Transformers: The Last Knight

Transformers: The Last Knight

Transformers: The Last Knight is an upcoming 2017 American science fiction action film based on the Transformers toy line. It is the fifth installment of the live-action Transformers film series and a direct sequel to 2014's Transformers: Age of Extinction. The film is directed by Michael Bay, with Mark Wahlberg and Stanley Tucci reprising their roles from Age of Extinction, alongside Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, and John Turturro from the first three films. This will be the fifth and final Transformers film to be directed by Bay.

Production

Development

In March 2015, Deadline.com reported that Paramount Pictures was in talks with Oscar winner Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind) to pitch new ideas for the Transformers franchise's future installments. The studio intends to do what James Cameron and 20th Century Fox have been doing to spawn three new Avatar sequels, and what Disney is doing to revive Star Wars with sequels and spin-offs. Paramount wants to have their own cinematic universe for Transformers similar to Marvel's Marvel Cinematic Universe and Warner Bros.' DC Extended Universe. Goldsman will be the head of the future projects and will work with franchise director Michael Bay, executive producer Steven Spielberg, and producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura to organize a "writer's room" that will incubate ideas for potential Transformers sequels, prequels and spin-offs.^[The writer's room members include: Christina Hodson, Lindsey Beer, Andrew Barrer, and Gabriel Ferrari, (Ant-Man), Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead), Art Marcum & Matt Holloway, Zak Penn (Pacific Rim: Uprising), Jeff Pinkner (The Amazing Spider-Man 2), Ken Nolan, and Geneva Robertson-Dworet.^] Kirkman left the room after just after one day to undergo throat surgery.^[50]In July 2015, Akiva Goldsman & Jeff Pinkner were announced as the film's screenwriters. However, on November 20, due to Goldsman's commitments creating a writer's room for G.I. Joe and Micronauts properties, Paramount began to negotiate with Art Marcum and Matt Holloway (Iron Man), as well as Ken Nolan (Black Hawk Down), to write the film. Writers Lindsey Beer and Geneva Robertson-Dworet were also brought aboard for writing duties.

Cast

Humans

• Mark Wahlberg as Cade Yeager, a single father and struggling inventor who helped the Autobots during the events of Age of Extinction.
• Stanley Tucci as Joshua Joyce, the former ambitious and arrogant head of K.S.I., who created a series of human-made Transformers during the events of Age of Extinction.
• Isabela Moner as Izabella, a street-smart tomboy who grew up an orphan and was raised in foster care. Her only friend in life is Sqweeks.
• Josh Duhamel as William Lennox, a N.E.S.T. soldier who partnered with the Autobots prior to the events  Age of Extinction.
• Tyrese Gibson as Robert Epps, a former N.E.S.T. soldier who partnered with the Autobots prior to the events of Age of Extinction.
• John Turturro as Seymour Simmons, a former government agent turned successful writer who allied with the Autobots prior to the events of Age of Extinction.
• Santiago Cabrera as a mercenary who leads the T.R.F. (Transformers Reaction Force), an organization founded from the disbanded Cemetery Wind whose purpose is to eradicate all Transformers on Earth, regardless of faction.
• Laura Haddock as Vivian Wembley.
• Anthony Hopkins as Sir Edmund Burton.
• Liam Garrigan as King Arthur
• Jerrod Carmichael
• Mitch Pileggi

Autobots

• Peter Cullen voices Optimus Prime, the leader of the Autobots, who transforms into a blue and red Western Star 5700 XE with flame decals, and is searching for the truth about his Creators.^[22]
• Bumblebee, a young Autobot scout who transforms into a custom-built yellow and black 2016 Chevrolet Camaro.
• John Goodman voices Hound, an Autobot commando who transforms into a Mercedes Unimog military tactical vehicle.
• Drift, an Autobot tactician and a former Decepticon who transforms into a black and red 2017 Mercedes-AMG GT R.
• Crosshairs, an Autobot paratrooper and sniper who transforms into a green and black 2016 Chevrolet Corvette C7 Stingray equipped with a custom split-spoiler.
• Hot Rod, a brash and arrogant Autobot who transforms into a Citroën DS and later a dark gray and orange 2016 Lamborghini Centenario LP770-4. He is brother-in-arms with Bumblebee and speaks in a French accent.
• Sqweeks, a small-sized Autobot and the only friend of Izabella, who transforms into a turquoise Vespa and only says "Chihuahua" due to some prior damage.
• Grimlock, the leader of the Dinobots who transforms into a mechanical, horned, fire-breathing Tyrannosaurus.
• A silver 2017 Aston Martin DB11 who is a polite sociopathic Headmaster.

Decepticons

• Megatron, the revived leader of the Decepticons who possessed a human-made KSI drone in Age of Extinction.
• Barricade, a Decepticon scout who survived the Battle of Chicago in Dark of the Moon and transforms into a 2016 Ford Mustang police car, featuring a new robot mode.
• Onslaught, a Decepticon who transforms into a green Western Star 4900SF tow truck.
• Hooligan, a Decepticon who transforms into a rusty Volkswagen Type 2.
• Mohawk, a Decepticon who transforms into a Confederate Motorcycle.