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Well its official, Transformers Revenge of the Fallen is big news within the UK and Japan. In the UK the sequal out grossed the first movie by a whopping 71% at $14.1 million from 517 locations.Here's a quote from Michael Bay's own website
Transformers 2 opened spectacularly in their world debuts in the UK and
Japan, grossing a total of $20 mil from 846 locations. The Michael Bay
directed film was a clear #1 in both territories, with the UK’s opening
total of $14.1 mil from 517 locations outperforming rival comic book
sequel Spider-Man 2 by 18%, the original Transformers movie by 71% and
coming within 3% of the Dark Knight weekend total. In Japan, the film’s
gross of $5.8mn from 329 locations was 64% ahead of The Dark Knight,
and only 13% behind Transformers which had the advantage of opening in
summer school holidays.
The franchise’s eagerly awaited second instalment opens across most of the rest of the world next week on Wednesday June 24th."
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Just quick reminder that if you live within the UK and Ireland the second live-action Transformers movie is playing in Cinemas right now so go out and support the movie, the line and the fandom and then let us know your thoughts on our message board
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on: Friday, 19th June 2009 at 09:15:29 BST
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Hasbro have issued the following press release
AUTOBOTS and DECEPTICONS storm toy aisles prior to Hasbro's new live-action TRANSFORMERS movie invading theaters this summer
DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures Film Elevates the Excitement and Action from 2007's Blockbuster TRANSFORMERS Movie
TORONTO,June 18 /CNW Telbec/ -
This summer, the colossal battle between the AUTOBOTS and the DECEPTICONS continues when the "ROBOTS IN DISGUISE" once again invade movie theaters around the world. TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN, from DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures, in association with Hasbro, debuts June 24th, 2009 and continues the saga of the 2007 Worldwide blockbuster film that finds two warring factions of robots colliding in a major battle on planet Earth.
On May 30th, Hasbro launches its new line of movie-based TRANSFORMERS toys that capture the action and excitement of the new film. Fans will love the new action figures showcasing popular characters like OPTIMUS PRIME and BUMBLEBEE in multiple scales - with many featuring lights and authentic sounds and phrases from the movie. Kids can pretend to be a TRANSFORMERS robot by wearing the new BUMBLEBEE MOVIE VOICE MIXER HELMET that lets children mix their own voices with music and includes "tune-in radio phrases," just like BUMBLEBEE. To complete the fantasy, kids can pretend to battle the DECEPTICONS with the new TRANSFORMERS MOVIE BUMBLEBEE PLASMA CANNON. This awesome arm blaster converts from BUMBLEBEE'S robot arm to his plasma cannon and features lights and signature TRANSFORMERS sound effects. And, long-time fans will be thrilled with one of the most powerful DECEPTICONS, the new TRANSFORMERS MOVIE CONSTRUCTICON DEVASTATOR figure, a monstrous robot that combines six vehicles into one giant robot.
For 25 years, Hasbro has provided kids with hours of MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE action with their figures that convert from robot to vehicles and back again. Legions of boys around the world grew up creating fantastic adventures and battles set on both the planet CYBERTRON and Earth that featured the heroic AUTOBOTS - like OPTIMUS PRIME and BUMBLEBEE - clashing with the evil DECEPTICONS, led by MEGATRON. The toys' popularity reached new levels with the release of the first live-action TRANSFORMERS movie, cementing the toys and the brand in the upper stratosphere of pop culture.
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In a post on his message board Michael Bay makes it clear that he is not planning on quitting the Transformers movie franchise just yet.
"Hah, Love press how they spin. Never said it - just wanted a vacation is
more to the point. And no I don't read the good or the bad reviews." posts Michael in response to a thread stating that he had quit the series which is due to continue with a third movie.
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on: Friday, 19th June 2009 at 09:12:28 BST
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Our thanks go to Titan Comics for sending through the following press release
Win a Walk on Part in TRANSFORMERS Comic!
To mark the launch of the second volume of TRANSFORMERS Comic and the release of the new blockbusting movie, we’re offering a once in a lifetime opportunity, a never to be repeated experience, the ultimate TRANSFORMERS fan dream: the chance to win a walk on part in TRANSFORMERS Comic!
One lucky fan is gong to get their likeness drawn into an upcoming instalment of TRANSFORMERS Comic’s awesome originated comic strip, standing amongst the mighty AUTOBOTS and fierce DECEPTICONS!
To be in with a chance of landing a walk on part in TRANSFORMERS Comic, all you need do is go to: www.titanmagazines.co.uk/walkon
For more information about TRANSFORMERS Comic and this promotion, please contact Jo Browne Email: jo.browne@titanemail.com Phone: 020 7803 1961.
Transformers © 2009 Hasbro. All Rights Reserved. © 2009 DreamWorks LLC and Paramount Pictures Corporation.
www.titancomicsuk.com
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on: Thursday, 18th June 2009 at 20:53:28 BST
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Hi there,
hope all's well. I thought I'd give you a head's up on this exclusive new content launched this morning as part of the new Transformers "extended film experience" campaign. Check it out here:
The YouTube clip forms part of a major worldwide project co-ordindated by Paramount Pictures, involving robots taking over the world! Check out the full information below. The project's just been officially launched, so is hot off the press. If you need any more information, do drop me a note.
Kind regards
Daan
Chief Robot Spotter - Transformers team
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In the past week, there's been a surge in sightings of mysterious robots in cities and famous landmarks around the world, including Tokyo, Berlin, Rome, Barcelona, Perth and even Machu Pichu. People from across the globe have been posting videos and photos of these sightings on sites. Perhaps the most bizarre sighting so far was shot by fans at the Champion's League final in Rome: <
http://video.libero.it/app/play/?id=67f94bf55cc5e87823321d219ed1c60a>
The sightings coincide with the launch of the new "Transformers: Return of the Fallen" film, due for release on June 24th, and form part of the film's "extended-film-experience" campaign designed to get fans more involved with the film and its characters before and beyond it's launch.
Paramount Pictures quote:
Heath Tyldesley, marketing director for Paramount Pictures International commented: "Extending the narrative of the film into the real world prior to a film's release is a great way of building buzz and awareness amongst fans and viewers, rewarding them for their engagement with the first film. Directors are really embracing broadening the platforms of the films narrative to include the web and Michael Bay is no exception".
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Million Hero have updated their site with a little more on Volume 3 of the Transformers Generation Book 2009 which is due for release on August 17th.
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on: Thursday, 18th June 2009 at 09:01:15 BST
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MichaelBay.com has posted some Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Fun Facts.
Robots
- 14 robots last time, 46 robots this time (ILM only)
- If you had all the gold ever mined in the history of man, you could build a little more than half of Devastator.
- Optimus Prime will be life size on IMAX screens in many forest fight shots.
- Devastator’s hand is traveling 390 miles per hour when he punches the pyramid.
- The pyramid destruction simulation was 8 times bigger than the old rigid simulation all-time record holder at ILM.
- All robot parts laid out end to end would stretch from one side of California to the other, about 180 miles
- Devastator’s parts stacked tip to tip would be as tall as 58 empire state buildings.
- If all the texture maps on the show were printed on 1 square yard sheets, they would cover 13 football fields.
Disk space
- TF1 took 20 Terabytes of disk space. Trans2 took 145 Terabytes. Seven times bigger!
- 145 terabytes would fill 35,000 DVDs. Stacked one on top of the other without storage cases, they would be 145 feet tall.
Rendering times
- If
you rendered the entire movie on a modern home PC, you would have had
to start the renders 16,000 years ago (when cave paintings like the
Hall of Bulls were being made) to finish for this year’s premiere!
- A single imax shot in the movie (df250) would have taken almost 3 years to render on a top of the line home PC running nonstop.
- IMAX frame render times: As high as 72 hours per frame!
Imax
- Optimus Prime will be life size on IMAX screens in many forest fight shots.
- Imax frames take about 6 times longer than anamorphic to render.
- IMAX frame render times: As high as 72 hours per frame!
ILM screen time
ILM Screen Time is about 51 minutes.
Devastator
- Devastator is as tall as a 10 story building.
- Devastator has more than 10 times the number of individual parts found in an average car.
- Laid out end to end, Devastator’s parts would be almost 14 miles long.
Devastator totals
- Number of geom pieces: 52632
- The total number of polygons: 11,716,127
- The total length of all pieces: 73090 feet
- The total length of all pieces: 13.84 miles
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Titan Magazines have sent through two wallpapers from issue 1 of the new UK Transformers comic, Transformers 2,1. The wallpapers are by the main article John Davis Hunt.
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Titan Magazines have sent through an interview with John Davis Hunt the main artist on the UK Transformers 2.1.
1.When did you start drawing comics?
I’ve always drawn comics in my spare since I was a little boy. I can remember my Mum buying me the very first issue of TRANSFORMERS, back in the early 80’s, when I must have been about 5 or 6 and I would spend hours copying the art from that!
3.How did you get into drawing comics for a job?
I was working as a concept artist and designer in the computer games industry, but I had always really wanted to get into comics. One day I just decided that it was now or never and so I spent a summer preparing a portfolio that got me my first work for a comic here in the UK.
5.What comic artists do you most admire and why?
My favourite comic artist is a Japanese artist called Katsuhiro Otomo who drew the original Akira manga in the 80’s. His work is just stunning, particularly a book he did before Akira called Domu. My favourite contemporary artists are Frank Quietly, Travis Charest and John Cassaday. Frank Quietly in particular is amazing. His sense of form and composition are exemplary.
6.Who do you think you’ve been most influenced by?
Probably the artists I’ve just mentioned above, but as an avid comic fan, I’m constantly coming across new (or old) artists who influence my work. In the early days, Geoff Senior (who used to draw Transformers TRANSFORMERS in the 80’s) was my favourite artist and he had a massive influence on making me want to get into comics.
7.Is there a TRANSFORMERS character that you particularly like drawing and why?
Well, apart from OptimusOPTIMUS, who is always great to draw because he’s so iconic, I do really enjoy drawing the Twins, Skids and Mudflap, just because Simon has written them so well and they get up to so much cool stuff. But aside from that, I do love how cool and iconic G1 Megatron MEGATRON looks! I’ve always loved his massive arm cannon – it just looks so cool!
8.What have you worked on before TRANSFORMERS Comic?
I’m a relative newcomer to comics, but prior to TransformersTRANSFORMERS, I’d worked on several stories for 2000AD. Prior to that, I worked in the computer games industry and was the Senior Designer on the racing game GRID.
9.Apart from working on TRANSFORMERS Comic, obviously, what would be your dream comic job?
That’s a tough one! Probably to have a go at drawing Spiderman or Batman as along with Transformers TRANSFORMERS, they are the two comics that I used to read the most when I was young.
10.What was your first encounter with TRANSFORMERS?
I can remember being about 5 years old and seeing the toys for the very first time on Blue Peter. They had only just come over from Japan at that point, and you couldn’t get them in the shops yet. At the time, everyone was into He-Man or Action Man ACTION MAN, so TRANSFORMERS Transformers were this whole new thing and they looked totally awesome! Then I got the first issue of the TRANSFORMERS Transformers comic and from then on I was hooked!
11.If you were a TRANSFORMER, what would you be and why?
When I was young, my favourite TRANSFORMERS character Transformer was the original JazzJAZZ. I thought he had the coolest car mode (a GT Racing Porsche) so I’d probably have to say him.
12.What are you most looking forward to in the new movie?
Without question – DEVESTATOR!!!!!!!!!
13.What do you think the next 25 years have in store for TRANSFORMERS?
Hopefully a continuation of the Movie series, which is would be totally awesome! I think as well that once the cost of CGI effects comes down in price, we fans will could one day get a weekly live action Transformers TRANSFORMERS TV series, which will would be amazing! I’ve just had a little boy too, so I’m looking forward to introducing him to the wonderful world of TRANSFORMERS
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Paramount Pictures have posted a video from the London Premier of Transformers Revenge of the Fallen which took place this past Monday in Leicester Square. The movie, which is released across the UK this Friday had its first public screening of the final edit last Friday at the FDA screening which also took place in London with Transformers At The Moon in attendance. You can view Paramount Picture's video below.
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Hey guys! To let you know TRU are doing a multibuy offer, spend over £45 and get a free deluxe.
Have a good day,
KingGrimlock
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Hasbro have filed for 1 new Transformers related trademarks with the USPTO. You can view all of the details in our
Transformers Trademark area which is updated constantly throughout the day by our dedicated news-bots, but here is the list of all of the new applications:
- SWINDLE
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