‘Transformer’ to go live-action

The shape-shifting “Transformer” robots from the 1980s may soon be using twentysomething nostalgia to fuel a Hollywood movie.

The Hasbro Inc. toy company has teamed with the production company Angry Films to create a live-action version of the popular cartoon series. The show, which ran from 1984 to 1987, was about a group of alien robots who disguise themselves on Earth as common vehicles.

“We figured the technology had finally caught up to the point where we could actually show an 18-wheel truck turning into a giant robot,” said Angry Films producer Don Murphy, who also helped make the upcoming comic-book movie “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.”