Hasbro & Paramount Celebrate 15th Anniversary Of Transformers Film In Style
Screen Rant had the exciting opportunity to be a part of a special Paramount Studios Tour for the 15th Anniversary of 2007's Transformers. The epic action movie, directed by Michael Bay, kicked off a film franchise based on the popular Hasbro toys that is still thriving now. The thrilling combination of action sequences being shot practically and actors performing stunts on-camera with CGI to enhance the futuristic robots means the movie holds up today — and it's a formula improved on in subsequent Transformers movies.
To celebrate the anniversary, the original Transformers returned to theaters for a limited engagement. Not only that, but Paramount proudly showed off plenty of original props from their classic movies at an event on the studio lot, culminating in a tour of the prop room that held a statue of Bumblebee and the original 1992 Peterbilt 379 semi-truck that is Optimus Prime.
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The amazing Peter Cullen, who first voiced Optimus Prime in the original 1980s Transformers animated series and has reprised the role many times since, also prepared a speech discussing his time with Transformers. He spoke about how amazing it was to work with Michael Bay, who was like a general in charge of the military while at the helm of this groundbreaking adaption of the 1980’s classic cartoon.
Check out Cullen's fun speech below, along with exclusive photographs Screen Rant took at the scene.
Peter Cullen: When I was a kid and I ever got into a prop room, my head would spin because of the nostalgia that it creates in my brain by remembering stuff. I come in here, look around and say, «Gosh, where's Gloria Swanson? Gary Cooper? Where's Jimmy Stewart and John Wayne? Where are
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