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 serve as a sequel to Transformers: Age of Extinction. As with the previous films, it will be a Paramount Pictures production.[2]
Confirmed information
- December 18, 2014 — Mark Wahlberg confirms to MTV that he is signed on for the next two Transformers films.[3]
- 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.[4] Goldsman goes on to hire a number of writers over the next few months: Steven DeKnight (Daredevil),[5] Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead),[6] Art Marcum and Matt Holloway (Iron Man),[6] Christina Hodson (Shut In, The Fugitive),[7] Lindsey Beer (Dig),[7] Zak Penn (Pacific Rim 2),[6] Jeff Pinkner (The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Lost),[6] Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari (Ant-Man),[8] Ken Nolan (Black Hawk Down), and Geneva Robertson-Dworet.[9] Involved in the pitching process are Steven Spielberg, Michael Bay, Brian Goldner, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Mark Vahradian, and Don Murphy.[10]
- 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.[8]
- June 8, 2015 — The writers meet on the Paramount lot for the writer's room.[9] The writers work for the next three months to plot out the next ten years of Transformers films.[11]
- July 28, 2015 — DeKnight reports that as a result of the gathering of writers, Goldsman and Pinkner will be co-writing Transformers 5.[12]
- September 17, 2015 — Deadline reveals more about the writer's room process and reports that Barrer and Ferrari will write the animated feature, with Pinkner and Beer writing later films.[10] Bay remains uncommitted to directing.[13]
- October 3, 2015 — Hasbro Studios's Stephen J. Davis relates more details of the writing process in a keynote speech at the MIP Junior Conference.[11]
- November 20, 2015 — With Goldsman now enlisted to create a writer's room for G.I. Joe and Micronauts, Paramount begins negotiating with Marcum, Holloway and Nolan to write the film.[14]
- December 14, 2015 — Wahlberg re-confirms in an interview with CinePop that he'll be back in Transformers 5.[15]
- January 4, 2016 — Bay confirms he will be returning to direct.[16]
- January 12, 2016 — It's totally definitely the last Transformers film for him this time though.[17]
- February 12, 2016 — Transformers 5 is now being released on June 23, 2017. In addition, Transformers 6 will be acting as a Bumblebee spin-off and Transformers 7 are set to be released on June 8, 2018 and June 28, 2019.[18][19]
References
- ↑ Hasbro Confirms The Transformers Cinematic Universe – Transformers 5 In 2017? on TFW2005
- ↑ Meghan McCarthy Joins Hasbro as Head of Storytelling
- ↑ Mark Wahlberg Just Found A 'Transformers' Sequel on MTV.com
- ↑ Paramount Enlisting Akiva Goldsman To Ramp Up 'Transformers' Output on deadline.com
- ↑ Transformers cinematic details
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 'Transformers' Spinoff & Sequel Scribes Set on Deadline.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Christina Hodson and Lindsey Beer Join the Transformers Writing Team
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 'Ant-Man' Scribes Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari Join 'Transformers' Writers Room on Deadline
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Akiva Goldsman Teases 'Transformers' Franchise Plans
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 'Transformers' Writers Room Wraps on Deadline
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Stephen Davis's keynote speech at MIPJunior.
- ↑ Daredevil's Steven DeKnight on the Transformers Writers Room and Planning Ahead on IGN
- ↑ Tweet by Michael Bay
- ↑ Akiva Goldsman 'Transformers' Writers Room Leads Paramount & Hasbro To Set One For 'G.I. Joe', 'Micronauts' on Deadline
- ↑ Mark Wahlberg interview with CinePop
- ↑ '13 Hours': Can Michael Bay Pull Off a Gritty Movie About Benghazi? on Rolling Stone
- ↑ Michael Bay interview with Collider
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ [2]
