Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark film series and the video game series, consisting of "Transformers: War for Cybertron" and "Transformers: Fall of Cybertron". The Dark Spark is a powerful artifact that is capable of ripping holes in dimensions, which brings two "Transformers" universes together. The story takes place before the Ark is launched in "Fall of Cybertron", while in an alternate universe it takes place before the events of "Age of Extinction". The game begins in continuity with the film, wherein a mysterious purple meteor crashes into Earth. The Autobots reach the crash site and Optimus sees an ancient Cybertronian relic called the Dark Spark,
Planet of the Apes Méndez. The film opened on May 26, 1970. Unlike its predecessor, "Beneath" was poorly reviewed; critics typically regard it as the worst of the "Apes" sequels other than the last, "Battle for the Planet of the Apes". Nonetheless, it was a major box office hit, nearing the original's numbers. Despite a conclusion depicting the planet's nuclear destruction, Fox requested another sequel, creating a series. Following the financial success of "Beneath", Arthur P. Jacobs recruited Paul Dehn to write a new script with a brief telegram: "Apes exist, Sequel required." Dehn immediately started work on what became "Escape from the Planet