Directed by:
Nelson Shin

Produced by:
Joe Bacal
Tom Griffith
Margaret Loesch (executive)
Lee Gunther (executive)

Written by:
Ron Friedman

Music by:
Vince DiCola

Distributed by:
De Laurentiis Entertainment Group

Starring:
Judd Nelson
Orson Welles
Leonard Nimoy
Robert Stack
Eric Idle
Scatman Crothers
Peter Cullen
Frank Welker
Chris Latta

Release date:
August 8, 1986

Running time:
84 min.

Directed by:
Michael Bay

Produced by:
Steven Spielberg
Tom DeSanto
Don Murphy
Lorenzo di Bonaventura

Written by Screenplay:
Roberto Orci
Alex Kurtzman

Written by Story:
John Rogers
Roberto Orci
Alex Kurtzman

Starring:
Shia LaBeouf
Josh Duhamel
Jon Voight
Megan Fox
Tyrese Gibson

Voices:
Peter Cullen
Hugo Weaving

Release date:
July 2, 2007

Running time:
143 min.

Directed by:
Michael Bay

Produced by:
Steven Spielberg
Tom DeSanto
Don Murphy
Lorenzo di Bonaventura

Written by Screenplay:
Roberto Orci
Alex Kurtzman
Ehren Kruger

Written by Story:
Alex Kurtzman
Tom DeSanto

Starring:
Shia LaBeouf
Megan Fox
John Turturro
Josh Duhamel
Tyrese Gibson

Voices:
Peter Cullen
Hugo Weaving

Release date:
2009

Running time:
Unknown

Plot:

It is the year 2005. The war between The Autobots and Decepticons has escalated all the way to Cybertron, which the Decepticons have reclaimed. The Autobots, without Optimus Prime after a conflict on Earth takes his life, must now face a destiny they know nothing of.

Megatron and a group of forsaken Decepticons have been reformed by the ultimate transformer, a planet consuming demon known as Unicron into even deadlier warriors. Now Galvatron, Scourge and Cyclonus must destroy The Autobot Matrix of Leadership for Unicron's glory or suffer the horrific destruction of Cybertron.

However, Optimus Prime has decreed that an Autobot will rise from his rank and use the power of The Matrix to light the darkest hour of the Autobots. With Hot Rod facing responsibility for Prime's death, he feels he may be able to use the power of the Matrix to turn the tide of the Cybertronian Wars and stop Unicron. Until all are one, the future of the Autobots and Decepticons is uncertain.

Plot:

A long time ago, far away on the planet of Cybertron, an alien civil war was being waged between the two races of robots the noble hero Autobots led by the wise Optimus Prime and the devious evil Decepticons commanded by the dreaded Megatron for control over the Allspark, a mystical talisman that would grant unlimited power to whoever possessed it. When the Autobots managed to smuggle the Allspark off the planet, but Megatron blasted off in search of it. He eventually tracked it to the planet of Earth circa 1850, but his reckless desire for power sent him right into the Arctic Ocean, and the sheer cold forced him into a paralyzed state. His body was later found by Captain Archibald Witwicky, and before going into a comatose state Megatron used the last of his energy to engrave a map, showing the location of the Allspark, into the Captain's glasses, and send a transmission to Cybertron. But now the Earth is caught in the middle of an intergalactic war between the Autobots and the evil Decepticons, which are able to change into a variety of objects, including cars, trucks, planes and other technological creations. Meanwhile a century later, at school a teenager named Sam Witwicky, (nicknamed Spike by his friends,) buys his new car (who is actually one of the Autobots named Bumblebee) after when he promised his dad that he would pass his test. The two robots seeking the cube Allspark with opposite intentions: the Autobots intend to protect the human beings, while the Deceptions want to destroy them. But unfortunately the ultimate power is held by Sam for mankind in the extraordinary adventure.

Plot:

Roberto Orci described the film's theme as the robots confronting "being away from home", with the focus between the robots and humans "much more evenly balanced". The tone will be similar to the first film, but "the stakes will be higher" (with a more global sensibility), and there will be more focus on the science fiction elements. Orci also said "we'll be better at modulating [the humor] this time". Structurally, the plot will be "more organically interconnected in that TF1 had the structure of three story lines coming together at Hoover. TF2 will have a different structure."