{"id":5347,"date":"2012-09-13T12:32:43","date_gmt":"2012-09-13T19:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/?p=5347"},"modified":"2012-09-13T12:32:43","modified_gmt":"2012-09-13T19:32:43","slug":"optimus-prime-fired-from-transformers-4-news-dark-horizons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/optimus-prime-fired-from-transformers-4-news-dark-horizons\/","title":{"rendered":"Optimus Prime Fired From &#8220;Transformers 4&#8221; | News | Dark Horizons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Turns out it isnt just the human cast of the &#8220;Transformers&#8221; franchise thats getting refreshed. It looks like the robots are also being replaced by cheaper parts.<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"module-article thumb-right\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.darkhorizons.com\/assets\/0018\/7329\/trans_article.jpg?w=678\" alt=\"Optimus Prime Fired From &quot;Transformers 4&quot;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>TFW2005 has scored word directly from Hasbro that toy sales from the third film were down because of same characters in all three movies.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, &#8220;Transformers 4 will have a new cast of [robot] characters and it will be a story revolving around these new characters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ehren Kruger &#8220;Transformers: Dark of the Moon&#8221; is writing the script for the Michael Bay-directed fourth film which hits cinemas June 27th, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.darkhorizons.com\/news\/24946\/optimus-prime-fired-from-transformers-4\">Optimus Prime Fired From &#8220;Transformers 4&#8221; | News | Dark Horizons<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turns out it isnt just the human cast of the &#8220;Transformers&#8221; franchise thats getting refreshed. It looks like the robots are also being replaced by cheaper parts. TFW2005 has scored word directly from Hasbro that toy sales from the third film were down because of same characters in all three movies. As a result, &#8220;Transformers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1opIU-1of","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7144,"url":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/dinobots-to-appear-in-transformers-4\/","url_meta":{"origin":5347,"position":0},"title":"Dinobots To Appear In &#8220;Transformers 4&#8221;?","author":"Forbidden Panel","date":"May 22, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"An interesting new rumor over at Joblo claims that the Dinobots from the 1980s Transformers animated series could be popping up in the upcoming fourth \"Transformers\" film. 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