Transformers: The Last Knight (film)
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"Transformers 5" is the yet-to-be-named fifth film in the live-action film series, currently expected to be released sometime in 2017.[1] The film will be written by Akiva Goldsman (known for Fringe, A Beautiful Mind, and Batman and Robin)[2] and Jeff Pinkner (Fringe, The Amazing Spider-Man 2),[3] and serve as a sequel to Transformers: Age of Extinction. As with the previous films, it will be a Paramount Pictures production.[4]
Confirmed information
- December 18, 2014 — Mark Wahlberg confirms to MTV that he is signed on for the next two Transformers films.[5]
- March 27, 2015 — Paramount Pictures negotiates with Akiva Goldsman, hiring him to create a "writer's room" with the intention of building a cinematic universe.[2] Goldsman goes on to hire a number of writers over the next few months: Steven DeKnight (Daredevil),[6] Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead),[7] Art Marcum and Matt Holloway (Iron Man),[7] Christina Hodson (Shut In, The Fugitive),[8] Lindsey Beer (Dig),[8] Zak Penn (Pacific Rim 2),[7] Jeff Pinkner,[7] Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari (Ant-Man),[9] Ken Nolan (Black Hawk Down), and Geneva Robertson-Dworet.[10] Involved in the pitching process are Steven Spielberg, Michael Bay, Brian Goldner, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Mark Vahradian, and Don Murphy.[11]
- May 27, 2015 — As part of the news surrounding Barrer and Ferrari joining the room, it's revealed that another pitch is an animated prequel movie set on Cybertron, with the working title of Transformers One.[9]
- June 8, 2015 — The writers meet on the Paramount lot for the writer's room.[10] The writers work for the next three months to plot out the next ten years of Transformers films.[12]
- July 28, 2015 — Steven DeKnight reports that as a result of the gathering of writers, Goldsman and Jeff Pinkner will be co-writing Transformers 5.[3]
- September 17, 2015 — Deadline reveals more about the writer's room process and reports that Barrer and Ferrari will write the animated feature, with Jeff Pinkner and Lindsey Beer writing later films.[11] Michael Bay remains uncommitted to directing.[13]
References
- ↑ Hasbro Confirms The Transformers Cinematic Universe – Transformers 5 In 2017? on TFW2005
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Paramount Enlisting Akiva Goldsman To Ramp Up 'Transformers' Output on deadline.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Daredevil's Steven DeKnight on the Transformers Writers Room and Planning Ahead on IGN
- ↑ Meghan McCarthy Joins Hasbro as Head of Storytelling
- ↑ Mark Wahlberg Just Found A 'Transformers' Sequel on MTV.com
- ↑ Transformers cinematic details
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 'Transformers' Spinoff & Sequel Scribes Set on Deadline.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Christina Hodson and Lindsey Beer Join the Transformers Writing Team
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 'Ant-Man' Scribes Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari Join 'Transformers' Writers Room on Deadline
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Akiva Goldsman Teases 'Transformers' Franchise Plans
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 'Transformers' Writers Room Wraps on Deadline
- ↑ Stephen Davies's keynote speech at MIPJunior.
- ↑ Tweet by Michael Bay
