‘Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen’ starring Megan Fox and Shia LaBeouf will have it’s world premiere tonight in Japan, and head honcho Michael Bay has some interesting information for us about the extended IMAX version of the movie. Full details after the jump…
“Transformers Revenge of the Fallen” will have its world premiere tonight (June 8th) in Japan, at the TOHO Cinemas Roppongi Hills, Tokyo. The premiere will be attended by Michael Bay, and stars Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox who are currently promoting the film.
Director/Producer Michael Bay posted a new message last night to fans on his Official Message Board, which you can read below.
Hey everyone,
In Japan today. After a month and half seven days a week most days going till midnight me and my crew have just about finished Transformers. I have never seen such a level of dedication from every crew member in a movie before.
Even today after the press in Japan and right before the premiere tonight, I have to sneak out to a digital house to approve the last few effect shots.
It has been a long hard road, but really fun one to travel. What you will notice that is strikingly different than Transformers 1, is the level of animation detail. The robot characters (42 in all), you really can feel empathy for them. What is also very different is the sheer scale of the movie. We have been very tight holding back much of the best imagery in commercials and trailers.
The way to see this movie is on IMAX. Never before has there been 4k rendered character animation shot on full IMAX 70 mm film. This is a first and the results are stunning. You will see Optimus Prime in a few shots where he is actually perfectly to scale on the IMAX 50 foot tall screens.
For IMAX, I created a slightly longer cut with more robot fighting. Four scenes were shot on IMAX cameras so the screen will fill the full IMAX screen for these scenes.
Haters beware.
Michael
Wow, so that finally confirms the rumors that extra IMAX footage will be available for those lucky enough to catch a showing. And there will be 42 robot characters? That’s a pretty spectacular amount. If it’s possible, we’re now even more excited to see the film than ever.
“Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen” will be released on June 19th in the UK and June 24th in The US.
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