Hasbro Greenlights Updated TF-Origins Animated Film?

Next Spring has Yet ANOTHER Transformers Film, Aiming for release Around July 19, 2024 and directed by Josh Cooley (Toy Story 4). Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, One Of The Producers on MANY Transformers Films Since Bay First Took The Helm, Spoke with Collider about This New Origin Story? Providing Additional Information Around It's Various Plotpoints. The Key🔑Takeaways from THIS Interview with di Bonaventura is the Film is Set ENTIRELY on Cybertron, Will Explore the "Origin Story of Warrior; Megatronus, Archivist; #OrionPax; His Friends: Dion (UltraMagnus), KUP (Sentinel) & Girlfriend; Elita-One. Explaining How Orions Admiration Torwards Megatronus, Led To Their Friendship, Orion & His Friends Reformatting...Along with The Rise Of Megatron. He ALSO Described Their "Origin Stories Being Similar To ALL Transformers Torwards That Of Society Itself, Along with What Broke it Apart." The Story is such that they can do a "Natural Trilogy" If The 1st Film is successful enough. As for Why An animated movie, he said " If you tried to make this live-action, it would probably be a billion-dollar movie or something." The key quote on story is below. "You're Going To See ALOT Of Societal Origins and What Broke It Apart. The Analogy FOR ME is A Bit Like #Krypton When You Saw The Planet Falling Apart, and all that. We're not there for a short time, we're there the entire time of the movie, we're on Cybertron, but we are in the challenge that, if you know the lore, they begin to question the hierarchy of how their society has gotten stratified, and how the common man doesn't have the voice, entirely, that they want to have. We're following very true to the origin story of it, and so it's really fun, too, because I've gotten to see some of it – it's not fully executed by any stretch of the imagination, but hearing Optimus and Megatron not as who we know them as, which we see their maturation in this experience. So, in a sense, you're hearing a different character because you're hearing them before they have matured." Until this movie, the only place you could really get an origin story for Autobots vs Decepticons (called the Great War) that has been central to the franchise is the IDW comics books. Even then, that origin is so spread out, told in bits and pieces over the years that is difficult to have a cohesive story. The origin was also restarted when IDW relaunched the comics franchise in 2019. I tried to write a summary but its pretty complicated. The very short version is the planet's Autobot leadership became corrupted by the upper class and through some events declared planetwide martial law. Orion Pax and Megatron worked together to eventually overthrow it as the abuses mounted. As a result of all the Autobot corruption he had to wade through (including killing two Primes), Megatron decided only he should lead the planet instead of Optimus Prime, who was anointed as leader by the true Matrix of Leadership. I suspect a movie version will cut through the complexity and focus on the rise of Megatron and reluctant leader Orion Pax who joins his cause against the corrupt government with difference in leadership styles and morality playing a huge part in how they eventually become enemies. Update: Collider posted a little bit more of their interview with Di Bonaventura where he revealed, "I'm not sure if I'm supposed to divulge it, but I'm going to. ILM is doing the animation." Industrial Light & Magic got its start on the Star Wars films and is more or less responsible for nearly every single visual effects breakthrough used in movies (including the previous Transformers films) so what they do with Transformers should be amazing. As far as quality, I believe the last animated film they did was Rango which they won an Oscar for.

Mark Ryan TF3 Interview!

TFW2005.com has just posted their interview with Transformers voice actor Mark Ryan. He is the voice of Bumblebee and Jetfire for the movies and usually does voices of the Transformers on set with the actors to help with timing of the "human" lines as usually the formal voice over recording for the Transformers is done later. In the interview he talks about how got hired, working on the films and voicing the characters. Below is a section that specifically is about Transformers 3, the rest of the interview is here.

TFW: Can you tell us anything about what's happening with TF3? What do you see yourself doing in Transformers 3? Will you be continuing as the on-set voice? What would you like to be doing?
Ryan: I am back onset and doing the voices again. There are several new robots, which I’ve played during filming but I can’t give details for obvious reasons. I do feel the storyline for TF3 is the most intriguing one in the series, so far. It’s an area I’m personally very interested in and find the history fascinating. Anyone who’s read The Pilgrim will know about these associated subjects. Having spent a part of my life in the military and in the more esoteric areas of intelligence work myself, I find the back-story for this one to be really cool. Also, the cast is just amazing! I’ve already worked with Frances McDormand and I was blown away with her good humor and down-to-earth approach to the size and scope of the project. Obviously working with both Shia and Josh is always a real honor and joy and I must give a shout-out to Harry Humphries and his Navy SEALS, who really bring the heat.

ARE LAZERBEAK, GRIMLOCK OR UNICRON IN TF3?

WILL KUP BE IN TF3?