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Transformers The Last Knight (Original title)
Dates: 2017 (Copyright), 22 June 2017 (Release)

Countries: USA, People's Republic of China, Hong Kong

Director: Michael Bay

Synopsis: Science fiction adventure. Merlin collaborates with alien robots to save King Arthur's reign. Centuries later, Cade Yeager finds himself in the middle of great turmoil involving alien robots coming to Earth to prepare for a cosmic invasion which will reclaim the planet from humans and their Transformer allies. Travelling to a castle in England owned by Sir Edmond Burton, Yeager learns that he is the chosen 'last knight' who can defeat the apocalyptic invaders, while Oxford academic Viviane Wembly discovers that she is Merlin's last descendant and she alone can wield the weapon of ultimate power that was Merlin's staff. After voyaging by submarine to find the staff, the heroes finally fight alongside the good Transformers and the military to face down the alien foes who are arriving over Stone Henge. During this, the mighty Transformer Optimus Prime is sent by an alien goddess to steal the all-important staff, though Yeager refuses to believe he cannot be brought back to the side of good.

Genres:
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Action and Adventure

Subjects:
Robots, Aliens, Apocalypse, Arthurian legends
Releases
Date: 21 June 2017Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby AtmosAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 148 mins 53 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Paramount Pictures
Date: 21 June 2017Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby AtmosAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 148 mins 53 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Paramount Pictures
Date: 22 June 2017Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby AtmosAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 148 mins 53 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Paramount Pictures UK
Date: 22 June 2017Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby AtmosAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 148 mins 53 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Paramount Pictures UK

Credits (152)
©: Paramount Pictures Corporation, di Bonaventura Pictures, Presents: Paramount Pictures, In association with: Hasbro, In association with: Huahua Media, In association with: Weying Galaxy, The H Collective, With the participation of the: Province of British Columbia Productions Services Tax Credit, Tax: Québec Production Services Tax Credit, Executive Producer: Steven Spielberg, Executive Producer: Brian Goldner, Executive Producer: Mark Vahradian, Executive Producer: Michael Bay, Produced by: Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Produced by: Thomas Desanto, Produced by: Don Murphy, Produced by: Ian Bryce, Co-producer: Matthew Cohan, Co-producer: K.C. Hodenfield, Co-producer: Michael Kase, Associate Producer: Jonathan Hook, Associate Producer: Daren Hicks, Associate Producer: Harry Humphries, Unit Production Manager: Samson Mücke, Production Manager: Donald Sabourin, Production Co-ordinator: Michael P. Twombly, Production Co-ordinator: Vicky Bishop, Financial Controller: Cheryl A. Stone-McNamara, Production Accountant: Dan Hands, Unit Manager: John Gunkle, Supervising Location Manager: Chris Moore, Location Manager: David Campbell-Bell, Location Manager: Richard Hill, 2nd Unit Director: Mike Gunther, 2nd Unit Director: Spiro Razatos, 1st Assistant Director: K.C. Hodenfield, 1st Assistant Director: Mark Cotone, 1st Assistant Director: Jeffrey Okabayashi, 2nd Assistant Director: Jason Roberts, 2nd Assistant Director: Paul Taylor, Floor Second Assistant Director: Thomas Browne, Crowd Second Assistant Director: Sarah Hood, 2nd 2nd Assistant Director: Michael Saunders, 2nd 2nd Assistant Director: Max D. Sturgeon, Additional Second Assistant Director: Adam Morgan, Franny Stafford, 3rd Assistant Director: Rob Madden, Crowd Third Assistant Director: Glen Carroll, Stunt Third Assistant Director: Donald Bentley, Script Supervisor: Kris Smith, Script Supervisor: Silke Engelhardt, Casting by: Denise Chamian, UK Casting: Priscilla John, Voice Casting: Barbara Harris, Screenplay by: Art Marcum, Screenplay by: Matt Holloway, Ken Nolan, Story by: Akiva Goldsman, Story by: Art Marcum, Story by: Matt Holloway, Ken Nolan, Based on Hasbro's Transformers action figures: Hasbro, Director of Photography: Jonathan Sela, 2nd Unit Director of Photography: Peter Lyons Collister, Aerial Director of Photography: David B. Nowell, Camera Operator: Oliver Loncraine, A Camera Operator: Jacques Jouffret, B Camera Operator: Lucas Bielan, Steadicam Operator: Jacques Jouffret, Pursuit Camera Operator: Brooks P. Guyer, Digital Imaging Technician: Steve Freebairn, Digital Imaging Technician: Zach Hilton, Still Photographer: Andrew Cooper, Visual Effects Supervisor: Scott Farrar, ILM Visual Effects Supervisor: Jason Smith, ILM Visual Effects Executive Producer: Wayne Billheimer, Visual Effects by: Industrial Light & Magic, MPC, Additional Visual Effects by: Atomic Fiction, Additional Visual Effects by: Scanline VFX GmbH, Additional Visual Effects by: Base FX, Additional Visual Effects by: Virtuos, Additional Visual Effects by: Raynault FX, Additional Visual Effects by: BOT VFX, FX3X, Special Effects Supervisor: John Frazier, Special Effects Supervisor: Terry Glass, Special Effects Co-ordinator: Jim Schwalm, Animation by: Industrial Light & Magic, Additional Animation by: Atomic Fiction, Edited by: Mark Sanger, Edited by: John Refoua, Edited by: Debra Neil-Fisher, Edited by: Roger Barton, Edited by: Adam Gerstel, Calvin Wimmer, Additional Editing by: Julie Monroe, Associate Editor: Joe Galdo, 1st Assistant Editor: Eric Brodeur, Visual Effects Editor: Steve Bobertz, Production Designer: Jonathan Beecroft, Supervising Art Director: Tom Reta, Supervising Art Director: Jason Knox Johnston, Senior Art Director: Sebastian Schroeder, Art Director: David E. Scott, Art Director: Tom Still, Art Director: Anthony Caron Delion, Set Decorator: Karen Frick, Set Decorator: Richard Roberts, Graphic Designer: Charis Theobald, Property Master: Guillaume Delouche, Property Master: Graeme Purdy, Costume Designer: Lisa Lövaas, Costume Supervisor: Deborah Zimmerman, Department Head Make-up Artist: Edouard F. Henriques III, Key Make-up Artist: Diane M. Heller, Nicola Buck, Department Head Hair Stylist: Yolanda Toussieng, Key Hair Stylist: Yiotis Panayiotou, Hairdresser: Eva Marieges, Hairdresser: Andrea Pennell-Finch, Artwork Title Designed by: Imaginary Forces, Main on End Credits Designed by: Plucky, End Title Cards by: Scarlet Letters, Ben Schoen, Colourist: Stefan Sonnenfeld, Music by: Steve Jablonsky, Music Conducted by: James T. Sale, Nick Glennie-Smith, Sound Designer: Ethan Van der Ryn, Sound Designer: Erik Aadahl, Sound Designer: Tobias Poppe, Sound Designer: Jason W. Jennings, [Production] Sound Mixer: Peter J. Devlin, Boom Operator: Kevin Cerchiai, Boom Operator: Kevin Summers, Re-recording Mixer: Greg P. Russell, Re-recording Mixer: Gary Summers, Re-recording Mixer: Jeffrey J. Haboush, Supervising Sound Editor: Ethan Van der Ryn, Supervising Sound Editor: Erik Aadahl, Co-supervising Sound Editor: Joel Erickson, Stunt Co-ordinator: Mike Gunther, Battle Co-ordinator: Rob Inch, Stunt Co-ordinator: Nick McKinless, Dolby Atmos Consultant: Bryan Arenas, Key Armourer: David Fencl, Armourer: Francis Smith, Armourer: Tim Wildgoose, Unit Publicist: Gabriela Gutentag, Digital Intermediate Provided by: Company 3
Cast (84)
Mark Wahlberg (Cade Yeager), Josh Duhamel (Colonel William Lennox), Stanley Tucci (Merlin), Anthony Hopkins (Sir Edmond Burton), Laura Haddock (Viviane Wembly), Jerrod Carmichael (Jimmy), Isabela Moner (Izabella), Santiago Cabrera (Santos), Glenn Morshower (General Morshower), John Turturro (Agent Seymour Simmons), Tony Hale (JPL engineer), Liam Garrigan (King Arthur), Martin McCreadie (Lancelot), Rob Witcomb (Percival), Marcus Fraser (Gawain), John Hollingworth (Tristan), Daniel Adegboyega (Saebert), Trent Seven (Hengist), Gemma Chan (Quintessa), Claude Knowlton (JPL director), Jacob Zachar (young JPL engineer), Maggie Steed (Viviane's mum), Phoebe Nicholls (Aunt Helen), Rebecca Front (Aunt Marie), Stephen Hogan (Viviane's father), Minti Gorne (young Viviane), Benjamin Flores Jr, Juliocesar Chavez, Samuel Parker, Daniel Iturriaga (kids), Aisha Kabia, Andy Bean, Sam Yim (lawyers), Mark Dexter (UK Prime Minister), Rob Jarvis (Downing Street policeman), Tim Downie (polo player), Elizabeth Croft, Emily Tierney (high society women), Wolfgang Young (Saxon knight), Nicholas Khan, Leighton Sharpe, Christina Tam, Aiyaz Ahmed (scientists), Pauline McLynn (female researcher), Matthew Castle, Mia Maria, Poppy Carter (students), Seeta Indrani, Phill Langhorne, Simon Harrison (news reporters), Wendy Albiston (submarine ticket agent), John Burke, Barbara Eve Harris (Pentagon colonels), Granville Ames (Pentagon official), Jim Wisniewski (government suit), Mitchell Craig Pileggi (TRF group leader), Remi Adeleke (TRF lieutenant), Perry T. Yee, Brian William Price, Vincent Jerome (TRF operator), Alan Pietruszewski (F-35 pilot), Christopher Vásquez, Drew B. Waters (F-16 pilots), Krista Schaeffer (Osprey pilot), Walles Hamonde (American serviceman), Todd Wright, Dan Warner (military attaches), Michael Richard, Charlie Bouguenon, Jandre Le Roux (Namibian scientists), Peter Cullen, Frank Welker (Megatron), Erik Aadahl (Bumblebee), John Goodman (Hound), Ken Watanabe (Drift), Jim Carter (Cogman), Steve Buscemi (Daytrader), Omar Sy (Hot Rod), Reno Wilson (Mohawk / Sqweeks), John DiMaggio (Nitro Zeus / Crosshairs), Tom Kenny (Wheels), Jess Harnell (Barricade), Mark Ryan (WWI Tank / Lieutenant), Steven Barr (Volleybot)