Today, we’re revving up for an exciting conversation with the director of Transformers One.The work is a breath of fresh air on the silver screen and a nice turn for the franchise. For the first time in a long while, the film sees these heroes animated, and humans are nowhere in sight. We're at the beginning of their story, back when Optimus Prime was Orion Pax (Chris Hemsworth), and he was still friends with D-16, who later became Megatron (Brian Tyree Henry). As they fight against cruel forces on their homeworld of Cybertron, this friendship is tested and eventually broken. At the helm is Academy Award-winning director Josh Cooley, who was gracious enough to Zoom with us about the film. From Toy Story 4 to Cybertron, Cooley is no stranger to building unforgettable worlds filled with heart, action, and larger-than-life characters. Here, he's breathed new life into the Autobots and Decepticons we all grew up with. Autobots, roll out! - YouTube www.youtube.com Telling an origin storyCooley said the most challenging thing about approaching this story was finding balance and tone. "It's obviously Transformers, so there's going to be action and adventure and all that stuff," he said, "but at the same time, I knew it was important to make this as character-based as possible. Because without humans, the whole thing is about the Transformers, so they are our humans. In fact, it's the thing that got me wanting to do the movie was that it's about this relationship between two...
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