Transformers: Age of Extinction Movie Details:
Based on | Transformers by Hasbro |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi |
Release date | June 19, 2014 (Hong Kong) June 27, 2014 (United States) |
Running time | 2hr 45min |
Age rating | PG-13 |
Starring | Mark Wahlberg Stanley Tucci |
Directed by | Michael Bay |
Written by | Ehren Kruger |
Produced by | Lorenzo di Bonaventura Tom DeSanto Don Murphy Ian Bryce |
Cinematography by | Amir Mokri |
Edited by | William Goldenberg Roger Barton Paul Rubell |
Music by | Steve Jablonsky |
Production Company | Hasbro Studios Di Bonaventura Pictures |
Distributor | Paramount Pictures |
Transformers: Age of Extinction Movie Cast & Characters:
Storyline:
Transformers: Age of Extinction begins after an epic battle left a great city torn but with the world saved. As humanity picks up the pieces, a shadowy group reveals itself in an attempt to control the direction of history… while an ancient powerful new nemesis sets Earth in its cross-hair.
Transformers: Age of Extinction Movie Budget & Box Office Collection:
Budget | $210 million |
Worldwide Collection | $1.104 billion |
About Transformers: Age of Extinction Movie:
Transformers: Age of Extinction is an American science fiction action film based on Hasbro’s Transformers toy line. It is the sequel to Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) and the fourth installment in the Transformers film series. Like its predecessor, the film is directed by Michael Bay and written by Ehren Kruger. It stars Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, Sophia Myles, Bingbing Li, Titus Welliver, and T.J. Miller.
The film was the first feature film to be shot on smaller digital IMAX cameras, as well as various other film formats, such as IMAX 70mm film cameras, digital stereo 3D, and anamorphic and spherical 35mm film.
In February 2012, Paramount Pictures and Michael Bay announced that Bay would be producing and directing a fourth Transformers film, scheduled for a June 27, 2014 release.
According to the filmmakers, Mark Wahlberg performed 90% of his own stunts in the film.
The was the first Transformers movie not to receive any Academy Award nominations. The previous installments all had nominations in the technical categories.
Originally, Michael Bay was not going to direct a fourth Transformers movie, but he had an experience that changed his mind. After Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), Bay finally got to visit the Transformers ride at Universal Studios. Upon seeing fans waiting three blocks for the attraction, he realized he was not ready to leave the franchise just yet.
Dwayne Johnson was offered the role of Cade Yeager, but he declined, due to scheduling conflicts with Hercules (2014).
The KSI building in the movie is actually the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois building in Chicago. It is the headquarters of Health Care Service Corporation. Scenes were shot both on the exterior and interior of the building.
This is the longest installment in the franchise, at 2 hours 45 minutes.
There are about eighteen new robot characters in this film.
The film had its world premiere in Hong Kong on June 19, 2014, with a live concert by Imagine Dragons. Transformers: Age of Extinction was released in the United States on June 27, 2014, by Paramount Pictures.
This was the highest-grossing film in Malaysia, grossing about 13.52 million dollars.
It is the worst-performing movie to gross over $1 billion