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Transformers: Beast Alliance Movie Production Call Listing Discovered

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Production Weekly, world’s leading production call magazine has posted a brand new listing for Transformers: Beast Alliance.

For those who are unaware, a production call list is a type of classified advertisement where crew can refer and participate in a selection process to work on future TV or Movie production.

On this week’s magazine, Production Weekly officially unveils Transformers: Beast Alliance; which was rumored not too long ago.

Additional details regarding the movie is within a paywall. You need to cough up a minimum of $75 to take a peek. However, owing to the fact that the production is still in its infancy, you may only see an address, a telephone number, and a contact person to schedule the selection process.

But, this news seemingly gives some credibility to the info drop by Illuminerdy.

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mn_128875 Avatar
Night Flame

I don't know why this popped into my head, but I just realized if the working title is Beast Alliance, what if it's a spin on the old "Call of the Primitives" episode? G1 characters that all have animal alt modes are called to help with something. That might almost make sense.

According to some leaks, The “beast alliance” name is a working title, and cheetor is going to be apart of the movie.

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Night Flame

I don't know why this popped into my head, but I just realized if the working title is Beast Alliance, what if it's a spin on the old "Call of the Primitives" episode? G1 characters that all have animal alt modes are called to help with something. That might almost make sense.

A thought what if the Beast Wars ended in a truce, but they were unable to get off the planet, and the Maximals and Predacons went into hiding becoming cryptids and creatures of myths, legends, and folk tales among humans. Then either (a) a dangerous relic from the war is found in a museum and a mixed team of Maximals and "Good" Predacons (they like Waspinator quit when they had enough of Megatron's BS) team up to steal it before Tarantulas/Megatron can get it.

Or (b) something from their war that could reveal their presence to the humans/G1 characters is found at a museum and again a cross-factional team get together to steal it before its discovered by the Autobots or Decepticons.

mn_128875 Avatar

I just checked the account, it kind of feels a bit sketchy to me because the account doesn’t follow Steven caple jr or any of the actors that have been cast.

TheSoundwave Avatar

Isn't "Beast Alliance" just the working title? It seems unlikely they'd set up social media pages for that.

MacFormer97 Avatar
Galvatron1998

This appears to be a fan account with a link to Paramount to make it appear more "authentic".

Could go either way at this point. It isn't unheard of for authentic social media accounts to pop up on the down-low a bit ahead of official announcements. It's also an easy way to make a fake leak. We'll just have to wait and see.

If it's real, we should hear something soon.

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MacFormer97

I will be frank: the people I know at Paramount aren't directly working on the movie. Lots and lots of meetings and such occur to plan the direction, feel, marketability, financial benefit, etc. of a movie, and that's where my sources come in. So I haven't seen a script or character list or possible casting or anything like that–the most I've seen are the early logo treatments. Because of this, I know more about the big-picture direction of the franchise rather than any specific about plot or characters. I do know that Paramount was very happy with the "feel" of Bumblebee and felt that the later Bay films became too big and impersonal.

That doesn't mean that every Transformers film going forward will have a very small robot cast–what I have heard points to this film having about an '07 movie-level cast–but Paramount and Hasbro do believe that the strength of Transformers lies in its heart, not its lore.

Don't freak out about that last part. They are still going to be pulling from wider Transformers lore. Just that the emotional bond between characters will be at the forefront of the series moving forward. I actually do know more about the animated film than I do the live-action one, though this may not be the right thread to discuss it. But to use it to make a point about what I'm saying: the description that it would center around the relationship between Optimus and Megatron was spot-on. That is absolutely the core of the film–more than the war, than in-universe politics, than figuring out how to string together big battles. It is the story of two friends growing dangerously apart.

(I also know there are more films being considered beyond Beast Wars, the Bumblebee sequel, and the animated film. Paramount is still interested in an Optimus movie. And they're also interested in bringing Transformers somehow to Paramount+. Just aren't sure of how to do it in a budget-friendly way, hence why they at least secured a show for Nickelodeon in the meantime).

It would be funny if we had a cast of like 8 Autobots and 5 Decepticons as a reverse of the first Michael Bay Transformers of 5 Autobots and 8 Decepticons.

Zook Avatar
Jeddostotle7

Wrong thread, you're probably looking for this one

How did that happen? I clicked on the RED thread… Thanks.

Jeddostotle7 Avatar
Zook

Got Cheetor today. Kinda meh to be honest. He's nowhere near a favorite character of mine, but it's Beast Wars. The plastic of very soft, and the joints could be tighter. If Cheetor is the only BW character they make, I'd be fine with that. It would look ridiculous with them all being the same height anyway.

Wrong thread, you're probably looking for this one

Night Flame Avatar

I don't know why this popped into my head, but I just realized if the working title is Beast Alliance, what if it's a spin on the old "Call of the Primitives" episode? G1 characters that all have animal alt modes are called to help with something. That might almost make sense.

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octobotimus

I’d say a mix is good. Make some lighthearted movies or more standard tone movies and then have a one of style movie that movie ends up being a darker tone. If you can do rogue one and kill everyone off, or Joker where it goes full on nuts, I want to see something semi similar to last stand of the wreckers.

This. There's no reason why every TF film theatrical or otherwise has to stick to either one tone or another. Franchises like Godzilla, TMNT, and Batman have proven that can have a mixture of both dark and light hearted stories existing with one another. No reason why it can't be the same for Transformers.

octobotimus Avatar
BIOMEC

I prefer a more serious approach to transformers.

I’d say a mix is good. Make some lighthearted movies or more standard tone movies and then have a one off style movie that ends up being a darker tone. If you can do rogue one and kill everyone off, or Joker where it goes full on nuts, I want to see something semi similar to last stand of the wreckers.

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TheSoundwave

I see Transformers as more of a fun pulpy sci-fi franchise to tell adventures with likeable characters and the core gimmick of transformation.

I prefer a more serious approach to transformers.

MacFormer97 Avatar
octobotimus

The lore and world building was never the issue, the directing, annoying characters, re-use of the same plot over and over again, and writing were.

Novaburnhilde

This can be both a good or a bad thing depending on who is picked.

While writers and directors having more freedom sounds great, if their vision sucks and there's no one to reel them in it will simply lead to disaster. Hopefully we don't end up with another Transformers Prime here.

That's something else I was gonna say: it doesn't have to be one or the other, both lore and the characters can be a strength if done right.

Something I want to personally clarify, as I don't think I made it very clear earlier: the word "lore" was never spoken to me, and from my knowledge of the film industry, I don't think Paramount execs were tossing that word around either. I just wanted to emphasize that the old way of approaching new stories was to begin with an idea–whether it was an idea found in a reference book or something like that–whereas now almost every starting point is character-based. Sorry if I caused confusion.

SuperTitanHans

Dude I don’t want to be a party pooper but if you’re sharing proprietary information, you are putting your friends’ jobs in jeopardy and exposing them to a lawsuit. I wouldn’t. And frankly, I don’t want Paramount to change direction on something cool because it’s been leaked without authorization.

I absolutely understand that worry. That is why I have avoided anything too specific. I have received permission from my "sources" to post what I have thus far.

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