“The adventure continues to transform with a very different offering from Daimler Trucks North America,” Michael Bay says on his website, revealing the latest sleek cast addition to Transformers 4. “The imposing 2014 Argosy cab-over truck by Freightliner.”
The flat nose truck by Freightliner actually resembles a modern version the ’80s model of Optimus Prime that Michael Bay chose not to go with when he took the reigns of the big screen Transformers series, but nonetheless resembles another classic blast from the past.
The first character that comes to mind here is Ultra Magnus, which the toy version was identical to Optimus Prime except for the color scheme. The Autobot was the sucessor to Optimus Prime in the cartoon lore, briefly becoming the possessor of the Matrix of Leadership in 1986’s Transformers: The Movie, until Hot Rod rose in the ranks by the end of the animated adventure to become Rodimus Prime followed by a whole lot more plot points that may never factor into the big screen story arc. But since Bay says he wants to make TF4 the springboard for the series’ new direction, maybe we will see the baton of Autobot leadership passed on.
There is no official word yet on who this will be in the film. Though the ominous color scheme suggests Decepticon over Autobot and leads to speculation that this could be the evil Motormaster, the newest addition is undoubtedly another sleek ride we can look forward to see featured in the next adventure.
You can also check out the previous images Bay has also released of G1 Autobot favorites Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and Hound via his website.
Set for 2014, Bay returns to direct his fourth big screen round of Transformers, whose events takes place five years following the destruction of Chicago in 2011’s Dark of the Moon. The film promises to jump start the series in a new direction with revamped versions of the familiar robotic alien heroes and villains. Mark Wahlberg stars with Kelsey Grammar, Stanley Tucci, T.J. Miller, Nicola Peltz, Sophia Myles, Bingbing Li and of course Peter Cullen (returning to provide the iconic voice of Optimus Prime).
SOURCE: Michael Bay Dot Com
