Idw shares new details about the transformers prequel comic. Transformers animated prequel movie is happening with toy story 4 director in my little pony transformers, the scheming queen chrysalis casts a. Transformers movie prequel special 2008 comic books. Movie prequel is a 4part comic series published by idw publishing, tying into the 2018 film. Transformers movie prequel two comics produced by idw in cooperation with target. Movie prequel is a 4issue miniseries which serves as a prequel to the events of the. Unfortunately, this section is very, very brief and could have been fleshed out more. These comics take place in an alternate timeline as bumblebee was not on earth in the 60s. Secrets are revealed and lines are crossed as the countdown to transformers 3 ramps up. Movie prequel is a comic book story set prior to the 2007 movie movie from idw publishing. Oscar winner josh cooley will work from a script from antman and the wasp writers andrew barrer and gabriel ferrari.
Until you earn points all your submissions need to be. Transformers movie comics better than bays films cbr. New transformers movie prequel primed as animated movie by. Movie prequel is a 4issue miniseries which serves as a prequel to the events of the 2007 transformers movie. The animated transformers prequel that has been in the works for a few years now has hired toy story 4 director josh cooley to take us back to cybertron. Paramount is looking to revisit one of their most profitable franchise once again. Prequel comic line is my absolute favorite aspect of the live action movie franchise. Read more for grading details for this transformers. The first issue was delayed due to a printing error, eventually being released on march 6, 2007. Articles from deadline and hollywood reporter confirm that a new animated prequel transformers film is in the works and toy story 4s josh cooley has been hired as director. Toy story 4 director josh cooley is helming hasbro and paramounts animated transformers prequel movie. Fanfavorite autobot bumblebee is recruited for a top secret mission, and 1960s london wont know what hit it when this robot in disguise goes undercover. It was release as a bonus dvd when you pick up the 2007 transformers film from walmart. More details on idw transformers bumblebee movie prequel.
According to deadline, the film will take place on the transformers home planet of cybertron and focus on the relationship between optimus prime and. But does it shake things up with a new take, or fai. Paramount pictures and hasbro have tapped toy story 4 director josh cooley, who earlier this year won the best animated film oscar for the sequel, to direct an animated transformers prequel movie. It is now confirmed the studio will team with hasbros eone for an untitled animated transformers prequel, which. Back in december, idw announced a new transformers comic that sheds new light on the conflict between the autobots and decepticons. In this fourpart prequel to the first transformers film, travel from cybertron to earth as we see for the first time what momentous events led to the. So it seems like michael bays tiein material ban is truly lifted. Its pretty much watching a comic book with voice overs with peter cullen and frank welker reprising their roles as optimus prime and megatron with mark ryan doing the voice of bumblebee.
Paramount has 14 more transformers movie ideas, and the studios first spinoff has been confirmed as a bumblebee prequel that aims at a younger audience. Animated transformers prequel hires toy story 4 director. Comic books in transformers the movie saga tp mycomicshop. This comic was available either in target stores together with the dvd release of the transformers movie, and as a pdf file on targets website. Bumblebee battle at halfdome motion comicblue ray special. Transformers movie prequel special target special midtown comics. Transformers movie sequel reign of starscream 2008 comic. Idw had been publishing transformers comics for two years when it kicked things off with 2007s transformers. It was produced as part of the robovision promotion, and the printed version came with a decoder a cardboard frame with piece of transparent red plastic basically the same idea as the old tech. This is supposedly a prequel to the 2007 transformers movie which i havens seen yet, but have read about it. Transformers animated prequel recruits toy story 4. In the first half, we see lots of quick flashbacks of the transformers back on cybertron. Official movie prequel on the covers and prime directive in solicitations, is idw publishings fourissue comic series which serves as a foundation and backstory for the 2007 transformers liveaction movie. In this fourpart prequel to the first transformers film, travel from cybertron to earth as we see for the first time what.
On the topic of the transformers bumblebee movie or rather its licensed idw publishing prequel comic, by john barber, andrew griffith, and priscilla tramontano, from cybertron with love. Bumblebee movie prequel comic online free and high quality. My little pony meets transformers in a wild new comic. Animated transformers prequel in the works toy story 4s. It stretches across a fourissue miniseries called transformers. It is cowritten by chris ryall and simon furman, with art by don figueroa. Transformers animated prequel movie is happening with toy. Paramount is shapeshifting the look of its transformers film series with the development of an animated prequel ew has confirmed oscarwinning toy story 4 helmer josh cooley is attached to. In anticipation of the upcoming bumblebee movie, this prequel comic miniseries reunites idw robots in disguise creatives john barber, andrew griffith, and priscilla tramontano for a spy adventure that teams our hero with the spies of britains mi6.
Transformers is getting an animated prequel from the director of toy story 4 report the film will focus on the relationship between optimus prime and nemesis megatron on cybertron, the robots. First transformers spinoff will be a bumblebee prequel. An allages spy thriller, it focuses on bumblebees prior adventures during the cold war. Destiny is a comic book prequel series that consists of 2 separate stories called defiance which is set before the 2007 movie when they are on. Dead end revealedprequel comic issue 2 breakdown duration.
In this fourpart prequel to the film, prime directive written by ryall and furman and featuring artist don figeruoas take on the movie characters, travel from cybertron to earth as we see what momentous events led to the transformers bringing their war to our world. Transformers animated prequel recruits toy story 4 director. The administrator of this site cannot be held responsible for what its users post, or any other actions of its users. They are fun if your into spy themes but i found them lacking compared to the rest of the idw transformers titles. From russia with love is getting a trade paperback release and with it, we are treated with the final cover, for the first time this graphic novel will be the first such prequel material since dark of the moon. Toy story 4 director to helm animated transformers prequel. Bumblebee movie prequel last edited by pikahyper on 102218 08. Transformers beginnings is the prequel to the 2007 transformers movie. Official movie prequel called prime directive in solicitations and 2 targetexclusive specials, later republished together as the transformers official movie prequel special. Courtesy of simon furman, chris ryall, don figueroa all three veterans of the transformers movie prequel, and andrew wildman. It is written by simon furman and idw editorinchief chris ryall, who was allowed to read the films script, and penciled by artist don figueroa. Bumblebee movie prequel comic from cybertron with love a wordplay on the second james bond movie. The transformers franchise is obviously no stranger to animation, with the original television series in the 1980s, as well as the treasured the transformers. Movie prequel, published by idw publishing, is a 2007 comic book limited series that serves as a prequel to the 2007 film transformers.
He is also the coauthor of a prose book about comics, comic books 101, and has written comics based on the transformers, the band kiss, mars attacks, weekly. Picking up where the film ended, the reign of starscream also reveals the fates of other surviving film characters, as cowriters chris ryall transformers movie prequel and chris mowry present a tale of intrigue, betrayal, and dark ambition featuring both old and allnew transformers characters. Transformers animated prequel movie in development at. The prequel comics are releasing inconjunction with the original date of the bumblebee movie instead of the december release. New covers for upcoming idw transformers bumblebee prequel. Beginnigs 2007 part 1 youtube the transformers movie timeline in chronological order duration. Toy story 4 director josh cooley is helming an animated transformers prequel movie for paramount pictures and hasbros entertainment studio eone.
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