Filming for the fifth “Transformers” movie officially titled “Transformers: The Last Knight” is almost over but Director Michael Bay seems not content just yet and is still looking to put the wow factor in the movie through practical effects and VFX work.
In a recent update to the Transformers Facebook page, Michael Bay is seen taking cast members Mark Wahlberg and Laura Haddock for a spin in one of the machines used in the physical effects for “Transformers: The Last Knight” even with the presence of green screen around it, notes Seibertron.
The video clip shows Director Bay putting Haddock and Wahlberg through their paces on a giant rig. The set-up is referred to as the ‘room roll.’ And the giant blade is likely to end up on the end of some kind of nefarious robot.
The additional effects work that Michael Bay shall be incorporating in the movie will make some of the scenes truly breathtaking just like in “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” skydiving sequence, reports Empire Online.
Heading back to the US
After the filming location in the United Kingdom, including a controversial shoot involving the so-called ‘Nazification’ of Winston Churchill’s ancestral home, the last stretch of filming for “Transformers: The Last Knight” shall head back to the US for the Chicago leg of its shoot.
Thus far, the storyline for the movie is still shrouded in secrecy, which is actually a good strategy on the part of Director Bay and the producers.
Just recently, Bay also added Liam Garrigan as a cast member of the film to play the role of King Arthur. He will be joining other stars of “Transformers: The Last Knight” including Wahlberg, Haddock, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Isabela Moner, Jerrod Carmichael, and Anthony Hopkins.
“Transformers: The Last Knight” is set to hit theaters on June 23 next year.
Not disrespecting Churchill memories
Director Michael Bay is parrying allegations and accusations that “Transformers: The Last Knight” would be disrespecting the veterans of the World War II or the memories of the United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
The rumors began to swirl when it was observed that the movie’s shooting in the United Kingdom includes Nazis during the World War II.
It also emanated from the shooting in a building which was covered by the production crew with Nazi flags. The building happens to be where Winston Churchill was born, spawning controversy and assumption that the film is disrespecting the memories of the great UK prime minister and the British veterans of the World War II.
Michael Bay assured everyone that what was seen on the building is just a dot on the story and it is not as big deal as it looks.
He said that he or the movie would not do anything to disrespect UK veterans or the great Winston Churchill, saying that the former UK prime minister is actually a major protagonist in “Transformers: The Last Knight.”
Bay said that people have not been fortunate enough to read the script and they don’t know that Churchill is a big hero in the movie. He even added that Churchill would be smiling. He said that once they get to see “Transformers: The Last Knight” when it comes out in theaters on June 23, everyone would understand what he is saying now.
On September 21, the production of “Transformers: The Last Knight” set up shop at Blenheim Palace, the birth place of Winston Churchill.
The castle has become a common setting for Hollywood movies including the live-action “Cinderella” and the last James Bond film “Spectre” both shown last year.
However, “Transformers: The Last Knight” had a different idea for the place by setting it up as a Nazi headquarters for the film. The movie had extras dressed like SS stormtroopers to even rolling a Panzer tank.
Col. Richard Kemp, former commander of the British forces in Afghanistan, said in a recent interview that he knows that it is a film but it’s symbolically disrespectful to Churchill.
Some critics also believe that Michael Bay could have spent more time in picking a better building to use as Nazi headquarters than the former home of the man who led Great Britain during most of World War II.