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Transformers: Bumblebee movie has been nominated at the 45th annual Saturn Awards.

The movie itself is nominated for the Best Science Fiction Film Release while Hailee Steinfeld is nominated for the category of Best Supporting Actress In A Film.

Best Science Fiction Film Release:

  • Alita: Battle Angel (20th Century Fox)
  • Bumblebee (Paramount)
  • Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (Universal Pictures)
  • Ready Player One (Warner Bros. Pictures)
  • Solo: A Star Wars Story (Lucasfilm Ltd. / Walt Disney Studios)
  • Sorry to Bother You (Mirror Releasing – Annapurna Pictures)
  • Upgrade (BH Tilt)

Best Supporting Actress in a Film:

  • Cynthia Erivo – Bad Times at The El Royale (20th Century Fox)
  • Karen Gillan – Avengers: Endgame (Marvel / Walt Disney Studios)
  • Amber Heard – Aquaman (Warner Bros. Pictures)
  • Scarlett Johansson – Avengers: Endgame (Marvel / Walt Disney Studios)
  • Naomi Scott – Aladdin (Walt Disney Studios)
  • Hailee Steinfeld – Bumblebee (Paramount)
  • Zendaya – Spider-Man: Far From Home (Marvel / Sony Studios)

We wish them the best. Saturn Awards 2019 is taking place as we speak.

under Other News

Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner spoke to CNBC and Yahoo Finance yesterday, regarding the future of the company. Among the discussion points was the mitigation and contingency plan for the eventual US tariff increase to be imposed to toys manufactured in China.

As a temporary solution Hasbro is planning to pass-on the price increase to the customer and therefore safeguading the retailers.

“We’re having conversations with our retailers and of course we will pass along those costs.”

The company hopes to “effectively pass on those costs” by mitigating the margin internally. But “ultimately, [they] will be borne by the consumer over time.”

In long term, Hasbro is planning to make changes to the products to reduce the cost.

“With time, you can redesign and redevelop your product lines with those tariffs in mind…“

Hasbro is taking action to shift as much production out of China to other countries as possible ahead of this holiday season. About 67% of Hasbro’s merchandise is now sourced from China, down from 90% a few years back and 75% or so entering 2019. By the end of 2020, Goldner expects to have only 50% of Hasbro’s inventory reliant on China.

However, the toy giant is not planning to raise toy prices for the 2019 Holiday Season.

“We certainly want to ensure that we’re not raising prices on products right before the holidays. We would hope we would continue to have a productive dialogue and find other solutions to the situation.”

Increased tariffs will effect from December 15th onward.

under Transformers Movie (Just Movie)

Legendary voice actors Peter Cullen and Frank Welker spoke during Fan Expo 2019 to comment on the future of the Transformers Live Action Movie Franchise.

With regards to the soft reboot of Transformers: Bumblebee, Mr. Cullen stated “I’m really happy they’re going back to Generation 1 and that sense of feeling”.

“This is our family. Generation Oners.” said Mr. Welker “We all have such great, fond memories of that and we’re like a family. I think the more that’s expressed to the powers-that-be at Paramount Pictures and Hasbro, the more they understand Generation 1 is the heart and soul of their industry will they become convinced that going back to the roots would be the answer for the continued success.”

But the biggest surprise came when they elaborated on a rumor they have heard.

“Another thing too that, along the same lines we’re talking about, we’re hoping – we’ve heard rumors but you never know – would be to have the G1 characters and voices from the originals because a lot of us are still around and can do those voices. We’re hoping that maybe Hasbro or Paramount would put out a full-length feature animated version so you’d see that whole beautiful family. That’s the hope so let them know if that’s interesting to you, but really the franchise will continue on but in what shape we don’t know.”

You can read more info from the panel and listen to a recording of the same, via FlickeringMyth.

under Transformers Cyberverse

Foxtel Australia has joined Gulli TV France to broadcast Transformers: Cyberverse Chapter 2 Power Of The Spark on every Saturday and Sunday at 6:00pm starting from 24th August (2 episodes per day / 4 episodes per weekend).

Episode List:

  • Episode 01: Sea Of Tranquility 
  • Episode 02: Bad Moon Rising
  • Episode 03: The Visitor
  • Episode 04: Bring Me The Head Of Optimus Prime
  • Episode 05: Trials
  • Episode 06: Dark Birth
  • Episode 07: Parley
  • Episode 08: Starscream’s Children
  • Episode 09: Spotted
  • Episode 10: Secret Science
  • Episode 11: Infinite Vendetta
  • Episode 12: I Am The Allspark

You can check out the Episode Description for each episode, after the jump.

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under Generations / Classics, Japanese Transformers

TakaraTomy Mall has pre-orders up for their exclusive Generation Selects Nightbird and Powerdasher Zetar figures.

Priced at ¥ 4,104 (approx US$ 38.50), both figures will release on September 7th, 2019. However, the pre-orders will only be available until the supplies last.

Official images of the toys can be found after the jump. Good luck, folks.

under Transformers Cyberverse

French free-to-air television channel Gulli TV is set to premiere Transformers: Cyberverse Chapter 02 – Power Of The Spark, this Saturday (08/24/2019) at 3:45pm.

Season 2: Episode 1: The Sea of Tranquility:

To save the earth from destruction, the Autobots must defeat the Decepticons on the Moon.

Season 2: Episode 2: The Black Moon:

Starscream tries to take power on the Decepticons while the Moon heads straight for the earth.

Season 2: Episode 3: The Visitor:

While, in the Ark, one of Wheeljack’s inventions becomes uncontrollable, Bumblebee tries to figure out what he saw on the Moon.

Season 2: Episode 4: Your Target: Optimus Prime:

The Decepticons plunge into chaos following the unexpected arrival of an Autobot among them.

A promo clip featuring new footage can be found on the channel’s official website.

under Video Games

Leyou; the benefactor of Certain Affinity game studio visited ChinaJoy 2019 convention to tell the fans about their upcoming projects. Among the details is the recently revealed Transformers Online; a third person shooter based on the popular Hasbro franchise.

First of all, the company confirmed the name as Transformers Online. In fact, this is the first public reveal of the project following the press information which dropped back in February.

As speculated by us, the game will release on PC as well as on Consoles and it will be Free-To-Play. However, they are not committing to a release date at the moment.

Leyou also iterated that Certain Affinity worked on AAA titles such as Halo and Call Of Duty. Therefore, assuring the quality of the game.

Though it is difficult to tell by the released information, the press document highly suggests that the game will be based on Generation 1 or its likeness, instead of Movieverse which served as the basis for the discontinued Transformers: Online game in China.

“the TRANSFORMERS property, including associated logos, copyrights, and characters and their respective likenesses (as portrayed in products sold during the period beginning 1984 and ending 1995 sometimes referred to as “TRANSFORMERS GENERATION I” and which may also include iconography and various stylized iterations of the same created such as TRANSFORMERS GENERATIONS launched in 2010 and relaunched in 2012″

under Transformers Movie (Just Movie)

Viacom; the parent company of Paramount Pictures is in talks with CBS for a potential merger (as ViacomCBS). At the time of writing of this post, the question is ‘when?’ and not ‘if?’, since internal townhall sessions are taking place at Viacom/Paramount in preparation for the merger.

There are some exciting news and rumors coming out of Paramount side, with regards to Transformers and G.I. Joe franchises. TFW2005 Network decided to dig in to learn more.

  1. Extension of Jim Gianopulos and Elizabeth Raposo.
  2. Hasbro-Paramount agreement.
  3. Potential live action TV series.
  4. CBS Showtime and Paramount movies.

You can read our report on the above mentioned subjects, after the jump.

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To help push the popularity of its brands in India (and the subcontinent), Hasbro has teamed up with Black White Orange for the franchises including Nerf, My Little Pony, Transformers, Play-doh, Monopoly, Power Rangers and Baby Alive.

Black White Orange aims to expand the licensing program for Hasbro with an initial focus on the apparel, accessories, back-to-school, promotional licensing, sporting goods and publishing categories. The agency is also planning a major push for the brands throughout the upcoming festive and back-to-school seasons.

“I am incredibly impressed by the commerciality, creativity and passion of the Black White Orange team and look forward to building powerful licensee and retailer partnerships together in India.” says, Claire Gilchrist, vice president, APAC consumer products, Hasbro, Inc.

“Hasbro and the portfolio of its brands have been legendary in the consumer products space. We at Black White Orange are extremely honored and excited to work on these properties and take them in to the homes of all the fans who are currently consuming or have grown up with these brands in India.” says Bhavik Vora, Founder and CEO, Black White Orange Brands Pvt. Ltd.

under Transformers Cyberverse

Hasbro’s official Transformers website has been updated with content from the upcoming Transformers: Cyberverse chapter 2 Power Of The Spark.

“The Autobots and Decepticons wield an incredible new force from the Allspark! Both sides power up and master mysterious new abilities by converting Earth vehicles into Spark Armor: battle-ready gear they’ll use to take the fight to a whole new level!”

The site now contains Chapter 2 character bios in addition to official art which appears on toy packaging.

New list of characters include Autobots Jetfire, Cheetor and Decepticon Sky-Byte.

Spark Armor toys are also listed along with their official images.