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'Bumblebee' Makes An Appearance At The North American Internation Auto Show GM Style Event

Date: Monday, January 14th 2008 11:14am CST
Categories: Movie Related News, Event News, Press Releases, Company News
Posted by: Tigertrack | Credit(s): Rodimus Convoy 13, Highbeam

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Transformers Summer Blockbuster movie star Bumblebee found time in his busy schedule to make an appearance at a GM event in Detroit, Michigan this weekend.

The North American International Auto Show begins this week in downtown Detroit, and GM kicked off the premiere with a show featuring new vehicles and celebrities.





Other famous celebrities of note were Kid Rock, Mary J. Blige, Jeff Gordon, Joe Theisman, and many other new vehicles.

Photos from
MSN.com.

Neil Kaplan At 'Animation On Display' and 'MegaCon'

Date: Wednesday, January 9th 2008 4:59pm CST
Categories: Event News, People News, Digital Media News
Posted by: Raymond T. | Credit(s): Neil Kaplan

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Only a handful of people in the world can say that they have voiced Optimus Prime. One of these people is Transformers Robots In Disguise Voice Actor Neil Kaplan. And you have the chance to meet him in the coming months at the following two events.

The Animation Convention "Animation On Display" will be held on February 16th and 17th 2008 in San Francisco, CA. Guests include Neil Kaplan and Comic book writer Marv Wolfman.

The MegaCon Comicbooks convention will be held on March 7th through the 9th in Orlando, FL. Aside from a whole host of comicbook talent, Guests include William Morgan Sheppard who played Captain Archibald Witwicky in Michael Bay's Transformers and (again) Neil Kaplan. If you intend to swing by on March 9th, do not forget to wish the Robots In Disguise star a happy birthday!

Transformers Movie Leads Visual Effects Society Awards Nominations

Date: Monday, January 7th 2008 1:00pm CST
Categories: Movie Related News, Event News
Posted by: Skowl | Credit(s): superherohype.com, visualeffectssociety.com

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The nominations for the 6th Annual "Visual Effects Society Awards" have been announced and the Transformers Movie is leading the pack with 5 nominations:

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture

Best Single Visual Effect of the Year - for the Optimus Prime vs Bonecrusher highway battle.

Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Motion Picture - for Optimus Prime

Outstanding Models or Miniatures in a Motion Picture

and

Outstanding Compositing in a Motion Picture

For a list of all the nominees, read the press release (in PDF format) by clicking here

Transformers Movie Still in the Running for Visual Effects Oscar

Date: Saturday, January 5th 2008 6:10pm CST
Categories: Movie Related News, Event News, Digital Media News
Posted by: Raymond T. | Credit(s): www.variety.com

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Variety has announced that the 2007 Transformers movie is still in the running for an Oscar Award in the catagory of Visual Special Effects. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will determine the final 3 nominations for the award on January 16th. The competition for Transformers are, The Bourne Ultimatum, Evan Almighty, The Golden Compass, I Am Legend, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End and 300.

Transformerscon 2008 Promo Video Online

Date: Tuesday, January 1st 2008 1:26am CST
Category: Event News
Posted by: Down_Shift | Credit(s): Colin

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A new promo video for Toronto based Transformers fan expo, Transformerscon, is now online. This is Canada biggest and best Transformers convention that brings fans in from miles around. This year will feature a special Q&A panel from the good folks at Hasbro Canada.

The 7th annual Transformers Convention will take place Saturday June 21st at the Doubletree International Plaza in Toronto.

For more info on this event click here