Transformers: The Last Knight (Film)

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Transformers: The Last Knight
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Michael Bay
Produced by	Lorenzo di Bonaventura Tom DeSanto Don Murphy Ian Bryce
Screenplay by	Art Marcum Matt Holloway Ken Nolan
Story by	Akiva Goldsman Art Marcum Matt Holloway Ken Nolan
Based on	Transformers  by Hasbro
Starring	Mark Wahlberg Josh Duhamel Stanley Tucci Anthony Hopkins
Music by	Steve Jablonsky
Cinematography	Jonathan Sela
Edited by	Mark Sanger John Refoua Debra Neil-Fisher Roger Barton Adam Gerstel Calvin Wimmer
Production companies	Hasbro Di Bonaventura Pictures Huahua Media Weying Galaxy The H Collective
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	June 18, 2017 (Odeon Leicester Square) June 21, 2017 (United States)
Running time	149 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$217–260 million
Box office	$605.4 million

Transformers: The Last Knight is a 2017 American science-fiction action film based on the Transformers toy line. It is the fifth installment of the live-action Transformers film series and a sequel to 2014's Age of Extinction. Like its predecessors, the film is directed by Michael Bay, and features Mark Wahlberg returning from Age of Extinction, with Josh Duhamel, John Turturro, and Glenn Morshower reprising their roles from the first three films, as well as Laura Haddock, Isabela Moner, Jerrod Carmichael, Santiago Cabrera, and Sir Anthony Hopkins all joining the cast.

The film premiered at Odeon Leicester Square in London on June 18, 2017, and was theatrically released in the United States on June 21, 2017, by Paramount Pictures in 2D, 3D and IMAX 3D. The film was met with an unfavorable reception from critics and, with an approval rating of 16% on Rotten Tomatoes, it is the worst-reviewed film of the Transformers series. At the 38th Golden Raspberry Awards, it was nominated for ten awards, including Worst Picture, Worst Director and Worst Actor for Wahlberg, but did not win any. Despite grossing $605 million worldwide over a budget of $260 million, it was considered a box office disappointment, reportedly losing the studio over $100 million. Critics panned the film's direction, narrative, script, lack of screen time of certain characters, and format changes. Though positive mentions were given to the performances of Wahlberg, Moner, Hopkins and Cullen, as well as the musical score, action and effects.

A spin-off/prequel titled Bumblebee was released on December 21, 2018.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 2.1 Humans 2.2 Voices 2.2.1 Non-speaking characters 3 Production 3.1 Development 3.2 Casting 3.3 Filming 3.4 Effects 4 Music 5 Release 5.1 Marketing 5.2 Home media 6 Reception 6.1 Box office 6.1.1 United States and Canada 6.1.2 Outside North America 6.2 Critical response 6.3 Accolades 7 Controversy 8 Prequel and postponed sequel 9 Notes 10 References 11 External links

Plot

Cast

Main article: List of Transformers film series cast and characters

Humans

• Mark Wahlberg as Cade Yeager
  A single father and inventor who helped the Autobots during the events of Age of Extinction.
• Josh Duhamel as Col. William Lennox
  A former NEST commander and U.S. Army Ranger captain, who partnered with the Autobots prior to the events of Age of Extinction, and now a U.S. Army Special Forces Colonel and reluctant member of the Transformers Reaction Force (TRF).
• Stanley Tucci as Merlin
  King Arthur's wizard and Viviane's ancestor. Tucci was originally reported to be reprising his role as Joshua Joyce from Age of Extinction.
• Anthony Hopkins as Sir Edmund Burton
  12th Earl of Folgan, an astronomer and historian who knows about the history of the Transformers on Earth.
• Laura Haddock as Viviane Wembly
  A Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford and a polo player, who turns out to be a descendant of Merlin. Minti Gorne portrays a younger Viviane.
• Isabela Moner as Izabella
  A street-wise tomboy who was orphaned with Sqweeks and Canopy, her only friends, until meeting Cade.
• Jerrod Carmichael as Jimmy
  A young man from South Dakota whom Cade hired through a want ad.
• Santiago Cabrera as Santos
  A former Delta Force operative and commander of the TRF, who seeks to eradicate every Transformer and their human allies regardless of faction.
• John Turturro as Seymour Simmons
  A former government agent with Sector Seven and NEST turned successful writer who hides out in Cuba, and was allied with the Autobots prior to the events of Age of Extinction.
• Glenn Morshower as General Morshower
  The director of NEST in Revenge of the Fallen and Dark of the Moon who now supervises TRF operations.
• Liam Garrigan as King Arthur, the legendary knight who first fought with the Knights of Iacon. Liam Garrigan previously portrayed a version of King Arthur in Once Upon a Time.
• Jamey Jasta as Lt. Jamey Wells
  The person who teams along with Col. Lennox and is a member of the TRF.

Additionally, Mitch Pileggi, Tony Hale, and Gil Birmingham appear as a TRF group leader, a JPL engineer, and Chief Sherman, respectively. Former Navy SEAL Remi Adeleke also stars in the film as a TRF lieutenant working for Santos. Nicola Peltz has a vocal cameo as Tessa Yeager, Cade's daughter, who helped the Autobots during the events of Age of Extinction, while Shia LaBeouf is seen as Sam Witwicky, who allied with the Autobots in events prior to Age of Extinction, in a photograph spotted in Burton's mansion. Tyrese Gibson was cast to return as Robert Epps, but was unable to appear in the film due to scheduling conflicts with The Fate of the Furious.

Voices

• Peter Cullen voices Optimus Prime / Nemesis Prime
  The leader of the Autobots, who transforms into a blue and red 2014 Western Star 5700 Custom semi-trailer truck while searching for the truth about his Creators.
• Gemma Chan voices Quintessa
  A Cybertronian/Quintesson Sorceress, the "Prime of Life and the creator of Cybertronians who wants to destroy Unicron (and Earth) and rebuild Cybertron through whatever way possible. She appears on-screen briefly in the mid-credits scene as the disguised human form of Quintessa.
• Frank Welker voices Megatron
  The leader of the Decepticons, who possessed a KSI Drone in Age of Extinction and transforms into a Cybertronian jet.
• Erik Aadahl voices Bumblebee
  An Autobot scout and Optimus Prime's second-in-command, who transforms into a custom-built yellow and black 2019 Chevrolet Camaro with a body kit.
• Jim Carter voices Cogman
  A polite sociopathic, human-sized robot. He serves as the faithful butler to Sir Edmund Burton, and while despite not having a larger robot mode, he transforms into an Aston Martin DB11 in the toyline.
• Omar Sy voices Hot Rod
  An Autobot who transforms into a Citroën DS, before upgrading into a 2017 Lamborghini Centenario LP770-4. He is brother-in-arms with Bumblebee and speaks in a thick French accent.
• Ken Watanabe voices Drift
  A Samurai-motif Autobot tactician and former Decepticon who transforms into a black and red 2017 Mercedes-AMG GT R.
• John Goodman voices Hound
  A trigger-happy Autobot commando and field medic who transforms into an olive green Mercedes-Benz Unimog military tactical ambulance.
• John DiMaggio voices:
  • Crosshairs
    A cocky Autobot paratrooper and sniper who transforms into a green and black 2016 Chevrolet Corvette C7 Stingray, equipped with a custom split-spoiler. His ego lends him a misplaced belief in his future command of the Autobots.
  • Nitro Zeus
    A showboating Decepticon hunter who transforms into an JAS 39 Gripen Fighter Jet.
• Reno Wilson voices:
  • Sqweeks
    a small Autobot and Izabella's closest friend who can't transform and only says "Chihuahua" due to prior damage.
  • Mohawk
    A Decepticon foot soldier who transforms into a Confederate P51 Combat Fighter Motorcycle.
• Jess Harnell voices Barricade
  A Decepticon scout who transforms into a 2016 Ford Mustang police car, featuring a new robot mode.
• Tom Kenny voices Wheelie
  A former Decepticon turned Autobot who survived the Chicago battle in Dark of the Moon.
• Steve Buscemi voices Daytrader
  An Autobot scavenger who transforms into a cloaked rusty Mercedes-Benz LK Model 1920 dump truck.
• Steven Barr voices Topspin
  An Autobot Wrecker who resides in Cuba with Simmons that once transformed into a #48 Hendrick Motorsports Lowe's/Kobalt car. In the film he is credited as "Volleybot" and grew a metallic beard that resembles his fallen comrade, Leadfoot.
• Mark Ryan voices:
  • "Bulldog"
    An Autobot veteran of World War I and World War II, and a sentry for Burton's castle, who transforms into an army Mark IV tank and suffers from 'robot dementia',
  • The Lieutenant
    An elderly Autobot that transforms into a Hawker Hurricane fighter plane that cameos at Burton's castle.
• Various uncredited actors voice:
  • The Knights of Iacon
    a group of twelve Cybertronian Knights who protects the Staff and merge to form the three-headed dragon, Dragonstorm. They include Dragonicus, Stormreign, Steelbane, and Skullitron.
  • Canopy
    An Autobot refugee and a friend of Izabella who camouflages into a shielding pile of rubble.
  • Berserker
    A monstrous Decepticon commando who transforms into a Chevy Tahoe emergency vehicle,
  • Onslaught
    A Decepticon tactician who transforms into a green Western Star 4900SF tow truck,

Non-speaking characters

• Grimlock
  The leader of the Dinobots, who transforms into a mechanical horned, fire-breathing Tyrannosaurus.
• Slug
  The savage Dinobot destroyer who transforms into a mechanical spiked and bestial Triceratops.
• Mini-Dinobots
  The Mini versions of Grimlock, Slug, and Strafe.
• A Transformer who turns into the submarine Template:HMS appears, though not seen in robot mode as it can't transform.
• Trench
  An Autobot who resembles Constructicon Scrapper and transforms into an Cat 320 excavator.
• Dreadbot
  A Decepticon thug who transforms into a rusty Volkswagen Type 2.
• Infernocons
  Quintessa's demon-like guardians who combine to form Infernocus.
• Unicron
  A giant planet-destroying Transformer appearing in Planet Earth and six of his mechanical horns are seen.

Production

Development

Casting

Filming

Effects

Music

Main article: Transformers: The Last Knight – Music from the Motion Picture

Release

Marketing

Home media

Reception

Box office

United States and Canada

Outside North America

Critical response

Accolades

Award	Category	Subject	Result

Controversy

Prequel and postponed sequel

Notes

1. ^ As depicted in 2014 film Transformers: Age of Extinction.

References

External links

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