TRANSFORMERS 5 And Animated CYBERTRON Spinoff Moving Forward At Paramount

TRANSFORMERS 5 And Animated CYBERTRON Spinoff Moving Forward At Paramount

You've by now no doubt heard about the writers room which was recently assembled by Paramount to create an entire slate of Transformers movies (names included Robert Kirkman, Steven DeKnight, Zak Penn, and more). So, what did they end up coming up with? Find out here...

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By JoshWilding - Sep 17, 2015 01:09 PM EST
Filed Under: Transformers
Source: Deadline
Deadline reports that the Transformers writers room has now been disbanded, and the biggest thing to come out of that impressive group of talent - Christina Hodson (The Fugitive) and Lindsey Beer (Dig), Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari (Ant-Man), Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead), Art Marcum and Matt Holloway (Iron Man), Zak Penn (The Incredible Hulk), Jeff Pinkner (The Amazing Spider-Man 2), Steven DeKnight (Daredevil), and Geneva Robertson-Dworet (Black Hawk Down) - is Transformers 5 from Akiva Goldsman. The blueprint for the movie has been created, and the plan is for Michael Bay to direct and Mark Wahlberg to return. Production will start next June. 

Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari meanwhile are set to write an animated feature which will revolve around Cybertron. It's expected to be an origin story for both the Autobots and Decepticons. Shockingly, these are the only two movies to be set despite the huge number of writers who participated. However, it's thought that more could follow, because: "All of them hatched ideas together and collaborated to flesh out the universe of the Hasbro toy line to come up with possible spinoffs, sequels and prequels that they then peeled off and generated treatments...insiders say that when all the pitches and treatments were reviewed, that Spielberg felt there were potential movies in five of the nine." It sounds like the whole thing was a very collaborative process, and Transformers 5 will lay the groundwork for the spinoffs which were hatched up by the writers invovled. Are you guys excited to see what's in store for the franchise?
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MrCBM56
MrCBM56 - 9/17/2015, 1:28 PM
Ugh. To a certain degree, I still rank Transformers as an awesome blockbuster. Everything that has come after, though... .

Dark Of The Moon is somewhat bearable.
MrFridayNights
MrFridayNights - 9/17/2015, 1:29 PM
Well what if Transformers 5 become the first great Transformers movie like Fast Five was the first great Fast & Furious movie.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 9/17/2015, 1:29 PM
So they just ordering from Marvel's writers rooms??? "Hello marvel, how much is shipping and handling" lol haha jk

Marvel like
MisterBatfleck
MisterBatfleck - 9/17/2015, 1:30 PM
I still have a soft spot for the first Transformers. Everything else after that is a blank slate in my head.
MrMartyMarvel
MrMartyMarvel - 9/17/2015, 1:30 PM
Ugh. Do we really need a cinematic universe for the Transformers? Actually, have any of these "shared universes" outside of Marvel's and DC's actually shown any sign of coming to fruition?
PesciGotPepsi
PesciGotPepsi - 9/17/2015, 1:30 PM
I was hoping to see Bay sit out this one to focus on other projects. 13 Hours looks incredible and I liked Pain and Gain so I wanted to see him in something else other than 'Transformers'
PesciGotPepsi
PesciGotPepsi - 9/17/2015, 1:31 PM
I actually liked Age Of Extinction
Invictor
Invictor - 9/17/2015, 1:32 PM
Honestly, [frick] these movies.
PesciGotPepsi
PesciGotPepsi - 9/17/2015, 1:34 PM
I hope Transformers 5 is just about Shia Labeouf's Sam VS. Mark Wahlberg's Cade

Screw Batman Vs Superman, Cap Vs. Iron Man, Godzilla Vs. King Kong
Labeouf Vs. Wahlberg is where it's at!!!!

https://s3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/HJPSC.Qe3VwCux2YG7hBqQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTtzbT0xO3c9NjMw/
PesciGotPepsi
PesciGotPepsi - 9/17/2015, 1:35 PM
Shia is magic to all our hearts
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 9/17/2015, 1:35 PM
You mean to tell me we will see a sequel to a movie that made a billion dollars?

Never saw that coming. Next you're gonna tell me we will have a third Avengers film.
PesciGotPepsi
PesciGotPepsi - 9/17/2015, 1:36 PM
Seriously though, I am actually excited for this. You really think they were going to stop making these guaranteed billion $ films? Hell No
BlackIceJoe
BlackIceJoe - 9/17/2015, 1:36 PM
I hope Josh Duhamel will be in the next one. He was the best part of the first three.
LeeroyJenkins
LeeroyJenkins - 9/17/2015, 1:37 PM
the first transformers was so good, and its been all down hill since, when will they realize we dont give a [frick] about some family getting defended by the autobots?
Curmudgeon
Curmudgeon - 9/17/2015, 1:42 PM
"Animated?"

Because it's a completely unearthly world with no human characters, there really shouldn't be any part of a Cybertron-set prequel that could be considered "live-action."

Therefor, it's Animated.
WYLEEJAY
WYLEEJAY - 9/17/2015, 1:44 PM
First film told the best story. Second one had the best two action sequences of the entire franchise. Third one was ok, fourth one sucked. And the funny thing is I liked Cade Yeager better than Sam. Weird. I hope this one's better. Just quit killing every damn one of my favorite transformers.
AceKarma
AceKarma - 9/17/2015, 1:47 PM
Just do something with Cybertron...maybe Unicron...enough of this Earth is gonna be destroyed BS
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 9/17/2015, 1:47 PM
You've got enough weird fetishes, Gus.

TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 9/17/2015, 1:49 PM
Annnnnd, my comment's gone.
Jcool
Jcool - 9/17/2015, 1:50 PM
So what we learned... Nothing. Michael Bay will direct so it doesn't matter what the "writers room" came up with.
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 9/17/2015, 1:54 PM
Michael Bay's next movie looks awesome.
DallasAvenger
DallasAvenger - 9/17/2015, 2:08 PM
That's all they're going with? That's nothing. One live-action movie that was already going to get made. Ridiculous.
GiantNerd
GiantNerd - 9/17/2015, 2:10 PM
Age of Extinction is one of the very few movies I shut off before finishing it. Absolute garbage.
DeusExSponge
DeusExSponge - 9/17/2015, 2:21 PM
The first live action Transformers movie is still the best of the bunch. It wasn't bloated and you could actually tell what the hell was going on.
BlackStar25
BlackStar25 - 9/17/2015, 2:33 PM

THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 9/17/2015, 2:40 PM
How about they reboot it and make it like the cartoon?
SuperCat
SuperCat - 9/17/2015, 2:46 PM
sKeemAn
sKeemAn - 9/17/2015, 2:47 PM
They are seriously milking this franchise to death. I wonder what other spinoffs they have in mind.
SuperCat
SuperCat - 9/17/2015, 2:48 PM
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