It may not have pulled in the same kind of cash as Michael Bay’s earlier movies, but Paramount and Hasbro’s Transformers spinoff Bumblebee did manage to impress both fans and critics alike, and with over $400 million at the global box office, the Travis Knight-directed movie is said to be “solidly profitable” for the studio […]
Bumblebee movie “solidly profitable”, but Transformers: The Last Knight lost $100 million
It may have received the best reviews of the franchise to date (by some distance) and injected new life into the series post-Michael Bay, but Paramount Pictures and Hasbro’s Transformers spinofff Bumblebee hasn’t quite managed to take the box office by storm. Going into the weekend, Bumblebee has earned $311 million worldwide – a far cry from […]
Aquaman rises to $940 million worldwide as Bumblebee tops China box office
Having surpassed Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice to become the highest-grossing instalment of the DC Extended Universe yesterday, Aquaman has held onto top spot at the North American box office for the third weekend in a row, and in the process has pushed its global haul to $940 million. In North America, Aquaman grossed $30.7 million […]
Transformers producer offers update on Cybertron animated movie and Optimus Prime spinoff
Back in 2015, Paramount Pictures and Hasbro assembled a writers room to plot out the future of Transformers franchise, reportedly coming up with as many as 14 ideas for new big screen adventures for the Robots in Disguise. Well, the universally-negative reception to The Last Knight might have thrown a spanner in the works, with […]
Bumblebee director already has plans for a sequel
Director Travis Knight served up a genuine Christmas miracle this past week, delivering a Transformers movie that managed to please both fans and critics alike with the 80s set spinoff Bumblebee. The movie serves as a prequel to Michael Bay’s series and given that there’s around a twenty year gap between movies, it would appear that […]
Movie Review – Bumblebee (2018)
Bumblebee, 2018. Directed by Travis Knight. Starring Hailee Steinfeld, Dylan O’Brien, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., John Cena, Angela Bassett, Justin Theroux, John Ortiz, Peter Cullen, Jess Harnell, Jason Drucker, Abby Quinn, Rachel Crow, Ricardo Hoyos, Gracie Dzienny, Kenneth Choi, Pamela Adlon, Stephen Schneider, Grey Griffin, Steve Blum, Marcella Bragio, Andrew Morgado, David Sobolov, Jon Bailey, Megyn […]
Bumblebee movie almost featured a G1 Megatron cameo
After sitting through Michael Bay’s vision of the Robots in Disguise for five movies, Transformers fans finally get to see the classic Generation 1 designs on the big screen this month with the spinoff movie Bumblebee featuring appearances from the likes of Optimus Prime, Soundwave and Shockwave as fans of the original cartoon and comic […]
Transformers producer says next movie will be “different”, but it’s not a reboot
Before Transformers: The Last Knight sunk the franchise to new depths in terms of critical and commercial reception, Paramount Pictures planned to follow-up its new Bumblebee spinoff with a sixth movie in the main franchise. Originally scheduled for release in June 2019, Transformers 6 was pulled from the studio’s slate earlier this year following reports […]
Transformers spinoff Bumblebee was Steven Spielberg’s idea
During an interview with Yahoo! Movies to promote the upcoming release of Bumblebee, director Travis Knight has credited Steven Spielberg, executive producer on all of the Transformers movies, for coming up with the concept for this first spinoff. “The original idea for this film actually was Steven [Spielberg’s],” said Knight. “We can thank him for […]
What Critics Are Saying About Aquaman and Mary Poppins Returns – Flickering Myth Fridays #2
EJ Moreno rounds up the week in pop culture news in the latest episode of Flickering Myth Fridays… In this week’s episode, EJ Moreno dives into what critics are saying about two of Decembers biggest releases in the DC superhero blockbuster Aquaman and Disney sequel Mary Poppins Returns. You can read our Aquaman reviews here […]
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