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Transformers producer offers update on Cybertron animated movie and Optimus Prime spinoff

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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

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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 […]

Bumblebee images showcase G1 Transformers designs from the Cybertron battle

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With Bumblebee now in theaters, Entertainment Weekly has unveiled seven new images from the Transformers spinoff, which showcase the classic Generation 1 designs for several characters featured in the film’s opening Cybertron battle, including the heroic Autobots Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, Arcee, Brawn, Cliffjumper and Wheeljack and the Decepticons Soundwave, Shockwave and Starscream. Check them out […]

Movie Review – Bumblebee (2018)

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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

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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 […]

Bumblebee director discusses the film’s classic G1 designs

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Long time fans of the Transformers franchise will finally get to see some of their favourite Robots in Disguise in their classic Generation 1 forms on the big screen this week with the release of Paramount Pictures’ Bumblebee, and IGN has released a new video featurette which sees director Travis Knight discussing the designs for […]

Movie Review – Bumblebee (2018)

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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 […]

IDW relaunching Transformers with new series

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IDW Publishing has announced that a brand-new Transformers comic book series from writer Brian Ruckley, author of the Godless World fantasy trilogy, and artists Angel Hernandez (Star Trek: Discovery – Succession) and Ron Joseph (Micronauts: Wrath of Karza) is set to launch in March 2019 and will explore the very moment when a glorious, peaceful […]

Preview of Transformers: Bumblebee: Go for the Gold!

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This Wednesday sees the release of Transformers: Bumblebee: Go for the Gold!, a one-shot tie-in to the original graphic novel Transformers: Bumblebee — Win If You Dare, and you can take a look at a preview here… There are a lot of things other Autobots can do that Bumblebee cannot—they drive faster, hit harder, fly! […]

Transformers producer says next movie will be “different”, but it’s not a reboot

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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 […]