Via Geek Culture YouTube channel we have a brief but interesting interview with Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts director Steven Caple Jr.
Steven talks about his first contact with the live-action movies when he was 16 years old, how he felt about the amount of action in the film, his thoughts about Beast Wars and G1, and his wish to work with Megatron in a possible sequel.
Listen to the interview after the jump, but be aware that THERE ARE SPOILERS AHEAD. If you decided to watch it anyway, leave your impressions on the 2005 Boards!
Sledgehammer
Nothing to stop Megs being featured in flashback a la Bumblebee, so even if the mucky-mucks prevent Caple from diverting from what's come before, there's still room for him to be employed as a big bad (eg Megatron setting something in motion on Cybertron in the past, and an as-yet-unused Con executing that plan in the 'present' day).
KodyCrimson
Please, please, please add Megatron in a sequel. Make it so Lorenzo cannot unironically say "prequel" anymore. Thaw Megs out early.
HotShotPrime
Could be possible…
Isaac Staffeld
This movie is all prime and primal, maybe the sequel could be megatron and megatron
Oktiduz
Tp be fair, monkeys in general are really funny (ignoring the meme culture around them right now that BW wasn't subject to). For the casual person, it's hard not to laugh when a guy takes the name of the stoic, morally upright face of the franchise, and he turns into a shit slinging knuckle dragger
rendsora
I recall seeing ppl giggling at the statue display of Primal at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.
I really felt irritated at their sniggering and making stupid gorilla noises while posing for their selfies lol
Rodimus Prime
BW fans right now
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Rob
Yeah I think you nailed it. I'm still surprised a Beast wars movie was ever considered.
R3M1NGT0N
That’s not on him at this point. The execs like Lorenzo are doing the most damage. Knight has gone on the record to say that Bay supported him in his vision for BB, even as a reboot. It was the other execs who kept insisting on a Bayverse connection.
MatrixOfWumbo
I'm kind of of the opposite opinion. They clearly think of this movie as "Transformers 7" and not "Bumblebee 2." So I want the movie to fail enough that they abandon the continuity altogether, but not enough that they shelf the entire brand. It seems the only way to save the movies is to wait a while and reboot a second time.
TF Hot Rod
Dig the interview. Guess we're probably only seeing Scorponok then in the film. Would love to see Steven gets to do Megatron in the next film. If Lorenzo some higher up won't allow it then hope I hope ROTB does well enough that Steven's power film control wise goes up and he can help call more of the shots (to an extent) similar I guess to ROTF after TF1.
MatrixOfWumbo
Guess so. It just sucks that Michael Bay hasn't been a part of this franchise in 6 years and he's still causing damage because the execs are deluded enough to think his work is still viable.
R3M1NGT0N
Not really? It could still work depending on when they tell the next story, which will most likely be after ‘94. Steinfeld and her character are pretty close in age. They haven’t blown it. Missed opportunity, definitely. Completely out the window, no.
octobotimus
Not looking at spoilery plot run downs? I just remember your excitement toward Caple possibly giving us a G1 megatron credit scene
MatrixOfWumbo
The problem now is even if they could afford to bring Knight and Steinfeld back, they've already wasted 5 years. Actors age, and you can't keep telling stories about young adult Charlie Watson into her actress's 30s. We had one shot and they blew it for the next decade or so of story telling.
RazorX3000
This has been confirmed for ages lol where you been
octobotimus
welp confirms no megatron appearance for this movie.
RazorX3000
Ah I see what you mean. Yeah, it could’ve worked maybe but I’m just saying, the chances of it doing well at the box office would be slim unless the movie is very good or they have a low budget (or both). So I understand the logic behind wanting to get the general audience familiar with the main group of maximals first before diving into a full beast wars spin off film.
Music
They had to introduce robots that turn into cars for the first time to the masses in 2007. A robot turning into an ape isn't all that crazy. The audience can definitely handle a Beast Wars movie if done right. There are a variety of media out there with interesting concepts. It's silly to think the audience wouldn't be able to comprehend transforming animals.
Also, can you imagine if this argument was used for anything else? "No one would understand Captain America if he didn't appear in a movie with Iron Man prior". "No one would understand Kong if he didn't show up in a movie with Godzilla prior". If your movie is good, you don't need the help of an established movie franchise to piggy back off of.
R3M1NGT0N
That’s the main concern I think the studio had. Outside the fandom, and even still in parts of it, nobody really knows that BW was a thing, or they find the notion of transforming animal robots strange. Best to ease it in with familiar characters and then expand on it later.