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This article is about the 2007 live-action film. For the 1986 animated film, see The Transformers: The Movie.
Transformers
International poster
Directed byMichael Bay
Written byRoberto Orci
Alex Kurtzman
John Rogers
Produced bySteven Spielberg
(Executive)
Tom DeSanto
Don Murphy
Lorenzo di Bonaventura
StarringShia LaBeouf
Megan Fox
Josh Duhamel
Tyrese Gibson
Jon Voight
Voices:
Peter Cullen
Hugo Weaving
CinematographyMitch Amundsen
Music bySteve Jablonsky
Distributed byDreamWorks Pictures
Paramount Pictures
UIP
Release dates
Australia New Zealand PhilippinesJune 28, 2007
United States July 2, 2007
United Kingdom July 27, 2007
Running time
144 min
Country United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$147 million[1]

Transformers is a 2007 live action film based on the Transformers franchise. It stars Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox, as teenagers Sam Witwicky and Mikaela Banes, who become embroiled in the war between the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons. Sam learns that his ancestor discovered the frozen Megatron, and that he may have the map to the Allspark: a device which would grant the Decepticons power over mechanical life. The film also stars Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Jon Voight, John Turturro and features the voices of Peter Cullen and Hugo Weaving as Optimus Prime and Megatron. Cullen returned to voice Optimus for the first time in twenty years.

Producers Don Murphy and Tom DeSanto developed the film in 2003 and Transformers fans Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman wrote the script, aiming for a realistic interpretation of the characters. Michael Bay was convinced by executive producer Steven Spielberg to direct the film despite not being a fan of the series, to make his first family film. Industrial Light & Magic supplied the extensive computer animation. Armed with an enormous marketing campaign including comics, toys and tie-in deals, Transformers premiered on June 12 2007 and opened in the United States on July 2 2007.

Plot

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The Decepticons and Autobots have been embroiled in a war that eventually lead to the destruction of their home planet Cybertron and scattered the survivors throughout the universe. Both sides are now seeking the Allspark, an immensely powerful life-giving device which was lost to them but now known to be on Earth.

Needing to raise cash to pay for a car, high-school student {{#invoke:Witwicky family|Sam|Sam Witwicky}} (Shia LaBeouf) tries to sell the glasses of his great-great-grandfather {{#invoke:Witwicky_family|Captain_Archibald|Captain Archibald Witwicky}} (W. Morgan Sheppard), a famous explorer driven insane by his discoveries, to his classmates and on eBay. However, Sam is unaware that the lenses of the glasses contain the etchings of the coordinates of the location of the Allspark, made when Captain Witwicky accidentally encountered the frozen body of Decepticon leader Megatron (voice of Hugo Weaving) buried under the ice in the Arctic Circle.

In Qatar the Decepticon Blackout attacks a United States military base in an attempt to hack into the military's computer network. Only a small group of special ops soldiers - including Sergeant William Lennox (Josh Duhamel) and USAF Tech Sergeant Epps (Tyrese Gibson) narrowly escape, and they are later attacked by Scorponok when they try to call for help. With the reinforcement of A-10s and a Spooky gunship they manage to inflict damage on the Decepticon, but ultimately it escapes.

Meanwhile, Sam and his father Ron (Kevin Dunn) are at a used car dealer (Bernie Mac) to buy Sam’s first car. The Autobot Bumblebee (voice of Mark Ryan) has been assigned to guard Sam and poses as a used 1970s Chevrolet Camaro. Sam's father buys this car and later, after helping Sam try to woo Mikaela Banes (Megan Fox), a girl he is interested in, Bumblebee drives away from Sam's home. Thinking that somebody is stealing his car, he chases it on his bike, where he witnesses Bumblebee in his robot form sending a signal to the other Autobots.

As The Pentagon brings together the world's best code breakers, linguists and computer experts to find out who is trying to hack into their network, the small Decepticon Frenzy (voice of Reno Wilson), transformed into a boombox, infiltrates Air Force One and successfully hacks into the network, killing three secret service agents in the process. The Decepticons, revealed to be seeking clues to the location of the Allspark, come across documents mentioning Captain Witwicky ’s expedition and the existence of Megatron, as well as Sam's eBay auction. As a result the Decepticons target Sam.

Bumblebee soon finds himself defending Sam and Mikaela from an attack by the Decepticon Barricade (voice of Jess Harnell). As the two robots fight each other Frenzy attacks Sam, only to be decapitated with an electric hacksaw by Mikaela; however he is able to disguise his head as Mikaela's mobile phone and slips into her bag. Leaving the scene of the fight, after Mikaela criticizes his old Camaro form, Bumblebee modifies himself into the 2008 preproduction version of the Camaro. The other Autobots soon arrive on Earth and after taking the forms of other Earth vehicles, their leader Optimus Prime (voice of Peter Cullen) explains to Sam their mission to stop the Decepticons from taking the Allspark. The Autobots want to use the Allspark to return Cybertron to its former glory and keep it away from the Decepticons, who hope to raise an army of robots with its power, and subjugate the inhabitants of planet Earth. He also reveals how the glasses that Sam inherited from his great-great-grandfather are vital to this plan. They return to Sam's home to retrieve the glasses. Unfortunately, Sam and Mikaela, along with Bumblebee, are subsequently taken by the top-secret government agency, Sector 7. Optimus Prime refuses to save Bumblebee because he does not want to harm any humans.

Sam, Mikaela, and several others including Secretary of Defense John Keller (Jon Voight), two experts who cracked the Decepticons' signal - Glen Whitman (Anthony Anderson) and Maggie Madsen (Rachael Taylor) and the surviving members of the special ops unit are brought to the Sector 7 headquarters under Hoover Dam. Here they learn that Megatron (still frozen and dubbed by Sector 7 as NBE-1, with NBE standing for "Non-Biological Extraterrestrial") and the Allspark have been held by the agency for many decades. Frenzy escapes from Mikaela’s bag, and uses the power of the Allspark to regenerate his body and notify the Decepticons of its location. Decepticon second-in-command Starscream (voice of Charlie Adler) attacks the Sector 7 headquarters causing the base to lose power and triggering the thawing and reactivation of Megatron. Sam convinces Sector 7 to release Bumblebee to save them from the Decepticons and they leave with the Allspark, which is cube-shaped (hence also called The Cube), and transforms to a size of about 25 cm (10 inches).

The Decepticons confront the Autobots in a nearby city and the ensuing battle results in Sam being given responsibility for keeping the Allspark out of Decepticon hands. With the help of the military the Autobots keep the Decepticons at bay. During the final showdown between Megatron and Optimus Prime the Allspark is eventually destroyed after Sam inserts it into Megatron's chest, overwhelming him with its power and killing Megatron in the process. The Autobots choose to remain on Earth as its guardians as after the destruction of the Allspark they can no longer recreate their homeworld, and Optimus Prime sends a message calling out for the other Autobots scattered across the galaxy to find them. As for Bumblebee, he is repaired and bonds with Sam by serving as his car. The Navy dumps the bodies of the defeated Decepticons into the Marianas Trench, but in the final scene of the movie, Starscream is shown to be alive and flying out to space in his F-22 Raptor form...therefore the Decepticon threat still exists. Template:Endspoiler

Cast

Humans

  • Shia LaBeouf as Sam Witwicky: An offbeat eighteen-year old, Sam's father buys him his first car, which turns out to be Bumblebee. Sam ultimately becomes the saviour of humanity.
  • Megan Fox as Mikaela Banes: Sam's love interest. Her father was a "grease monkey" and she has inherited some of his skills.
  • Josh Duhamel as Captain William Lennox: leader of a U.S. Marine Special Ops team in Qatar, who manages to escape the destruction caused by Blackout. He has a wife and child back home.
  • Tyrese Gibson as Staff Sgt. Epps: An Air Force Combat Controller who teams up with Lennox to escape Blackout and Scorponok.
  • John Turturro as Simmons: Head of Sector 7, a secret government group that has been holding and studying the Allspark and the still-frozen Megatron. Simmons is leading a team tracking down Bumblebee.
  • Jon Voight as John Keller: The United States Secretary of Defense.
  • Rachael Taylor as Maggie Marconi, an expert in signal detection and decoding assisting the Department of Defense.
  • Anthony Anderson as Glenn: A computer hacker a friend of Maggie Marcon, who assists in deciphering the Cybertronian language.
  • Bernie Mac as Bobby Bolivia: The car dealer who unknowingly sells the Autobot, Bumblebee, to Sam.

LaBeouf, Fox, Duhamel, Gibson and Anderson were fans of the Transformers.[2] Michael Bay hired LaBeouf as he could improvise many jokes,[3] with a charisma that reminded Bay of the young Tom Hanks.[4] LaBeouf worked out five days a week for three months and gained 25 pounds of muscle to prepare for the role, but realized during shooting that his role required agility rather than strength. Fox gained 10 pounds of muscle during filming due to the physicality of the role.[5] Duhamel and Gibson spent three days in boot camp, and Gibson also spent time with combat controller Ray Bollinger to make his dialogue sound natural.[2]

Autobots

Don Murphy decided after discussions with fans on his website that they wanted the voices from the 1980s cartoon,[6] but Michael Bay had them audition first, as he feared their aged voices would be noticeable.[7] Peter Cullen, the voice of Optimus Prime, was announced to be reprising his role at the July 2006 San Diego Comic-Con.[8] He described reprising the role as easy as "slipping into an old pair of very comfortable shoes that you haven't worn for a while", and was grateful to the fans for wanting him back.[9] His vocal performance consisted of much improvisation with Bay and bringing a sense of humor to Prime, as well as portraying his traditional heroism.[10]

Cullen also read for Ironhide, another character he originally voiced, during his first audition, portraying a conversation between Optimus and Ironhide.[11] Mark Ryan acted as a stand in during filming for the Transformers, giving actors someone to react to, both physically where appropriate and providing dialogue, and also ad-libbed characters during post-production.[12] Bumblebee communicates with his radio due to his crushed voicebox, and the writers considered using dialogue from various Paramount films, including the line "I feel the need for speed!" from Top Gun.[13]

Decepticons

Hugo Weaving, whose voice was used for facial animation tests,[15] signed on to voice Megatron in March 2007.[16] TV series voice actor Frank Welker auditioned, but was rejected for not fitting the new interpretation of the character,[17] though he was hired to voice Megatron in the video game adaptation.

Production

Development

"I think it's going to be something the audience has never seen before. In all the years of movie-making, I don't think the image of a truck transforming into a 20-foot tall robot has ever been captured on screen. I also want to make a film that's a homage to 1980s movies and gets back to the sense of wonder that Hollywood has lost over the years. It will have those Spielberg-ian moments where you have the push-in on the wide-eyed kid and you feel like you're 10 years old even if you're 35."
— Tom DeSanto on why he produced the film[18]

In 2002, Hasbro began developing its properties into films.[19] Producer Don Murphy was looking to adapt G.I. Joe, but when the Iraq War broke out Hasbro suggested Transformers instead.[20] Tom DeSanto joined the project as he was a big fan of the characters,[2] and the two producers decided to explore why Transformers exist.[20] They met with comic book writer Simon Furman and researched the Generation 1 cartoon and comics,[20] deciding to focus on the Creation Matrix.[6] DeSanto chose a human point-of-view in his treatment to engage the audience[21] in various storylines akin to a disaster film,[8] as Murphy wanted to the film to reflect the real possibilities and consequences of "robots in disguise".[6] The cast in the treatment had Optimus Prime, Ironhide, Jazz, Prowl, Ratchet, Wheeljack, Bumblebee, Megatron, Starscream, Soundwave, Ravage, Laserbeak, Rumble, Skywarp and Shockwave to be the characters.[22]

DreamWorks decided to finance Transformers in 2004, as executive producer Steven Spielberg was a fan of the comics and toys.[2] John Rogers was hired as screenwriter in November,[23] and he turned in his draft in January 2005. It featured four Transformers on each side,[24] and included the Ark.[25] Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, big fans of the cartoon,[26] were hired the following month to start over.[27] They chose to craft a new fictional universe due to the contradictory continuities in the franchise, and strived to make everything logical.[28] Orci cut the Ark as he wondered, "Why would aliens who moonlight as vehicles need other vehicles to travel inside?"[29] Optimus Prime, Megatron, Bumblebee and Starscream were always included in the script,[26] but Sam and Mikaela were the focus of the first script,[30] and the Transformers had no dialogue. This was changed in the next draft, as the writers felt that even if the exectutive's fear of it being ridiculous was founded, having them not speak would betray the fanbase.[26] They expanded the military storylines,[30] basing the soldiers on G.I. Joe characters,[31] and they added more Decepticons to increase the sense of threat.[14] They added Arcee, but they cut her due to poor fan reaction,[20] and Prowl was removed as they loved the notion of an evil police car.[32]

Spielberg gave notes for improvement on each draft, and described the story as being of "a boy and his car".[33] Thematically, Orci said the film was about Sam Witwicky maturing into adulthood, which is "all the things that a car represents in [the United States]."[28] Inspired by Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Bumblebee was made mute to stress his friendship with Sam as going beyond words.[30] Michael Bay, who had wanted to make a family film,[34] was asked to direct, but he thought of it as a "stupid toy movie".[4] Realizing he had been wrong as a teenager at Lucasfilm regarding Raiders of the Lost Ark' box office potential, and that Spielberg might also be right about this concept,[35] he visited Hasbro and gained a respect for the mythology.[2] Bay admitted he doesn't often get excited about action, but he was enticed by ideas like an 85 mile-per-hour fight scene.[34] Bay liked the film's coming of age themes,[3] and also wanted it to feel intense and realistic.[15] The tone was decided as a cross between Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Seven Samurai.[4]

Design

Designs began in June 2005, with Hasbro heavily collaborating on the live action interpretations of their characters.[1] In keeping with Michael Bay's desire to make Transformers realistic, the robots were made to look more intricate and therefore three-dimensional,[34] and being an alien invasion film, they were made to look less human.[36] Morphing in transformations was restricted, unlike the cartoon or comic books, so every character stays the same size, thus explaining why they choose their particular Earth forms.[5] Optimus Prime's original cab over truck form was rejected as it would make him only 23 feet tall, so Bay decided to use the Peterbilt, the largest truck avaliable.[37] Bay also added flame artwork to make Prime distinctive, and had his faceplate made retractable to emote more.[3] Don Murphy wanted to retain Bumblebee's Volkswagen Beetle form,[38] but Bay rejected it to avoid comparisons with Herbie the Love Bug.[39] Bay went for the Chevrolet Camaro as he felt the car had a friendliness befitting Bumblebee,[5] and as a result the other Autobots also became GM-owned vehicle lines, saving money with product placement.[3] Ratchet's alternate mode was changed from an ambulance to a Search & Rescue vehicle on Hasbro's advice.[24]

In contrast to Optimus' faithful design, Megatron's alternate mode was changed from a Walther P38 pistol to an alien jet to avoid morphing,[37] while his face was made more hideous and menacing.[16] The numerous animatic tests conducted also made Bay realize Starscream would require bird-like legs to perform his feats throughout the story.[40] Bay admitted most of the Decepticons had their appearances chosen before their characterization as Hasbro needed to get started on the toys.[41] Blackout was being considered as Soundwave,[42] but Hasbro wanted to have a music player for the character.[24] Don Murphy felt this role belittled Soundwave,[6] and had him renamed Soundbyte,[43] and finally Frenzy, Soundwave's minion.[14] The official names were confirmed in August 2006,[14] although Bay himself was not fully aware of these official names,[40] and this led Brawl being referred to as Devastator, his on-set name.[44] During post-production, fans expressed concern over Megatron's head design, so a last-minute tweak was done to satisfy them.[4]

Filming

Director Michael Bay filming at Holloman Air Force Base.

A pre-shoot took place on April 19 2006, before principal photography began on April 22 at Holloman Air Force Base. Shooting was scheduled to last 83 days.[5] The Holloman based shoot also included White Sands Missile Range.[45] The U.S. military also heavily collaborated with Bay, supplying vehicles and jets for the film, and such co-operation led Transformers to be the first film shot at The Pentagon since the September 11, 2001 attacks. Military installations used in the movie also include Kirtland Air Force Base and Edwards Air Force Base. Two Bell Boeing CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft (of only three in the United States Air Force inventory) were filmed in flight on May 26.[44] The film also shows F-117’s, C-130 cargo planes and the C-17.[5]

On June 9, filming was onsite at the Hoover Dam,[46] making them the first film crew to shoot there since 9/11. The crew then based themselves at Hughes Aircraft in Playa Vista, including six weeks of filming the climactic battle in Los Angeles.[5] Production wrapped on September 24, although second unit shooting continued in the Arctic and Detroit,[47] where it finally finished on October 5.[48]

Effects

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The computer generated Optimus Prime is made up of 10,108 pieces[49]

Work on the film animatics began in April 2005,[24] with Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg throwing in many ideas for action sequences.[7] Bay preferred to shoot his fourteen action sequences on set to keep the budget under $150 million.[34] Three versions of each car were created by General Motors in anticipation that some of them would crash,[5] and stunt drivers wore black balaclavas to make them appear sentient.[50] Bay used his animatics to help the actors envision the Transformers, as well as a 17 feet tall Bumblebee model by FXPerts, a Frenzy puppet by KNB,[5] Scorponok's damaged tail,[49] Optimus' head with motion capture points,[51] and Megatron's frozen legs.[52]

The physical props only amount to 12 out of 600 effects shots,[49] which were completed by Industrial Light & Magic, and they spent thirty-eight hours rendering each frame of the computer generated characters due to their complex designs.[5] Due to the intricate designs of the Transformers, even the simplest notion of turning a wrist requires seventeen visible pieces,[5] while each of Ironhide's guns are made of ten thousand parts.[34] The complex mechanics make the characters feel dynamic and quick like a human, rather than a lumbering beast,[3] with even the eyes modelled to resemble human eye movement.[7] Bay instructed the animators to look at martial arts films to inform the characters' movements,[3] and they also looked at actor Liam Neeson's performances to inspire the animation of Optimus Prime. Michael J. Fox's performance in Back to the Future informed Bumblebee.[5]

Music

See also: Transformers: The Album

Composer Steve Jablonsky, who collaborated with Bay on The Island, scored music for the teaser trailer long before actual work on the film.[53] Scoring took place in April 2007 at the Sony Scoring Stage in Culver City. The score comprised six major themes over 90 minutes of score, including the teaser music.[54] Tom DeSanto wanted to work in an orchestral version of the TV series song,[55] but the band Mute Math performed a cover version instead.[56]

Marketing

Further information: Transformers: The Movie Prequel, Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday, and Transformers: The Game
Ratchet on display at the 2007 Detroit River Walk Festival

The first teaser trailer was released on the Internet on June 29 2006, depicting a Transformer attacking the Beagle 2 mission.[57] A second trailer was released on December 20,[58] breaking Spider-Man 3's record for the number of internet hits.[59] A third trailer was released online on Yahoo's movie website on May 17 2007. Another trailer was attached with Shrek the Third.[60] Bay originally intended that "[The audience] never really get a good look at the robots until the release",[34] but by the third trailer he had abandoned this idea. The Sector 7 viral marketing web site featured several videos recording supposed evidence of Transformers on Earth. These featured cameos by Generation 1 Transformers, including scenes of Grimlock destroying a construction site, as well as scenes of Kickback and Laserbeak being video taped by people accidentally, and a security video showing a robot resembling Generation 1 Bumblebee transforming in a parking garage.[61]

Hasbro made deals with 200 companies across 70 countries to promote the film.[62] Their toy line for the film was created over two months over late 2005/early 2006, collaborating heavily with the filmmakers.[36] A pair of preview toys, Protoform Optimus Prime and Starscream, were released in the U.S.A. on May 1 2007,[63] before the first wave of figures were released on June 2.[36] Characters that do not appear in the film are also featured in the film's style, including Air Raid, Arcee, Clocker, Elita One, Hardtop, Longarm, Signal Flare, Skyblast, Strongarm, Swindle and Wreckage.[64] The toys feature "Automorph Technology" in which moving parts of the toy allow other parts to shift automatically.[65] Before the film's U.S. release, General Motors put the vehicles used for Bumblebee, Ironhide, Jazz and Ratchet on display at the Detroit River Walk Festival.[66] Michael Bay was also highly involved in the film's promotion: he directed tie-in commercials for GM, Burger King and PepsiCo.[67]

Release

Promotional display for the movie at BotCon 2006

Initially, fans were divided over the film due to the radical redesigns of many characters.[68] Michael Bay even received death threats.[3] Nonetheless, the film began to draw in many new fans to the franchise.[69] Before its release, Transformers was voted "Best Summer Movie You Haven't Seen Yet" at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards.[70] The 2007 BotCon saw its attendance rise from 2,200 to nearly 8000.[69]

Transformers had its worldwide premiere at Seoul on June 11 2007. It premiered at Sitges during the annual Film Festival on June 20, 2007 and in Taormina the following day. It premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 27 via digital satellite feed,[71] and at Rhode Island on June 28. The Rhode Island premiere was a freely avaliable event offering fans to buy tickets for $75 to benefit four charities: Rhode Island Community Food Bank, Autism Project of Rhode Island, Adoption Rhode Island, and Hasbro Children’s Hospital.[72]

The film was released in South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and the Philippines on June 28. It will be released in the United States on July 2, Canada on July 4 and in the United Kingdom on July 27. The U.S. release date of July 4 2007 was announced at the Comic-Con International in July 2005,[73] before being pushed forward to July 3 with 8pm screenings on July 2, similar to what was done with Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.[74]

Box office performance

During the weekend of June 28 2007, Transformers made $29.5 million overseas and topped the box office in ten countries. The film earned the best four-day launch yet in Singapore, grossing $1.7 million.[75]

Critical reception

Transformers met with mixed reviews on its release. As of July 3, 2007 the film has received a 59% "Rotten" from 73 film critic reviews at film rating website Rotten Tomatoes.[76]

Sequels

On May 30 2007, Dreamworks greenlit two sequels to Transformers,[77] and Shia LaBeouf,[78] Megan Fox[79] and Peter Cullen[39] signed on to return. Michael Bay has not signed, saying "I'm trying to keep some leverage for the negotiations."[39] Writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman are undecided but may not return because "we want to have a reason to do it, not just say, “it’s a business, it’s a franchise, we’re going to go do the second one because that’s what we do and we’re going to get the big money,” and Star Trek by the way is taking up kind of all of our time."[33]

Soundwave is intended to be a new major character in the sequels,[8] with his presence allowing a proper introduction of mass-shifting.[6] Producer Tom DeSanto has "a very cool idea on how to introduce the Dinobots and Constructicons."[80] If he decides to helm a sequel, Bay may put in an aircraft carrier character, an idea which was previously too expensive for the first film.[81]

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