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.

The year’s most-watched television event is upon us, and as with anything that’s seen by a large number of people, consumerism reigns supreme.  We’ll be compiling all of the Super Bowl TV spots for upcoming films like Transformers: Age of Extinction, Noah, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Need for Speed, Pompeii, 3 Days to Kill, Muppets Most Wanted, The Monuments Men, and plenty more in one handy dandy spot for your on-demand viewing pleasure.  Additionally, we’ll be adding some of the better regular commercials to the article as well.  This post will be updated throughout the night, so be sure to check back frequently.

Hit the jump to watch the 2014 Super Bowl TV spots and commercials, including a new full-length trailer for Captain America 2.

We’re less than six months out from the release of Michael Bay’s Transformers: Age of Extinction, but we don’t know too much about the plot of the film just yet.  Since a tight lid is being kept on the film’s details, we’ll take whatever bits and pieces we can get.  In a recent interview for Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, which he also produced, Lorenzo di Bonaventura gave a couple behind-the-scenes details on the production of the fourth Transformers film.  Hit the jump to see what he had to say.

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.

It’s no secret that 2015 is going to be a sort of moviepocalypse with regards to its sheer magnitude of massive films, but right now we’ve still got 2014 to look forward to.  There are plenty of exciting large-scale films on tap for the coming year ranging from sequels to reboots to (gasp!) original properties.  Inevitably some will be great and some will be disappointing, but right now we’re full of optimism, and we’ve put together a list of 25 promising blockbusters set to be released in the next 12 months.  Read on after the jump.

Paramount has released new images and set photos from Transformers: Age of Extinction.  Few details are known about the upcoming sequel/reboot, and these photos don’t provide anything revealing other than Mark Wahlberg and Jack Reynor’s characters will be getting in presumably Bumblebee, and Michael Bay felt the need to attack Nicola Peltz with a giant green-screen claw.  I like to imagine he carries that thing around even when he’s not filming.

Hit the jump to check out the images.  The film also stars 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.

We’ve seen images of the human characters from Transformers: Age of Extinction, which is all well and good, but people show up for the Autobots and Decepticons.  They’ll also be showing up for Dinobots in the new movie, but for now we have the first look at good old’ Optimus Prime who now looks…old.  The red paint is now almost completely gone, a lot of his gears are laid bare, and his expression is much meaner.  I’m curious to see how this new appearance will carry over to other transformers, and if it’s an indicator of a far more serious tone (or at least as serious as movie can be where vehicles turn into giant alien robots).  It’s worth noting that the image of the Transformers 4 toy we saw a couple months ago had more color, so perhaps the Optimus Prime on the Empire Magazine cover isn’t the one we see at the beginning of the film.

Hit the jump to check out the image.  The film stars 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.

The last news we heard from Hong Kong set of Transformers: Age of Extinction revolved around extortionists wielding air conditioners.  Entertainment Tonight recently visited the set, and their piece is slightly less amusing, but as fluffy as fluffy as you’d expect from the long-running TV show.  Mark Wahlberg likes playing pranks on co-star Nicola Peltz!  Nicola Peltz likes painting crewmembers faces between set-ups!  Cars will be blowing up!  The best bit is when the reporter begs director Michael Bay about plot details and he says, “The world has progressed and modernized to a point where it can almost cannibalize and kill itself.”  In other words: “MORE ‘SPLOSIONS.”

Hit the jump to check out the footage.  The film also stars 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.

Here’s something Michael Bay can get asked endlessly about when he does press for Transformers: Age of Extinction.  According to THR, the director was attacked on the Hong Kong set by two local men, reportedly brothers, when he refused to pay them $13,000 (U.S.).  Bay don’t play that way, and an argument ensued in which the director got punched in the face.  One of the men then tried to fight off three police officers who intervened.  The brothers were then arrested on suspicion of blackmail and assault (I’m pretty sure we can at least confirm the suspicion of assault).  Bay then resumed filming.

My only question is how the brothers got so close to the director in the first place.  Film sets, especially for mega-blockbusters like Transformers, are well guarded.  Also, I’m surprised the brothers thought they could get $13,000 on the spot.  I know his movies are dumb, but it’s a bit of a stretch to believe Bay would go, “DURRR, OKAY”.  But the big lesson here is not to fuck with people who make shit blow up for a living. [Update: Paramount has issued an official statement clarifying the matter and Bay's reaction to the incident, which is even more hilarious than the initial report, and Bay has also issued a statement. Read both after the jump.]

Hasbro threw a party tonight in advance of New York Comic-Con, and they brought out all the toys.  The first Transformers: Age of Extinction images focused on cars, humans, and explosions over Autobots.  So first up is the Optimus Prime toy—we are told this is a good representation of what Optimus will look like in the sequel.

A bunch of villains were on display at the Amazing Spider-Man 2 table including Electro, the primary bad guy in the sequel.  The toy version of The Winter Soldier from Captain America: The Winter Soldier notably comes with Precision Strike.  And Lucasfilm released an image of the packaging they’ll use for Star Wars: Rebels.  See it all after the jump.