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Empire of Light is a drama movie written and directed by Sam Mendes starring Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward and Colin Firth.

Sam Mendes is the absolute star of a movie that is photographically marvelous and which is a tribute to film-making, a tribute to real movie making of a kind of movies we have all started to forget.

About the Movie Empire of Light (2022)

This is a love story in many senses, the physical, metaphorical, psychological, photographic… Empire of Light is a genuine delight…

Out of fashion, delightfully demodé.

Sam Mendes proves that not all stage directors are useless when it comes to the silver screen. This is a movie that knows how to perfectly combine “film making” perfectly, meticulous care of the scenes, elaboration of the scenes, the editing, sets… with that “theatrical” shot in interpretation and evolution of the characters.

A movie that knows how to take the best of both worlds,...

Transformers: Age of Extinction made a very pivotal change to the origins of Galvatron, which ultimately ended up hurting Michael Bay's live-action Transformers franchise. In the film, Galvatron was the result of the efforts of the company Ksi, run by Joshua Joyce (Stanley Tucci), to create an army of Transformers using the metallic alloy "Transformium." Galvatron was created with the help of the destroyed Megatron's head, with this new Transformer becoming a reincarnation of the character.

The origin of Galvatron in Transformers: Age of Extinction differed significantly from the character's original cartoon origins in 1986's Transformers: The Movie, who was a reborn, reconstituted Megatron. Transformers: Age of Extinction screenwriter Ehren Kruger wanted to pay homage to this original origin for Galvatron but also went in a new direction by making the character a human creation. This ended up hampering the movies and franchise since Galvatron was far scarier when...

The Reckoning Trailer — Neil Marshall‘s The Reckoning (2020) movie trailer has been released by Rlj Entertainment and stars Charlotte Kirk, Sean Pertwee, Joe Anderson, Steven Waddington, Rick Warden, Mark Ryan, Indianna Ryan, Emma Campbell-Jones, Oliver Trevena, Bill Fellows, Jordan Long, Leon Ockenden, Cal MacAninch, and Emma Holzer. Crew Marshall, Edward Evers-Swindell, and Charlotte [...]

Continue reading: The Reckoning (2020) Movie Trailer: Charlotte Kirk is a Suspected Witch in Neil Marshall’s Supernatural Thriller Film...

"The Reckoning" is the new Hungarian-lensed adventure horror feature directed by Neil Marshall, from a screenplay by Marshall, Charlotte Kirk and Edward Evers-Swindell, starring Kirk, Joe Anderson, Steven Waddington and Sean Pertwee: 

"...in Northern England, circa 1665, set against the backdrop of the 'Great Plague' and subsequent 'Witch Hunts', 'Grace' (Kirk) is accused of being a witch after losing her husband to the deadly virus, spread by rats..." 

Cast also includes Rick Warden as 'Rev Malcolm', Mark Ryan as 'Peck', Bill Fellows as 'Sutter', Suzanne Magowan as 'Ursula', Leon Ockenden as 'Morton', Sarah Lambie as 'Kate', Emma Campbell-Jones as 'Jane' and Maximilian Slash Marton as 'The Stable Boy'. 

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Exclusive: Writer-director Neil Marshall has firmed his next action thriller, The Reckoning. He has set Joe Anderson (The Crazies), Steven Waddington (The Imitation Game) and Sean Pertwee (Gotham) to star alongside Charlotte Kirk (Vice).

Marshall, whose films include The Descent and Dog Soldiers, also has set Leon Ockenden (Mr. Selfridge), Emma Campbell-Jones (Doctor Who), Callum Goulden (Ghost Stories), Suzanne Magowan (Samantha), Indianna Ryan (The A List), Mark Ryan (Transformers), Oliver Trevena (The Angel) and newcomer Sarah Lambie to join previously cast Bill Fellows, Emma Holzer, Rick Warden and Ian Whyte.

Highland Film Group is selling world rights on the picture, from a script by Edward Evers-Swindell (The Descent), Kirk and Marshall. Steffen Wild of Fourth Culture Films and Daniel-Konrad Cooper of Rather Good Films are producing, with Esther Turan of Moviebar Productions and Sean Wheelan of Filmgate Films co-producing. Exec producers are Goldrush Entertainment’s Eric Gozlan and Richard Iott,...

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Thirty years since it ended, we revisit much-loved 80s historical fantasy series Robin Of Sherwood...

The Robin Hood legend has been retold in countless ways, but one of the most memorable of modern times is Richard Carpenter’s hugely influential 1980s imagining, telling the story of Sherwood’s band of outlaws with a combination of realism and luminous fantasy with its roots in British folklore.

Made by Htv in association with production company Goldcrest Films (which was also behind Chariots Of Fire and Gandhi), its 26 episodes ran on ITV from 1984 to 1986, garnering a positive critical reception and inspiring a fan following that’s still enthusiastically active today.

Much of the success of the show was down to the spot-on casting and the chemistry between the performers. Michael Praed’s charismatic-yet-otherworldly presence as Robin was the perfect match for the show’s aesthetic, and the more down-to-earth Little John,...

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It has yet to be confirmed, but Michael Bay will likely return to direct the fifth "Transformers" movie, which will also bring back Mark Wahlberg to star. We already know that there's a room of writers working on future "Transformers" sequels and spin-offs, and now we have a few details about "Transformers 5." Spoilers Ahead: While speaking at a UK convention, voice actor Mark Ryan (Jetfire, Lockdown) revealed that Cade Yeager (Wahlberg), the Dinobots and a few Autobots will come together to stop a threat on Earth. Optimus Prime will hed into outer space to hunt down the creators of his race, the Quintessons, something that will lead him to meet up with Unicron. Ryan went on to say that "Transformers 5" will begin shooting early next year.

While no one will ever hail the Transformers franchise for having a complex story, the series has always managed to distill the action down to a simple formula: humans have become embroiled in the ancient battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons. Actors and characters have been switched out over time, but every Transformers movie invariably revolves around these two factions of shape-shifting robots duking it out on Earth. Now it seems that with the coming Transformers 5 will deviate from that formula, and feature dual storylines that take the franchise in a new direction. According to The Christian Post, at the recent Wings and Wheels convention located in the United Kingdom, actor Mark Ryan . who has lent his voice to numerous Autobots and Decepticons over the years . revealed that the upcoming fifth installment to the franchise will have two separate storylines. The first will feel familiar to longtime fans of...

Despite the usual denials, Michael Bay is expected to return to helm the fifth Transformers movie, a release which will no doubt once again earn well over $1 billion at the worldwide box office. With a writers room assembled earlier this year, production will no doubt ramp up soon, but it seems the basic premise has already been decided upon. Talking at a convention in the UK recently, voice actor Mark Ryan (Jetfire, Lockdown) revealed that the plan is to have Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg) and the Dinobots - with a few Autobots thrown in for good measure - assemble to tackle an impending threat on Earth, while Optimus Prime will head into outer space to hunt down the creators of his race, the Quintessons, something which will see him reportedly meet up with Unicron. It's the latter storyline which looks set to lead into some of those planned spinoffs, and...

Having assembled a dedicated brain trust to nudge the franchise toward a new era, Paramount Pictures is evidently gunning to diversify its Transformers universe – a universe that has been widely derided hitherto for being anything but. That could all be about to change with Transformers 5, though, with various spinoffs and offshoots said to be incubating in development.

Shared cinematic universes quickly became the hot new trend once Marvel had established its trailblazing juggernaut, and though other studios have jumped on the bandwagon as a knee-jerk reaction, there is genuine potential for the Transformers universe to develop into a multi-faceted and, crucially, profitable movie machine. To date, Paramount has enlisted a burgeoning ensemble of crack writers for the task, including Zak Penn, Robert Kirkman, Art Marcum, Matt Holloway, Andrew Barrer, Gabrial Ferrari, Christina Hodson, Lindsey Beer, Ken Nolan and Geneva Robertson-Dworet.

Their mission starts with Transformers 5, and over the...

With Michael Bay finishing up work on his Benghazi movie "13 Hours," talk swirling around a fifth "Transformers" movie is about to ramp up. As we know, a writers room was specially assembled in recent months to help in crafting the screenplay for the film.

Now, voice actor Mark Ryan has reportedly revealed that the upcoming film will go in two distinct directions. Ryan, who voiced the characters of Jetfire in the second and Lockdown in the fourth film, appeared at the UK's Wings and Wheels convention where he said the first storyline will follow Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg) as he and both the Dinobots and some of the Autobots set out to save Earth from an impending threat.

The second will lay the groundwork for the future of the franchise which will focus more on the Autobots and Decepticons themselves. In that second storyline, Optimus Prime heads into space to...

Growing up, I was a huge Freddy Krueger fan. I had also become infatuated with Gaston Leroux’s novel, The Phantom of the Opera, which made me a pretty easy mark for Dwight H. Little’s (Halloween 4) 1989 film based on the popular work of fiction. Focusing more on the horror contained within Leroux’s original story, this version is a wickedly ghastly and blood-soaked tale of obsession that allows Robert Englund the room to do what he does best as a performer- go nuts. And after recently checking out the Scream Factory Blu-ray, it was great to see just how well Little’s inventive adaptation has held up over time and how much fun the film still remains, despite its age.

In this Phantom of the Opera, Jill Schoelen portrays an aspiring singer by the name of Christine Day who gets knocked unconscious during an audition, an event that mysteriously...

Picking up four years after the Battle of Chicago in Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Age of Extinction sees amateur robotics inventor Cade Yaeger (Mark Wahlberg) discovering Optimus Prime (voiced superbly once more by Peter Cullen) while searching for junk to refurbish. The gravely wounded Autobot commander has been in hiding from a covert black ops team led by Harold Attlinger (Kelsey Grammer), who has teamed up with Cybertronian bounty hunter Lockdown (voiced by Mark Ryan) in a bid to destroy all shape-shifting robots. Meanwhile, tech tycoon and billionaire inventor Joshua Joyce (Stanley Tucci) is busy reverse-engineering his own Transformers with a view to having an army of robots under human control.

If that was all the story Age of Extinction was concerned with, the final product would not only be mercifully shorter – at 165 minutes, it’s the longest instalment of the series – it would make for a much better watch.

Transformers: Age Of Extinction took in whopping $300 million worldwide at the Box Office over the weekend.

Within the first three-day weekend, it has already shattered several records and made history in China’s movie industry.

TF4 broke three records already:

1) Gross box office receipts was over Us$3,202,000.00(￥20million) for the midnight showing，breaking the record of Iron Man 3 in 2013（Us$1,985,240.00）

2) The box office of the first five days totaled Us$ 134,484,000.00, which broke the record of Monkey King (Hong Kong, 2014)(11-day gross of Us$ 133,043,100.00) as the movie exceeded the benchmark of \ 800 million ($128,080,000.00)in the shortest period of time.

3) It is on course to overtake Avatar’s China box office record at $217,736,000

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‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’ review: Michael Bay’s latest ‘Transformers’ movie is ‘the least aggravating of a very aggravating lot’ (photo: Nicola Peltz and Jack Reynor in ‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’) Suffice it to say, there are many special effects in the Transformers movies of which Transformers: Age of Extinction is the latest and, get ready for some high praise, the least aggravating of a very aggravating lot. In fact, its greatest special effect, much like the previous three films, is its ability to deflect all criticism; these movies are not just critic proof, they’re quality proof. As long as the Autobots or Decepticons or emoticons or Comic-Cons or whatever they’re called keep laying waste to cities and brain cells, its target audience of global fanboys and Viacom shareholders will be sated and the rest of us can go down with the ship watching some arthouse limited release.

Paramount Pictures' Transformers: Age of Extinction is now playing in theaters and we've created this spot for you to tell us and your fellow moviegoers what you thought about the Michael Bay film, starring Mark Wahlberg, Jack Reynor, Nicola Peltz, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, Sophia Myles, Li Bingbing, T.J. Miller, Han Geng, Titus Welliver, Peter Cullen, Frank Welker, John Goodman, Ken Watanabe, John Dimaggio, Mark Ryan, Robert Foxworth and Reno Wilson.

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Well, Michael Bay has done it again. The master of “Bayhem” has pulled out all the stops in the latest of the Transformers series, with several gigantic setpieces, at least 5 villains, Hong Kong action, car chases, new robots, new sports cars, and an all new cast. From 2007 to 2011, we got a new Transformers installment every other year, all of which followed the story of the Witwicky character portrayed by Shia Labeouf. These films are famous for their incredible robot battle scenes, big explosions, and for introducing the world to Megan Fox. Borrowing many storylines directly from the cartoon series, the trilogy was a hugely successful franchise due mostly to the vision of Bay and his talent for making visual chaos fun and entertaining. The first Transformers film in particular was a crowd-pleasing mixture of realistic depictions of infantry warfare, a nice sense of humor, and fanboy fantasy.

Two giant robots battle while being carried by a two-headed pterodactyl robot as other giant robots lay waste to China. Debris is everywhere. Mark Wahlberg is falling down the side of a building while being chased by Titus Welliver. It's all out carnage to the point director Michael Bay gives up on ambient sound and just lets the score play over the top of buses, cars and buildings, exploding into tiny digital bits, all brought to you by Bud Light, Victoria's Secret and the Beats™ Pill. It's carnivorous insanity, an image of destruction I never thought possible or could even conjure in my wildest dreams. Suffice to say, Transformers: Age of Extinction is unlike anything I've ever seen before on a movie screen and I'm having a hell of a time determining whether that's a good thing or bad thing, all I know is I never want to see it again.

Director Michael Bay’s Transformers: Age Of Extinction opens in theaters this Friday, June 27th and it’s poised to have a mega-opening weekend.

Here’s what the early reviews are saying about the return of the colossal titans:

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“As the sine qua non of the franchise, it’s the robots — endowed here with character-rich physicality and almost human-scaled facial features — who give the film its emotional heft. Optimus Prime’s charismatic leadership of his team, as well as his unwavering compassion for the humans, again makes him the movie’s moral anchor. Drift, with his samurai getup and Watanabe’s dignified line readings, strikes a neat balance with Goodman’s cigar-chewing, wisecracking Hound. Still, the character most likely to be beloved by audiences, especially tykes, remains Bumblebee.”

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“The giant scale action in this one is amazingly staged once again. There are few filmmakers alive who...

Here's the thing… you're going to read a lot of reviews of "Transformers: Age Of Extinction" that will exist primarily to give the critic writing the review a chance to entertain other critics. That drives me crazy. Even when a film is as over the top horrifyingly awful as, say, "Winter's Tale," I'll still try to engage with the material, because that's only fair. I may hate everything about it, but if I'm not willing to treat the film with the same level of scrutiny that I treat everything else, then why bother writing about it? The "Transformers" series so far is, by far, one of the strangest giant franchises in production. I've reviewed all of the films, and I think they are genuinely worthy of examination, not only in the context of Michael Bay's career, but also within the framework that the films have created for these stories.

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Michael Bay’s Transformers: Age Of Extinction, had its world premiere in Hong Kong at the Cultural Centre on Thursday, June 19th. The event marked the biggest and first-ever global premiere of a Hollywood blockbuster staged in Hong Kong.

Fans watched as Bay and his cast, including Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, Li Bingbing, Han Geng and the band Imagine Dragons walked the red carpet bordering the magnificent Victoria Harbour.

The filmmakers, cast and crew celebrated the film’s first ever showing anywhere in the world and this latest installment in the Transformers franchise has set yet another bar for cinematic innovation. The premiere in Hong Kong also featured a 21-foot tall Optimus Prime robot.

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The fourth film in director Michael Bay’s global blockbuster franchise stars Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Li Bingbing, Kelsey Grammer, Sophia Myles, T. J. Miller, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor and Titus Welliver star.

New footage has been revealed in this thrilling new 60 second spot for Transformers: Age Of Extinction.

Transformers: Age Of Extinction is the fourth film in director Michael Bay’s global blockbuster franchise. Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Li Bingbing , Kelsey Grammer, Sophia Myles, T. J. Miller, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor and Titus Welliver star.

The film begins after an epic battle that left a great city torn, but with the world saved. As humanity picks up the pieces, a shadowy group reveals itself in an attempt to control the direction of history… while an ancient, powerful new menace sets Earth in its crosshairs.

With help from a new cast of humans, Optimus Prime and the Autobots rise to meet their most fearsome challenge yet. In an incredible adventure, they are swept up in a war of good and evil, ultimately leading to a climactic battle across the world.

In T4, John Goodman will play Autobot Hound,...

Michael Bay’s upcoming movie, Transformers: Age Of Extinction, will feature an original song “Battle Cry” from Imagine Dragons.

Bay, film composer Steve Jablonsky and Paramount Pictures are collaborating with the Grammy Award-winning band Imagine Dragons to feature the band’s original music in the upcoming film Transformers: Age Of Extinction, one of the most anticipated movies of the summer.

Imagine Dragons will perform its new single live at the film’s worldwide premiere in Hong Kong, one of the locations in the film, on June 19th.

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A whole lot of heavy metal is going on in the world of the Autobots and Dinobots in the new poster and photos for Paramount Pictures’ Transformers: Age Of Extinction.

Optimus Prime and Grimlock star in the brand new banner, while the latest images came online today, via USA Today, and feature the Autobots donning their weapons and armor.

Last week Paramount Pictures announced that director Michael Bay had tapped John Goodman and Ken Watanabe to voice two all new Autobots in his highly anticipated, fourth film in the global blockbuster franchise.

Goodman and Watanabe join legendary voice actors Peter Cullen and Frank Welker.

Goodman will play Autobot Hound, Watanabe will play Drift, while Cullen reprises his role as the voice of Optimus Prime, and Welker takes on another new character, Galvatron.

Rounding out the voice-over cast are actors John Dimaggio, Mark Ryan, Robert Foxworth and Reno Wilson. Dimaggio and...

(Cbr) John Goodman ("The Big Lebowski") and Ken Watanabe ("Batman Begins") have joined the voice cast of "Transformers: Age of Extinction," director Michael Bay’s fourth film in the Paramount Pictures franchise. They’ll play two new Autobots in the "Transformers" movie universe: Hound and Drift. In Generation 1 lore, Hound is an Autobot scout with a soft spot for humans, while Drift is a sword-wielding hero with a dark past as a former Decepticon. In addition, Peter Cullen will return as Optimus Prime, while veteran voice actor Frank Welker will take on Galvatron, a role he’s reprising from the animated series. Read on for the full press release: Director Michael Bay has tapped John Goodman and Ken Watanabe to voice two all new Autobots in his highly anticipated film “Transformers: Age Of Extinction,” the fourth film in the global blockbuster franchise from Paramount Pictures. Goodman and Watanabe will join...

Sure, Michael Bay's massively scaled "Transformers: Age of Extinction" might be just a little over a month away from premiering all over the world, but apparently that doesn't mean that he can't still cast people in pivotal roles.

Bay announced (via his sleek personal website) that John Goodman and Ken Watanabe will join the voice casting, playing Hound and Drift, respectively, while Peter Cullen and Frank Welker will return to the franchise (Cullen is, once again, Optimus Prime, while Welker will essay a new character, Galvatron).

"I am pleased to welcome two gifted and versatile actors, John Goodman and Ken Watanabe, to the world of Transformers," Bay announced in a statement on the site. "And to reteam with Peter and Frank, who have brought Transformers characters alive from the beginning. I've been fortunate to work with some of the best voice talent in the business, and together we will...

John Goodman and Ken Watanabe have been cast in Michael Bay's Transformers: Age of Extinction. They will provide voices for two of the Autobot characters. Goodman will take on the role of Hound, and Watanabe will play a character named Drift. Both of those characters are pictured above.

Peter Cullen will also reprise his role as the voice of Optimus Prime, and Frank Welker provides the voice of Galvatron. Bay announced the casting on his blog, saying,

“I am pleased to welcome two gifted and versatile actors, John Goodman and Ken Watanabe, to the world of Transformers. And to reteam with Peter and Frank, who have brought Transformers characters alive from the beginning. I’ve been fortunate to work with some of the best voice talent in the business, and together we will introduce several exciting new robots to fans of the franchise around the world.”

As far as...

John Goodman (Argo) and Ken Watanabe (Godzilla) have been tapped by director Michael Bay to voice two of the new Autobots in this summer’s highly anticipated Transformers: Age of Extinction.

Paramount confirmed yesterday that Goodman will play Autobot Hound, while Watanabe will be playing Drift. Meanwhile, legendary Transformers actors Peter Cullen and Frank Welker have also agreed to return.

Cullen will once again voice Optimus Prime, while Welker takes on another new character in the fourth instalment of the popular franchise, Galvatron.

“I am pleased to welcome two gifted and versatile actors, John Goodman and Ken Watanabe, to the world of Transformers,” said Bay in a statement released late last night. “And to reteam with Peter and Frank, who have brought Transformers characters alive from the beginning. I’ve been fortunate to work with some of the best voice talent in the business, and together we will introduce several...

Principal photography has been finished for a while on Transformers: Age Of Extinction. But with a group of new robots to find voices for, that doesn’t mean Michael Bay has stopped adding cast members. Two new additions have just been announced, with John Goodman and Ken Watanabe set to lend their tonsil talents.Goodman, last seen in The Monuments Men, will be Hound, an experienced Autobot commando who throws himself into tasks with relish. He transforms into an armoured tactical defence vehicle. Watanabe’s Drift, meanwhile, is described as a master of ancient weaponry who always remains calm and controlled during combat. His history includes time fighting alongside the Decepticons, and he still bears the scars of his dark past.The Hollywood Reporter’s story also mentions John Dimaggio (Crosshairs), Mark Ryan (Lockdown), Reno Wilson (Brains) and Robert Foxworth (Ratchet). Frank Welker, who has long voiced various robo-characters, is...

The Disaster Artist

Seth Rogen has revealed that not only is James Franco producing and directing, but he also plans to star in the film adaptation of Greg Sestero's book "The Disaster Artist".

The book deals with the making of Tommy Wiseau's masterpiece of bad cinema "The Room". Rogen also says two well-known writers were recently hired to adapt the script. [Source: SlashFilm]

Las Madres

Octavia Spencer will join Leslie Mann in "Las Madres" which is also currently seeking a director. Scott Stuber and Dylan Clarke are producing.

Lona Williams and Pam Brady penned the story which follows three unemployed women who decide to hunt down a wanted criminal who has a hefty reward out for his capture. [Source: Variety]

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Frank Langella will join Anton Yelchin and Zooey Deschanel in Zachary Sluser's romantic drama "The Driftless Sea" at Unified Pictures and Bron Studios. Shooting begins next week in...

Though production is already complete on Transformers: Age of Extinction, that hasn't stopped two last minute additions to the cast of the sequel from director Michael Bay. In fact, this latest update comes from the director's own website MichaelBay.com where the filmmaker revealed that John Goodman and Ken Watanabe have both landed roles in the franchise. However, instead of playing humans, Goodman and Watanabe will actually be providing the voices of the Autobots called Hound and Drift, respectively. That means summer will have a double dose of Watanabe since he also stars in Godzilla, arriving next week. As for the rest of the voice cast, it's mostly composed of actors better known for their voicework. Peter Cullen is back as Optimus Prime while the rest of the vocal talents include Frank Welker back as Galvatron, John Dimaggio as Crosshairs, Mark Ryan as Lockdown, Robert Foxworth as Ratchet and Reno Wilson as Brains.

Director Michael Bay has tapped John Goodman and Ken Watanabe to voice two all new Autobots in his highly anticipated film “Transformers: Age Of Extinction,” the fourth film in the global blockbuster franchise from Paramount Pictures.

Goodman and Watanabe will join legendary voice actors Peter Cullen and Frank Welker.

Goodman will play Autobot Hound, Watanabe will play Drift, while Cullen reprises his role as the voice of Optimus Prime, and Welker takes on another new character, Galvatron.

Bay said:

“I am pleased to welcome two gifted and versatile actors, John Goodman and Ken Watanabe, to the world of Transformers. And to reteam with Peter and Frank, who have brought Transformers characters alive from the beginning. I’ve been fortunate to work with some of the best voice talent in the business, and together we will introduce several exciting new robots to fans of the franchise around the world.”

Rounding out...

John Goodman and Ken Watanabe have been added to the voice cast on Transformers: Age of Extinction.

The actors will voice Autobot Hound and Drift respectively in the movie's fourth instalment, Deadline reports.

Frank Welker is also due to represent new character Galvatron, while John Dimaggio will take on Crosshairs and Mark Ryan will play Lockdown.

Returning voice talents include Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime once again, as well as Robert Foxworth in the role of Ratchet and Reno Wilson as Brains.

Director Michael Bay recently revealed that Age of Extinction is the start of a new trilogy for the franchise.

The new-look cast of the blockbuster series is led by Mark Wahlberg as a father who finds himself and his daughter drawn into the battle between Autobots and Decepticons.

Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, Kelsey Grammer, Sophia Myles and Stanley Tucci also feature in the cast for the film, which...

Paramount Pictures announced the new voice cast for the alien robots in Michael Bay's Transformers: Age of Extinction and while four of the names aren't exactly familier -- John Dimaggio, Mark Ryan, Robert Foxworth and Reno Wilson -- you're bound to recognize John Goodman and Ken Watanabe who will provide the voices for Autobots Hound and Drift (pictured below). In addition to this, Peter Cullen will return to voice Optimus Prime and Frank Welker will voice Galvatron (also pictured below). Dimaggio and Ryan will take on the new characters Crosshairs and Lockdown respectively, while Foxworth reprises the role of Ratchet and Wilson returns as Brains. "I am pleased to welcome two gifted and versatile actors, John Goodman and Ken Watanabe, to the world of Transformers," said Bay. "And to reteam with Peter and Frank, who have brought Transformers characters alive from the beginning. I've been fortunate to work with...

John Goodman and Ken Watanabe are late additions to the Transformers: Age of Extinction voice cast. Extinction is the fourth Transformers movie from Paramount and Michael Bay, and has Mark Wahlberg leading the live-action cast. The movie opens June 27 but many times voicework is done near the end of the post-production process for CGI-heavy tentpoles. Goodman will play the Autobot Hound while Watanabe will play Drift. Peter Cullen reprises his role as the voice of Optimus Prime, and Frank Welker takes on another new character, Galvatron. The voice cast also includes John Dimaggio, Mark Ryan, Robert Foxworth and

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Two new additions have been made to the cast of Michael Bay's upcoming Transformers: Age of Extinction. The filmmaker's official site has just announced that John Goodman and Ken Watanbe will provide the voices of Autobots Hound and Drift, respectively. They join Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime, Frank Welker as Galvatron, John Dimaggio as Crosshairs, Mark Ryan as Lockdown, Robert Foxworth as Ratchet and Reno Wilson as Brains in addition to a "human" cast that includes Mark Wahlberg, Jack Reynor, Nicola Peltz, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, Sophia Myles, Li Bingbing, T.J. Miller, Han Geng and Titus Welliver.

Director Michael Bay has tapped John Goodman and Ken Watanabe to voice two all new Autobots in his highly anticipated film Transformers: Age Of Extinction, the fourth film in the global blockbuster franchise from Paramount Pictures.

Goodman and Watanabe will join legendary voice actors Peter Cullen and Frank Welker.

Goodman will play Autobot Hound, Watanabe will play Drift, while Cullen reprises his role as the voice of Optimus Prime, and Welker takes on another new character, Galvatron.

“I am pleased to welcome two gifted and versatile actors, John Goodman and Ken Watanabe, to the world of Transformers,” said Bay. “And to reteam with Peter and Frank, who have brought Transformers characters alive from the beginning. I’ve been fortunate to work with some of the best voice talent in the business, and together we will introduce several exciting new robots to fans of the franchise around the world.”

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Black Sails, Season 1: Episode 8 – “VIII.”

Written by Jonathan E. Steinberg & Robert Levine

Directed by T. J. Scott

Returns to Starz in 2015 for a second season

The eight-episode first seasons that Starz gave to both Da Vinci’s Demons and Black Sails made it frustratingly difficult for their ambitious, sprawling worlds to come alive completely. It might just be because of their genres that require deeper immersion, but the ten-episode second seasons that both have been given feel like the more natural format. At various points in the first season of Black Sails, I admired its tenacity at trying to convince me the characters were as interesting as the show was suggesting (and many times, especially in the second half of the season, they genuinely were that interesting), but I also found myself wanting more world-building via voyages away from Nassau and grander action sequences. All that being said, when the curtain closed on “VIII.

Black Sails, Season 1: Episode 2 – “II.”

Written by Jonathan E. Steinberg & Robert Levine

Directed by Sam Miller

Airs Saturday nights at 9 on Starz

Following last week’s premiere of Black Sails, it was clear that the toughest obstacle the series was going to face in its first season was making such a large group of characters interesting enough that we have stakes in the landlocked portions of episodes. “II.” largely begins to address some of those concerns, and while there is still a lot of work to be done with central figures like John Silver and Charles Vane, the rest of the group members are starting to become much more recognizable as characters and not just people who are on the screen.

“II.” begins by focusing on what is currently the love story in Black Sails – the relationship between Hannah New’s Eleanor Guthrie and Jessica Parker Kennedy’s Max.

Starz

Starz hasn’t really ever been a major player in the TV game, with Spartacus being the only real success the channel has ever had. They only started offering original programming in 2005, though, and so new shows like the pirate drama Black Sails can still be considered among the channel’s early forays into the medium. Executive produced by Michael Bay – which the posters and trailers make sure to highlight – Black Sails serves as a prequel of sorts to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic Treasure Island. Spoilers follow for the pilot episode of the series, entitled simply “I.”, which aired in the Us on Saturday night.

Set in and around the pirate port of Nassau on New Providence Island in 1715, the first episode of Black Sails introduces a host of profligate thieves and pirate mongrels: Captain Flint (Toby Stephens) leads a crew that includes the likable quartermaster Gates (Mark Ryan...

Black Sails, Season 1: Episode 1 – “I.”

Written by Jonathan E. Steinberg & Robert Levine

Directed by Neil Marshall

Airs Saturday nights at 9 on Starz

Drifting into the largely unexplored waters of television shows based on pirates, Starz has set its swashbuckling seafarer, Black Sails, upon us to fill that deep void Pirates of the Caribbean left in the hearts of every person ever. As we’ve seen with certain zombie series, transitioning between film and television can be a rough process for genres. How does one make a pirate narrative fit into an arc that could potentially span several years? What about the pirate world is worth immersing viewers in it for that long? These are questions that Black Sails has to deal with and tries to address in its pilot. And while “I.” doesn’t have the flare or budget of a proper ships and swords adventure film or a...

"Black Sails" begins on board a doomed ship, one that's being attacked by pirates, and not of the Disney variety. The vessels lurch together, and the deck is in chaos, bodies piling up, smoke from cannon and musket blasts filling the air. When the aggressors prepare to break down the door behind which the captain and crew have barricaded themselves, they first let loose a rhythmic war chant and then a barrel loaded with explosives. Into the stunned, muted haze following the blast roars a man with a painted skull face and the teeth of a shark who leads the slaughter inside. In the calm scene that follows, the captain having surrendered and the ship secured and in the midst of being plundered, the same intimidating figure pops up in an attempt to scare the pirate's quartermaster Gates (Mark Ryan), who just rolls his eyes and tells his cohort to...

Starz has released several new sexy and action-pakced photos of the cast of the upcoming pirate drama "Black Sails," from executive producer Michael Bay (the "Transformers" films). The "Treasure Island" prequel stars Hannah New, Toby Stephens, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Mark Ryan, Hakeem Kae Kazim, Clara Paget and Zach McGowan. "Black Sails" will premiere Saturday, January 25th at 9 pm Et/Pt.  Check out the photos here:...

Black Sails

The Starz Panel at New York Comic Con was full of exciting developments from the cable network. New original content was highlighted, as well as a returning favorite. The panel began with a sneak peak into executive producer Michael Bay’s Black Sails. The show stars Toby Stephens, Hannah New, Luke Arnold, Mark Ryan, Zach McGowan, and Jessica Parker Kennedy, all of whom joined us for the Q&A along with co-creator and executive producer Jonathan Steinberg.

This thrilling look at pirates in the early 18th century blends folklore and history as it follows Captain Flint (Stephens) and his crew – including John Silver (Arnold) and Billy Bones (Tom Hopper) – 20 years prior to the events in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island. These original pirates of the Caribbean make the lawless island of New Providence their home base, as Flint allies himself with Eleanor Guthrie, heiress to her father...

Sneak Peek new images and a new trailer revealing more footage from the upcoming Starz  sex and violence 'pirate' TV series "Black Sails", debuting January 2014.

"...'Flint', the most brilliant and feared captain of all the 'Golden Age' pirates is commander of the ship 'Walrus'.

"Flint adds a young stranger to his crew who goes by the name of  'John Silver' who has stolen a map to a Spanish Treasure galleon that Flint is after. 

"Threatened with extinction on all sides...

"...he and his crew fight for the survival of 'New Providence Island'...

"...the most notorious criminal haven of its day - a debauched paradise teeming with pirates, prostitutes, thieves and fortune seekers..." 

Cast includes Toby Stephens as 'Captain Flint', Tom Hopper as 'Billy Bones', Louise Barnes as 'Miranda Barlow' and Jessica Parker Kennedy as 'Max'.

Hannah New is 'Eleanor', Zach McGowan is 'Captain Charles Vane',...

Sneak Peek more new footage from the upcoming Starz  'pirate' TV series "Black Sails", renewed for a second season of 10 episodes, before the first season debuts January 2014.

"...'Flint', the most brilliant and feared captain of all the 'Golden Age' pirates is commander of the ship 'Walrus'.

"Flint adds a young stranger to his crew who goes by the name of  'John Silver' who has stolen a map to a Spanish Treasure galleon that Flint is after. 

"Threatened with extinction on all sides...

"...he and his crew fight for the survival of 'New Providence Island'...

"...the most notorious criminal haven of its day - a debauched paradise teeming with pirates, prostitutes, thieves and fortune seekers..." 

Cast includes Toby Stephens as 'Captain Flint', Tom Hopper as 'Billy Bones', Louise Barnes as 'Miranda Barlow', Jessica Parker Kennedy as 'Max', Hannah New as 'Eleanor', Zach McGowan as 'Captain Charles Vane',...