Transformers: Age of Extinction

Transformers: Age of Extinction Movie (2014):

Transformers: Age of Extinction is an American science fiction action adventure film directed by Michael Bay and written by Ehren Kruger. Based on Hasbro’s Transformers toy line, the film is the fourth installment in the Transformers film series and the sequel to Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011).

The film stars Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, Sophia Myles, Bingbing Li, Titus Welliver, and T.J. Miller. It does not feature the original human cast from the previous three films and instead introduces a new human cast and many new Transformers, including the Dinobots.

Filming had begun on May 28, 2013, in Monument Valley, Utah, and ended on October 29, 2013. The film was released on June 27, 2014, in IMAX and 3D. Upon release, the film was financially successful and grossed over $1.104 billion worldwide on a $210 million budget, making it the highest-grossing film of 2014, the only film in 2014 to gross over $1 billion, and at that point the 10th-highest-grossing film of all time. The sequel, Transformers: The Last Knight, was released in June 2017.

Humans

• Mark Wahlberg as Cade Yeager: A single father and struggling inventor.
• Kelsey Grammer as Harold Attinger: A former Navy SEAL and rogue government official who created the CIA black-ops unit, Cemetery Wind to eliminate all Transformers, Autobot or Decepticon, from Earth.
• Nicola Peltz as Tessa Yeager: Cade’s daughter who is secretly dating Shane.
• Jack Reynor as Shane Dyson: Tessa’s boyfriend and an Irish rally car driver.
• Stanley Tucci as Joshua Joyce: An ambitious, arrogant businessman and the head of KSI who wants to build his own Transformers.
• Sophia Myles as Darcy Tyril: Joshua’s geologist assistant and ex-girlfriend.
• Li Bingbing as Su Yueming: The owner of the Chinese factory used by KSI to build their artificial Transformers.
• Titus Welliver as James Savoy: A ruthless, corrupt CIA officer and second-in-command of the Cemetery Wind working for Attinger.
• T.J. Miller as Lucas Flannery, Cade’s employee and best friend mechanic.
• James Bachman as Gill Wembley: A scientist who works for Joyce.

Non-speaking robots

• Grimlock: The leader of the Dinobots captured by Lockdown and later released by Optimus Prime. He transforms into fire-breathing Tyrannosaurus.
• Stinger: A human-made KSI drone that works for Galvatron and is a remake of Bumblebee. He transforms into a 2014 Pagani Huayra sports car.
• Strafe: A Dinobot who transforms into a two-headed Pteranodon.
• Slug: A Dinobot who transforms into a mechanical spiked Triceratops.
• Scorn: A Dinobot as the nickname “Spike” who transforms into a mechanical sailed Spinosaurus.
• Junkheap: A human-made KSI prototype that transforms into a Mack TerraPro garbage truck. Unlike other transformers in the series, Junkheap splits into three separate robots.

Voices

• Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime: The leader of the Autobots who transforms into a rusty 1977 Marmon 97 semi truck and later, a blue and red 2014 Western Star 5700 XE semi-trailer truck with flame decals.
• Frank Welker as Galvatron: A human-made KSI Transformer drone modeled after Optimus Prime that uses data from the remains of the Decepticon leader Megatron. It is later revealed that the Galvatron drone has become possessed by Megatron, who transforms into a black and grey 2014 Freightliner Argosy cab over trailer truck.
• John Goodman as Hound: An Autobot commando who is a member of the Autobot special forces branch called the Wreckers, and is the weapons specialist of the team who transforms into an Oshkosh Defense Medium Tactical Vehicle.
• Ken Watanabe as Drift: A Samurai-motif Autobot, tactician and a former Decepticon assassin who transforms into a black and blue 2014 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse and a Sikorsky S-97 Raider Helicopter.
• Robert Foxworth as:
• Ratchet: The Autobot medical officer who transforms into a white and green 2009 S.A.R. Hummer H2 ambulance.
• Leadfoot: An Autobot and the leader of the Wreckers who appears in archive footage from a KSI DRONE.
• John DiMaggio as Crosshairs: An Autobot paratrooper and elite sniper, who is also the weapons tactician and mechanic, who transforms into a black and green 2014 Chevrolet Corvette C7 Stingray.
• Mark Ryan as:
• Bumblebee: An Autobot scout and Optimus Prime’s new second-in-command who transforms into a black 1967 Chevrolet Camaro and later into a yellow and black 2014 Chevrolet Camaro.
• Lockdown: A ruthless Cybertronian assassin and bounty hunter who transforms into a grey 2014 Lamborghini Aventador LP 700–4 Coupe. He is hired by the “Creators” to bring Optimus Prime back to them and kill any Autobots who refuse to give up his location.
• Reno Wilson as Brains: A former Decepticon drone turned Autobot who survived the Battle of Chicago and has lost his right leg who explains that Galvatron is a reincarnation of Megatron.