In almost all versions of the Transformers franchise, Optimus Prime is the wise, sage leader of the Autobots. That wasn't quite the case in one continuity, and this divergent take on the character is ...

Ok, that’s more like it. “Transformers One," opening Friday, is the first fully digitally animated “Transformers” film and the first animated feature in the enduring franchise about giant robots that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Upon its release in 1986, Nelson Shin’s “The Transformers: The Movie” was massively influential — less as entertainment inspired ...

In recent years, the Autobots and the Decepticons have kept their war for Cybertron and Earth’s future on the silver screen focused on the live-action world. Not since Transformers The Movie, released ...

Chris Hemsworth and Brian Tyree Henry star in the animated prequel to the popular franchise, exploring the origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron. It is admittedly a futile exercise to get ...

Leave it to the medium of animation to infuse new life into an intellectual property that has diluted itself with each sequel spawned for the big screen. “Transformers One,” which serves as a prequel ...

X-Men '97's success might entice Transformers fans to want a similar show for G1 or Beast Wars, but this 2007 cartoon is more deserving of a revival.

ILM tells IndieWire about innovating a handmade animated look influenced by the '80s cartoon series for the origin story about Optimus Prime and Megatron. “Transformers One,” the animated reboot from ...

Ok, that’s more like it. “Transformers One” is the first fully digitally animated “Transformers” film and the first animated feature in the enduring franchise about giant robots that convert into ...

The cartoon that taught a generation nostalgia never ends, and why Hollywood still profits from reruns of childhood.

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