graced t-shirts since Transfomers debuted the first time around in the 1980s, but they�ve never been seen quite like this, as a light-up panel now brings these new t-shirts to illuminated life!
Speaking about the licence, Thumbs Up�s Business Development Director, Wojtek Kolan said �We were delighted that Hasbro awarded us the �Transfomers the Movie� licence for our products. They were impressed with our unique and innovative technology and cutting edge designs. When we showed them the concepts, they were amazed!
�The team at Thumbs Up are very excited about the next few years, as we are set to take a revolutionary position in the gadget sector! Several major retail chains have already signed up to stock our Transformers lines, which will offer several unique selling points when compared to typical licensed items.�
The Transformers products from Thumbs Up are set to be huge and are already causing a stir! When representatives of Thumbs Up attended a recent preview screening of footage from the movie wearing the light-up t-shirts, they couldn�t have got more attention, with journalists and Transformers fans alike asking about them.
The Thumbs Up office also received a flood of enquires about the t-shirts after this first public debut. Everyone wanted to know where they could buy them, and Empire magazine even put out a request on their website which said �To the people in the light-up Transformers T-shirts Where did you get those? We want them. Please email us.�
What do you get when you add 20 set pieces and 150 minutes? Well, according to Shia LaBeouf, a Transformers Movie. He states that the movie has lots to explain and needs an extended time to get things across. but also that there are 20 main set pieces in the movie, so prepare for a wild ride.
“It’s going to be long. He’s going to give you a lot. You’ve got 20 set pieces. You like at Spider-Man and it had five big action sequences � five set pieces. We have 20, and you’ve got to get storyline in, you’ve got to get the narrative in � so a lot of explanation. You can�t just have robots fighting for no reason. You’ve got to explain it. The movies going to run, I think, about two and a half.”
For all you who are unsure at the quality of the special affects seen so far, here is what he had to say
“ILM said � and this is the company that does like Star Wars and Superman � they do all the big ones � Pirates Of The
Caribbean � they said they’d never worked on anything like this. They’d never done graphics at this level � this is the most insane thing they’ve ever done. They said if they were to present their company to anybody, it would be that movie � that would be the movie to look at.”
The full interview can be read here.
Comic Book Resources have posted a few rumours that sound interesting but have no substance behind them (yet). We are not confirming these, just tell you about them.
First, Transformers 2, the sequel to this years Transformers movie, will be out in 2009.
Second, a new cartoon is in the planning as a spin off to this years Movie.
And finally, the reason that the Movie characters are so different to their original G1 name sakes is that Hasbro wanted to capitalise on being able to release merchandise for both G1 and the Movie.
Fellow Brits TF@TM have more news on the light up t-shirts and USB keyrings from Paramount’s UK showing of the Transformers movie in London to the press. They contacted the company behind the items and received some more details.
They are being released mainly in the UK and Europe with a limited release in the USA and will be initially be based on the Movie characters, but if they sell well, more will come. If you’re not sure about these products, just listen to people who have seen them
“believe us when we say they looked really cool”
The full report can be read here.
Empire magazine today got to see 20 minutes of footage from the Transformers Movie with many other representatives from the British press. The preview, shown at Leicester Square in London, gave an idea of the script and action of the movie and gave the impression that the movie will be fun.
The full report can be read here.
We just received this email from Paramount
Attention Webmasters
MYSPACE
The Transformers have invaded MySpace. It’s time to choose a side.
Go to www.myspace.com/transformers to make your choice.FANATICON
The search for the ultimate Transformers fan is on.
Visit http://promotions.yahoo.com/transformers to learn more and upload your video for a chance to win a trip to ILM Studios.Roll out.
Thank you for your continued support of our program.
Webmaster Program Administrator
Sectorseven.org (Password’s NBETWO, peeps) has recently sent out an email regarding casting for the Transformers movie. It would appear Hugo Weaving- famous for his roll as Agent Smith (And to a lesser extent, Elrond in LotR) has been cast as Megatron in the upcoming Transformers Movie.
The email was as follows
Operation Hungry Dragon 2 continues. As of today, Agent H. WEAVING has officially convinced S.S., M.B., R.O., AND A.K. to assign him to oversee the Megaman issue. The recording will commence immediately.All the years of investment into Agent WEAVING‘s public persona have finally paid off. He will monitor the campaign from the inside and report on its progress free from suspicion.
By this summer, the population will think N.B.E.S. are nothing more than a figment of someone’s overactive imagination.
Our power lies in our secrecy.
Note the meaning of the initials are as follows
SS- Steven Spielberg
MB- Michael Bay
RO- Roberto Orci
AK- Alex Kurtzman
TheTransformers.Net was designed by, and is copyright © 2000 - 2026 to Sheer Media Limited
The Transformers.Net was formed in 2000 and has become one of the biggest Transformers websites in the world, with its own large Transformers community in the forum. Find out more about our Transformers website here.