A live-action movie is in the works based on the Hasbro Transformers toy line, from X-Men writer/producer Tom DeSanto, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Transformers toys formed the basis of previous comic books, television series and an animated movie.Angry Films chief Don Murphy (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) and DeSanto will produce the movie, the trade paper reported. DeSanto is currently working on a story treatment for the project before he and Murphy hire a screenwriter to adapt it for the big screen.
The Transformers brand centers on a group of robots that are able to change into a variety of objects, such as cars, trucks, planes, ships and other technological creations. The feature film will tell the story of an intergalactic war between two races of robots: the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons.
Hasbro introduced the Transformers in the United States in 1984. The Transformers came to the big screen in 1986 with the animated feature The Transformers: The Movie.
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