In an exclusive interview with producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Beijing News is revealing some cool Transformers 4 news.
First of all, now we have the official confirmation of the existence of Dinobots on Transformers 4. The secret was leaked not too long ago and the officials may have thought to finally reveal it since the cats are out of the bag.
“I can not disclose the specifics, but you can be sure that the joining of the Dinobots will give the audience new excitement. In addition to Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, the appearance of these classic roles changed, today the world’s coolest, most exciting cars will appear in the film, including China’s vehicles, whether you are a car enthusiast, you will feast your eyes and be shocked by them.”With this news, we now also have a confirmation on the possibility of Chinese Concept Car E-jet being a Cybertronian in disguise as well.
And the producer also mentioned that there will be no Special TF4 Chinese Edition like Iron Man 3 was. (IM3 Chinese Edition Incident was a fiasco which production studios may not try to repeat).
“I know that “Iron Man 3” had a special edition released in China, but “Transformers 4″ will only have one version globally”Filming in China will be in Beijing and Hong Kong and two additional cities:
“In China we have chosen Beijing and Hong Kong, as well as two more cities we are looking at.”Props to 2005 Boards member GabrielPrime for the link and translation.
Gingerchris
But smarter Dinobots is how they started out in the Marvel comics (although Sludge was still kinda thick). And are generally portrayed in comics today too and are still pretty much enjoyed for it. The cartoon version isn't the be-all and end-all only version ever of the Dinobots. Maybe stupid Dinobots is the most well-known version but that doesn't mean it has to always be that way in future cartoons or movies. If anything TFP Predaking showed it can be something interesting for a 'stupid' beast character to actually turn out to be smart.
Mattw38
You mean like in the way that the cartoon characters DINOSAUCERS were intelligent humanoid dinos? Somehow I think that would ruin the charm, legend, history, and mythos of the Dinobots.
Gingerchris
They could go the TFP Predaking route and make them all turn out to be actually kinda smart.
Cyber Star
Ugh, here comes the idiot dinobot crew.
Galvatross
I remember the Pagani was on the leaked call sheet, but I forget if the Sonic was, too.
Galvatross
For those concerned about there being too many Autobots, I was wondering if some Autobots were like Bumblebee and Optimus in having more than one vehicle mode during the course of the movie. For instance, have the Sonic and Pagani been filmed together? If not perhaps the same Autobot is initially the Sonic and later the Pagani? It seems the Sonic has been filmed in "Texas" scenes and the Pagani in "Hong Kong" scenes (although I have not seen every filming update or shoot). I could be wrong, and it is just as likely if not more so they are separate characters. The Bugatti, Corvette, and Hound definitely seem to have the same vehicle modes throughout.
tonyformer
What? They are not cars and I find it funny that some actually think TFs that are named DinoBOTS as in dinosaur/robots, will be Dinos that transform into cars. My point is, you don't call them DinoBOTS if they are Dino's that transform into cars lol. Then they would be Dinocars.
Scorpio
I don't believe anyone has that mentality – however everyone believing them still to be Dinosaurs is heavily disappointed at the lack of any practical effects.
Ephland
Most directors allow some measure of ad-libbing on set. a lot of directors use pointless or overdone explosions too, but for whatever reason, Bay gets saddled with these labels.
tonyformer
actually Bay is known to do a lot of rewriting or adding to the scripts on the fly. So, some of the lines, or lack of could be his doing.
soundwave69
Haven't you heard? According to the fanboys, Bay is responsible for everything, down to what food is served at the Craft Services table.
Shizuka
I had no idea that Bay was in charge of the screenwriting.
Shizuka
They're going to be dinosaurs for a few reasons: 1) ILM will love the project 2) We have had TFs that don't transform into vehicles in all 3 movies: Frenzy, Ravage and Laserbeak 3) Them not being dinosaurs makes them being Dinobots redundant 4) Bay may not find some areas of TF lore appealing but even he knows when something is important to fans (look now at DOTM and the fan nods e.g. Optimus' trailer)
Last but not least, many people here are under the impression that the Dinobots will be cars because of the glaringly obvious fact that there aren't any dinosaurs on set. They will be completely CGI unless they build parts for scenes like they did Megatron and Bumblebee in TF1 and then the Decepticon ship in TF3. It's like how non-TF fans complain about how we find out the vehicles first before seeing the bot modes.
Ephland
My interpretation of di Bonaventura's quotes are that there will be at least one Chinese Transformer, presumably working in China/with the Chinese. Which, awesome if that's the case. The international box office is a huge factor now, and given the methodology of Pacific Rim (include other nations in a worldwide incident!), it only makes 100% sense.
Solrac333
I just hope that the Dinobots are actually THE Dinobots and not vehicles that transform into dinosaurs.
Jackie1768
Ring3r
None. People are just being random now. Nothing to see, move along.
soundwave69
Which thread did you see this?
Rodimus Mike
I doubt beyond belief that that Santa Claus head-on-a-stick is Grimlock,for god sake could you just imagine Grimlock going from a fierce decepticon trashing creature to a Jolly Old Saint Nick Robot,can anyone say Ultimate Betrayal?,I am sure Bay would be running away as fast as he could to get away from the mob trying to string him up for doing that to Grimlock.
No I don't think its Grimlock but it could be someone like (forgive me) Ultra Magnus,I just meant it could be any character not specifically UM so don't flame me for mentioning it. Actually I hope that head-on-a-stick ends up being a decepticon so one of the Bots can rip his face apart.And finally even tho there's been no mention of this (yet) but I hope we get to see some integrated lines in TF4 like have an obvious beast wars character like Cheetor or Rhinox make a small appearance (not long maybe 10 or 15 seconds),as I would freak the hell out if we seen that in the movie.
JetFormers
Sounds awesome.