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Transformers spinoff Bumblebee adds five more to its cast

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Casting is ramping up on Paramount Pictures’ Bumblebee movie, with THR reporting that five young actors have joined the cast of the upcoming Transformers spinoff. According to the site, Jason Drucker (Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul), Abby Quinn (Landline), Rachel Crow (Deidra & Laney Rob a Train), Ricardo Hoyos (Degrassi) and Gracie Dzienny […]

Jorge Lendeborg Jr. cast in Bumblebee Transformers spin-off

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Paramount has announced another cast addition to Bumblebee, the spin-off from Michael Bay’s Transformers franchise focused on the Autobot scout. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jorge Lendeborg Jr. will join Pitch Perfect 2‘s Hailee Steinfeld in the film. Bumblebee will be a prequel to the main Transformers series and is the first of what Paramount hopes will be a long line […]

Title card for Transformers spinoff Bumblebee revealed

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With production now complete on Paramount Pictures’ first Transformers spinoff, we’ve got a look at the official title card for Bumblebee: The Movie thanks to an image from the film’s wrap party; check it out here, courtesy of TFW2005… On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small […]

Transformers spinoff Bumblebee casts John Ortiz

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As production continues on Bumblebee, Deadline has revealed that John Ortiz (Miami Vice, Kong: Skull Island) has become the latest addition to the cast of the Transformers spinoff, signing on for an unspecified role. The film, which is being directed by Travis Knight (Kubo and the Two Strings), features a cast that includes Hailee Steinfeld (Edge […]

Hailee Steinfeld shares set photo from the Transformers Bumblebee spinoff

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As production continues on Paramount Pictures’ Bumblebee movie, actress Hailee Steinfeld has taken to Instagram to share a new set photo from the Transformers spinoff, which sees her sitting in the driver’s seat of the fan favourite Autobot in his classic VW Beetle mode; check it out here… https://www.instagram.com/p/BZ4wVKVH9dr/   On the run in the […]

Transformers: Bumblebee set photo features the classic VW Beetle

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As production on Paramount Pictures and Habsro’s Transformers spinoff movie Bumblebee continues in California, a set photo has arrived online showing the fan favourite Autobot is his classic 80s VW Beetle design; check it out here… https://www.instagram.com/p/BYHf2fUjdNt/   On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian […]

Bumblebee spinoff will take the Transformers franchise back to its G1 roots

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Given the negative reception to Transformers: The Last Knight, the fifth instalment of the blockbuster movie franchise, Paramount Pictures is looking to shake things up with its next offering as Michael Bay makes way for Kubo and the Two Strings director Travis Knight on the solo Bumblebee movie. And, according to producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, […]

Why Are Audiences Gravitating Towards Genre Subversions?

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George Chrysostomou on audiences gravitating towards genre subversions… This month marks the release of Kingsman: The Golden Circle, the sequel to the surprise hit Kingsman: The Secret Service and it is of course just as genre bending as its predecessor. The franchise clearly plays off of some of the silliness of the Bond movies, with their own versions of […]

Transformers producer shares Bumblebee plot details, confirms classic VW Beetle form

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Following the disappointing box office opening for Transformers: The Last Knight (outside of China, at least), Hasbro and Paramount Pictures will be looking to shake up the franchise next year with the release of the first Transformers spinoff movie, focussing on the fan favourite Autobot Bumblebee. We’ve already heard that it will be “a very […]

Transformers producer says Bumblebee movie will be “a very distinctive departure” from previous films

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With the latest instalment in the franchise, Transformers: The Last Knight, opening to near-universally negative reviews [read ours here and here] and a series-low start at the box office, it seems that audiences may finally be tiring of the Michael Bay brand of Transformers movie. At least, that’s what Paramount and Hasbro will presumably be hoping, […]