6th December 2018 - Triple Changers Featurette + People of Earth Clip
3rd December 2018 - Dylan O'Brien Cast as Bumblebee
After years of being unable to talk, Bumblebee will finally speak in his upcoming spinoff -- and IGN can exclusively reveal that Dylan O'Brien (Maze Runner, Teen Wolf) is the actor giving voice to the titular Autobot in the Transformers prequel!
"Since we were approaching this as an origin story, we felt that it was appropriate that you got to hear his voice," di Bonaventura said of the character who thus far has only been able to communicate using existing media. "That’s the simple logic that we employed. The longer term implication of that is different. But the short-term implication of that is, since we really are resetting the mythology, essentially, of who Bumblebee is. And so, that seemed to us to be the appropriate, to get the chance to hear what he sounds like."
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12th November 2018 - Trailer
Thanks to Ivan for the heads up.
24th September 2018 - Trailer
10th August 2018 - New Promotional Photo
Source: Entertainment Weekly
6th August 2018 - New Promotional Photo + Poster
Source: Empire
#Bumblebee is a wonderful story, an earnest origin tale for the Transformers franchise and will truly be “more than meets the eye.” @bumblebeemovie pic.twitter.com/NsFKoRGbbP
— John Cena (@JohnCena) August 7, 2018
20th July 2018 - Comic-Con Poster
Presenting the #BumblebeeMovie Official Comic-Con Exclusive Poster. #SDCC2018 pic.twitter.com/ZltaVSpbhA
— Bumblebee (@bumblebeemovie) July 21, 2018
Travis Knight reveals that #BumblebeeMovie will include a look at Cyberton and “it. is. AWESOME.” #SDCC2018
— Bumblebee (@bumblebeemovie) July 21, 2018
Director Travis Knight calls #BumblebeeMovie an “origin story” exploring how Bumblebee became the character that we know and love.
— Bumblebee (@bumblebeemovie) July 21, 2018
13th July 2018 - First Look at Decepticon Trackers; Voiced by Angela Bassett & Justin Theroux
One of the Decepticons is Shatter, who takes the form of a cherry-red Plymouth Satellite. She will be voiced by Angela Bassett.
Dropkick, whose vehicle form is a blue AMC Javelin, will be voiced by Justin Theroux.
Dropkick, whose vehicle form is a blue AMC Javelin, will be voiced by Justin Theroux.
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13th June 2018 - Meet Director Travis Knight Featurette
5th June 2018 - Teaser Trailer + Poster
The adventure begins this Christmas. #BumblebeeMovie pic.twitter.com/m570CNhe8T
— Bumblebee (@bumblebeemovie) June 5, 2018
29th December 2017 - First Look Image
Source: Entertainment Weekly
26th October 2017 - John Ortiz Joins Cast
EXCLUSIVE: Actor John Ortiz joins Hailee Steinfeld and Jon Cena in Paramount’s Bumblebee, the first spinoff of the Transformers franchise. The pic, which will bow in theaters Dec. 21, 2018, has Travis Knight directing from a script by Christina Hodson.
It’s set in 1987, where Bumblebee, who is refuged in a junkyard, is discovered and revived by Charlie (Steinfeld) who, on the cusp of turning 18, is trying to find her place in the world. Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, Michael Bay, and Steven Spielberg are producing with Hasbro’s Brian Goldner and Stephen Davis.
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31st July 2017 - John Cena Joins Cast + Release Date Revealed
John Cena has nabbed a lead role in the Transformers spinoff Bumblebee.
The story is set in the year 1987, where Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie (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.
Travis Knight, who directed the stop-motion movie Kubo and the Two Strings, is helming the new film from a script by Christina Hodson (Shut In). The movie project is the first spinoff in what the studio hopes will be a Transformers Cinematic Universe that will include prequels and offshoots from a line of movies that have generated more than $3.7 billion worldwide. The most recent film, Transformers: The Last Knight, hit theaters June 23, and has earned $568.9 million worldwide so far.
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Travis Knight’s Bumblebee, the Transformers spinoff movie about the beloved yellow racer, will open theatrically stateside on Dec. 21, 2018. The pic started production literally today and will be entirely shot in the state of California.
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22nd July 2017 - Pamela Adlon Joins Cast
EXCLUSIVE: Pamela Adlon, fresh off a Best Comedy Series Actress Emmy nomination for her FX series Better Things, is in negotiations to join the cast of Bumblebee, Paramount’s first spinoff of its Transformers franchise. Kubo and the Two Strings helmer Travis Knight is directing the pic, which is being toplined by Hailee Steinfeld.
Adlon will play Steinfeld’s mother in the movie scripted by Christina Hodson.
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13th July 2017 - Jason Drucker, Abby Quinn, Rachel Crow, Ricardo Hoyos and Gracie Dzienny Join Cast
Paramount's Transformers spinoff Bumblebee is quickly rounding out its cast, adding a handful of young actors including Jason Drucker, Abby Quinn, Rachel Crow, Ricardo Hoyos and Gracie Dzienny, who are in various stages of negotiations.
Bumblebee is the yellow and black striped Autobot that appears as one of the main characters in the Transformers film series. Plot details have not been released, but sources say the tale is a prequel to the main film series, focused on Bumblebee's life in the '80 (Paramount had no comment on the castings). It'll follow Steinfeld's character and a group of her friends as they team up to help Bumblebee. Christina Hodson (Shut In) wrote the script.
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11th July 2017 - Jorge Lendeborg Jr. Cast as the Male Lead
Rising star Jorge Lendeborg Jr. is in talks for another big project: He'll play the young male lead in Paramount's Transformers spinoff Bumblebee.
Bumblebee is the yellow and black striped Autobot that appears as one of the main characters in the Transformers film series. Plot details have not been released, but Steinfeld will play a tomboy who also holds a job as a mechanic after school. Sources say the tale is a prequel to the main film series, focused on Bumblebee's life in an earlier decade. Christina Hodson (Shut In) wrote the script.
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23rd June 2017 - Set in the 1980s
In an effort to expand the Transformers cinematic universe, the next movie in the franchise after this weekend’s The Last Knight will roll back the clock and take place in the era that first defined the shapeshifting alien robots: the 1980s.
“You might even see a VW Bug,” Transformers producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura tells EW. “You never know.”
“It’s the story of a 17-, 18-year-old girl who, through a series of events, she and Bumblebee find each other, and they make each other whole,” di Bonaventura said. “Bumblebee’s a very loving character. He’s got a lot of heart, so of course the idyllic life of these two is interrupted by the evil Decepticons. And how are they going to be able to deal with the problem without Optimus and without everybody else?”
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31st May 2017 - Hailee Steinfeld in Negotiations to Star
Hailee Steinfeld is in negotiations to star in Paramount's Transformers spinoff Bumblebee. Bumblebee is the yellow and black striped Autobot that appears as one of the main characters in the Transformers film series.
Plot details are being kept on the dark side of the moon but it is known that Steinfeld will play a tomboy who also holds a job as a mechanic after school. Christina Hodson (Shut In) wrote the script.
The movie project is the first spinoff in what the studio hopes will be a Transformers Cinematic Universe that will include prequels and offshoots from a line of movies that have generated over $3.7 billion worldwide with the latest one, Transformers: The Last Knight, set to hit theaters June 23. It is slated for a June 8, 2018 release.
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2nd March 2017 - Travis Knight to Direct
EXCLUSIVE: Bumblebee, the first spinoff of the Transformers franchise based on a popular character in the series, just landed as director Travis Knight, the helmer of the Oscar-nominated stop-motion animated success Kubo And The Two Strings. That film was Knight’s directing debut. Bumblebee would mark his first live-action film.
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11th November 2016 - Christina Hodson to Write Script for Transformers Spinoff
EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures is getting closer to liftoff on Bumblebee, the first spinoff of its billion dollar Transformers franchise, this one based on a popular character in the series. The studio finally has a script it’s sweet on, and will shortly go out to directors. This comes after Paramount and Michael Bay assembled a “writers room” constructed of his scribes who fleshed out the Hasbro universe. A late addition to that program, Christina Hodson, is the scribe who cracked the spinoff and turned in a script that will make it possible for Paramount to mount the film for 2018. Hodson was one of three female writers (Lindsey Beer and Geneva Robertson-Dworet were the others) who joined a group of male scribes in the writers room in summer 2015, as they set out to hatch ideas to expand the mythology of the universe. The next sequel, Transformers 5, is directed by Michael Bay and scripted by Ken Nolan and Iron Man scribes Art Marcum & Matt Holloway. It hits theaters June 23, 2017, while Bumblebee has been dated for June 8, 2018.
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