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“Transformers 4” Confirmed for June 2014

Though it can't possibly come as too much of a shock, Paramount and Michael Bay have confirmed that a fourth “Transformers” film will be made – and will hit theaters worldwide in the summer of 2014. When Bay put out “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” last year, he made it a point of s...

15 February 2012
03:53 GMT

“Battleship” Super Bowl Trailer: Like “Transformers” at Sea

One of the most hotly anticipated releases of 2012 is “Battleship,” a film based on Hasbro's game that no one thought likely to be turned into a movie. A new trailer for it ran last night, during the Super Bowl game.While previously released footage for the movie hinted that aliens are coming from ou...

6 February 2012
11:30 GMT

Top 2011 Movies with the Most Mistakes Recorded

Some of us might not even pay attention to movie mistakes, but others are constantly picking them out. Since we're two days into the new year, let's have a look at the movies with the most mistakes recorded for 2011. The list comes courtesy of MovieMistakes.com, a website that caters especially for those of...

2 January 2012
01:01 GMT

Best Movies of 2011

It should never be easy to say “X is the best movie made this year,” because, presumably, filmmakers should offer us so many quality productions to make it impossible to choose just one from them.Since this is a brand new year and tradition calls to come up with a year-end list to show the highlights of t...

31 December 2011
17:31 GMT

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron Gets Behind the Scenes Trailer

The first full trailer of the upcoming Transformers: Fall of Cybertron debuted at the VGA ceremony during the past weekend but the developers decided that it was not enough for real fans of the robot based franchise and released another piece of video which goes behind the scenes and shows some of the developers talk...

15 December 2011
12:11 GMT

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron Trailer Is Better Than the Movies

Transformers games haven’t exactly been the pinnacle of quality for interactive experiences, as for every decent release, like Transformers: War for Cybertron, we were treated with some mediocre tie-in for the Hollywood Transformers movies, like the recent Dark of the Moon.Now, it seems that Activision and High...

12 December 2011
03:44 GMT

Michael Bay Will Be Back for 'Transformers 4'

Even though he repeatedly said he was done with the “Transformers” franchise after “The Dark of the Moon,” Michael Bay is currently in talks with Paramount to be back at the helm of a fourth film, it has emerged. Then again, this probably shouldn't surprise fans that much, since we'r...

7 December 2011
04:08 GMT

Jeremy Renner Disses 'Transformers' in Details Interview

Jeremy Renner may have gotten his start later in his career but he's definitely one of the hottest actors on the map right now. In a new interview with Details magazine, Renner muses on big budget movie franchises and explains why he'd rather do indie films. Renner became a household name after starring in ...

25 November 2011
06:20 GMT

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron Gets Cinematic Trailer

Video game publisher Activision has released a new trailer for the just announced Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, which is designed as “cinematic”, meaning that it offers a small glimpse into the narrative of the game without offering any real look at the gameplay.Fall of Cybertron will be created by Hig...

19 October 2011
10:22 GMT

Paramount Is Working on ‘Transformers’ 4 and 5 with Jason Statham

It’s not over yet: despite countless interviews in which Michael Bay said the third “Transformers” film would also be the last, Paramount Pictures is currently in talks with him about doing a fourth and a fifth, back to back.The idea started from Hasbro, word online has it. People from the toy compa...

18 October 2011
09:47 GMT

New Transformers: Fall of Cybertron Game Announced for 2012

Video game publisher Activision has announced that it is working with developer High Moon Studios to create a new entry in the Transformers video game franchise, called Fall of Cybertron, which will be launched at some point during 2012.The companies say that the new experience will allow players to play as a number ...

10 October 2011
15:11 GMT

Razer Shows Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon Collector’s Edition Mice

Linking two brands together for marketing purposes is something that often happens, and razer did this very thing when it put together the newest Collector's Edition mouse range. When it comes to mice and other peripherals, Razer is one of the companies that periodically launches something or other. Of co...

3 October 2011
03:41 GMT

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Activision has long been pigeonholed as the company that relies on two big franchises, Call of Duty and Guitar Hero, to sustain its business, while also launching small forays into the establishment of other franchises only to retreat when the public failed to become enamored with them.The Transformers license c...

19 July 2011
08:05 GMT

Quick Look: Transformers Dark of the Moon

Transformer Dark of the Moon is another video game linked to the blockbuster movie series, which this summer got a new installment, and to the old Hasbro toy line up and, despite the efforts of the High Moon Team, the game seems to be destined to languish in the mediocrity space destined for video games linked to mov...

13 July 2011
17:31 GMT

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Wants to Go Ugly for Next Movie

She’s been slammed by critics for her performance in “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” but model turned actress Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is not letting that stand in the way of her dreams of becoming an established actress.As she said before, she’s determined to forge a career in film if audie...

7 July 2011
10:20 GMT

‘Transformers: Dark of the Moon’ Is Biggest Fourth of July Weekend Opening Ever

Say what you want about Michael Bay and his movies, but one thing is certain: audiences love to see them on the big screen. Despite lukewarm to negative reviews, “Transformers: Dark of the Moon,” made a killing at the box office in its opening weekend. Figures for the Fourth of July extended weekend are i...

5 July 2011
07:31 GMT

Transformers: Dark of the Moon – Movie Review

Michael Bay’s movies are offensive, exploitative of women, and dumb because they’re loud, packed with nonsensical action scenes and special effects, and with no proper character development. With all this, with “Transformers: Dark of the Moon,” Michael Bay delivers the best “Transformers...

2 July 2011
09:41 GMT

New Razer Gaming Gear Is Transformers-Themed

It is common for makers of high-end hardware to leverage the following of certain multimedia phenomenon when making new products, so the new line of gaming products from Razer probably won't come across as too surprising.The capabilities of hardware components usually speak enough to determine the appeal of one...

29 June 2011
08:10 GMT

Shia LaBeouf Fights for the Right to Pick His Nose in Public

Shia LaBeouf, star of the “Transformers” franchise, will soon be saying goodbye to director Michael Bay and the character he’s played in 3 movies so far, to move on to greener pastures and a different type of filmmaking, as he puts it in a brand new interview with Hero Complex. He may be young but h...

27 June 2011
11:14 GMT

Michael Bay to Megan Fox: I’m Sorry that I’m Making You Show Up on Time

The latest issue of GQ magazine comes with an article meant to promote the upcoming “Transformers” film, “The Dark of the Moon.” Among other things, it also includes quotes from the staff on Megan Fox’s departure – and it’s not pretty. Fans must know that Megan Fox left the f...

21 June 2011
10:38 GMT

Megan Fox Was Fired from ‘Transformers’ Because Steven Spielberg Ordered It

Megan Fox left the “Transformers” franchise after two films, and has been replaced by British model Rosie Huntington-Whitley. Director Michael Bay has recently revealed it was Steven Spielberg who asked him to fire Fox. As fans must know, before she was dropped from the franchise, one of the biggest of ou...

20 June 2011
09:41 GMT

Transformers: Dark of the Moon Shipped to Retailers

Video game publisher Activision Blizzard has announced that its new Transformers: Dark of the Moon has now been shipped to retailers, with the game ready to launch on June 14 in North America and ten days later in Europe. The Michael Bay summer blockbuster on which the video game is based will be released in theat...

16 June 2011
10:01 GMT

Shia LaBeouf Will Not Return to ‘Transformers’

Even if director Michael Bay, or some other director, decides to make another “Transformers” film after the upcoming “The Dark of the Moon,” actor Shia LaBeouf will not reprise the part he’s played in the first 3 installments, he says in a new interview. Shia has made no secret of th...

11 June 2011
04:21 GMT

Megan Fox Was Too Much of a Feminist to Work on ‘Transformers,’ Says Shia LaBeouf

Director Michael Bay is often criticized for the way he treats women in his films, in that they’re no more than pretty objects to him, serving a very clear purpose, that of being eyecandy for the young male audience. Megan Fox was too much of a feminist and a thinker to comply with that, Shia LaBeouf says.When ...

4 June 2011
06:33 GMT

E3 2011 Preview: Activision

Activision is not the most diverse company at this point and some decisions taken over the last months have reduced the field of games it is creating even further so expect the upcoming E3 presence of the publisher to focus on one thing: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.The roll out party for the first person shooter, ...

3 June 2011
17:51 GMT

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Aims High: I Want a Sniff of Angelina Jolie’s Career

She’s yet to prove her worth to the world as an actress, but that’s not stopping Victoria’s Secret Angel Rosie Huntington-Whiteley from dreaming big: if she’s to choose a role model for her acting career, she wants it to be Angelina Jolie. Rosie, as fans must already know, is the latest star i...

31 May 2011
11:50 GMT

‘Transformers: The Dark of the Moon’ Gets Early Release

Michael Bay may have received a lot of flak for the second “Transformers” film which was a bit too much even for his standards, but hype for the third and last installment in the franchise is so big right now that it’s getting an early release. Initially, “The Dark of the Moon” was suppo...

23 May 2011
03:53 GMT

Transformers: Decepticons Glitches (DS)

Transformers: Decepticons is a video game developed only for the Nintendo DS by Vicarious Visions and published by Activision on June 19, 2007, in North America, and July 20, that same year, in Europe, and has its action and characters based on the recent Transformers Hollywood movie, using multiple locations and ite...

27 April 2011
07:00 GMT

Transformers: Decepticons Hints and Glitches (DS)

Transformers: Decepticons is a video game developed only for the Nintendo DS by Vicarious Visions, and published by Activision on June 19, 2007, in North America, and July 20, that same year, in Europe, and has its action and characters based on the first Transformers movie, using multiple locations and items from th...

26 April 2011
06:50 GMT

Transformers: Decepticons Hints II (DS)

Transformers: Decepticons is a video game made exclusively for the Nintendo DS by Vicarious Visions, and published by Activision on June 19, 2007, in North America, and July 20, that same year, in Europe, and has its action and characters based on the first Transformers movie directed by Michael Bay, using multiple l...

22 April 2011
12:21 GMT

Transformers: Autobots Glitches (DS)

Transformers: Autobots is a video game made for the Nintendo DS by Vicarious Visions, and published by Activision on June 19, 2007, in North America, and July 20, that same year, in Europe, and uses multiple locations and items from the blockbuster Transformers movie directed by Michael Bay.Transformers: Autobots is ...

22 April 2011
07:35 GMT

Transformers: Decepticons Hints (DS)

Transformers: Decepticons is a video game made for the Nintendo DS by Vicarious Visions, and published by Activision on June 19, 2007, in North America, and July 20, that same year, in Europe, based on the first Transformers movie directed by Michael Bay, and uses multiple locations and items from the blockbuster Hol...

21 April 2011
11:01 GMT

Transformers: Autobots Hints and Glitches (DS)

Transformers: Autobots is a video game made for the Nintendo DS by Vicarious Visions, and published by Activision on June 19, 2007, in North America, and July 20, that same year, in Europe, and uses multiple locations and items from the blockbuster Transformers movie directed by Michael Bay. Transformers: Autobots...

21 April 2011
05:41 GMT

Transformers: Decepticons Unlockables and Hints (DS)

Transformers: Decepticons is a video game made for the Nintendo DS by Vicarious Visions, and published by Activision on June 19, 2007, in North America, and July 20, that same year, in Europe, as part of a tie-in with the first Transformers movie directed by Michael Bay, using multiple locations and items from the bl...

20 April 2011
16:11 GMT

Transformers: Autobots Unlockables and Hints (DS)

Transformers: Autobots is a video game made for the Nintendo DS by Vicarious Visions, and published by Activision on June 19, 2007, in North America, and July 20, that same year, in Europe, as part of a tie-in with the first Transformers movie directed by Michael Bay, using multiple locations and items from the block...

20 April 2011
16:01 GMT

Transformers MMO Will Arrive in 2012

Jagex, an independent video games developer based in the United Kingdom, has announced that it has entered into a partnership with popular toy creator Hasbro aimed at developing and launching an MMO based on the very popular Transformers license. The new MMO is set to be launched at some point during 2012 in North A...

15 March 2011
08:40 GMT

First Look at ‘Transformers: The Dark of the Moon’

The third “Transformers” film, “The Dark of the Moon,” will also be the last in the franchise, director Michael Bay has said. He also promised a film that would be more serious and better in terms of quality and, as far as the teaser trailer released is concerned, fans are probably going to ge...

9 December 2010
05:30 GMT

‘Transformers: The Dark of the Moon’ Will Be Released in 3D

Michael Bay, one of the few directors that never hesitate to speak their mind no matter on whose toes they tread, has had a change of heart: the third “Transformers” film has been shot entirely in 3D and will, of course, see a 3D release.This wouldn’t be that much of a shock if, about a year or so a...

2 December 2010
10:40 GMT

New Guitar Hero, Spider-man, X-Men and Transformers Games Confirmed by Activision

Activision has just confirmed that new iterations in its Guitar Hero, Spider-man, X-Men and Transformers franchises will appear in 2011, in order to capitalize on the popularity of these series.Activision is currently the biggest game publisher in the world, owning a huge amount of popular franchises, headlined by Ca...

8 November 2010
14:21 GMT

‘Transformers: The Dark of the Moon’ Plot Detailed

After countless promises both from director Michael Bay and star Shia LaBeouf that “Transformers 3” will be “awesome,” fans have a chance to guess whether that’s true, as the official synopsis has been released.Just recently, it emerged that the third and final film in the “Transfo...

19 October 2010
05:34 GMT

‘Transformers 3’ Is Called ‘The Dark of the Moon’

Michael Bay & co. are now hard at work on “Transformers 3,” while keeping mum on most of the details regarding the film, plot and even name. Thanks to fans though, we have an indication of what that – the name – might be. According to The Wrap, fansite Seibetron did some digging around and som...

8 October 2010
10:05 GMT

Shia LaBeouf: ‘Transformers 3’ Will Be Awesome

Both director Michael Bay and leading man Shia LaBeouf know – and have owned up to it – that the first 2 “Transformers” films, though a hit at the box office, were not what fans expected. This is why they long promised that the third and final installment would be the best of the series &ndash...

5 October 2010
11:09 GMT

Production Halted on ‘Transformers 3’ After Accident

An extra was injured on the set of the third “Transformers” film in what the Indiana State Police describe as a car stunt gone terribly awry. The woman reportedly remains in critical condition. Shooting for the third film is now heavily underway, as fans must know. Just like the other two films, this one ...

3 September 2010
05:10 GMT

Transformer MMO Coming Only to China and Russia

NetDragon Websoft, one of the most important video game developers in China, has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Hasbro Inc., the well known entertainment product company that holds all the rights to the Transformers line toys. The two companies will be working together to bring a MMO based on th...

4 August 2010
03:09 GMT

Analyst: Starcraft II Will Boost the Video Game Industry

Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty is now out and Michael Pachter, an analyst with Wedbush Morgan, has predicted that the game will sell more than 7 million copies during this year, making it one of the best sellers of 2010, despite the fact that the title is only coming to the PC and sits in the rather niche real time s...

29 July 2010
08:04 GMT

Michael Bay Knows ‘Transformers 2’ Was Bad, Will Make ‘3’ Better, in 3D

After confirming that a third “Transformers” film would be coming out, director Michael Bay also indirectly acknowledged that the second one was bad even though it was the second-grossing movie of 2009, by saying the threequel would be “different.” It was the rush that ruined the second film, ...

11 June 2010
10:24 GMT

First Look at Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, the Autobots in ‘Transformers 3’

Up until a couple of weeks ago, fans could have hardly imagined “Transformers 3” without Michael Bay’s lady of choice, Megan Fox. Yet, she has left the production and has been replaced by Victoria’s Secret model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, who, according to the Daily Mail, is already hard at wo...

8 June 2010
10:07 GMT

Model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Confirmed for ‘Transformers 3’

It’s been a troubled few weeks for fans of the “Transformers” franchise, and especially for those for whom seeing Megan Fox in it was of dire importance. After the stunning actress confirmed that she would not be working with director Michael Bay for the third film, speculation began to pick up spee...

4 June 2010
09:21 GMT

Michael Bay Was Horrible to Megan Fox, She Hates Him

As the entire world must know by now, Paramount Pictures has recently confirmed that the third installment in the “Transformers” franchise will happen without one of its biggest stars, stunner Megan Fox. Her rep insists she left of her own will but will not detail on what made her come to this decision. S...

28 May 2010
10:41 GMT

Heidi Montag Posts Video Auditioning for ‘Transformers 3’

Perhaps not aware yet that director Michael Bay has already chosen his leading lady for the upcoming “Transformers” movie, to replace Megan Fox, Heidi Montag continues her campaign online for the role. The reality star has recently posted a video of her on Twitter, in which she’s target practicing, ...

28 May 2010
06:35 GMT


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