Yesterday, during the Beijing International Film Festival, Paramount Pictures chairman Jim Gianopulos stated that the company is making plans in China for the release of Transformers: The Last Knight and the 10th Anniversary Celebration of the first movie.
“There will be grand celebrations to mark the 10th anniversary of the Transformers franchise in southern China’s Guangzhou city this summer,” said chairman of Paramount Pictures Jim Gianopulos.
The 6 million votes in an online poll pointed to the city of Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, as the location to mark the anniversary, unveiled Jim Gianopulos, the new Paramount Pictures chairman, and Megan Colligan, the president of Paramount’s worldwide marketing and distribution at a press conference held during the 7th Beijing International Film Festival
Megan Colligan also revealed an exclusive long trailer of the new installment, “Transformers: The Last Knight,” in front of Chinese press members and guests, featuring a typical Michael Bay styled explosion and robots fight on a grand scale. The new film will arrive in June alongside its brand new edition of Hasbro toys which will hit the market since April 28.
The firth movie will also be released in the country on June 23rd along with the US release.
There is an interesting tidbit on the site which provided this news. However, there was no indication whether the statement was official or not. We’ve kept it after the jump for SPOILER reasons, never the less.
Movie Description:
This summer, Cade Yeager, played by Mark Wahlberg, will team up with the Dinobots to solve problems, while Optimus Prime searches for Quintessons and fights against Unicron.
DOTM Bumblebee
Unicron? Don't know how legit this is, because it does seem a bit early in the cinematic universe game to bring in the biggest and most powerful threat in the Transformers universe.
iceburn9
Now that's something that will really get me excited.
People always say it won't translate well into a live action movie. I beg to differ. I think it would look awesome.
ImAWalkingCorpse
Uhhmm I don't think anyone is ignoring that.
Ian Baeza
Is everyone ignoring the fact that UNICRON might be in the last knight movie?
jaws
In the most recent trailer Sir Anthony Hopkins says
"thousands of years we kept it hidden to protect Earth from what was destined to arrive" and "your all that stands in its way"
Could it be a planet killer that will fulfill the Age of Extinction?????
Livingdeaddan
"Cade Yeager teams up with the Dinobots to solve problems!"
I imagine them all sitting around a huge colour by numbers book, scratching their heads!
Seriously! What problems are Dinobots solving?!
"Oh no there's a rock in the way! Slug!!!"
Boom! Problem solved!
"The doors locked! Strafe!"
Squawk! Crash! Problem solved!
"This bbq won't start. Grimlock!"
Roar! Burrnn! Problem solved! Yum!
"There's an intergalactic conspiracy going back 1000s of years, we need to know guys, why they keep coming here…. guys?!
……. Problem pending.
Rumblestorm
WAT
Unicrons Herald
Ok, I'm taking it with a grain of salt that
Seth Sunthay
DA FUCK.
I hope that's NOT true.
Music
Yeah, I'm not believing that spoiler description. That's a pretty big spoiler and I doubt they would want to reveal it prior to the movie release.
VortexPrime
I knew it!
there is no way they throw that name out like that without some knowledge.
SimbaTron
"Megan Colligan also revealed an exclusive long trailer of the new installment, “Transformers: The Last Knight,” in front of Chinese press members and guests, featuring a typical Michael Bay styled explosion and robots fight on a grand scale"
hmm,what's this about?
Powerglide1991
Transformers should be fine, i wouldn't worry. This film has had much better marketing than AoE had, and lets face it, Transformers has made a name for itself ovr the past 30 years, people will see it regardless. I'd say it's like Star Wars or [Insert Disney film here] but it's not quite on that level.
SilverOptimus
There is more to this news regarding the release date in china:
Anniversary Celebration Details And Transformers: The Last Knight Release Date In China – Transformers News – TFW2005
pie125
China to celebrate 10th anniversary of 'Transformers' – China.org.cn
China will celebrate the 10th anniversary of Hollywood blockbuster franchise "Transformers," which has witnessed huge success in China in the past decade, top executives announced in Beijing on Thursday.
The 6 million votes in an online poll pointed to the city of Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, as the location to mark the anniversary, unveiled Jim Gianopulos, the new Paramount Pictures chairman, and Megan Colligan, the president of Paramount's worldwide marketing and distribution at a press conference held during the 7th Beijing International Film Festival.
Colligan thanked Chinese fans' support for the franchise as the previous four installments grossed 3.8 billion yuan (US$551.84 million) in China. The fourth installment, shot partly in China and starring Chinese star Han Geng and Li Bingbing, raked in 1.97 billion yuan (US$320 million) and was once the biggest grossing film ever in China until it was dethroned by later films like "Furious 7" and "Mermaid."
The worldwide total of the franchise reached US$3.8 billion.
Megan Colligan also revealed an exclusive long trailer of the new installment, "Transformers: The Last Knight," in front of Chinese press members and guests, featuring a typical Michael Bay styled explosion and robots fight on a grand scale. The new film will arrive in June alongside its brand new edition of Hasbro toys which will hit the market since April 28.
Paramount executives and Chinese film industry observers both expected the fifth installment to set new box office records in China.
Gianopulos also revealed there will be a standalone film about the Transformer character Bumble Bee coming next year.View attachment 27711866
Trip2boy
This year competition is tough in the States. We've got Guardians 2 and Wonder Woman vying for summer action flicks, and Pirates 5 has stepped up promotion to rake in fans after 2011's On Stranger Tides left a lot of people wanting more (I loved it, but to each his own). Transformers is going to have a hard summer ahead, but at least we can take solace in knowing we'll still have two other movies in the coming years to rake in more money if this one doesn't do as well as I hope.
Livingdeaddan
I don't know if the decision is made in Japan, I think it's Paramount spreading their earnings.
Sixshot93
It definitely will.
What also helps TLK is that Josh Duhamel and Tyrese are back and that they were very much missed in AOE.
SilverOptimus
Furious 7 exploded due to Paul Walker's death. People wanted to see a good sendoff. Haven't watched F8 yet. Gonna miss the dude.
TLK has a great potential in China. And the word of mouth is good in US this time. People may want to see for the fact that the idea of Michael Bay leaving surrounds the movie. People may want to see a good sendoff from this movie as well.
I'm guessing TLK will earn more than AOE domestically.