Transformers One receives standing ovation at Annecy
Transformers One screened at the Annecy Animation Festival as we speak to cheers and laughter, adopted by a standing ovation.
An unfinished model of Transformers One was screened at the Annecy Animation Festival earlier as we speak, and the viewers gave it a rousing standing ovation. Although those that noticed the Transformers One screening have been sworn to silence, the primary reactions which have emerged paint a really constructive image.
Director Josh Cooley launched the film, saying, “I’m very, very excited. So much talent and nostalgic love has gone into this movie.” He additionally thanked the crew behind the movie because the “greatest animators and CG artists in the world,” whereas additionally giving a shout-out to Industrial Light & Magic. Turning to the viewers, he added, “I need to thanks all for being ‘audience one.’“
The Annecy viewers broke into applause and laughter at a number of moments all through the screening, with a rousing standing ovation displaying simply how a lot they liked the film. It’s nonetheless early, and the movie isn’t utterly completed, however such a response definitely bodes properly for the primary animated Transformers film in almost forty years.
Chris Hemsworth and Brian Tyree Henry star as Orion Pax/Optimus Prime and D-16/Megatron, respectively. The forged additionally contains Scarlett Johansson as Elita, Keegan-Michael Key as Bumblebee, Jon Hamm as Sentinel Prime, and Laurence Fishburne as Alpha Trion. Josh Cooley directs from a script by Andrew Barrer, Steve Desmond, and Gabriel Ferrari. The animated film tells the “long-awaited origin story of how probably the most iconic characters within the Transformers universe, Orion Pax and D-16, went from brothers-in-arms to develop into sworn enemies, Optimus Prime and Megatron.“
Should the movie do properly, we might see extra as franchise producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura has teased that Transformers One will arrange a “natural trilogy” that may proceed the story of Optimus Prime and Megatron.
“We’re hoping that there is enough emotional construct to that, that would lead to a trilogy of it because, personally, I think there’s a natural trilogy,” he stated. “I’m not all the time trying to do a number of motion pictures, however there’s a pure trilogy round their relationship. So, you’re going to see Cybertron in a manner you’ve by no means seen it, that nobody’s ever seen it earlier than. Because we’re doing an animation, we’re allowed to essentially go all out. If you tried to make this live-action, it will in all probability be a billion-dollar film or one thing.“
Transformers One is about to hit theaters on September twentieth.
