Bay Reveals Onslaught for Transformers: The Last Knight

The green utility vehicle that was spotted last month several times on the Arizona set of Transformers: The Last Knight now has a name. In a post on his website and Facebook page, Michael Bay has verified the character is Onslaught. The character in Transformers lore is the leader of the Combaticons, a group of five Decepticons that merge to form Bruticus. So far there has been no indication if the Combaticons are part of the movie so don't get your hopes up yet on a Combiner appearance.

Transformers: Combiner Wars Trailer, Cast

Today at SDCC 2016, Hasbro and Machinima finally revealed some details about Transformers: Combiner Wars. The first official trailer shows the cartoon has some pretty sweet visual designs. In addition a press release finally revealed the voice cast for the series (below) that all seem new to the franchise. Based on the description and snippets from the trailer, it seems that Combiner Wars lifts ideas and concepts from IDW's comic book series but is taking them in a different direction which technically voids the comic book canon but whatever. The comics vs movies vs cartoons were always treated as distinct universes anyway by fans.

From the SDCC panel, the goal of Machinima's creators was to get to the core of each character and then try to remain consistent with that core when writing them. The opening episode has Menasor landing on the planet Cambinus with Windblad and Maxima trying to stop him. While technically there are genders in Transformers, Hasbro made the decision to leave "why" a mystery. There are currently no plans for a blu-ray release of the series since it will be available for streaming. The 8 episode series will premiere August 2 on Go90.com in the United States.

IDW October 2016 Transformers Comics

IDW Publishing has released their publishing plans for October 2016. Four floppies and one trade are coming that month. The Revolution mini-series to introduce the Hasbro Universe continued with Transformers, GI Joe, ROM, Micronauts, M.A.S.K. and Action Man. As a result there are no ongoing Transformers after Transformers and Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye ended their current runs. For the full details of IDW's other books including GI Joe, Ghostbusters, Star Trek, and more click here.

New Behind the Scenes Video From Transformers 5 Set

On the official Instagram and Facebook accounts for Transformers: The Last Knight is a new behind the scenes video that appears to be from when the crew was in Arizona a few weeks ago. I guess technically it is in spoiler territory since it shows an action scene with some Bayhem involving helicopters and what looks like vehicles with the Delta symbol on them. Thanks to W. Ray for the link.

Final Prelude to Combiners Wars Windblade Episode

The final motion comic episode of "Prelude to Combiner Wars" featuring Windblade is now available (Episode 1 | Episodes 2, 3). There have been few details on the series. While I assume the art style will look a lot like Prelude, I am not sure if that means it will be a traditional cartoon series, a continuation of the motion comic look nor how long each episode will be. We will find out when the first episode of the 8 episode Combiner Wars series launches on August 2 exclusively on g090 in the United States.

Transformers: The Last Knight New York Billboard Ad

In a bit of a head scratcher, there is a New York billboard near Times Square advertising Transformers: The Last Knight found by Ben's World of Transformers. Its a cool piece of art with Optimus Prime wielding his sword against unknown enemies near a tattered flag with a Decepticon-ish symbol. Not sure why Paramount or Hasbro would pay for something like that considering filming has just started and it is a year out until release but I am game for more creative shots like that. Update Below is a tweet of another view of the billboard. Thanks to Feris O. for the link.

Very interesting billboard for @transformers #TheLastKnight. Marketing this early? A lot of clues included, indeed pic.twitter.com/bPFSodt3Wk

— Ryan Huelsman (@RyLegacy) July 14, 2016

Laura Haddock, Barricade and Odd Costume on TF5 Set

Tuesday seemed to bring some new additions to the Detroit set for Transformers: The Last Knight. Michael Bay posted an image of the lovely Laura Haddock, perhaps in her character costume. The official TF5 Instagram account posted to short vids (below).

The first is a look at the new Barricade vehicle with a shiny pretty shade of blue that I want on my car. The second gif is interesting due to the costumes that Josh Duhamel and Santiago Cabrera are wearing. I have no clue what to make of them other then they just seem really odd. I almost thought of them as motion capture outfits but the huge volume of weapons and lack of tracking markers makes them something else, just no idea what.

Prelude to Combiner Wars Victorion and Starscream

The next two installments of "Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars" is available below (Optimus Prime episode here). The first motion comic focuses on Victorion while the second is for Starscream. The final installment for Windblade will be released next week. Two weeks after "Transformers: Combiner Wars" series will launch exclusively on go90.

Official Images from Transformers 5 Packard Plant Set

Filming continues on Transformers: The Last Knight at the Packard Plant set in Detroit. As part of that the Transformers Instagram account has posted two official images from the set and a short video (all below) from star Isabela Moner as she hangs out in the subway car on the set.

Surfs up, @isabelamoner! #transformers

A video posted by Transformers (@transformersmovie) on Jul 5, 2016 at 5:01pm PDT

New Alt Mode of Drift Revealed

In a twitter and blog post, Transformers: The Last Knight director Michael Bay revealed the new alt mode of Drift as a black and red Mercedes AMG GT R. In Age of Extinction the character's alt mode was a black and blue Bugatti Veyron. Generally speaking the alt modes for the cars is partly driven by story, partly by Bay's taste in cars and most importantly by wiliness of car makers to offer up their vehicles for free (which means more $ for VFX) and let Hasbro make toys off of them. My guess is the switch is due to Mercedes making a better offer (possibly more than one copy for filming purposes?). Thanks to Feris O. for the heads-up.

A Musketeer Joins Transformers: The Last Knight

A new post on the Transformers Instagram account reveals that Santiago Cabrera (Aramis on The Musketeers) has joined the cast of Transformers: The Last Knight. Apparently he is part of the delta symbol unit that is helping (or hunting) the Autobots but nothing else is said about the role besides the pic.