Transformers: Generation 1 to create names and profiles for the characters. When the toy line was released, it was supported by the Marvel Comics series, an animated television series, and a gamut of other merchandising tie-ins. In 1986 a was released, generating $5,706,456 in the United States. The setup for "Transformers" is two factions of sentient alien robots: the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons. Both sides are from a race called Transformers - robots that can change into vehicles, mechanical devices and even animal forms. They have waged civil war for eons on their home planet of Cybertron, a war that had
Transformers: The Last Knight as Robert Epps, but was unable to appear in the film due to scheduling conflicts with "The Fate of the Furious". In March 2015, Deadline Hollywood reported that Paramount Pictures was in talks with Oscar winner Akiva Goldsman ("A Beautiful Mind") to pitch new ideas for the "Transformers" franchise's future installments. The studio intends to do what James Cameron and 20th Century Fox have been doing in planning three "Avatar" sequels, and what Disney has done to revive "Star Wars", with sequels and spin-offs. Paramount wants to have their own cinematic universe for "Transformers", similar to Marvel's/Disney's Marvel Cinematic Universe