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Michael Bay says the Bumblebee Transformers spinoff will be a prequel aimed at a younger audience

April 10, 2017 by Gary Collinson

With Transformers: The Last Knight set to hit cinemas this June, Paramount Pictures will soon be turning its attention to its first Transformers spinoff movie, centred on the fan-favourite character of Bumblebee.

The project found a director last month in Travis Knight (Kubo and the Two Strings), and now Michael Bay has offered up a few hints as to the plot, revealing to MTV  that it will be a prequel to the first Transformers movie and that it will “go a little younger, and it will be dealing more with his character, and it’s just about him.”

SEE ALSO: Paramount has 14 more Transformers stories written, Michael Bay interested in directing one

Bumblebee did spend a number of years stationed on Earth prior to the first Transformers movie, so assuming it doesn’t take place on Cybertron or another alien world, it sounds like we’ll be seeing one of Bumblebee’s early Earth adventures before he ends up gathering dust in Uncle Bobby B’s Finest Quality Used Cars and Petting Zoo.

Transformers: Bumblebee is set for release on June 8th 2018.

Originally published April 10, 2017. Updated April 15, 2018.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Bumblebee, Michael Bay, Transformers

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer who is the Editor-in-Chief of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature 'The Baby in the Basket' and suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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