Steven Caple Jr Posts Transformers 7 Autobots and Terrorcons Group Shots with Arcee and VW Van

I gotta say, seeing Michael Bay on set with the director for this movie is not sitting well with me

I'm not keen on Scourge's design, he looks far too similar to Megatron's Dark of the Moon form with not a huge amount there to make him really stand out. While the insignias on his grille are a nice touch, from what we know about the character I can't help but wonder how different, if at all, he'll be from Lockdown. It just feels like the writers or designers were just cherry-picking elements that people liked from past antagonists and meshed them together to make Scourge. That being said, the three Terrorcons do look nice together, I'd say I like Nightbird and the tow truck more than Scourge.

If that Volkswagen van does turn out to be Wheeljack like many have speculated, I'd be fine with that. The Repairs decall on the side is fitting for Wheeljack's character, and while I kinda get where geewunners are coming from more now than I did in the late 2000's, I've always been OK with movie characters having different designs and vehicle modes from the originals as long as it isn't too far off. For example I'm fine with Ratchet being neon green because he's still a medical officer.

Michael Bay is an executive producer on the film, really nothing to worry about

Trevman21 wrote:Michael Bay is an executive producer on the film, really nothing to worry about

If a Maximal dosent dry hump the main heroine's leg while farting in the middle of an explosions extravaganza, I'll be seriously disappointed.

william-james88 wrote:I gotta say, seeing Michael Bay on set with the director for this movie is not sitting well with me

Me neither. He should be in the director's chair over that guy.

I don't know how the movie is going to turn out, but at least the alt modes look awesome. Bee and Nightbird look especially cool, and Wheeljack as a VW van definitely intrigues me.

william-james88 wrote:

Man,those are some nice pictures!

If you didn't tell me that was scourge I would have thought it was megatron.

First-Aid wrote:Anyone else notice the dearth of Autobot and Decepticon insginias on Scourge's grill? Like he takes their insignias after he destroys them. Very unique touch....I like it

I don't think that word means what you think it does.

Man, those cast shots of the alts are awesome. I am really looking forward to seeing the bot modes for these, and also seeing them in action!

A reporting by Cuscopolita, which you can watch right here on Facebook, looks at the different vehicles/characters on the set of Transformers Rise of the Beasts. You get a good look at the interior, if that's something you wanted to see. But more importantly, we get the names of all these vehicle characters. We learn that the Volkswagen van is indeed Wheeljack as many had guessed. The Tow Truck is called Battletrap and from the looks of it it's most probably just a cool name for a bad guy with no relation to the G1 toy.

These Bayverse Terrorcons seem to have about as much to do with the original Terrorcons as Movie 5 Onslaught had to do with Bruticus. Which means no Abominus either. Looks like the 'bayverse' movies are dropping the ball yet again.

william-james88 wrote:I gotta say, seeing Michael Bay on set with the director for this movie is not sitting well with me

Micheal Bay looks like the Penguin. "Waaaaaak waaaaaak waaaaaaaaaaaak!"

DeathReviews wrote:These Bayverse Terrorcons seem to have about as much to do with the original Terrorcons as Movie 5 Onslaught had to do with Bruticus. Which means no Abominus either. Looks like the 'bayverse' movies are dropping the ball yet again.

I mean they could have gone with the Prime-verse version and all be zombies.

Battletrap, huh? Interesting! G1 Battletrap was hardly the most memorable character (I think he MIGHT have gotten some appearances in the Headmasters?) and it is a cool name, so I'm not exactly seething over the nameslap.
Wheeljack being a campervan is kinda neat. Whilst I am awfully fond of G1 Wheeljack and absolutely adore the Lancia Stratos (especially the specific one he turns into), it does add some much needed variety to the Autobot lineup rather than him being another sports car. Plus VW campers are cool, and if he gets a good SS toy I'll be all over it. I personally would have gone with green instead of brown as a homage to his OG deco but I don't mind it.

While toy reveals were the biggest part of the Transformers segment in Pulsecon 2021, there was some Rise of the Beasts news as well. Anthony Ramos, the star of the film, confirmed Cheetor to be in this film. You can see that segment at the 1:40:00 mark in the video below. That would mean that the Beast cast, so far, is made up of Optimus Primal, Airazor, Rhinox and Cheetor. We alsohave Nightbird, Scourge and Battletrap as Terrorcons and Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Arcee, Mirage and Wheeljack as Autobots. No names have been given for Decepticons or Predacons in the film.

Please note, the picture in the thumbnail is of old concept art, we do not know how Cheetor will look like in this film yet.

Cool!

Can't wait to see the Maximals!

That's AWESOME News!!! I'm excited to see news outlets still using my old Cheetor Concept design! I'm sure the design will change for the film, but now I'm wondering if this old design will be close? A few months ago I got hit with a takedown notice from one of Hasbro's lawyers and Brian Chapman tried to call me several times too. I guess we'll see what happens.

Well, I am very excited that the VW bus is Wheeljack. I am stoked for that. And BATTLETRAP is the name of the towtruck?! I love it!

also excited to get confirmation of Cheetor being in the film. I am excited for the film, still excited and getting more excited as time goes

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Well, I am very excited that the VW bus is Wheeljack. I am stoked for that. And BATTLETRAP is the name of the towtruck?! I love it!

also excited to get confirmation of Cheetor being in the film. I am excited for the film, still excited and getting more excited as time goes

My favourite part aboit Wheeljack is thst we'll eventually get a toy of a Transformer with an interesting alt mide like that.

william-james88 wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Well, I am very excited that the VW bus is Wheeljack. I am stoked for that. And BATTLETRAP is the name of the towtruck?! I love it!

also excited to get confirmation of Cheetor being in the film. I am excited for the film, still excited and getting more excited as time goes

My favourite part aboit Wheeljack is thst we'll eventually get a toy of a Transformer with an interesting alt mide like that.

Maybe we will get a retool of that Wheeljack mold as Origin Wheeljack?

https://deadline.com/2021/11/transforme ... 234871776/

ROTB is delayed to June 9, 2023.

We know from Deadline that Paramount has pushed back the release of Transformers 7: Rise of the Beasts by a whole year. Instead of coming out in June 2022, it will instead be released in June 2023, the 9th to be exact.

What makes this more interesting than possibly any other film delay is that more than any live action franchise, the Transformers franchise always has a major toyline assigned to it, often taking up entire retailer areas, as can be seen below. And the Rise of the Beast toys are already ordered by retailers like Target, which have the toys already in their system, for a 2022 release date. You can see the whole list of toys here (they are in spoiler free code names). And as we had seen in previous toylines for films, like Godzilla vs Kong, Black Widow, ect, the fact that the toys were already in the pipeline meant they were released anyway. So knowing all this, is it possible that we still get that massive toyline in 2022 instead of in 2023 when the movie releases? We'll see, but this is bound to be interesting.



The sadness themed thumbnail is from TheWhovianHalfing on Deviantart

Hopefully everything is okay behind the scenes,and they are just polishing the film.


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High chances that the toys will look nothing as they appear in the movie. Remember the Beetle Bee? That was just within the normal timeframe. The movie producers could turn Scourge into a Skids-N-Mudflap duo riding each other's shoulders for all we know.

TulioDude wrote:Hopefully everything is okay behind the scenes,and they are just polishing the film.

For over a year?! They are polishing Spider-man Far from Home right now and that film comes out in a month.

-Kanrabat- wrote:High chances that the toys will look nothing as they appear in the movie. Remember the Beetle Bee? That was just within the normal timeframe. The movie producers could turn Scourge into a Skids-N-Mudflap duo riding each other's shoulders for all we know.

Yeah, if they take that time to redo the bot modes to have a different aesthetic, then it will be like the toys from the first film. I am more curious about whether or not the toys will release next year or they will wait for 2023.

This is actually good news, toy wise, as it means that the priority will be on Generation molds, including molds that they might have ended up cancelling.
If they already have designs made for folks like Polar Claw and Gears (who we know were originally planned for Kingdom, but cancelled), they will try to use such toys to fill in the gap so as to fill space.
I would also assume more cases of repaints, alas.

I guess that would explain why there are no ROTB Studio Series figures leaked for this year.

TF7 delayed by a year???

Well that's just prime...


(I always wanted to say that )

Bounti76 wrote:I guess that would explain why there are no ROTB Studio Series figures leaked for this year.

SS ROTB toys won't be out until 2 or 3 years after the original ROTB toys like with Last Knight which had a toyline well before Last Knight Studio Series.

Triggerdick Megatron wrote:

Bounti76 wrote:I guess that would explain why there are no ROTB Studio Series figures leaked for this year.

SS ROTB toys won't be out until 2 or 3 years after the original ROTB toys like with Last Knight which had a toyline well before Last Knight Studio Series.

I don't think that's how they're doing it anymore. The Bumblebee Movie released toys in Studio Series, rather than having its own separate line. It doesn't make sense to have a separate line anymore, then release "better" toys a few years later.

Bounti76 wrote:

Triggerdick Megatron wrote:

Bounti76 wrote:I guess that would explain why there are no ROTB Studio Series figures leaked for this year.

SS ROTB toys won't be out until 2 or 3 years after the original ROTB toys like with Last Knight which had a toyline well before Last Knight Studio Series.

I don't think that's how they're doing it anymore. The Bumblebee Movie released toys in Studio Series, rather than having its own separate line. It doesn't make sense to have a separate line anymore, then release "better" toys a few years later.

Except the Bumblebee movie did in fact have a toy line, it just wasn't very large and shifted more towards younger audiences with the energon igniters skipping the regular deluxe/voyager figures that eventually went into Studio Series. That line was the only way to get TR Frenzy. That was the first movie release while Studio Series was in stores and was a bit different from past movies. But so far, it would also be the exception to what they have done in the past. It is anyone's guess how they will do things this time around

Triggerdick Megatron wrote:

Bounti76 wrote:I guess that would explain why there are no ROTB Studio Series figures leaked for this year.

SS ROTB toys won't be out until 2 or 3 years after the original ROTB toys like with Last Knight which had a toyline well before Last Knight Studio Series.

Last knight studio series doesnt exist

Maybe Hasbro's studied their supply chain problems enough to assume that RotB toys won't hit stores in significant numbers until about a year after their intended release?

this is most likely due to how poorly movies are doing in theaters right now. Opening night for Venom 2, first showing, 8 people in the theater. I almost didn't go myself because I was afraid to be packed in a crowded room with a bunch of people. My state has a lot of people that call the pandemic a hoax. So while the low turn out was good for me and let me have a nite out, it is decimating the box office take homes for big budget films. Given the state of Paramount, and their recent decision to abandon big blockbuster pictures, they are probably looking at how poorly movies are doing right now and freaking out.

Immortal Starscream wrote:this is most likely due to how poorly movies are doing in theaters right now. Opening night for Venom 2, first showing, 8 people in the theater. I almost didn't go myself because I was afraid to be packed in a crowded room with a bunch of people. My state has a lot of people that call the pandemic a hoax. So while the low turn out was good for me and let me have a nite out, it is decimating the box office take homes for big budget films. Given the state of Paramount, and their recent decision to abandon big blockbuster pictures, they are probably looking at how poorly movies are doing right now and freaking out.

Venom: Let There Be Carnage had a $90 million opening weekend, bigger than that of the first film. Not a great example. But I do agree that this is probably pandemic-related.

told you guys when the movie was announced they wont release on time. its paramount

Black Bumblebee wrote:This is actually good news, toy wise, as it means that the priority will be on Generation molds, including molds that they might have ended up cancelling.

I doubt it. This has more to do with supply chain issues than anything. It's actually really, really scary right now. Inflation is hitting record levels and will only increase as the supply chains tighten. This means less product, more demand, higher prices...a lot of economists are looking at the potential of superinflation now as a real possibility. This would be catastrophic globally. People have quit working and workplace participation is still at record lows despite rapidly inflating wages (another part of superinflation). There has already been an announcement of toy shortages for Christmas.

As for the pandemic causing this, not so much as government decisions to shut things down. Toys are nonessential and were shut down. Non-medicinal plastics were placed behind medical wares. Hasbro wants the toyline to coincide with the movie as research demonstrates higher sales of the toys, plus the toys also cause sales feedback into movies often, bumping ticket sales. It's a financial decision. In the end, what I HOPE it means is that when the toys are finally release, they will be extremely well-polished figures and as screen-accurate as current tech will allow them to be.

First-Aid wrote:In the end, what I HOPE it means is that when the toys are finally release, they will be extremely well-polished figures and as screen-accurate as current tech will allow them to be.

You won't get that. The ROTB toyline is a kids line like the BB movieline was with gimmicks.

william-james88 wrote:

First-Aid wrote:In the end, what I HOPE it means is that when the toys are finally release, they will be extremely well-polished figures and as screen-accurate as current tech will allow them to be.

You won't get that. The ROTB toyline is a kids line like the BB movieline was with gimmicks.

Not so sure on that, but can't rule it out. At the very least, we will see Studio Series I'm assuming with the ROTB release. The reason I'm thinking we will see more polished figures is that, with the additional year they may have longer exposure to the digital models they will be using in the movie. With the other movies, I tend to think that they just didn't have enough time with the actual 3D visual models used in the LAMs...hence the Studio Series reworking through all the characters with considerably more screen accuracy. Hopefully, we will get Studio Series-quality (or ACTUAL Studio Series figures) right off the bat rather than after the fact.

First-Aid wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

First-Aid wrote:In the end, what I HOPE it means is that when the toys are finally release, they will be extremely well-polished figures and as screen-accurate as current tech will allow them to be.

You won't get that. The ROTB toyline is a kids line like the BB movieline was with gimmicks.

Not so sure on that, but can't rule it out. At the very least, we will see Studio Series I'm assuming with the ROTB release. The reason I'm thinking we will see more polished figures is that, with the additional year they may have longer exposure to the digital models they will be using in the movie. With the other movies, I tend to think that they just didn't have enough time with the actual 3D visual models used in the LAMs...hence the Studio Series reworking through all the characters with considerably more screen accuracy. Hopefully, we will get Studio Series-quality (or ACTUAL Studio Series figures) right off the bat rather than after the fact.

We already knew that we were not going to get studio series toys to go with ROTB when it comes out since we knew the entirety of 2022's SS line.
We might get them later.
BUT if they take an extra year to rework bot modes and change designs, then the SS toys planned will now be innacurste since it takes 2 years from designing to consumption for transforners toys.

super bummed that it got pushed a whole year. That is a long time

Honestly I'm actually of the opinion that delays tend to be for the better until they get to development hell status.

The Bee film I believe had a smaller delay and that film turned out relatively fine, for this film I only see this as a net positive, too much crap in the last few years got rushed out and tended to be eh.

This has likely to do with current life events impacting the movie industry as a whole rather than any specific trouble with the films production.

Hahahaha, someone on TFW wrote this jokey prediction of what this film will entail and I'm pasting it here to see how close it gets to reality:

the maximals are going to be all spiritual and magical and shit and turn bumblebee in to a new hybrid vehicle/beast warrior the helps unite the two sides so they can work together and defeat giant stone robot.

Giant stone robot will be defending a skybeam coming out the top of some old inca temple. Scourge needs to the skybeam to summon Unicron or some shit.

Deadput wrote:Honestly I'm actually of the opinion that delays tend to be for the better until they get to development hell status.

The Bee film I believe had a smaller delay and that film turned out relatively fine, for this film I only see this as a net positive, too much crap in the last few years got rushed out and tended to be eh.

This has likely to do with current life events impacting the movie industry as a whole rather than any specific trouble with the films production.

"A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad." - Shigeru Miyamoto.

I think the same applies to films, especially when they involve multiple VFX characters with (I hope) a significant presence.

william-james88 wrote:Hahahaha, someone on TFW wrote this jokey prediction of what this film will entail and I'm pasting it here to see how close it gets to reality:

the maximals are going to be all spiritual and magical and **** and turn bumblebee in to a new hybrid vehicle/beast warrior the helps unite the two sides so they can work together and defeat giant stone robot.

Giant stone robot will be defending a skybeam coming out the top of some old inca temple. Scourge needs to the skybeam to summon Unicron or some ****.

As someone who enjoys mixing usually opposite genres like science fiction and fantasy, and who unironically loves Beast Machines (as its own show, anyway; as a sequel it's terrible and way below BW), I actually think that's cool and would like to see it.

Minus maybe the Unicron part; try and bring/reference other great evils from the past instead of constantly relying on Devil Galactus-bot, will ya? I love the Unicron/Primus/Thirteen mythology, and even I'm getting annoyed over its repetetiveness.

Also cut it out with the skybeams.

The CGI in this movie will be done by a new special effects company instead of the Industrial Light & Magic right?I remember seeing in the Seibertron news but I can't find the headline.

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Ha, I ran into this news story I wrote just 3 years ago. Man, how times have changed

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ent/43075/

Today is a busy day! Following up on the first tease for the upcoming Nickelodeon cartoon Transformers: Earthspark, Paramount has thought fit to provide a small update on the big screen area of the Transformers fiction arena.

First up, Paramount writes the following when it comes to Transformers Rise of the Beasts :

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts will be released theatrically in 2023 and is the first of three new installments.

What this will mean for the story within those movies is unknown, but it is nice to know there appears to be a long term plan.

Second, Paramount cross-advertised the Nickelodeon cartoon, which is set to premier later in 2023.

Finally, Paramount has advised that a CG Animated Transformers film is still on the docket for 2024. While we get no further details on that movie, it is nice to know they are keeping us posted that it is coming.

You can check out the Tweet below where Paramount advertised this information, and let us know what you think in the comments section below.

I really really hope they finally commit to rebooting the live action movies. Audiences are well familiar with the concept, and it’s sorely needed

Glad to know they have confidence in Transformers.
I'm excited to know more!