
LOS ANGELES, July 13 (UPI) -- A live-action film of "Transformers" will open in U.S. theaters July 4, 2007, DreamWorks Pictures, Paramount Pictures and Hasbro, Inc. announced Wednesday.
Steven Spielberg will produce and Michael Bay will direct the script from Alex Kurzman and Roberto Orci, Zap2it.com reported. Kurzman and Orci are the writers on Bay's new feature "the Island" and on Tom Cruise's upcoming "Mission: Impossible III."
The wildly popular Transformer robots were introduced in 1984 and have been adapted for several cartoon programs, toy lines comic books and an animated feature film.
"Under the direction of Michael Bay and with Steven Spielberg executive producing, we know that 'Transformers' is going to be the kind of explosive action movie that is perfect for the height of the summer movie season," Jim Tharp, DreamWorks' head of distribution, said.
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