Published by John on 7/23/2004 04:52:00 PM
HOLY FREAKIN' SHIT!
Hasbro's ''Transformers'' line to be developed into movie
By Associated Press, 7/23/2004 12:29
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) Toymaker Hasbro is teaming with Academy Award winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg on a live-action movie that will bring the ''Transformer'' toys to the silver screen.
Dreamworks, the film company co-founded by Spielberg, will develop the movie, scheduled for release in summer 2006. Spielberg, who won a directing Oscar for ''Saving Private Ryan,'' will be its executive producer.
''The possibilities for a thrilling action adventure are virtually endless,'' said Adam Goodman, the company's head of production.
Pawtucket-based Hasbro created Transformers, shape-shifting robots who turn into cars, airplanes and tanks, in 1984. The product has been expanded into a comic book series, a television program on the Cartoon Network and an animated feature film.
Hasbro, the nation's second-largest toymaker behind Mattel Inc., will act as a consultant to the film. Dreamworks will distribute the movie domestically, while Paramount will distribute it overseas.
Hasbro's ''Transformers'' line to be developed into movie
By Associated Press, 7/23/2004 12:29
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) Toymaker Hasbro is teaming with Academy Award winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg on a live-action movie that will bring the ''Transformer'' toys to the silver screen.
Dreamworks, the film company co-founded by Spielberg, will develop the movie, scheduled for release in summer 2006. Spielberg, who won a directing Oscar for ''Saving Private Ryan,'' will be its executive producer.
''The possibilities for a thrilling action adventure are virtually endless,'' said Adam Goodman, the company's head of production.
Pawtucket-based Hasbro created Transformers, shape-shifting robots who turn into cars, airplanes and tanks, in 1984. The product has been expanded into a comic book series, a television program on the Cartoon Network and an animated feature film.
Hasbro, the nation's second-largest toymaker behind Mattel Inc., will act as a consultant to the film. Dreamworks will distribute the movie domestically, while Paramount will distribute it overseas.