When it comes toTransformersmovies, you’re able to be guaranteed you’re getting something big and loud. That’s certainly true of the upcomingTransformers: The Last Knight, and in a new featurette released online, we get a look at how directorMichael Bayused IMAX cameras to bring the sequel to life. Bay reveals that this is the first major Hollywood film shot 98% with IMAX cameras. That record will be broken next year with the 100% IMAX-shotAvengers: Infinity War, but regardless it’s another signpost that advances in IMAX technology have allowed filmmakers to utilize the large-format cameras on larger portions of their movies.
Indeed, Bay shotThe Last Knightwith the IMAX Alexa, IMAX’s new digital camera that’s more lightweight and far less noisy than the IMAX film cameras.Christopher Nolanis sticking with the film IMAX cameras for his movies, but others in the industry are jumping at the chance to use these digital IMAX cameras to the best of their abilities.
One of the reasons Bay keeps coming back to directTransformersmovies is that he’s given $200 million and a massive canvas to play with the most cutting-edge film technology available. This is a guy who came up in the commercials world of the 90s, where experimentation was everything, and so on theseTransformersfilms Bay is essentially playing with the biggest, baddest, newest, and most expensive toys in the toy box.
Bay also notes in the featurette that he shot the film in 3D. I’m not sure if audiences are still paying the upcharge for 3D nowadays, but Bay certainly seems committed to at least capturing and distributing theseTransformersmovies in the most cutting-edge way possible (even if the stories are, well, lacking).
Check out theTransformers: The Last KnightIMAX featurette below. The film starsMark Wahlberg,Josh Duhamel,Anthony Hopkins,Laura Haddock,Isabella Moner,Stanley Tucci, andJohn Turturro.Transformers: The Last Knightopens in theaters on June 21st.
Here’s the official synopsis forTransformers: The Last Knight:
The Last Knight shatters the core myths of the Transformers franchise, and redefines what it means to be a hero. Humans and Transformers are at war, Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. Saving our world falls upon the shoulders of an unlikely alliance: Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg); Bumblebee; an English Lord (Sir Anthony Hopkins); and an Oxford Professor (Laura Haddock).
There comes a moment in everyone’s life when we are called upon to make a difference. In Transformers: The Last Knight, the hunted will become heroes. Heroes will become villains. Only one world will survive: theirs, or ours.
