New Rise of the Beast Cast Revealed: Pete Davidson as Mirage and Michelle Yeoh as Airazor

Isn't Pete Davidson's entire career predicated on boinking one of the Kardashians?

First-Aid wrote:Isn't Pete Davidson's entire career predicated on boinking one of the Kardashians?

No, it's on boinking Ariana Grande.

william-james88 wrote:

First-Aid wrote:Isn't Pete Davidson's entire career predicated on boinking one of the Kardashians?

No, it's on boinking Ariana Grande.

Don't know who that is, but okay. Boinking is definitely involved then, which means he has no real talent...

Or is it on boinking Kate Beckinsale?

First-Aid wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

First-Aid wrote:Isn't Pete Davidson's entire career predicated on boinking one of the Kardashians?

No, it's on boinking Ariana Grande.

Don't know who that is, but okay. Boinking is definitely involved then, which means he has no real talent...

Ariana Grande is quite the household name to be unfamiliar with. Pete Davidson has been an SNL guy for the better part of a decade, and appeared in Brooklyn Nine-Nine early in his career. He’s dated Arianna, Kim Kardashian, and Kate Beckinsale over the years. The high-profile relationships all came years after he’d already established himself as a comedian.

I would have guessed Rattrap

evogrg wrote:I would have guessed Rattrap

That wouldve been cool too

First-Aid wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

First-Aid wrote:Isn't Pete Davidson's entire career predicated on boinking one of the Kardashians?

No, it's on boinking Ariana Grande.

Don't know who that is, but okay. Boinking is definitely involved then, which means he has no real talent...

It's the reverse, it means he is extremely talented in some areas that are hard to master.

william-james88 wrote:

First-Aid wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

First-Aid wrote:Isn't Pete Davidson's entire career predicated on boinking one of the Kardashians?

No, it's on boinking Ariana Grande.

Don't know who that is, but okay. Boinking is definitely involved then, which means he has no real talent...

It's the reverse, it means he is extremely talented in some areas that are hard to master.

Why is the song "Just a Gigolo" going through my head right now?

What is Arianna Grande known for? If she's in music, that explains a lot as I haven't listened to anything new since about the mid-90's due to being over-produced, computerized, and generally boring and unimaginative as far as chord composition, progressions, and instrumental diversity.

First-Aid wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

First-Aid wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

First-Aid wrote:Isn't Pete Davidson's entire career predicated on boinking one of the Kardashians?

No, it's on boinking Ariana Grande.

Don't know who that is, but okay. Boinking is definitely involved then, which means he has no real talent...

It's the reverse, it means he is extremely talented in some areas that are hard to master.

Why is the song "Just a Gigolo" going through my head right now?

What is Arianna Grande known for? If she's in music, that explains a lot as I haven't listened to anything new since about the mid-90's due to being over-produced, computerized, and generally boring and unimaginative as far as chord composition, progressions, and instrumental diversity.

Music and I think a couple of tv shows on Nickelodeon.

william-james88 wrote:

First-Aid wrote:Isn't Pete Davidson's entire career predicated on boinking one of the Kardashians?

No, it's on boinking Ariana Grande.

"The ship was...full"

RiddlerJ wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

First-Aid wrote:Isn't Pete Davidson's entire career predicated on boinking one of the Kardashians?

No, it's on boinking Ariana Grande.

"The ship was...full"

Congrats, you nearly got a spit take.

All this talk about Pete Davidson and no one's mentioning the fact that we got Star Trek: Discovery's Captain Philippa Georgiou (and her Mirror Universe counterpart Emperor Georgiou) voicing Airazor?

She was also Ying Nan in Shang-Chi, and had a cameo at the end of Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2.

Sabrblade wrote:All this talk about Pete Davidson and no one's mentioning the fact that we got Star Trek: Discovery's Captain Philippa Georgiou (and her Mirror Universe counterpart Emperor Georgiou) voicing Airazor?

She was also Ying Nan in Shang-Chi, and had a cameo at the end of Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2.

Seriously? Michelle Yeoh's stardom goes WAYYYY beyond a show like STD. I'd be more surprised that anyone thought of that show first when hearing her name.

daedalus25 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:All this talk about Pete Davidson and no one's mentioning the fact that we got Star Trek: Discovery's Captain Philippa Georgiou (and her Mirror Universe counterpart Emperor Georgiou) voicing Airazor?

She was also Ying Nan in Shang-Chi, and had a cameo at the end of Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2.

Seriously? Michelle Yeoh's stardom goes WAYYYY beyond a show like STD. I'd be more surprised that anyone thought of that show first when hearing her name.

Tomorrow Never Dies. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Shang-chi.

Michelle Yeoh has always been one of my biggest Hollywood crushes. Classy, amazing actress, badass as hell, disarming smile. The woman doesn't age. Giggity.

daedalus25 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:All this talk about Pete Davidson and no one's mentioning the fact that we got Star Trek: Discovery's Captain Philippa Georgiou (and her Mirror Universe counterpart Emperor Georgiou) voicing Airazor?

She was also Ying Nan in Shang-Chi, and had a cameo at the end of Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2.

Seriously? Michelle Yeoh's stardom goes WAYYYY beyond a show like STD. I'd be more surprised that anyone thought of that show first when hearing her name.

That's why I wrote some big films in the article when commenting on her. She's THE most famous crossover Asian actresses of all time.

No way, it’s Michelle Yeoh, from the hit film Minions The Rise of Gru!

Well this news is a wash. Michelle Yeoh? Absolutely. Pete Davidson?

I can't say I know either of those names, and I only got Michelle once someone mentioned Shang Chi.

I really could care less about who the voices are. It would be nice if professional voice actors were used instead though.

Pete Davidson has been on SNL since 2014. I really like the guy. I'm not sure he's right for Mirage, but as we've seen with live-action Transformers, they're the original versions of those characters in name only.

He starred in King of Staten Island that came out in 2020. I thought it was a pretty good movie. I didn't know that it seemed to be somewhat based on his life since his Dad was a NY Firefighter and died in 9/11 attack. Here's the trailer if you want to see a more "serious" role than his SNL skits.



He was known before his list of well known girlfriends came into the picture.

First-Aid wrote:Isn't Pete Davidson's entire career predicated on boinking one of the Kardashians?

Perhaps you missed this:

Pete Davidson (who was in SNL, The Suicide Squad, and Kim Kardashian)

LOLOL, well played @william-james88

'Pete Davidson will be dong as he grunts' (original article) - LOL! One of those accidentally funny spelling mistakes.

"Pete Davidson will be dong as he grunts"... what kind of movie is this???

Solrac333 wrote:I really could care less about who the voices are. It would be nice if professional voice actors were used instead though.

Michelle Yeoh has been doing voice work for years, appearing in the Kung Foo panda and minions series.

"who was in SNL, The Suicide Squad, and Kim Kardashian"

It's been real quiet on the Rise of the Beasts front. Hasbro even explicitly specified that there would be no Rise of the Beasts news made public for a while, at least on their end. However, that will change in a bit more than a month's time. Sources from Peru, where a big part of the filming occurred, have stated that the marketing campaign for the film should start in December. We don't know if that means a teaser or just some images in a movie magazine. But we will get a look at the film in some way, and the toys too, from what was posted.

The first steps to the promotion of "The Awakening of the Beasts" officially begin. From today to December details of mkt campaigns in the region will be fine-tuned. And December kicks off strong with everything concerning toys and the movie's early previews.

We know that Hasbro does have marketing material for the toys available with mock ups for the retail space, but we don't know when that will be shown in full either.

We also know the the film is not finished yet, which is normal for a film over 7 months out. Additional scenes are yet to be filmed, and some of those scenes will feature US rapper Toby Nwigwe, who anounced it in this video below:



Hopefully you will indeed hear from us again come December where there will be even more to discuss.

Pretty exciting to see what will be said, can't wait to see the movie itself either. Seems like a lot of people had fun making it.

SpaceEagle wrote:Pretty exciting to see what will be said, can't wait to see the movie itself either. Seems like a lot of people had fun making it.

Yes, I really enjoyed the passion. Including the passion from Michael Bay himself who seemed far more relaxed and less on edge since he didn't have to direct the whole thing and was more of a passing observer, lending his hand when he could.

That shirt is awesome....

Cool! Glad to see we got something coming soon. Hate to get too excited but I definitely am intrigued by the potential with these new beastformer designs--I might dare say I have high hopes!

There was a presentation to investors a little while back and on one slide we could see an apparel display for the Transformers Rise of the Beasts film. TFW2005 got their hands on the presentation and so we now have a clearer image of that standee which gives us our first image of Primal, bigfoot style, so blurry. Eagle eyed fans also spot Mirage, Wheeljack and Arcee but they aren't as obvious as the chest pounding gorilla at the centre. So we had our look at Airazor, now Primal, and we probably will get more "first looks" with the marketing campaign starting next month.

If we just get a higher quality version of this display every month, I'm sure we can understand it by June!

Bigfoot sighting!

Now this is what fans were waiting a long time for, that inevitable moment where merchandise leaks the character designs. In this case we get all the movie maximals at once: Optimus Primal, Rhinox, Airazor and Cheetor. We already got a great look at Airazor through her toy and the image here does indeed match what we saw but the others are mostly new. Primal is as everyone said, a reuse of that Bayverse Primal concept art from years ago (which you can see below). Cheetor however is very different from any previous concept art we've seen and adheres closer to the original material while still being more mechanical in appearance. And Rhinox has the appearance of rusted metal, something that was also previously said.

The designs are on a picture of a mug that was found in a licensed memorabilia boutique specializing in mugs. The original post is here.

Those look great Wow

Why would they alter the design of the Maximal Symbol?

Thats a win. Nothing but a win.

84everfan wrote:Why would they alter the design of the Maximal Symbol?

That's how it looked on the Kingdom toy packaging.


Transformers War for Cybertron: Kingdom Optimus Primal Gallery

84everfan wrote:Why would they alter the design of the Maximal Symbol?

One could ask the same of the 2007 movie and both faction symbols.

Making Rhinox that streamlined in his metal plating results in him looking a more like a Monoceratops. With maybe a bit of Tundro from the Herculoids.

Not complaining, in fact I'm glad they found a design that conveys "Rhinox" while being original enough that it doesn't evoke his Transmetal body or any other past rhino-formers.

Bumblevivisector wrote:Making Rhinox that streamlined in his metal plating results in him looking a more like a Monoceratops. With maybe a bit of Tundro from the Herculoids.

Not complaining, in fact I'm glad they found a design that conveys "Rhinox" while being original enough that it doesn't evoke his Transmetal body or any other past rhino-formers.

I think it's the angle of the head in the picture. It almost makes it look like he has no neck and that the head connects directly to the torso, if that makes sense.

Looking closer, that Cheetor almost has a Beast Machines vibe to it.

FYI, major props for the Herculoids reference. Those were the good ol' days....

at least in beast wars they looked like the other animals. these do not pass for creatures that would blend in.

First-Aid wrote:FYI, major props for the Herculoids reference. Those were the good ol' days....

I only got acquainted with Alex Toth cartoons in '97, right before Toonami started, my last year of high school. Not many action cartoons where the heroes were a nuclear family; only The Bionic 6 and The Secret Saturdays spring to mind.

I guess the Beast Machines resemblance was inevitable when combining Beast Era designs with the sort of details we expect from Bayformers, but again I'm not complaining (oddly enough). The aesthetics were never one of the serious problems I had with the show, and comments on Airrazor's design seemed to agree that's what Silverbolt should've looked like, so maybe they'll all end up being improved versions of some past attempt attempt at techno-organimals.

Besides Cheetor looking a bit like a FNAF character (at least from this angle), these designs look really great. My favorite has to be Rhinox, he looks well designed instead of someone just randomly putting robot parts in the exact shape of an animal. Can’t wait for their figure reveals, they’ll look great next to their Kingdom counterparts.

Hopefully we also get some Terrorcon reveals soon, haven’t been hearing much about them.

griftimus prime wrote:at least in beast wars they looked like the other animals. these do not pass for creatures that would blend in.

No one said anything about blending in, that was never the intention in Beast Wars hence the giant insects and giant rat and dinosaurs roaming around. And in the 5 seasons these characters featured in, only 1 had them in these modes that seemed fully organic, so these designs are paying a more well rounded homage to all designs rather than just the season 1 look.

william-james88 wrote:

griftimus prime wrote:at least in beast wars they looked like the other animals. these do not pass for creatures that would blend in.

No one said anything about blending in, that was never the intention in Beast Wars hence the giant insects and giant rat and dinosaurs roaming around. And in the 5 seasons these characters featured in, only 1 had them in these modes that seemed fully organic, so these designs are paying a more well rounded homage to all designs rather than just the season 1 look.

It's funny to think of it that way, and it's very true. I'm just counting down to when we get a trailer, which I'm guessing will happen around superbowl time.

ZeroWolf wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

griftimus prime wrote:at least in beast wars they looked like the other animals. these do not pass for creatures that would blend in.

No one said anything about blending in, that was never the intention in Beast Wars hence the giant insects and giant rat and dinosaurs roaming around. And in the 5 seasons these characters featured in, only 1 had them in these modes that seemed fully organic, so these designs are paying a more well rounded homage to all designs rather than just the season 1 look.

It's funny to think of it that way, and it's very true. I'm just counting down to when we get a trailer, which I'm guessing will happen around superbowl time.

Yes, february would make sense for a teaser, with a full trailer being closer to 2 months before the movie is out.

ZeroWolf wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

griftimus prime wrote:at least in beast wars they looked like the other animals. these do not pass for creatures that would blend in.

No one said anything about blending in, that was never the intention in Beast Wars hence the giant insects and giant rat and dinosaurs roaming around. And in the 5 seasons these characters featured in, only 1 had them in these modes that seemed fully organic, so these designs are paying a more well rounded homage to all designs rather than just the season 1 look.

It's funny to think of it that way, and it's very true.

Yeah, over the entire history of the Transformers brand, beast modes have rarely, if ever at all, been used for disguise purposes.

Sabrblade wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

griftimus prime wrote:at least in beast wars they looked like the other animals. these do not pass for creatures that would blend in.

No one said anything about blending in, that was never the intention in Beast Wars hence the giant insects and giant rat and dinosaurs roaming around. And in the 5 seasons these characters featured in, only 1 had them in these modes that seemed fully organic, so these designs are paying a more well rounded homage to all designs rather than just the season 1 look.

It's funny to think of it that way, and it's very true.

Yeah, over the entire history of the Transformers brand, beast modes have rarely, if ever at all, been used for disguise purposes.

That's true. Beast Wars it was a protective mechanism. Beast Machines it was for stealth.

Funny that the animal bots have never been about disguise...