THE EARLY JEDI Good news Star Wars fans – at least UK fans – as it was announced yesterday that the hotly-anticipated Star Wars: The Last Jedi will hit theatres a day early here. That means that the film will now open on December 14th (which happens to be my birthday!). Read more here. SWEET […]
Michael Bay says Transformers: The Last Knight “gets us back in the groove” after Age of Extinction
While the continue to prove immensely popular at the box office, Michael Bay’s Transformers films have certainly suffered diminishing returns in terms of quality, with the most recent instalment Transformers: Age of Extinction hammered by critics, despite its attempts to take the franchise in a new direction. Nevertheless, Bay is back in the director’s chair […]
Michael Bay built a Stonehenge replica for Transformers: The Last Knight, and blew it up
As we’ve come to be accustomed to from Michael Bay movies – and the Transformers franchise in particular – we can expect to see plenty of destruction in this summer’s Transformers: The Last Knight. And it seems that will extend to the UK’s iconic landmark Stonehenge, with actress Laura Haddock revealing that Bay built a […]
Transformers: The Last Knight featurette explores the wags to riches story of Britain’s Loneliest Dog
Back in June of this year, Michael Bay announced that he’d cast Freya – dubbed ‘Britain’s Loneliest Dog’, due to being passed over for adoption after being visited 18,000 times in her rescue centre – in Transformers: The Last Knight. Paramount Pictures has now released a featurette which highlight’s Freya’s “wags to riches” story and […]
Hasbro reveals new Transformers movie universe Studio Series figures
Hasbro has unveiled a new wave of Transformers Studio Series figures which includes Hot Rod from Transformers: The Last Knight, Soundwave from Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Bumblebee from Michael Bay’s first Transformers movie, and an Arcee, Chromia, and Elita-1 3-pack from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, all of which will go on sale January […]
Bumblebee movie “solidly profitable”, but Transformers: The Last Knight lost $100 million
It may have received the best reviews of the franchise to date (by some distance) and injected new life into the series post-Michael Bay, but Paramount Pictures and Hasbro’s Transformers spinofff Bumblebee hasn’t quite managed to take the box office by storm. Going into the weekend, Bumblebee has earned $311 million worldwide – a far cry from […]
The Year in Disappointment: 2017
Anghus Houvouras with the year in disappointment… Normally this column is a vapid deep dive into the dumpster fire of pop culture confections unable to deliver on lofty expectations. This year feels different. There’s been a tangible shift in the polarity of the entertainment industry. Columnists like myself are no stranger to the concept of […]
Transformers: The Last Knight passes $600 million at the global box office
It may not have enjoyed the same kind of success as the previous instalments in the series, but Paramount Pictures and Michael Bay’s Transformers: The Last Knight has now reached the $600 million milestone at the global box office. The Last Knight has grossed $601.1 million around the world, with $130.1 million domestically (a franchise […]
Transformers: The Last Knight claims $5.5 million on opening night
Transformers: The Last Knight has got off to a solid start at the box office in its opening night. Tuesday night previews for the fifth film in sci-fi series came in at a healthy $5.5 million from about 3000 screens across North America. This figure matches that of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell […]
Interview: Adi Spektor discusses Transformers: The Last Knight
In an exclusive interview, Flickering Myth sat down with actor/director Adi Spektor. With over 40 TV shows and films so far as an Actor, and two award-winning films as a Director. Adi Spektor chats about his latest role in the new Paramount Pictures film Transformers: The Last Knight. Congratulations on Transformers. Can you tell us […]
