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Yoda in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Aquaman pushed back, Venom movie gets release date, Guardians Vol. 3 confirmed and more – Daily News Roundup

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Rounding up yesterday’s big news stories… YODA IN THE LAST JEDI? It’s been rumoured on several occasions that the Jedi Master Yoda will be making an appearance in Star Wars: The Last Jedi (as a Force Ghost, presumably), and Frank Oz has further fuelled the speculation in an interview where he revealed he’s been asked […]

Michael Bay is a disgusting, deplorable director – and he should be ashamed of himself

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Luke Owen is not a fan of Michael Bay and his Transformers movies… Last night I was unfortunate enough to stumble upon a film I’ve not seen in nearly a decade. It’s an epic failure of a movie, an odious mess of horribly-shot action, gross depictions of women, bizarrely-placed racism and woefully bad writing. The […]

Paramount moving ahead with Bumblebee Transformers spinoff, screenwriter working on Harley Quinn / Birds of Prey movie

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Back in February Paramount Pictures set release dates for three Transformers movies following their much publicised “writers room” to establish a cinematic universe for the robots in disguise, one of which was a Bumblebee spinoff. Well, it seems the studio is now ready to move ahead with the movie, with Deadline reporting that screenwriter Christina Hodson (Shut In) […]

Hot Rod to appear in Transformers: The Last Knight

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As production continues on Transformers: The Last Knight, Paramount Pictures has confirmed another new face to the franchise and its a name longtime Transformers fans will well recognize. Hot Rod, the rambunctious and rebellious young Autobot, has been revealed as a member of the cast in what seems to be a repainted deco of Bumblebee. Hot Rod was […]

Drift’s new robot mode for Transformers: The Last Knight revealed

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Last month Michael Bay released an image of Drift in his new vehicle mode from next year’s Transformers: The Last Knight, and now we have a look at the Autobot’s updated design for his robot form; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Optimus Prime faces a new enemy in billboard art for Transformers: The Last […]

Rumoured plot and character details for Transformers: The Last Knight

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With cameras rolling on Transformers: The Last Knight, the folks at Joblo are claiming to have the inside scoop on the plot for the fifth entry in Michael Bay’s blockbuster franchise. Now, these are rumours, but if you want to avoid any potential spoilers, you should maybe stop reading now. So, according to the site, […]

Michael Bay reveals that Barricade is returning for Transformers: The Last Knight

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Having featured in 2007’s Transformers and the 2011 sequel Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Michael Bay has revealed that the Barricade is returning for Transformers: The Last Knight, with Bay sharing a photo of the Decepticon in his police car vehicle form… SEE ALSO: Michael Bay reveals new look for Bumblebee in Transformers: The Last […]

Are Movie Studios Ruining Shared Universes?

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Ricky Church on whether movie studios are ruining shared universes… In the years since the Marvel Cinematic Universe began and its massive success at the box office has come a tidal wave of news that studios seek to emulate Marvel’s idea of a shared universe for their franchises. For some studios, namely Warner Bros. with […]

Till All Are One: A Production History of The Transformers: The Movie

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Luke Owen sits down with The Transformers: The Movie director Nelson Shin, composer Vince DiCola and “The Touch” singer Stan Bush to find out how the movie got made… In 1980, Takara Toys launched a series of action figures named Daiakuron (Diaclone), transforming vehicles and robots which were piloted by another of their toylines Mikuroman […]

Exclusive: IDW’s John Barber talks Revolution, Action Man, Transformers, Michael Bay and more

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Luke Owen catches up with IDW’s John Barber… Today sees the release of IDW’s Action Man #1, which kickstarts a Hasbro expanded universe that brings together several of their other properties including The Transformers, G.I. Joe, Micronauts, M.A.S.K and more. Sadly, My Little Pony is not part of it. To celebrate the comic’s release, we caught […]