Television and movie projects
From sci-fi wire, animation supervisor Scott Benza of Industrial Lights and Magic discusses changes to the CGI models for Optimus Prime and Bumblebee.
As the third Transformers movie gears up preproduction this month, we’ve learned that Optumus Prime and Bumblebee will get a makeover. Continue reading Transformers 3’s Optimus, Bumblebee getting makeovers
According to the MTV movie blog:
Last week, Michael Bay claimed he would not let his friends at Paramount down as they look forward to a 2011 release date for “Transformers 3.” Speaking to MTV’s Brian Jacks, Hasbro’s CEO talked about what Bay is planning to put returning stars Continue reading Transformers 3: “Less bedlam, more characters”
The Saturn Awards – presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films – has seen fit to honor Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen with a nomination for Best Science Fiction Film of 2009. It’s true. That’s ope of the top honors at the Saturn Awards. The winners will be announced at the 36th Annual Saturn Awards on June 24 in Burbank, California. You can read more about the Saturn Awards on the Academy’s website.
The new Transformers: War for Cybertron video game trailer has been released. It’s 2:14 of cool, voiced mainly by Peter Cullen, Optimus Prime himself. Among characters revealed in the trailer are Bumblebee, Omega Supreme, and Trypticon – really, Trypticon. Whether these will all be playable characters or not is yet to be revealed, but the video looks snazzy enough to whet appetites. Check it out on IGN.
A website called the Geek Syndicate has a short interview with Simon Furman, in which he discusses his work in comics, his involvement with and opinion of the live action films, and what Marvel characters he’d love to write.
IDW editor Andy Schmidt recently answered questions submitted by various members of the TFW2005 website. As you might expect, a number of questions focused on Continuum and the continuity problems that it had. Continue reading TFW2005 Q & A with Andy Schmidt
