Transformers: The Last Knight

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Transformers: The Last Knight is a 2017 American

science fiction action film based on the toy line of the same Transformers: The Last Knight
name created by Hasbro. It is the fifth installment of the
live-action Transformers film series and a sequel to 2014's
Transformers: Age of Extinction, taking place a year after
the previous film. Directed by Michael Bay, the film
features Mark Wahlberg and Stanley Tucci returning from
Age of Extinction, Josh Duhamel and John Turturro
reprising their roles from the first three films and Anthony
Hopkins joining the cast. Bay and Wahlberg have stated this
film marks their final picture in the franchise.[11]

The Last Knight premiered at Odeon Leicester Square in

London on June 18, 2017 and was released in the United
States on June 21, 2017 by Paramount Pictures, in 2D, 3D,
and IMAX 3D. It received negative reviews from critics
and, with an approval rating of 16%, is the worst reviewed
film of the series, according to Rotten Tomatoes.

Theatrical release poster

Contents Directed by Michael Bay
Produced by Don Murphy
1 Plot
Tom DeSanto
2 Cast
Lorenzo di Bonaventura
2.1 Transformers
Ian Bryce
2.1.1 Autobots
2.1.2 Dinobots Screenplay by Art Marcum
2.1.3 Decepticons Matt Holloway
2.1.4 Knights of Cybertron Ken Nolan
2.1.5 Others Story by Akiva Goldsman
3 Production Art Marcum
3.1 Development Matt Holloway
3.2 Casting Ken Nolan
3.3 Filming Based on Transformers
3.4 Effects by Hasbro
4 Music
5 Release Starring Mark Wahlberg
5.1 Marketing Josh Duhamel
6 Reception Stanley Tucci
6.1 Box office Anthony Hopkins
6.2 Critical response Music by Steve Jablonsky[1]
7 Controversy
Cinematography Jonathan Sela[2]
7.1 Nazi iconography
8 Sequel and spin-off Edited by Mark Sanger
9 References John Refoua
10 External links Adam Gerstel
Production di Bonaventura Pictures
company Hasbro Studios
Plot Angry Films[3]
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
In 484 AD, during the Dark Ages of England, King Arthur Release date June 18, 2017
leads his knights into battle which they are losing. (Odeon Leicester Square)[4]
Meanwhile, Arthur's wizard, Merlin, aids the 12 Knights of June 21, 2017
the Round Table to help Arthur and gives an ancient alien (United States)
staff to him. They combine into Dragonstorm and win the
Running time 149 minutes[5]
battle with Arthur.
Country United States
1600 years later in the present, Optimus Prime is absent, as English
Language
the Autobots and Decepticons keep coming to Earth, while
several governments have formed the Transformers Budget $217260 million[6][7][8][9]
Reaction Force (TRF) to destroy Transformers of all Box office $17.6 million[10]
factions. Cuba has become a safe haven for Transformers,
with Topspin and Seymour Simmons hiding there. In an
area of war-torn Chicago, a group of children stumble upon a crashed alien ship with the Cybertronian Knight
Steelbane inside. They are confronted by a TRF Walker, which is destroyed by Izabella, a survivor of the Battle
of Chicago. Izabella and her Transformer companions Sqweeks and Canopy urge the children to escape, but
Canopy is shot by a TRF drone and dies. Shortly after, Bumblebee and Cade Yeager arrive and help them
escape. Yeager finds a Cybertronian Knight named Steelbane, who gives him a metallic talisman and dies
shortly after. Barricade observes and informs Megatron that Cade has the talisman.

Meanwhile, Cybertron has been approaching Earth. Optimus crash-lands on the planet and, upon finding that it
has been disassembled into pieces, confronts his maker, a powerful sorceress named Quintessa. She uses her
power to corrupt him so he does her bidding destroying Earth, or "Unicron", so Cybertron can live.
Quintessa seeks Merlin's staff, which can drain Unicron's life force. Lennox, now working under the TRF,
speaks with General Morshower, his former superior, about the presence of an ancient alien technology on
Earth. The TRF makes a deal with the reborn Megatron, who demands the release of his fellow Decepticons
Onslaught, Mohawk, Nitro Zeus, and Dreadbot. Megatron and his team go off to find Yeager.

Yeager hides out at a junkyard in South Dakota, which serves as a sanctuary for many of the surviving
Transformers Bumblebee, Drift, Hound, Crosshairs, Grimlock, Slug, Wheelie, and many others. Megatron's
Decepticons arrive and attack the Autobots; in the ensuing chaos, Drift decapitates Onslaught, Grimlock eats
Dreadbot and Bumblebee kills Mohawk. Nitro, Barricade and Megatron retreat from the battle. Yeager is
confronted by Cogman, a Headmaster, while an Oxford professor named Viviane Wembly is kidnapped by the
Autobot Hot Rod. Both are brought to England and meet with Sir Edmund Burton, the last living member of
the Witwiccan Order. Burton informs Cade and Viviane that the collision of Cybertron with Earth would spell
certain doom. He tasks Viviane, the last descendant of Merlin, with obtaining his staff so they can prevent an
ancient machine from being activated. Burton tells Yeager that, as a person defined by honor and dignity, he is
the last knight. The talisman given to Yeager has wrapped around his arm by this point. The trio are forced to
evacuate Burton's home when the TRF arrives.

With Yeager's help, Viviane delves into her father's past, and finds that they must take the HMS Alliance into
the sea to find the staff inside the ancient machine. Bumblebee, Yeager, and Viviane go to the Alliance with
Cogman and Burton, who declines to go on the journey any further. The Alliance heads for the machine, but is
intercepted by TRF and Decepticon Barricade. Bumblebee lucky saves them and defeats Barricade but he lives.
Cade, Vivian and Burton soon find a Cybertronian Submarine who they use to navigate the seas. The Alliance
ventures inside the machine, where Viviane and Yeager find a chamber of Cybertronian Knights, as well as
Merlin's staff. One knight, Skullitron, awakens and attacks them. The TRF intervenes and attacks Skullitron,
who falls to his death, while Viviane activates the staff and the machine rises towards the ocean's surface. As
more Knights rise up to fight, Optimus, redubbed "Nemesis Prime" by Quintessa, intervenes, and takes the staff
from Viviane with the intention of restoring his homeworld.

Bumblebee confronts and fights Optimus on top of the machine, as Yeager and Lennox struggle to step in. As
Optimus is about to kill Bumblebee, he speaks, urging Prime to remember who he is. Optimus breaks free of
Quintessa's control, but Megatron flies in and seizes the staff. The Cybertronian Knights then attack Optimus
for his betrayal, but Yeager whose talisman becomes the Excalibur sword stops the fight. The Knights
yield to Yeager, who urges Optimus to protect the Earth once more.

At Stonehenge, Megatron, Nitro, and Barricade work with Quintessa and use the staff to activate the machine,
controlling Cybertron. As the military intervenes, Megatron shoots Burton, who dies by Cogman's side.
Optimus unites the Knights, and they become Dragonstorm. Using Lockdown's ship, they set off to stop
Cybertron's collision with Earth. They raid Cybertron and battle against the Decepticons and Infernocons,
Quintessa's soldiers. The Autobots and TRF soldiers destroy the Infernocons and guide Viviane and Cade so
they can get to the staff. As Quintessa commences Cybertron's resurrection, the Autobots battle Megatron, who
is defeated by Optimus. As a part falls, Bumblebee kills Nitro and destroys Quintessa. Viviane removes the
staff stopping the collision with Cybertron.

The Autobots reunite following the battle. Optimus declares that his faith in humanity has been restored, and
with Earth and Cybertron connected, they must work together to rebuild their worlds. Optimus sends a message
to any surviving Autobots, telling them it's time to go home. The Autobots then use Lockdown's ship to return
to Cybertron.

In a mid-credits scene, scientists inspect a part of Unicron. Quintessa, who has survived and disguised as a
human, arrives and offers them a way to destroy Unicron.

Cast
Mark Wahlberg as Cade Yeager, a single father and struggling inventor who helped the Autobots during
the events of Age of Extinction.
Anthony Hopkins as Sir Edmund Burton, an eccentric but noble astronomer and historian who knows
about the history of the Transformers on Earth.[12][13][14]
Josh Duhamel as William Lennox, a former N.E.S.T commander and U.S. Army Ranger captain who
partnered with the Autobots prior to the events of Age of Extinction, and now a colonel of the U.S.
military and an unwilling member of the TRF (Transformers Reaction Force).
Laura Haddock as Viviane Wembly, a feisty and altruistic Professor of English Literature at the
University of Oxford.[15][16][17] Minti Gorne portrays a younger Viviane Wembly.
Isabela Moner as Izabella, a street-wise and virtuous tomboy who was orphaned during the Chicago War
in Dark of the Moon with Sqweeks and Canopy as her only friends until meeting Cade.[18][19]
Stanley Tucci as Merlin, King Arthur's wizard and Vivian's ancestor.[20] Tucci was originally reported to
be reprising his role as Joshua Joyce from Age of Extinction.[21]
John Turturro as Seymour Simmons, a former government agent of Sector Seven and N.E.S.T. turned
successful writer, who hides out in Cuba and allied with the Autobots prior to the events of Age of
Extinction.[22]
Jerrod Carmichael as Jimmy, Cade's friend and assistant.[23]
Santiago Cabrera as Santos, the commander of the TRF.[24][25][16][26]
Glenn Morshower as General Morshower, the director of N.E.S.T. in Revenge of the Fallen and Dark of
the Moon.
Liam Garrigan as King Arthur, the legendary knight who fought with the Knights of Cybertron.[27]
Mitch Pileggi[28] as a TRF Group Leader

Tyrese Gibson was cast to return as Robert Epps, but he was unable to appear in the film due to scheduling
conflicts with The Fate of the Furious.[29] Nicola Peltz has a vocal cameo as Tessa Yeager, Cade's daughter
who helped the Autobots during the events of Age of Extinction.[30] Shia LaBeouf also makes a brief cameo as
Sam Witwicky in a photograph in Burton's mansion.[31]

Transformers

Autobots
 Peter Cullen voices Optimus Prime, the leader of the Autobots who transforms into a blue and red 2014
Western Star 5700 Custom with flame decals and searching for the truth about his Creators.[32]
Erik Aadahl voices Bumblebee, a young Autobot scout and Optimus Prime's second in command who
transforms into a custom-built yellow and black 2016 Chevrolet Camaro.[33][34]
Ken Watanabe voices Drift, a Samurai-motif Autobot tactician and former Decepticon who transforms
into a black and red 2017 Mercedes-AMG GT R.[35]
Omar Sy voices Hot Rod, an Autobot bodyguard who transforms into a Citron DS, before upgrading
into a 2017 Lamborghini Centenario LP770-4. He is brother-in-arms with Bumblebee and speaks in a
thick French accent.[36][37][38]
Jim Carter voices Cogman, a polite sociopathic, human-sized Headmaster with a larger robot body that
transforms into a silver 2017 Aston Martin DB11, and is the faithful butler to Sir Edmund
Burton.[37][39][40][41][42]
John DiMaggio voices Crosshairs, an Autobot paratrooper and sniper who transforms into a green and
black 2016 Chevrolet Corvette C7 Stingray equipped with a custom split-spoiler.[43]
John Goodman voices Hound, an Autobot commando and field medic who transforms into an olive green
Mercedes-Benz Unimog military tactical ambulance.[44]
Reno Wilson voices Sqweeks, a small Autobot and Izabella's closest friend, who transforms into a
turquoise Vespa and only says "Chihuahua" due to some prior damage.[45]
Steven Barr voices Topspin, an Autobot Wrecker who survived the Chicago battle in Dark of the Moon
and hides with Simmons. In the film, he is credited as "Volleybot", and his head now resembles
Leadfoot's.
Tom Kenny voices Wheelie, a former Decepticon who survived the Chicago battle in Dark of the Moon
and transforms into a blue monster truck toy.
Frank Welker voices Canopy, an Autobot refugee and a friend of Izabella, who camouflages into a
shielding pile of rubble.[46]
Steve Buscemi voices Daytrader, a Cybertronian scavenger who transforms into a cloaked rusty
Mercedes-Benz LK Model 1920 dump truck.[47]
Mark Ryan voices Bulldog, an Autobot veteran of World War 1 and World War 2 as well as sentry for
Burton's castle who transforms into an army green Mark IV tank and suffers from 'robot dementia'.[48]

A picture of Ironhide is seen in Burton's castle. An Autobot resembling the Constructicon Scrapper from
Revenge of the Fallen appears at Cade's junkyard as the Autobots go to fight the Decepticons.

Dinobots

Grimlock, the leader of the Dinobots, who transforms into a mechanical horned, fire-breathing
Tyrannosaurus.[16]
Slug, Grimlock's second-in-command who transforms into a mechanical spiked, fire-breathing
Triceratops.[49]
Mini-Dinobots, baby Dinobots that are smaller versions of Grimlock, Slug and Strafe.[50]

Decepticons

Frank Welker voices Megatron, the revived leader of the Decepticons who possessed Galvatron in Age of
Extinction and transforms into a Cybertronian jet.[51][52]
John DiMaggio voices Nitro Zeus, a Decepticon hunter whose body design shares resemblance to the
KSI Bosses from Age of Extinction, with a head resembling Shockwave's from Dark of the Moon; he
transforms into a fighter jet.[53]
Jess Harnell voices Barricade, a Decepticon scout who survived the Chicago War in Dark of the Moon
that transforms into a 2016 Ford Mustang police car, featuring a new robot mode.[54]
Onslaught, a Decepticon tactician whose body design shares resemblance to Long Haul and transforms
into a green and white Western Star 4900SF tow truck.[55][53]
Reno Wilson voices Mohawk, a Decepticon soldier who transforms into a Confederate
Motorcycle.[56][37]
 Dreadbot, a Decepticon thug whose body design shares resemblance to Crowbar from Dark of the Moon
and transforms into a rusty Volkswagen Type 2.[57][37][58]

Berserker, a Decepticon resembling Crankcase from Dark of the Moon, makes a cameo in the film.[53]
Starscream's severed head is shown being boasted by Daytrader, and later held by Megatron. In Sir Edmund
Burton's castle, a picture of Shockwave is seen.

Knights of Cybertron

Dragonstorm, a mechanical three-headed dragon who is the combination of the twelve Knights of
Cybertron.[59][60][61]
Dragonicus, a red Cybertronian knight who gave Merlin his staff and forms into Dragonstorm.
Stormreign, a Cybertronian knight who forms into Dragonstorm.
Steelbane, a dying Cybertronian knight who gives Cade a Tailsman.[62]
Skullitron, a Cybertronian knight who tries to protect the Staff.

Others

Gemma Chan as Quintessa, a Cybertronian sorceress and the creator of Cybertronians who wants to
destroy "Unicron" and rebuild Cybertron.[63].
Infernocons, Quintessa's demon-like guardians of who combine to form Infernocus.

Production
Development

In March 2015, Deadline.com reported that Paramount Pictures was in

talks with Oscar winner Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind) to pitch
new ideas for the Transformers franchise's future installments. The
studio intends to do what James Cameron and 20th Century Fox have
been doing to spawn three new Avatar sequels, and what Disney is
doing to revive Star Wars with sequels, and spin-offs. Paramount wants
to have their own cinematic universe for Transformers similar to
Marvel's/Disney's Marvel Cinematic Universe (one of Paramount's
previous film series) and DC Comics/Warner Bros.' DC Extended
Universe. Goldsman will be the head of the future projects and will
work with franchise director Michael Bay, executive producer Steven
Spielberg, and producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura to organize a "writer's
room" that will incubate ideas for potential Transformers sequels,
prequels and spin-offs. The writer's room members include: Christina
Hodson, Lindsey Beer, Andrew Barrer, and Gabriel Ferrari, (Ant-Man),
Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead), Art Marcum & Matt Holloway, Michael Bay announced that the film
Zak Penn (Pacific Rim: Uprising), Jeff Pinkner (The Amazing Spider- will be his last of the Transformers
Man 2), Ken Nolan, and Geneva Robertson-Dworet.[64] Kirkman left series.
the room after just one day to undergo throat surgery.[65] In July 2015,
Akiva Goldsman & Jeff Pinkner were announced as the film's screenwriters.[66] However, on November 20,
due to Goldsman's commitments creating a writer's room for G.I. Joe and Micronauts properties, Paramount
began to negotiate with Art Marcum and Matt Holloway (Iron Man), as well as Ken Nolan (Black Hawk
Down), to write the film. Writers Lindsey Beer and Geneva Robertson-Dworet were also brought aboard for
writing duties.[67]

"I think I brought the concern to the
movie studio and certainly to the
writers. Perhaps...Transformers 5 and
6 movies will go back more to its
roots. There was an occasion where
one line [in Transformers: Age of
Extinction] which Optimus Prime
had, I did not want to say. It was my
gut instinct and certainly my
commitment to the character... not to
say the line. But I was told to say. You
can't fight the big boys. I think you all
know what that line was."
Peter Cullen on a question from a
fan on the future of the franchise from
Sac-Anime 2015[68]
After Transformers: Age of Extinction, Bay had decided not to direct any
future Transformers films. But in early January 2016, in an interview
with Rolling Stone, he confirmed that he would return to direct the fifth
film, and that it would be his last Transformers film.[69] Paramount
Pictures will spend $80 million on production in Michigan in return for
$21 million in state incentives under agreements entered into before the
state legislature eliminated the film office incentive program in July
2015.[70] In April 2016, Paramount hired cinematographer Jonathan
Sela.[71] On May 17, Bay revealed the official title of the film to be The
Last Knight on his Instagram account, along with a production video
showing a close-up of Optimus Prime's face with purple eyes instead of
blue, and his face mostly discolored.[72] The official Twitter account
shows a 19-second short video in morse code that translates to "I'm
coming for you May 31".[73] On May 31, it was revealed that Megatron
will be returning for the sequel.[51]

Casting

In December 2014, Mark Wahlberg confirmed that he would return for the sequel.[74] In February 2016, there
were casting calls for new lead and supporting roles in Los Angeles and London, as well Peter Cullen returning
to voice Optimus Prime.[75] Approximately 850 cast and crew will be hired, 450 of whom will be Michigan
residents equating to 228 full-time positions.[76] Additionally, 700 extras will be hired from among Detroit
residents as part of Paramount's incentive deal with the state.[77] On April 13, TheWrap reported that Isabela
Moner was in talks to star as Izabella.[18] The site also reports that Bay is eyeing Jean Dujardin, Stephen
Merchant, and Jerrod Carmichael for supporting roles.[78][79] On May 17, 2016, it was confirmed that Josh
Duhamel would reprise his role in the film and Jerrod Carmichael was cast.[80][23] In June 2016, Anthony
Hopkins, Mitch Pileggi, Santiago Cabrera, and Laura Haddock joined the cast; and Tyrese Gibson confirmed
that he will be returning as Robert Epps.[81][82][28][15][12] In August 2016, Liam Garrigan was confirmed to
reprise his role as King Arthur, a different version from the television series Once Upon a Time.[27] On
September 4, 2016, Stanley Tucci confirmed his return.[21] On October 14, 2016, Bay announced that John
Turturro would be reprising his role as Seymour Simmons from the first three films, as well as John Goodman,
who will return to voice Hound.[22] A month before the film's release, Bay revealed that the character Cogman
would be voiced by Downton Abbey actor Jim Carter, a request from co-writer Matt Holloway, who happens to
be a fan of the series.[40] On June 9, 2017, Reno Wilson confirmed via Twitter that he will have a voice role in
the film.[83] On June 16, 2017, Gibson revealed that despite closing a deal for the film, he was unable to appear
as Epps due to scheduling conflicts with The Fate of the Furious.[29]

Filming

Principal photography began on May 25, 2016, in Havana, Cuba, with a few scenes shot by a "small
team".[84][85][86] Filming continued on June 6, 2016, in Phoenix, Arizona, and on June 19, 2016, in Detroit,
Michigan under the working title E75,[75][76][87] with additional filming took place in Chicago, Illinois.[88] In
Detroit, filming took place in the Michigan Motion Pictures Studio, Packard Plant, Michigan Central Station,
Cafe D'Mongo's Speakeasy, and MGM Grand Detroit.[89] Production moved to Europe on August 21, and
filming commenced on August 22 in Scotland and Wales. In England, filming took place in North Yorkshire,
Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, London and Stonehenge. Between August and October, filming
occurred in Ireland, and Preikestolen, Trolltunga and Atlanterhavsveien in Norway.[90][91][92]
In early September 2016, filming took place in Alnwick Castle in
Alnwick Northumberland in England including car chase scenes.[93]
Production continued at St Aidan's Church, Seahouses where Walhberg
spent an hour inside the church and reportedly donated 200. Rev
Father Des McGiven said: "I didnt even know he was in church until he
left, one of my parishoners Danielle Love recognised him and explained
who he was, its great that we had him in for the service and appreciate
his generosity towards our church." Car chases were also filmed at the
monument area of Newcastle upon Tyne, where Josh Duhamel was Alnwick Castle in Alnwick,
filming while Wahlberg and Sir Anthony Hopkins continued at Northumberland, one of the many
Alnwick, Seahouses and the Bamburgh Region of Northumberland. [94] locations used in the film.
In late September 2016 filming was spotted in Gosport, Hampshire at
the Royal Navy Submarine Museum. On October 5, 2016 filming was
spotted at St Bartholomew-the-Great, London. London filming wrapped on October 27, 2016.[95] Principal
photography wrapped on December 4, 2016.[96]

Effects

As with previous Transformers installments, Industrial Light & Magic serves as the main visual effects
company for Transformers: The Last Knight. In early 2016, the company showed Bay an underwater rendering
of a crash-landed alien spaceship and a new dump-truck Transformer with a cloak.[69]

Music
On September 27, it was confirmed that Steve Jablonsky would return to write the score, having composed the
music of the first four films. The score is to be released digitally on Friday June 23, 2017, and a Limited
Edition 2-Disc CD set of 3,000 Units will be released by La-La Land Records on July 11, 2017.

On the score, Jablonsky said, "I met with Michael before he started shooting Transformers: The Last Knight.
He showed me some amazing concept art and explained how the story connects the history of Transformers all
the way back to the times of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. I loved the idea because it gave
me the opportunity to explore new musical ideas. The storyline allowed me to write melodies that are a bit
more "classical" than I've written for the other Transformers films, which was a lot of fun for me. Another
important aspect of the story revolves around massive skyscraper sized 'horns from hell' that start emerging
from the Earth. They look like gigantic animal horns, no one knows what they are or why they have appeared. I
wanted to create an unsettling sense of mystery and tension with the music."[97]

Release
Transformers: The Last Knight was released on June 21, 2017, after being moved up from its original June 23
release date.[98][99][100] The teaser trailer of the film was released on December 5, 2016 and was attached to
Rogue One.[101]

Marketing

The first teaser trailer on Monday, December 5, during ESPN's Monday Night Football was shortly released
online thereafter. With 24 hours of its release, the trailer garnered a record breaking 93.6 million views from
various social media platforms, such as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Instagram, making it the third highest-
viewed trailer of 2016, falling behind Disney's Beauty and the Beast remake (127.6 million views) and
Universal's Fifty Shades Darker (114 million views in 24 hours), but surpassing Marvel Studios' Guardians of
the Galaxy Vol. 2 trailer, which scored 81 million views in its first 24 hours online.[102] Following the trailer's
release, the film trended on all major social media sites, including YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit. It
was Weibo's No. 1 trending topic in China, where the preview was viewed 16 million times its first day of
release.[103] TV spots for the filmed started airing ahead of the Super Bowl spot on February 3, 2017. An
extended trailer aired during Super Bowl LI on February 5, 2017.[104] On March 11, 2017, a new TV spot and
clip was shown at Nickelodeon's 2017 Kids' Choice Awards. On March 16, 2017, a new trailer aired during
release of Beauty and the Beast, while the third trailer was released on April 13, 2017.[105]

Reception
Box office

As of June 21, 2017, Transformers: The Last Knight has grossed $15.7 million in the United States and Canada
and $2 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $17.7 million.[10]

In North America, The Last Knight was originally projected to gross $7075 million from 4,069 theaters over
its first five days, which would be the lowest debut of the franchise.[106] However making a franchise-low
$15.7 million on its first day (including $5.5 million from Tuesday night previews), opening estimates were
lowered to $6065 million.[107]

Internationally, The Last Knight opened in its first 42 foreign territories alongside its United States debut,
including major markets China, the U.K., Russia, Australia, Germany, Italy, South Korea and Hong Kong, and
it is projected to have an opening of $167200 million.[6][7] Due to its predecessor's success in China,
expectations are high for the film in the country. Box office observers and trackers believe the film will open to
$80100 million[7] and end its run there with anywhere between $290[108] to $400 million.[109]

Critical response

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 15% based on 116 reviews, with an
average rating of 3.2/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Cacophonous, thinly plotted, and boasting state-
of-the-art special effects, The Last Knight is pretty much what you'd expect from the fifth installment of the
Transformers franchise."[110] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating, the film has a score of 27 out
of 100, based on 41 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[111] On CinemaScore, audiences gave
the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.[107]

Mike Ryan of Uproxx gave the film a negative review, criticizing its running time and incoherent plot, writing:
"I have no proof Transformers: The Last Knight will kill your brain cells, but I wouldnt be surprised to learn
that it does and Id proceed with caution just in case. But I can say with absolute certainty that after watching,
your head will hurt."[112] Alonso Duralde of TheWrap was also critical of the film's sloppiness, saying, "...fear
not, fans of the franchise: if youre here for the directors trademark chaos editing (where fights go from points
A to D to Q), toxic masculinity (and female objectification), comedy scenes rendered tragic (and vice versa),
and general full-volume confusion, youll get all those things in abundance."[113]

Controversy
Nazi iconography

On September 21, 2016, shooting for a particular scene took place in Blenheim Palace, Woodstock,
Oxfordshire in England, home of World War II British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill. However, the
mansion was dressed as a Nazi swastika-draped headquarters for Adolf Hitler for filming. This evoked both
anger and criticism for being "symbolically disrespectful to Churchill" according to Colonel Richard Kemp,
who said Churchill "will be turning in his grave,"[114] while Tony Hayes of the UK Veterans Association
claimed that surviving World War II ex-servicemen and women would
be "appalled".[115] The Sun published numerous pictures from the set.
War veterans further attacked filmmakers for turning the historic palace
into a headquarters for Hitler.[114] Besides the Nazi swastika flags, The
Sun reported that the set featured actors in Nazi troop costumes and
German tanks.[116] Churchill was buried less than a mile away at St Blenheim Palace, where Britain's
Martin's Church, Bladon.[117] former wartime Prime Minister Sir
Winston Churchill was born was
Distributor Paramount Pictures and UK-based High Command draped in huge Nazi flags.
Productions, which handled the productions of the palace, did not
immediately respond to a request for comment, but Bay addressed the
controversy two days later on Friday while speaking to the BBC, defending the act; "People have not been
fortunate enough to read the script and they don't know that Churchill in this movie is a big hero, he would be
smiling." Bay added, "When you see the movie you'll understand. I for one, probably more than any director in
the world, have shot more veterans and more active military men and women in my movies. You can actually
look it up. I would do nothing to disrespect veterans."[117][118] Nicholas Soames, grandson of Churchill,
defended the filmmakers by describing the fallout as "a completely manufactured row" and "absolutely the
most dismal, idiotic story I've ever read".[119][120] He replied to Colonel Kemps' comment quoted by The Sun,
saying, "They do as all newspapers do. They go until they can find some wretched veteran who is prepared to
say, "Winston would be turning into his grave." Theyve no idea what my grandfather would have
thought!."[119]

Filmmakers spent a reported 10,000 ($13,000) per day for the fortnight shooting.[114] The house, which is
open to the public, is owned by a distant relative of Winston Churchill, Jamie Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of
Marlborough.[115]

Sequel and spin-off

A Bumblebee spin-off and a sequel, Transformers 6, are set to be released on June 8, 2018, and June 28, 2019,
respectively.[98][121]

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