Transformers 5 News TF5 #73
Hello viewers, here is some more Transformers 5 news.
Potential Spoilers Ahead
1. The cast and crew comment about Transformers 5
In addition to information from the Transformers: The Last Knight set visits being released (which we discussed in TF5 News #72), comments from the stars and crew of the film are also being released. We will not be doing a full analysis of the comments the press gathered from set, because they themselves have done their own articles about the comments and we don’t want to repeat what they have said. We will though be doing a quick run-through of what we think are noteworthy pieces of information, and will say that you can find articles about the Transformers: The Last Knight set visits from these providers: Collider, IGN, Screen Rent, and Nerdist to name a few. These information bites could be altered by the studio(s) by the time of the release of Transformers: The Last Knight, but should be taken as [potential] spoilers because this information did come straight from the set and has been relayed by respectable websites:
1.1. Mark Wahlberg had this to say in regards to his character Cade Yeager and Nicola Peltz’s character Tessa Yeager, in the upcoming movie:
----Cade is like a man on the run which is fun. It’s a bit of an adventure story.----
Very interesting.
1.2. Mark Wahlberg’s comments in regards to Nicola Peltz’s character Tessa Yeager, and what’s happened to her:
----You’ll find out in the movie. They wanted it to make sense that I was older, a little slower. But yeah, you meet up with Cade now and he’s living elsewhere and he’s basically had to go on his own on the run, which is one of the reasons why, to protect his daughter and to make sure she is no longer hunted in the way that Cade is.----
These comments by Mark Wahlberg about Nicola Peltz’s character Tessa Yeager provided some context for something that [arguably] needs to happen in Transformers: The Last Knight. The Transformers movies are well known for adding in and getting rid of characters randomly, and sometimes ignore their own continuity. But it is good that this character, someone who played a big part in Transformers: Age Of Extinction, will be addressed. There was nothing said about Jack Reynor’s character Shane from the previous film.
1.3. Santiago Cabrera comments about his character, and relation to TRF in the film:
----I would say at least a few years have passed and [Transformers are] everywhere and it’s just mayhem now. So a special task force was created, a kind of worldwide team, where I’m a specific team leader that’s kind of in charge. I’ve got drones, and I go out the junkyard where we believe Cade Yeager is hiding some robots.----
It sounds as though the Transformers problem on earth has gotten [even more] out of hand since the last time we saw them.
1.4. Santiago Cabrera continues his comments, giving some more backstory about his character:
----I was a SEAL but I’m retired and on contract, I’ve been hired. The TRF has been formed to fight the Transformers, so my orders are to not care if they’re Autobots or Decepticons, we’ve gotta stop this war. I’ve come with my team to fight Transformers and when I see Cade Yeager is harboring them, he becomes an enemy. It’s orders. Cabrera’s sort of an antagonist at the beginning because of his orders. I have a scrap with Bumblebee. I do alright though, I do alright. But in that respect in the beginning I’m gonna be that guy you love to hate which is a cool part to play.----
In regards to the TRF, it seems like they’ll be hunting Transformers at any means necessary. They don’t care if they’re Autobots or Decepticons, they just want them all gone.
1.5. Josh Duhamel comments about his returning character in the new film, and where he now stands:
----N.E.S.T. is not in this. There’s a different group. N.E.S.T. was a group where we worked with the Autobots. But this group, there’s a worldwide coalition to eradicate all of the Transformers. They’re all bad, and a few of us know better. But that’s it.----
Josh Duhamel’s character is a part of TRF, but it seems like him (and probably Tyrese Gibson’s character doesn’t like being a part of the team, or is a fan of their objectives. It will be interesting to see how Josh Duhamel’s character interacts with the Transformers in this new film, since they have a history together.
1.6. Josh Duhamel continued his comments, giving an explanation as to why he thinks he wasn’t part of Transformers: Age Of Extinction:
----The last one, to sort of justify it to myself, there was no military element. Therefore they didn’t need me. I think it was probably they just didn’t want me. But this time there is definitely a military element here and what brings me back is, there’s a question as to who I’m working for. Am I with the US military, the army, or am I working with a group that’s trying to eradicate all the Transformers? Not just Decepticons, but all of them. There’s a bit of a struggle between myself and Santiago Cabrera, and then we’re also working against Mark Wahlberg’s character in this. Because he’s definitely working with the Autobots.----
I buy Josh Duhamel’s comments about Transformers: Age Of Extinction. He’s talking about it from a story and character point of view, but also in a practical film production point of view. Transformers: Age Of Extinction was set to be (for the most part) disconnected from the previous three Transformers movies, so it makes sense why he wasn’t back then. But it’s good to have him back now.
1.7. Laura Haddock’s character and family is said to be linked to the macguffin of the movie.
Interesting as well.
1.8. Anthony Hopkin’s character’s name has been confirmed as Sir Edmound Burton.
Before there were rumors that Anthony Hopkins could be playing either King Arthur or even Winston Churchill because of how Transformers: The Last Knight will be experimenting with time-travel. But these rumors have now been made false with the name of his character being confirmed.
For a full list of set visit details and a deep analysis of the comments and information, check out the articles released by Collider, IGN, Screen Rent, and Nerdist to name a few.
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