Have you ever seen a movie so bad that it’s caused you to get up and leave? You’re not alone. Stephen King has revealed his own experience of splitting during a trip to the cinema, and it’s caused others on social media to share their own tales of bad moviegoing …
Read More »Optimus Prime & Megatron switch roles in Transformers: Shattered Glass 2
IDW Publishing has announced a new five-issue limited series, Transformers: Shattered Glass 2, for debut in August. Following immediately on the heels of its 2021 predecessor, Shattered Glass 2 will continue to explore a dark, alternate reality in which the Autobots and the Decepticons have swapped roles: Optimus Prime is …
Read More »The last surviving Transformer revealed in Last Bot Standing
IDW isn’t giving up the Transformers comic book license without a final blowout. In the spirit of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin, the publisher is preparing to tell the ‘last’ Transformers story in Transformers: Last Bot Standing, a four-issue series launching in May. Old Man Optimus anyone? (Sorry, …
Read More »New Transformers movie Rise of the Beasts will kick off a new trilogy
Paramount has announced that new Transformers movie Rise of the Beasts will mark the start of a new live-action trilogy for the franchise. Yes, we’re going all the way up to Transformers 9. The news was revealed during Paramount’s investor day. “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts will be released theatrically …
Read More »Transformers and GI Joe comics will be leaving IDW at the end of 2022
IDW Publishing’s long-standing license to publish comic books based on the Hasbro toy line franchises G.I. Joe and Transformers will be ending later this year. IDW has published Transformers comics since 2005, and G.I. Joe comics since 2008. The announcement of the change comes through The Hollywood Reporter (opens in …
Read More »IDW editor-in-chief exits as reports emerge that the company may be losing Transformers and GI Joe licenses
IDW Publishing’s editor-in-chief John Barber has announced that he’s stepping down from his position, and leaving the company entirely. “[Friday] will be my last day working at IDW. It’s not sudden, having been planned for a while now, of course,” Barber writes on LinkedIn (opens in new tab). (Image credit: …
Read More »The 2022 Transformers event Wars End to weave together the past, present, and future of the franchise
The Transformers’ home planet of Cybertron will once again be plunged into war in 2022 with the event series Transformers: War’s End – with embers from a previous war catching fire once again, but in a time where Megatron and the Decepticons are slowly rising to power. Scheduled to debut …
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