9/01/2013

Possible 'Transformers 4' Titles Revealed?


The easiest way to figure out what any film will be titled is to check the domain name registrations. It's how we learned that Skyfall would be the latest Bond film, and how Transformers: Dark of the Moon was revealed as Michael Bay's third in the franchise. Now Fusible has discovered that the same agency that registered 'Dark of the Moon' has locked down a few more domain names, one of which will probably end up as the title of Transformers 4.

MarkMonitor, which is also the registrar for the Transformers 4 official website, registered names for Transformers: Last Stand, Transformers: Apocalypse, and Transformers: Future Cast.
On August 28, 2013, TransformersApocalyspe.com (WHOIS), TransformersLastStand.com (WHOIS), and TransformersFutureCast.com (WHOIS) were registered.

It's doubtful that Paramount will settle on "Future Cast" for a couple of reasons. One: it's terrible and sounds like they're casting up the next film already. Two: Paramount will want to avoid confusion with Fox's X-men: Days of Future Past. The other two are incredibly generic but make some degree of sense. "Last Stand" would be fitting if this is truly Michael Bay's final time in the command chair, even though that title may be too similar to Arnold Schwarzenegger's The Last Stand. Does anybody remember that 'Apocalypse' was also the title of the second Resident Evil film, or has it been long enough that nobody cares?

Whatever Bay decides, Transformers 4 is expected to open on June 27th 2014 and stars Mark Wahlberg, Jack Reynor, Nicola Peltz, Kelsey Grammer, Stanley Tucci, and Sophia Myles.