Post by unclemeat on Feb 11, 2005 12:25:29 GMT -5
From IGN FILM FORCE:
"February 07, 2005 - In a posting at his Kung Fu Monkey blog on Friday, Transformers screenwriter John Rogers advised fans that he'd "just finished my second rewrite of my first draft, all done in eight weeks, and turned it in at 6am so all could add tweaks before the weekend read."
Over the weekend, producer Don Murphy has posted some of his reactions to Rogers' rewrite on the message board of his official site. "All changes are VERY good indeed. Rogers is the real deal. He has done what we were setting out to do. NICELY," said Murphy, adding that "I can't say too much until (executive producer Steven Spielberg) responds. And this is the first time Paramount is seeing it as well."
"What no one is REALLY getting is that this film is NOT entirely what you are expecting. We are NOT doing a cartoon. We are NOT doing CGI. We ARE doing a real live action film with CGI in it," Murphy explained.
"It IS an origin film. You will get many injokes and you will love the characters and the action. John does NOD to the comics and the series BUT it is designed to make $400 million which means people will groove on it who have never heard of TF before and think that you guys are cool for liking TF. So start thinking THAT way and you will really be pleased."
The Transformers is slated for a summer 2006 release."
"December 14, 2004 - Comics2Film points out this interview that TFormers.com, the self-proclaimed "World's Largest Transformers News Site," conducted with producer Don Murphy wherein he discusses the live-action feature version of the popular toy, comic book and cartoon franchise.
While Murphy is not terribly revealing, the interview does include some interesting tidbits of information about the movie. According to the producer, the story is the set in the American Southwest and Optimus Prime will be the character most explored onscreen. He adds that Cybertron will be seen as well.
The origins of the Transformers will be explored in "enough detail." When asked whether there will be other characters appearing in the movie besides G1 characters, Murphy said "there are already many G1 characters that will get short shrift so let's stick with them."
Murphy also says Transformers will not necessarily cater to the kiddies. "I always believe you get the 14-16 Star Wars audience (the good films) and you get everybody."
For Murphy, however, the most exciting thing to have happened in the film's development so far was "finding out in a meeting that [DreamWorks head and exec producer Steven] Spielberg knows the mythology stone cold perfectly."
In related news, Murphy said in a posting at his official site that "I love League of Extraordinary Gentlemen but we got killed by fans because, honestly, I didn't believe they were out there. The comic is read by like 40,000 people – but yet they were all very vocal or something. Transformers has millions of fans. I know we won't make every one freakin' jubilant. But you all are having an ENORMOUS effect already.""
"February 07, 2005 - In a posting at his Kung Fu Monkey blog on Friday, Transformers screenwriter John Rogers advised fans that he'd "just finished my second rewrite of my first draft, all done in eight weeks, and turned it in at 6am so all could add tweaks before the weekend read."
Over the weekend, producer Don Murphy has posted some of his reactions to Rogers' rewrite on the message board of his official site. "All changes are VERY good indeed. Rogers is the real deal. He has done what we were setting out to do. NICELY," said Murphy, adding that "I can't say too much until (executive producer Steven Spielberg) responds. And this is the first time Paramount is seeing it as well."
"What no one is REALLY getting is that this film is NOT entirely what you are expecting. We are NOT doing a cartoon. We are NOT doing CGI. We ARE doing a real live action film with CGI in it," Murphy explained.
"It IS an origin film. You will get many injokes and you will love the characters and the action. John does NOD to the comics and the series BUT it is designed to make $400 million which means people will groove on it who have never heard of TF before and think that you guys are cool for liking TF. So start thinking THAT way and you will really be pleased."
The Transformers is slated for a summer 2006 release."
"December 14, 2004 - Comics2Film points out this interview that TFormers.com, the self-proclaimed "World's Largest Transformers News Site," conducted with producer Don Murphy wherein he discusses the live-action feature version of the popular toy, comic book and cartoon franchise.
While Murphy is not terribly revealing, the interview does include some interesting tidbits of information about the movie. According to the producer, the story is the set in the American Southwest and Optimus Prime will be the character most explored onscreen. He adds that Cybertron will be seen as well.
The origins of the Transformers will be explored in "enough detail." When asked whether there will be other characters appearing in the movie besides G1 characters, Murphy said "there are already many G1 characters that will get short shrift so let's stick with them."
Murphy also says Transformers will not necessarily cater to the kiddies. "I always believe you get the 14-16 Star Wars audience (the good films) and you get everybody."
For Murphy, however, the most exciting thing to have happened in the film's development so far was "finding out in a meeting that [DreamWorks head and exec producer Steven] Spielberg knows the mythology stone cold perfectly."
In related news, Murphy said in a posting at his official site that "I love League of Extraordinary Gentlemen but we got killed by fans because, honestly, I didn't believe they were out there. The comic is read by like 40,000 people – but yet they were all very vocal or something. Transformers has millions of fans. I know we won't make every one freakin' jubilant. But you all are having an ENORMOUS effect already.""
