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Paramount/Nickelodeon President of Animation Ramsey Naito on ‘Transformers One’

Mike Manalo

Here at The Nerds of Color, we’re always fortunate to get to sit down with some of the best, most talented names in the industry today. Usually it’s in the form of a wonderful actor, like Keegan-Michael Key, whose interview for Transformers One we debuted yesterday. But rarely are we given the honor to speak with a studio executive who helps greenlight the biggest films.

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The Un-Bee-lievable Keegan-Michael Key on ‘Transformers: One’

Mike Manalo

Keegan-Michael Key is such a prolific voice actor. In just a few years, he’s done it all: Toy Story, Mario, The Lion King, Hotel Transylvania, and so much more. And now, he is setting his sights once again on another iconic franchise, with Transformers One.

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Final Trailer for ‘Transformers One’ Rolls Out

Mike Manalo

Happy Transformers One premiere week, folks! I’m excited audiences everywhere will finally get to experience this terrific movie starting Thursday. But in case you need to see more for yourself, we got a brand new trailer that just debuted today!

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NOC Review: ‘Transformers One’ is the Most Epic and Mature ‘Transformers’ Film to Date 

Mike Manalo

It’s been 17 years since the first live-action Transformers movie by Michael Bay that kicked off a reintroduction to some legendary characters to a whole new generation of fans. But as entertaining as those films were, many fans of the original series were hoping for something a bit closer to the source material. Lo and behold, their prayers have been answered in the most unexpected way, in the form of Transformers: One: the best modern Transformers movie to date!

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New ‘Transformers One’ Featurette Showcases Robots in Jerseys

Mike Manalo

We are very close to the release of Transformers: One folks! But it’s also the start of football season! So what do we do now? Pick teams and go to battle in a new featurette of course!

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Animation, Movies, Music

‘Transformers One’ Shares New Single from Quavo, Ty Dolla $ign, and Brian Tyler

Mike Manalo

I’ll be the first to admit I’m not hip to the music of today’s generation. I’m a movie guy, not necessarily a music guy. But even an old square like me has heard of Quavo! So it’s really cool that he’s got a new track with Ty Dolla $ign and composer Brian Tyler for Transformers: One. (Dear lord I sound old).

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EXCLUSIVE: New ‘Transformers One’ Featurette on Brian Tyree Henry’s Megatron

Mike Manalo

Get ready to return to Cybertron folks! Transformers: One is hitting theaters September 20, and we are lucky to debut a new featurette from the upcoming movie featuring one of our very favorite actors — Academy Award nominee Brian Tyree Henry!

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Animation, Conventions, Movies

‘Transformers One’ Shows Hall H It’s More Than Meets the Eye

Mike Manalo

Admittedly, the Transformers franchise is one filled with ups and downs. For every Bumblebee there’s a Last Knight. And with every Transformers (2007) there’s a Revenge of the Fallen. But this Fall, Hasbro is going to flip the script and send us something we haven’t seen before: the origins of Optimus Prime and Megatron in the animated anticipated release: Transformers One.

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Watch the New Trailer for ‘Transformers One’

Sophia Soto

Paramount Pictures has shared a new trailer and poster for Josh Cooley’s Transformers One, which is the first-ever fully CG-animated Transformers movie. The talented voice cast includes Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry, Scarlett Johansson, Keegan-Michael Key, Steve Buscemi, Laurence Fishburne, and Jon Hamm.

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‘Transformers’ Star Anthony Ramos Discusses POC Themes in ‘Rise of the Beasts’

Mike Manalo

This week, the Transformers return to the big screen in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts! And I have to say folks, this one truly is more than meets the eye. I personally dug the heck out of this movie. Part of the reason was the way director Steven J. Caple (Creed II) subtly brings up POC themes throughout the movie. And one of the others was its charismatic star Anthony Ramos!

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NOC Review: ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ is a Worthy Successor to ‘Bumblebee’

Mike Manalo

Let’s be honest, we all wrote off the Transformers franchise long ago. As soon as they stopped the entire Age of Extinction movie to try and justify why it was okay for one character to date a minor, I instantly noped out. I didn’t even bother with The Last Knight, and it seems I was right not to. But then something funny happened. Bumblebee hit theaters, and ended up being a really charming movie.

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Prime Meets Primal in New Clip from ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’

Keith Chow

Last night during the MTV Movie and TV Awards, Paramount Pictures and Hasbro unveiled a sneak peek at a scene from the upcoming Transformers: Rise of the Beasts!

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Latest ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ Trailer has Been Unleashed

Keith Chow

Paramount Pictures and Hasbro have unleashed the beasts in the official trailer for this summer’s Transformers: Rise of the Beasts! Check it out below!

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‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ Trailer Will Blow Us All Away

Keith Chow

Paramount Pictures and Hasbro has just dropped the first teaser trailer for next year’s latest installment in the Transformers live action movie franchise, Rise of the Beasts!

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Details from the ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ Production Kick-Off Event

Laura Sirikul

At today’s Transformers Production Kick-Off Event, press gathered together virtually to watch a conversation with Director Steven Caple Jr., producer Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, and stars Anthony Ramos and Dominque Fishback. Moderated by Vanity Fair’s Anthony Breznican, Caple Jr. and Di Bonaventura announced the title of the 2022 Transformers film: Rise of the Beasts.

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‘Bumblebee’ is ‘Transformers’ Finally Done Right

Keith Chow

Several years ago, I wrote about the Transformers movie that broke me. Revenge of the Fallen wasn’t just a bad movie, it soured me on Transformers altogether. I was resigned to let the iconic toys and cartoons of my youth stay there in the past, and accepted that Michael Bay’s overindulgent vision for Transformers — awash in testosterone and jingoism — would never sync with my memories of the property.

Then I saw Bumblebee.

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New ‘Bumblebee’ Featurette is Totally ’80s

Mike Manalo

In anticipation of the Christmas release of Bumblebee, Paramount has dropped a new featurette focusing on the G1 designs of the Autobots and Decepticons used in the new movie.

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Summer Blockbuster Showdown: Transformers Age of Extinction

Guest N.O.C.

Originally posted at You Offend Me You Offend My Family

Select Offenders will be reviewing this summer’s crop of Hollywood tentpole films with a scientifically tested set of criteria that was vetted, nurtured, dissected, and regurgitated through the pop-culture gadflies who have nothing better to do than annoy other productive people in the YOMYOMF office. So, we channeled their nitpicks of the incessant reboots, remakes and rehashes that are part and parcel with Hollywood summer movies into this ongoing summer blog series called the Summer Blockbuster Showdown. You can read previous roundtable reviews, which are all archived here. 

In this edition, we tackle Michael Mr. Stage Fright Bay’s latest masturbatory opus, Transformers: Age of Extinction! BTW, this roundtable review is chock full of spoilers. You’ve been warned!

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Why Did I Watch the New Transformers Movie?

Bao Phi

I’m out of town, and there’s a movie theater a block from my hotel. As a father, I don’t get to the moviehouse often unless it’s a kid’s movie.  So over the weekend, I figured I’d treat myself to a movie. What’s the worst that can happen? The answer to that question: the theater is only showing Transformers: Age of Extinction.

Even seeing Optimus Prime in his G1 truck mode can’t make up for the three hours this movie steals from your life.

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The Only Way to Enjoy a Michael Bay ‘Transformers’

Jamie

So there’s a new Transformers movie coming out today.

There are two ways to react to these things: IRATE FANRAGE or blissful ignorance.

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When’s Someone Going to Let Me Make a Transformers Movie?

Keith Chow

So if you haven’t heard, there’s a new Transformers flick coming out this summer. The fourth in the franchise, this will be the first without Shia LeBeouf (since he’s “no longer famous,” Mark Wahlberg’s the new male lead), but Michael Bay is still behind the camera.

Back in February, Paramount teased the flick with a big Super Bowl spot. Your Facebook feed was probably full of images of Optimus Prime riding on Grimlock. The other day, the studio unveiled its first full trailer for the movie that’ll likely rule the summer box office:

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