Hasbro has issued a special announcement to warmly welcome press and the attendees of Brand Licensing Europe 2017 to visit their booth this year. While the announcement highlights what they will be exhibiting on the show floor, one particular line caught our attention:
“Earlier this year we released Transformers: The Last Knight and we announced a Bumblebee Movie due out in theaters December 2018. And in June 2019, we will unveil an entirely new, exciting storyline for Transformers. That’s three movies in three years, as well as our television programming, gaming and growing consumer product portfolio. It’s a fantastic time to be involved in Transformers”
– Katherine Buckland, Senior Licensing Director EMEA (Hasbro Consumer Products)
This is our first official statement regarding the Transformers movie to be out in 2019. We found the above statement to be rather odd for a couple of reasons; The announcement does not highlight the 2019 Transformers Movie as Transformers 6 (or 7). It also refers to the aforementioned movie as “an entirely new storyline”. Maybe we are reading too much into it but we’d definitely love to know what our forum members make out of it.
Additionally, Tom Warner, Senior VP Transformers stated that storytelling is key in engaging with new and current fans and driving growth. Production has already started on the 2018 film, which will be based on kids’ favorite; Bumblebee. The third film is slated for 2019.
You can check out the scanned Transformers portion of the Press Release, after the jump. Brand Licensing Europe 2017 will take place this October 10th at Olympia London, UK. Hasbro booth can be located at D-40.
Cinematic Universe VII Logo: Hasbro, Jefferies 2016 Consumer Conference.
Eric
They weren't before?
Negativedark
I'd say you were joking about that if you hadn't mentioned Amy Pascal.
Don't forget the ancient cybertronian who has a suprising connection to human history.
Yes. Again every movie doesn't just have the same Premise, but the same plot beats. I mean sure every Batman film will have the same premise of Batman trying to stop a psycho from destroying Gotham, but at least they'll mix the elements up some. A lot of people's reason for not seeing TLK was simply because they felt they'd already seen it four times before, and no King Arthur in the opening was not that revolutionary an idea or big a draw.
Enigma2K2
Mmmmmmm… dat avatar.
Jetstorm
No. Just… no.
I’m fine with a reboot of the franchise, honestly. And this is coming from someone who has loved the Bay movies (especially the first two). However I definitely didn’t love The Last Knight as much as the others. But I’m looking forward to revisiting it again today once my copy comes in the mail.
Just as long as we get a proper sixth movie and maybe have that be the “conclusion” to this series. The Last Knight would feel like such an unsatisfying conclusion.
SouthtownKid
They're saying the next movie will have an entirely new storyline.
Why are we taking this any more seriously than when they said TF4 was going to be a reboot?
Before every single sequel, we get some statement about what it's going to be from someone attached to the project who is either lying or doesn't know what the hell they are talking about or what terms mean. When the movie comes out, we'll see. Until then, I don't trust any of these people to tell me the correct time, much less what the next movie is going to be like.
Murasame
Maybe that means this time it's not about a Macguffin hidden on Earth and the Cons and Bots fighting for it to save Earth from the ultimate doom.
There D Hood
Now with 100% less sunsets and the U.S. military. Pre-order your ticket and we'll throw in 100% less humans. Act now!
Rumblestorm
None of the original 3 had cliff-hangers as big as the last 2 films.
Like, the Earth is a fucking robo-satan.
Cliffhanger levels are over 9000!!!!!
Terradives
We really didn't get a good origin story to start with.
Incepticon
I will literally laugh out loud if this is a complete reboot of the series/franchise. Why? Because it will absolutely abolish very single thing about TLK and its nearly 3 hours of *solely* setting up a huge Unicron climax and theoretical finale. I mean, the entire goddamn movie is nothing but a setup & cliffhanger. If THAT'S how the Bay era ends… man oh man… it'll be sweet poetic justice to the haphazard clusterfuck way all of his TF movies were approached and made.
I honestly hate Overlord
I grew up with the films, it's had it's run. I loved the 07 film when I was younger, it was decent, cgi still holds up. However, These films have never done anything but give the fans a stereotype I feel.
jaws
I made a post a few weeks ago in another thread saying that Unicron would be forgotten by the next movie, guess i was correct. WTH?
TFfanatic88
Hollywood cannot crash any faster enough. Mark my words, once Paramount is done with Transformers, the Unicron Trilogy is going to look like works of art in comparison to Bayformers.
Windsweeper II
I like beautifull things as much as the next person and art and entertainment can do good things. The problem is that the great majority of people involved with art and entertainment seem rather to want to use it to do bad things instead.
I guarantee you the cynisism isn't mine, it's the industries. I'm just tired of it's continuing efforts to sell harmfull ideas while pretending they are creating something "that will change the world and especially your life and explores what it means to be human while holding up a mirror to society". THAT is cynisism. And sadly i am still not quite as selective in the fiction i consume as i want.
I enjoy music of all kinds but when i hear a sixteen year old sing about how he has figured out life and how "we" are all something or other or do something or other i wish that person would step outside themselves and take a long critical look at themselves.
I'm sorry, but i'm not missing out on anything by not lavishing myself unquestioningly at the fountain of remorseless ego and amoral propaganda.And no, that is not just Hollywood, not by a long shot. My worldview (or my view on art and entertainment which seem to be so all encompasing to you as to deserve to be called a worldview) only enhances the quality of my life. Being critical of people who have an easy answer to every problem (often that answer is to deny the existence of those problems) and unashamedly propagate that all animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others while pretending (and possibly believing) they are saving the world is very much coming to ones senses.
Wow. What a rant
Anyway, why should my worldview make you sad. I'm just one person.
Heck i might even like your music.
YoungPrime
Well Bumblebee is yellow so in Paramount and Hasbro's world that means Wolverine, the same way that a Red and Blue OP = Superman or Spidey.
Jumacas
As a musician, myself, your worldview makes me very sad. At the end of the day though, if this reflects the way you think about art and entertainment indeed, then you're really missing out. Being cynical does not equal "coming to one's senses".
Windsweeper II
Instrumental music is actually very wholesome since you can't use it to spread messages designed to make people feel like they are inferior or make them look down on others
Jumacas
Why don't we stop taking music or any other form of art seriously while we're at it too? The colosseum is where it's at! Entertainment and human culture peaked right then and there! Those were the days!
Oh man… That actually killed me inside a little bit…
Porkulus
The series is a trainwreck and does need a reboot.
However, the risk with a reboot is telling yet another origin story, which every single film so far has tried to do.
The people handling the reboot would need to be smart, and treat it like Spiderman Homecoming- just drop in on these new characters and let us learn about them naturally. Hasbro has put together competent writing teams for smaller projects before, I'm sure they could actually assemble people who could pull it off. The problem is that it would be very hard for them sweeping house and clearing out their big moneymakers like Bay. If it ain't broke, as they say…