Transformers: Age of Extinction - videos, teasers and stills from filming
All videos, teasers and footage from the filming of the film "Transformers: Age of Extinction"
Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
Timing:
2:45 (165 min)
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What's left behind the scenes
- Isabelle Cornish, Margaret Qualley, and Gabriella Wilde auditioned for the role of the daughter before it went to Nicola Peltz.
- Landon Liboiron, Luke Grimes, Hunter Parrish, and Brenton Thwaites auditioned for the role of the daughter's boyfriend before the role went to Jack Reynor.
- The film's plot takes place five years after the final battle in Chicago from 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon' (2011).
- Paramount Pictures signed a deal, partnering with Chinese film companies China Movie Channel and Jiaflix Enterprises, to film in China. This is Paramount Pictures' second collaboration with Chinese film companies, the first time being with 'Iron Man 3' (2013).
- This is the first Transformers film shot entirely in 3D.
- The role of Flynn Vincent was offered to Dwayne Johnson, but he declined due to scheduling conflicts with the film «Hercules» (2014).
- The truck that Optimus Prime transforms into in this film is a custom-built Western Star 4900 SB. It is designed to resemble his modification from «G2»—a Western Star 4964EX tanker truck from 1995—and his modification from the «Transformers: Prime» (2010) series, where he took the form of a military truck.
- In this film, Bumblebee transforms into a 1967 Chevrolet Camaro SS.
- In the original series, Drift transformed into a Nissan Silvia S15 sports car, but in this film he transforms into a Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse.
- In the «Transformers» series (1984-1987), Hound transformed into a Mitsubishi J59 military jeep, but in this film he transforms into a medium-duty military vehicle—an Oshkosh Defense truck.
- In the «Transformers» series (1984-1987), Crosshairs transformed into a Lamborghini Countach, but in this film he transforms into a Chevrolet Corvette C7 Stingray.
- Mark Wahlberg's children – Ella Rae, Michael Robert, Brendan Joseph, and Grace Margaret – are avid Transformers fans, and they managed to persuade their father to get them roles in this film.
- In the «Transformers» series (1984-1987), Lockdown transformed into a Nissan 280z police car, but in this film he transforms into a Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4.
- Roland Emmerich, Joe Johnston, Jon Turteltaub, Steven Sommers, Louis Leterrier, and David Yates were all considered to direct before Michael Bay decided to take on the film.
- The Dinobot, who transforms into a pteranodon, was originally named Swoop, but the name was later changed to Strafe. The latter initially belonged to the Technobots.
- When Wahlberg's character rescues his daughter from the ship, they descend to the building via ropes. "Robot lions" also begin to pursue them down ropes. In one shot, these robots are behind the daughter, and in the next, identical shot, they are not.
- When four heroes run into an elevator, Wahlberg's character says the elevator is overloaded. However, it's later shown that the elevator has a load capacity of 680 kg and is designed for 9 people.
- Before Optimus and Eger's daughter are taken prisoner, Optimus lies next to the car where his daughter is hiding. From different angles, the driver's side door is sometimes closed and sometimes open.
- During the moment when the alien ship begins to attract various cars and other metal objects, the main characters are in a car driving amidst the chaos, but for some reason it isn't pulled in like the other vehicles.
- At 1:51:08, a person appears in the frame standing behind the main character. In the next frame, he is gone.
- Trying to help Optimus in the final battle with Lockdown, Mark Wahlberg's character fires three shots from alien weaponry and then ducks behind cover after a quick run. The camera changes the angle, and he finds himself near another brick wall, identical to the one he initially ran from, while a man who wasn't there before is caught in an explosion next to him.
- At 2:09:01, it is visible that during a fight with the killer, Cade presses his left thumb into James's right eye, popping it out. However, afterwards, it can be seen that James has both eyes intact.
- When Optimus Prime flies off the planet, his shield heats up. This happens when he is in the area where the atmosphere is already thinning.
- Isabelle Cornish, Margaret Qualley, and Gabriella Wilde auditioned for the role of the daughter before it went to Nicole Peltz.
- The film's plot takes place five years after the final battle in Chicago from the film “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” (2011).
- Paramount Pictures signed an agreement, partnering with Chinese film companies China Movie Channel and Jiaflix Enterprises, to conduct filming in China. This is Paramount Pictures’ second collaboration with Chinese film companies, the first being the film “Iron Man 3” (2013).
- The role of Flynn Vincent was offered to Dwayne Johnson, but he declined due to scheduling conflicts with the filming of “Hercules” (2014).
- The truck that Optimus Prime transforms into in this film is a custom-built Western Star 4900 SB. It is made to resemble his modification from "G2"—a Western Star 4964EX tanker truck from 1995—and his modification from the "Transformers: Prime" (2010) series, where he took the form of a military truck.
- In the "Transformers" (1984-1987) series, Hound transformed into a Mitsubishi J59 military jeep, but in this film he transforms into a medium-duty military vehicle—an Oshkosh Defense truck.
- In the "Transformers" (1984-1987) series, Crosshairs transformed into a Lamborghini Countach, but in this film he transforms into a Chevrolet Corvette C7 Stingray.
- In the "Transformers" (1984-1987) series, Lockdown transformed into a Nissan 280z police car, but in this film he transforms into a Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4.
- TJ Miller gave his character, Lucas, the nickname "Lucas the Doofus."
- The robots' designs were based on the Transformers from IDW comics and the "Transformers: Prime" series (2010-2013).
- Filming for one of the action scenes took place at the Illinois Railway Museum. After filming, Mark Wahlberg made a donation of $40,000 to the museum. Michael Bay bought a 1930s crane from the museum, which was embossed with "Bay City". According to the director, he plans to restore the crane and place it in the yard of his ranch in Montana.
- When Wahlberg's character rescues his daughter from the ship, they descend to the building using ropes. "Robot lions" also begin to pursue them down ropes. In one shot, these robots are visible behind his daughter, and in the next identical moment, they are not.
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