Paramount has released three new Transformers: Age of Extinction images.  Mark Wahlberg plays a burgeoning inventor and family man who runs into trouble when he accidentally discovers a beat-up Transformer.  Judging from these images, he’s equipped to deal with these problems because he’s Mark Wahlberg, super-ripped, and has a swordgun.

Hit the jump to check out the images, and click here to see the new TV spot.  The film also stars Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, Kelsey Grammer, Stanley Tucci, T.J. Miller, Titus Welliver, Han Geng, Sophia Myles, and Li Bingbing.  Transformers: Age of Extinction opens in 2D, 3D, and IMAX 3D on June 27th.

Paramount has released a new TV spot for Transformers: Age of Extinction.  Mark Wahlberg plays a burgeoning inventor and family man who runs into trouble when he accidentally discovers a beat-up Transformer.  Age of Extinction takes place a considerable time after the events of Dark of the Moon, and the U.S. Government now feels that there is no use for Transformers here on Earth.  This new clip is mostly stuff we saw in the trailer, but I think that even from this 30-second spot, I have a good idea of the plot: one giant robot will hit another giant robot; people scatter in terror.

Hit the jump to check out the Transformers: Age of Extinction TV spot.  The film also stars Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, Kelsey Grammer, Stanley Tucci, T.J. Miller, Titus Welliver, Han Geng, Sophia Myles, and Li Bingbing. Transformers: Age of Extinction opens June 27th.

We saw a bunch of colorful and creative robots in disguise in the film’s trailer, but thanks to new Transformers: Age of Extinction toy images, we can put a few more names with their metallic faces.  Some are familiar, like Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and even the relatively new Grimlock; others give names to that fellow with the parachute, and the two-headed dinobot.  Still more could be a bit spoilery so you might want to avoid if that sort of thing bothers you.

Starring Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, Kelsey Grammer, Stanley Tucci, T.J. Miller, Titus Welliver, Han Geng, Sophia Myles, and Li Bingbing, the movie opens in 2D, 3D, and IMAX 3D on June 27th.  Hit the jump to take a look at the new Transformers: Age of Extinction toy images.

Paramount Pictures has released a new poster for director Michael Bay’s sure-to-be-explosive sequel Transformers: Age of Extinction, and it pits Mark Wahlberg in great peril.  Wahlberg plays a burgeoning inventor and family man who runs into trouble when he accidentally discovers a beat-up Transformer.  Age of Extinction takes place a considerable time after the events of Dark of the Moon, and the U.S. Government now feels that there is no use for Transformers here on Earth.  As can be gleaned in this new poster, Wahlberg and his daughter (played by Nicola Peltz) find themselves in a dire situation when a ginormous ship appears above their home.  Don’t you just hate it when a giant robot spaceship hovers over your nice farmhouse and ruins the rest of your day?

Hit the jump to check out the new poster, and if you missed Steve’s video interviews with the cast from CinemaCon, be sure to watch his Wahlberg interview and Peltz/Jack Reynor interview.  Transformers: Age of Extinction opens in 2D, 3D, and IMAX 3D on June 27th.

A few minutes before hitting the CinemaCon stage to present some great-looking footage from Michael Bay’s Transformers: Age of Extinction, I managed to get a few minutes on the red carpet with actors Nicola Peltz and Jack Reynor.  In the film, Peltz plays Mark Wahlberg’s  daughter and Reynor plays her boyfriend.  During the interview, they talked about their experience working with Bay, filming the action sequences, how they were given 20 minutes-notice for once scene in which they had to run away from a bunch of massive practical explosions, whether the third act of Age of Extinction is non-stop action like the last Transformers movie, and other projects like Bates Motel and Macbeth.  Hit the jump to watch.

Continuing our coverage from CinemaCon 2014 (Comic-Con for theater owners), I snapped a ton of pictures of the many posters and theater standees on display today.  Included in this article are The Expendables 3, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Annie, X-Men: Days of Future Past, The Boxtrolls, Transformers 4, How to Train Your Dragon 2, Earth to Echo, Edge of Tomorrow, From the Rough, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Deliver Us From Evil, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Purge: Anarchy, Neighbors, and many more.  Hit the jump to check them out and look for a lot more updates from CinemaCon all week.

And click here if you missed the first posters for director Antoine Fuqua’s The Equalizer, Brett Ratner‘s Hercules, Jonathan Liebesman’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Gary Shore’s Dracula Untold.

The summer movie season is just around the corner, and while 2014 isn’t as overloaded with crazy releases as 2015, there is still plenty to look forward to.  We’ve got sequels, reboots, sequel-reboots, remakes, and even the rare original story all slated to open, and the folks over at Rotten Tomatoes have put together a ranked list of the most anticipated films based on the site’s user rankings.  Coming in at #1 on the list with 100% “want to see” from a total of 110,869 votes is director Bryan Singer’s superhero sequel X-Men: Days of Future Past.  Having helmed the first X-Men in 2000, Singer is one of the godfathers of the modern superhero movie era.  It’s not exactly a shock that fans are eager to see his return to the X-Men franchise, since the time-bending DOFP infuses the new X-Men: First Class cast with the classic X-Men actors from the original films.

Hit the jump to take a look at the Top 10, which includes a couple of surprises.

Now that we’ve seen a proper trailer for Transformers: Age of Extinction, Paramount Pictures has released a new IMAX poster for the Michael Bay-directed film.  Mark Wahlberg takes over lead acting duties in what’s essentially a reboot of Bay’s Transformers franchise, as he plays a father and inventor who accidentally discovers a discarded Transformer years after the “Battle in Chicago” from Transformers: Dark of the Moon, setting into motion events that make him the target of the U.S. government and result in the appearance of the Dinobots.  This new IMAX poster is basically just a still from the trailer, but it does a nice job of conveying that massive scale that should be a fine fit for the IMAX format.

Hit the jump to check out the new poster.  The film also stars Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, Kelsey Grammer, Stanley Tucci, T.J. Miller, Titus Welliver, Han Geng, Sophia Myles, and Li Bingbing.  Transformers: Age of Extinction opens in 2D, 3D, and IMAX 3D on June 27th.

By now you’ve surely watched (and re-watched) the new trailer for Michael Bay’s Transformers: Age of Extinction, so we thought we’d take this opportunity to tease a series of set visit articles we have coming up later this year.  During an action-packed visit to the film’s Detroit set, a small group of journalists had a chance to interview the energetic Bay along with the film’s star, Mark Wahlberg.  And that’s only just scratching the surface of what’s to come!

Also starring Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, Kelsey Grammer, Stanley Tucci, T.J. Miller, Titus Welliver, Han Geng, Sophia Myles, and Li Bingbing, Transformers: Age of Extinction opens June 27th.  Hit the jump for our set visit preview.

Paramount Pictures has released a new full-length trailer for director Michael Bay‘s action sequel Transformers: Age of Extinction.  The film takes place some time after the events of the third Transformers pic, Dark of the Moon, and follows an entirely different set of characters.  Mark Wahlberg leads the cast as a mechanic and family man who starts working on what he believes to be a junked truck, only to discover that it’s actually a battle-wounded Transformer.  The main takeaway from this trailer is that Age of Extinction is, for all intents and purposes, a reboot of the Transformers franchise.  Gone are the quips and jokes from a young know-it-all from the first three films, and in their stead, Bay considers a post-war world in which Transformers are no longer needed; the title actually appears to be referring to the main Transformers themselves, not exclusively the Dinobots.  This is still a Michael Bay tentpole, though, so there’s plenty of the director’s signature action on display, but the expanded international scope of the pic is particularly promising and I’m hoping the director has found a tone that sets Age of Extinction apart.

Hit the jump to watch a preview of the new trailer.  The film also stars Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, Kelsey Grammer, Stanley Tucci, T.J. Miller, Titus Welliver, Han Geng, Sophia Myles, and Li Bingbing.  Transformers: Age of Extinction opens June 27th. 

Ahead of today’s new trailer debut, Paramount has unveiled a pair of new character posters for director Michael Bay’s fourth Transformers film, Transformers: Age of Extinction.  Yesterday we got a look at Mark Wahlberg’s character wielding a swordgun on his personal poster, but today’s character posters are decidedly less tame and boast the clichéd tagline, “The Rules Have Changed”.  Jack Reynor plays Shane in the film, a “bad-boy-with-boyfriend-potential,” while Nicola Peltz (Bates Motel) plays Wahlberg’s daughter Tessa.  We should have a much better idea of the plot when the new trailer debuts later today, but for now we get a nice introduction to the film’s human characters.

Hit the jump to take a look at the new posters and check back here on Collider tonight at 7:30pm ET to watch the new trailer.  Transformers: Age of Extinction opens on June 27th. [Update: Michael Bay has also released a short, 10-second video revealing the title sequence for the film, which is now included after the jump.]

Paramount has released the first poster for Transformers: Age of Extinction, and when paired with the Super Bowl spot and the new trailer preview, this movie is going to be insane.  Sure, it’s going to be dumber than a stump and have mind-blowing set piece, but on a conceptual level, this looks like the nuttiest Transformers yet.  This poster has Mark Wahlberg wearing a confused expression, and perhaps his character is confused because he’s wielding a swordgun.  Someone dropped something out of Final Fantasy VIII, put in the hands of a movie star, and it’s going to be in one of the biggest blockbusters of the year.  The trigger appears to be a tooth for god’s sake.  The kicker is the tagline: “The rules have changed”, which is news to me because I was unaware the Transformers series even had rules.

Hit the jump to check out the poster, and come back for a new trailer and more posters this week.  The film also stars Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, Kelsey Grammer, Stanley Tucci, T.J. Miller, Titus Welliver, Han Geng, Sophia Myles, and Li Bingbing.  Transformers: Age of Extinction opens June 27th.

Fans eager to see how director Michael Bay plans to “reboot” his own franchise will want to keep an eye on this space tomorrow.  The full trailer for Bay’s action sequel Transformers: Age of Extinction will debut on Tuesday, but today Paramount has released a preview with a few bits of new footage.  We still know very little about the film other than the fact that none of the characters from the previous three Transformers films return and Mark Wahlberg takes on leading man duties; oh, and there are Dinobots.  I wasn’t over the moon about the Super Bowl spot for the film, but I’m curious to see what Bay has done to retool the franchise with this fourth installment.  Is the tone the same as the first three movies?  Does the primary setting remain in the U.S.?  Hopefully we’ll have a better idea of what to expect when the new trailer hits tomorrow.

Hit the jump to watch a preview of the new trailer.  The film also stars Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, Kelsey Grammer, Stanley Tucci, T.J. Miller, Titus Welliver, Han Geng, Sophia Myles, and Li Bingbing.  Transformers: Age of Extinction opens June 27th. 

Toy Fair 2014 doesn’t officially kick off until tomorrow, but Hasbro opted to beat the rush by holding an afternoon of previews and tours where we got the chance to check out loads of their upcoming toy lines and prototypes, a number of which come from the Transformers franchise.

With Michael Bay’s Transformers: Age of Extinction heading towards a June 27, 2014 release, typically, Hasbro’s Transformers team would focus all of their effort on delivering movie-specific toys.  However, this year, on top of the designs directly connected to the film, we’ll also get a number of other figures associated with their classic generation line.  By the end of the year, we’ll have gotten 73 new Transformers figures including Crosshairs, the Dinobots Slug and Scorn, Drift, Gridlock, Galvatron, Nightbeat, the fan-created character Windblade, one-step changers and loads more.  Starring Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, Kelsey Grammer, Stanley Tucci, T.J. Miller, Titus Welliver, Han Geng, Sophia Myles, and Li Bingbing, Transformers: Age of Extinction opens in theaters on June 27, 2014.  Hit the jump for over 70 pictures of the new toys.

I typically try and use the opening paragraph to talk about something not already covered in the Top 5 list itself. I’m making an exception this week because The LEGO Movie is good enough to warrant it. Writers/directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller have crafted an outstanding family comedy that’s sharp, funny, and as imaginative as the product it expertly seeks to promote. For all of the laughs it provides (of which there are many), I think its greatest achievement is how precisely it balances the weight of story and self-promotion. Make no mistake, its primary goals are to drive sales and promote the LEGO brand. Lord and Miller’s script is smart enough, though, to achieve these by genuinely capturing the spirit of creativity and inventiveness that makes LEGO so unique. I can only wish that all product placement strategies were this inspired and on point.

Moving on to the list portion of this week’s installment, today’s Top 5 will tackle more things pertaining to The LEGO Movie, the science of RoboCop, Paul Bettany‘s casting in The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg bringing Preacher to AMC, and a recap of the movie spots that aired during the trouncing also known as the 2014 Super Bowl. Keep reading for a brief recap and link to each of the above.