Back in February it was reported that Paramount and Hasbro had decided against moving ahead with Transformers 6 following the disappointing reception to last year’s Transformers: The Last Knight, and would instead reboot the series following the release of the spinoff Bumblebee: The Movie this November.
Well, that is now official, as Paramount has announced that it has pulled the Untitled Transformers Sequel from its slate for 2019, slotting the Tiffany Haddish comedy Limited Partners into its June 28th 2019 release date instead.
The Transformers franchise has been hugely successful for Paramount and Hasbro financially, with $4.4 billion in worldwide box office receipts. The Michael Bay-directed movies have been mauled by critics however, particularly the latter instalments, while Transformers: The Last Knight set a series low at the box office with just $605 million globally.
According to comments from Hasbro, the plan for Transformers going forward is to reboot the franchise, although the next movie after Bumblebee isn’t expected to arrive any earlier than 2021.
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On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld), on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns this is no ordinary, yellow VW bug.
Bumblebee: The Movie is directed by Travis Knight (Kubo and the Two Strings), and stars Hailee Steinfeld (Edge of Seventeen), Pamela Adlon (Better Things), John Cena (Daddy’s Home 2), Stephen Schneider (Broad City), Jorge Lendeborg Jr. (Spider-Man: Homecoming), Jason Drucker (Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul), Kenneth Choi (American Crime Story), Ricardo Hoyos (Degrassi: Next Class), Abby Quinn (Landline), Rachel Crow (Deidra & Laney Rob a Train), Grace Dzienny (Zoo) and John Ortiz (Kong: Skull Island). It is set for release on December 21st 2018.
