Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)
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"Transformers 7" is the planned seventh film in the live-action film series. Originally expected to be released on June 28, 2019,[1] the film has been delayed indefinitely.
Confirmed information
- 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),[3] Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead),[4] Art Marcum and Matt Holloway (Iron Man),[4] Christina Hodson (Shut In, The Fugitive),[5] Lindsey Beer (Dig),[5] Zak Penn (Pacific Rim 2),[4] Jeff Pinkner (The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Lost),[4] Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari (Ant-Man),[6] Ken Nolan (Black Hawk Down), and Geneva Robertson-Dworet.[7] Involved in the pitching process are Steven Spielberg, Michael Bay, Brian Goldner, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Mark Vahradian, and Don Murphy.[8]
- October 3, 2015 — During his keynote speech at the MIP Junior Conference, Allspark's Stephen J. Davis notes that the writing team has come up with film concepts for Transformers 5, 6, 7, and 8.[9]
- February 12, 2016 — At ToyFair, Hasbro reveals the projected release date of Transformers 7, along with the dates for the two preceding films.[1]
- September 23, 2017 — At Licensing Europe 2017, Hasbro announces Transformers 7 will have an "entirely new, exciting storyline".[10]
- February 16, 2018 — Hasbro clarified at Toy Fair 2018 that the film will be a reset of the franchise and has been delayed indefinitely until a new creative team is in place.[11]
- May 24, 2018 — Paramount drops the film from their release schedule.[12]
- March 15, 2019 — di Bonaventura states a sequel to Bumblebee is in development.[13]
- March 18, 2019 — di Bonaventura claims that the next main Transformers film will be a reboot closely tied to the Bumblebee sequel, rather than a direct sequel to The Last Knight. Either way, Paramount will pick the best script for Transformers 7 and release that first.[14]
- January 27, 2020 — Variety reports two Transformers films are being penned, to be produced simultaneously: one written by James Vanderbilt, another to be written by Joby Harold.[15] Deadline reports that Vanderbilt's script is for a spin-off film based on Beast Wars, while Harold's script continues the story from the Bumblebee film.[16] Which of these two scripts will be "Transformers 7" remains to be seen.
- May 2, 2020 — Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner confirms that a new Transformers live-action movie is slated to release on June 24th, 2022. However only one between "Bumblebee 2" and "Beast Wars" will make it to production first.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Transformers 5, Transformers 6 And Bumblebee Spin-Off Movie Revealed ToyFair news at TFW2005
- ↑ Paramount Enlisting Akiva Goldsman To Ramp Up 'Transformers' Output on deadline.com
- ↑ Transformers cinematic details
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 'Transformers' Spinoff & Sequel Scribes Set on Deadline.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Christina Hodson and Lindsey Beer Join the Transformers Writing Team
- ↑ 'Ant-Man' Scribes Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari Join 'Transformers' Writers Room on Deadline
- ↑ Akiva Goldsman Teases 'Transformers' Franchise Plans
- ↑ 'Transformers' Writers Room Wraps on Deadline
- ↑ Stephen Davis's keynote speech at MIPJunior.
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ Paramount Officially Pulls the Next 'Transformers' Sequel from Their Release Date Schedule on Collider
- ↑ [3] on Seibertron
- ↑ [4]
- ↑ [5]
- ↑ [6]

