Four new official TV Spots for the upcoming Transformers: Age of Extinction have now aired and are available to view on YouTube
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Four new official TV Spots for the upcoming Transformers: Age of Extinction have now aired and are available to view on YouTube
The Official Transformers Movie Facebook Page have announce that the theme song for Transformers: Age Of Extinction will release on June 2nd 2014. The song it titled Battle Cry and is by Imagine Dragons. It has also been confirmed that Composers Steve Jablonsky and Hans Zimmer contributed to the song.
"Catch the new song "Battle Cry" by Imagine Dragons coming worldwide June 2nd on KIDinaKORNER/Interscope Records!"
The Transformers 4 Age of Extinction Oreo cookie advert has been uploaded onto YouTube. The advert contains some additional footage from the scene where Lockdown attacks Optimus Prime and was directed by Michael Bay himself
Michael Bay has updated his website with a new Press Release announcing the that Imagine Dragons will perform at the world premier of Transformers: Age Of Extinction.
Following an early footage screening of the film, Imagine Dragons wrote the original song "BATTLE CRY," which Bay used in critical points in the film. Additionally, the band contributed original music during the scoring process by recording cues with Jablonsky, the film’s composer, and Hans Zimmer, who assisted in the process. The collaboration resulted in added depth to the sound of the film.
IMAGINE DRAGONS will perform its new single live at the film’s worldwide premiere in Hong Kong, one of the locations in the film, on June 19th.
Check out the full announcement, after the jump.
HOLLYWOOD, CA (May 13, 2014) – Director Michael Bay, film composer Steve Jablonsky and Paramount Pictures are collaborating with the Grammy Award-winning band IMAGINE DRAGONS to feature the band’s original music in the upcoming film “TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION,” one of the most anticipated movies of the summer.
Following an early footage screening of the film, Imagine Dragons wrote the original song “BATTLE CRY,” which Bay used in critical points in the film. Additionally, the band contributed original music during the scoring process by recording cues with Jablonsky, the film’s composer, and Hans Zimmer, who assisted in the process. The collaboration resulted in added depth to the sound of the film.
“We’re incredibly lucky that Dan, Wayne, Ben and Daniel were available to work with us,” says director Bay. “I remember being drawn to the emotion of ’Demons’ and ’Radioactive’ the first time I heard those songs, and I knew I wanted that same energy and heart for this movie. They’ve created a really epic, otherworldly sound for ’Battle Cry.’”
“The TRANSFORMER franchise has set the bar for cinematic innovation over the years, says Alex Da Kid, label head at KIDinaKORNER records. We are excited to collaborate with Michael Bay and Paramount Pictures and view this as an incredible global platform.”
IMAGINE DRAGONS will perform its new single live at the film’s worldwide premiere in Hong Kong, one of the locations in the film, on June 19th.
IMAGINE DRAGONS are Dan Reynolds (vocals), Wayne Sermon (guitar), Ben McKee (bass), and Daniel Platzman (drums).
YouTube user John McEwen has posted a new TV spot for Transformers: Age of Extinction which features some new footage from the movie including Optimus Prime riding Grimlock as well as Hound.
Steve Jablonsky has posted an image onto his his Facebook profile announcing that he is composing the Dinobots Theme for Transformers 5: Age Of Extinction. The photo, which can be seen below, was captioned by: "They're Coming...". Steve has stated that he started working on the score last Saturday and will continue over this weekend at the Barbra Streisand Scoring Stage, Sony Pictures
Michael Bay has posted up information regarding the voice actors for Transformers Age of Extinction.
“I am pleased to welcome two gifted and versatile actors, John Goodman and Ken Watanabe, to the world of Transformers. And to reteam with Peter and Frank, who have brought Transformers characters alive from the beginning. I’ve been fortunate to work with some of the best voice talent in the business, and together we will introduce several exciting new robots to fans of the franchise around the world.”
Golden Globe winning actor John Goodman (The Big Lebowski) and Oscar nominated actor Ken Watanabe (Inception, Godzilla) will join the voice cast of the movie as Hound and Drift, alongside some returning voice actors, such as Peter Cullen, Frank Welker, John DiMaggio, Mark Ryan, Robert Foxworth and Reno Wilson.
DiMaggio (voice of Leadfoot from Dark of the Moon) will provide the voice of Crosshairs, while Mark Ryan (Bumblebee, Jetfire) will take the throne from Lance Henriksen as the voice of Lockdown. Welker will be the voice of Galvatron and Foxworth and Wilson will reprise their roles as Ratchet and Brains
The Facebook group Transformers Colombia has shared official images of the "Toys R Us exclusive" Dinobot Strafe and Slug "Evolution two packs" known as the "then and now" sets. The sets feature Deluxe class Dinobots from Age of Extinction with Minicon Transformers: Dark of the Moon Dinobot. Rav is packed with Strafe whlst and Triceradon is packed with Slug
The same website has also posted images of the Cybersmasher Grimlock and Strafe with Bumblebee sets.
Transformers license holder, Vilsco Textiles have posted a collection of content which includes merchandise they are releasing for Transformers: Age of Extinction but also slides which are believed to be from the Australian Toy Fair which reveal Hasbro's plans to have two animated shows (one in 2015 and another in 2016) to fill the gap between the fourth and fifth live action Transformers movies. What is also interesting is the faction logos used for each of those series which are new "beast like" faction logos.
You can view all of the images after the jump.
The first official trailer for Transformers: Age of Extinction has now been released and is a full two minutes, thirty three seconds in length
Thanks to a YouTube leak from Paramount International, it has been able to rip a still image from the private video for the trailer that will air during the superbowl. The video placerholder is available on the YouTube mobile site, but the following image has been extracted.
TFW2005.com board member catz has posted an image of what he claims is the TakaraTomy Transformers 4 toy solicitation he received from his toy supplier. The list, which can be viewed below, includes recolours from the previous Transformers Movie toys as well as launch dates, package dimensions and placeholder names.