'Transformers' movie screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci
By Zach Oat
Posted January 12, 2007 12:20 PM
They say it takes a thief to catch a thief. So who do you hire when you want to capture the hearts and minds of Transformers fans around the world? The answer should be obvious.
The live-action Transformers movie is one of the most talked-about and long-awaited film projects in history (or, at least in the ToyFare offices), and if executive producer Steven Spielberg and director Michael Bay were going to roll out on this $150 million project, they needed to know the script was in good hands. Enter Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. Friends since high school, the pair got their start writing Xena: Warrior Princess and moved on to J.J. Abrams’ Alias before penning Bay’s The Island and Abrams’ Mission: Impossible 3.
Now reunited with Bay, their task was to bring their childhood icons to the big screen in a way that would emphasize the humanity of these giant robots even as they transformed into cars, jets and tanks and inflicted massive property damage. A difficult job? Absolutely. But they wouldn’t trust it to anyone else.
More in http://www.wizarduniverse.com/magazine/toyfare/
...Posted January 12, 2007 12:20 PM
They say it takes a thief to catch a thief. So who do you hire when you want to capture the hearts and minds of Transformers fans around the world? The answer should be obvious.
The live-action Transformers movie is one of the most talked-about and long-awaited film projects in history (or, at least in the ToyFare offices), and if executive producer Steven Spielberg and director Michael Bay were going to roll out on this $150 million project, they needed to know the script was in good hands. Enter Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. Friends since high school, the pair got their start writing Xena: Warrior Princess and moved on to J.J. Abrams’ Alias before penning Bay’s The Island and Abrams’ Mission: Impossible 3.
Now reunited with Bay, their task was to bring their childhood icons to the big screen in a way that would emphasize the humanity of these giant robots even as they transformed into cars, jets and tanks and inflicted massive property damage. A difficult job? Absolutely. But they wouldn’t trust it to anyone else.
More in http://www.wizarduniverse.com/magazine/toyfare/
Rachet toy Hummer
Yes, that's Ratchet. He's now yellow and he's a transmogrified Hummer. Will the horrors never end? Maybe -- because although we brought you the news first Autobot Ironhide's alt-form would be a GMC TopKick, we've now got a non-camera phone pic to prove it -- and he looks pretty damn good with those tall pipes and the big ol' Autobot emblem across the tailgate. Oh, and is that Jazz under the tarp over there behind Ratchet? We think maybe so. Check out a second Ratchet pic and Ironhide's iron back-side after the jump.
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