The Next New Live Action Transformers Film Receives Release Date

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Thanks to reports coming in new outlets including Deadline, we have news that the next live action Transformers film has finally received a release date.

This information comes to us from Paramount themselves, as reported by Deadline. The next film was given the release date of June 24, 2022, which will place it almost 4 years after the Bumblebee movie in terms of release date, following a similar release date difference to the Dark of the Moon and Age of Extinction break. This also places it back in the Summer release schedule time period, which prior to Bumblebee every live action Transformers had followed.

There are currently 2 films scripts that are up for consideration for this time slot, which includes the Beast Wars based film written by James Vanderbilt of Murder Mystery fame, and another movie set in the prior live-action universe written by Joby Harold of Army of the Dead Fame. Which movie will get this slot is yet to be determined, and whether or not both films get made is also still up for debate.

This is also separate from the Animated Transformers film.

Check out the excerpt from the Deadline article below, and let us know what you think of this news in the comments section below!

Paramount has given a date for a new live-action Transformers movie of June 24, 2022.

The studio is in development on two different projects: one by Murder Mystery scribe James Vanderbilt and the other by John Wick Chapter 3 EP and Army of the Dead scribe Joby Harold. The Vanderbilt project, from what we’ve heard, is based on Transformers spinoff Beast Wars which are robots that transform into robotic animals like Cheetor (Cheetah), Optimus Primal (Gorilla), Rhinox (Rhinoceros) and more. The other is reportedly in the Bumblebee universe. It’s not definite yet which one will make it to production.

Credit(s): Paramount, Deadline

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Re: The Next New Live Action Transformers Film Receives Release Date (2063168)
Posted by ZeroWolf on May 2nd, 2020 @ 4:23pm CDT

I would be suprised if it wasn't the Bumblebee follow up myself. That seems more a sure fire bet

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Posted by TulioDude on May 2nd, 2020 @ 5:06pm CDT

Re: The Next New Live Action Transformers Film Receives Release Date (2063171)
Posted by Stormshot_Prime on May 2nd, 2020 @ 5:21pm CDT

As much as I REALLY want a Live Action Beast Wars, I feel like Hasbro is going to go with the animated movie. It just seems easier to market, and of course Hasbro wants to sell more Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Megatron, Starscream, etc toys rather than toys of "new" characters that many people wont recognize (speaking of the majority of filmgoers who's main/only exposure to Transformers has been Bayverse).

Hasbro has been moving away from the original creative spark that drove the franchise in the early 2000s for the 5ish years or so, choosing to rehash G1 over and over. I honestly miss the old days when they would be creative and try a whole new version of the franchise, which is how we got Beast Wars in the first place.

So given all that, I think it's a safe bet we'll be seeing this animated "prequel", full of characters who we've been seeing/buying for nearly a decade now. :roll:

But I could be completely wrong, and I really hope so. Let Transformers be different again!

Re: The Next New Live Action Transformers Film Receives Release Date (2063172)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 2nd, 2020 @ 5:23pm CDT

Stormshot_Prime wrote:As much as I REALLY want a Live Action Beast Wars, I feel like Hasbro is going to go with the animated movie. It just seems easier to market, and of course Hasbro wants to sell more Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Megatron, Starscream, etc toys rather than toys of "new" characters that many people wont recognize.

Hasbro has been moving away from the original creative spark that drove the franchise in the early 2000s for the 5ish years or so, choosing to rehash G1 over and over. I honestly miss the old days when they would be creative and try a whole new version of the franchise, which is how we got Beast Wars in the first place.

So given all that, I think it's a safe bet we'll be seeing this animated "prequel", full of characters who we've been seeing/buying for nearly a decade now.

But I could be completely wrong, and I really hope so. Let Transformers be different again!

I'm not sure you read the article correctly, this news for a live action film, the animated movie from a few days ago is entirely separate from this movie date announcement

Re: The Next New Live Action Transformers Film Receives Release Date (2063173)
Posted by ZeroWolf on May 2nd, 2020 @ 5:26pm CDT

Indeed we're getting the animated movie and either the Bumblebee sequel or Beast Wars

Re: The Next New Live Action Transformers Film Receives Release Date (2063174)
Posted by Stormshot_Prime on May 2nd, 2020 @ 5:30pm CDT

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
Stormshot_Prime wrote:As much as I REALLY want a Live Action Beast Wars, I feel like Hasbro is going to go with the animated movie. It just seems easier to market, and of course Hasbro wants to sell more Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Megatron, Starscream, etc toys rather than toys of "new" characters that many people wont recognize.

Hasbro has been moving away from the original creative spark that drove the franchise in the early 2000s for the 5ish years or so, choosing to rehash G1 over and over. I honestly miss the old days when they would be creative and try a whole new version of the franchise, which is how we got Beast Wars in the first place.

So given all that, I think it's a safe bet we'll be seeing this animated "prequel", full of characters who we've been seeing/buying for nearly a decade now.

But I could be completely wrong, and I really hope so. Let Transformers be different again!

I'm not sure you read the article correctly, this news for a live action film, the animated movie from a few days ago is entirely separate from this movie date announcement

I did not, thanks for pointing that out! In that case, I believe it'll be a potential Bumblebee follow-up, which wouldn't be a bad thing at all. But I still stand by my take on the LA Beast Wars, the most we can do at this point is hope.

Re: The Next New Live Action Transformers Film Receives Release Date (2063175)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 2nd, 2020 @ 5:36pm CDT

Me personally, I want this to be a Beast Wars movie. I want this to be them

Re: The Next New Live Action Transformers Film Receives Release Date (2063181)
Posted by ZeroWolf on May 2nd, 2020 @ 6:11pm CDT

If it was a beast wars movie, would they get the original voice cast to return (or just Primal)? They made a big deal of getting Cullen for prime in the normal movies, I just wonder if they would extend thd same courtesy to Gary

Re: The Next New Live Action Transformers Film Receives Release Date (2063185)
Posted by Skritz on May 2nd, 2020 @ 7:09pm CDT

I'd imagine most of these characters are given to bigger actors, as they don't quite have the appeal of 'muh GEEWUN' so they can get away with recasting almost everyone. That said: Scott McNeill back as Waspinator would be the one thing I'd want out of this movie, even if everything else is absolute childhood-breaking garbage.

Just because, damn it, its Waspinator.

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Posted by Hellscream9999 on May 2nd, 2020 @ 7:22pm CDT

Skritz wrote:I'd imagine most of these characters are given to bigger actors, as they don't quite have the appeal of 'muh GEEWUN' so they can get away with recasting almost everyone. That said: Scott McNeill back as Waspinator would be the one thing I'd want out of this movie, even if everything else is absolute childhood-breaking garbage.

Just because, damn it, its Waspinator.

Warden can cover his ears all he wants, but a huge chunk of the bw season 1 cast is in the tf hall of fame, clearly, there's something there.

I think a live action bw movie could look interesting, with all the live action animal-based movies disney has put out, there is a lot of software out there all ready that could make them really animated and expressive (a hallmark of all the bw characters if you ask me)

Re: The Next New Live Action Transformers Film Receives Release Date (2063191)
Posted by Sabrblade on May 2nd, 2020 @ 9:30pm CDT

ZeroWolf wrote:If it was a beast wars movie, would they get the original voice cast to return (or just Primal)? They made a big deal of getting Cullen for prime in the normal movies, I just wonder if they would extend thd same courtesy to Gary

Only if the voice over recording is outsourced to Vancouver, Canada instead of done locally in Los Angeles (as was done for the previous films and understandably so since these films are Hollywood productions).

Re: The Next New Live Action Transformers Film Receives Release Date (2063193)
Posted by Rodimus Prime on May 2nd, 2020 @ 9:42pm CDT

I would like to see the Maximals and Predacons on the big screen, but I really hope that with the way TLK ended we get a proper conclusion to that story.

Yes, I know I'm in the small minority of those who want that.

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Posted by TulioDude on May 2nd, 2020 @ 10:54pm CDT

Rodimus Prime wrote:I would like to see the Maximals and Predacons on the big screen, but I really hope that with the way TLK ended we get a proper conclusion to that story.

Yes, I know I'm in the small minority of those who want that.

They could do like X-men:Days of Future Past and make the present day storyline cross paths with the past timeline.

Re: The Next New Live Action Transformers Film Receives Release Date (2063213)
Posted by Deadput on May 3rd, 2020 @ 12:23am CDT

This might be an ok movie in-of-itself but anyone getting their hopes up that it's going to meet any expectations that this movie will be like the Beast Wars show is going to be disappointing.

Even if they have the Transformer designs just like the show the movie story and such itself will be new, it will be the Bayformers of Beast Wars even if it's a good movie, this is a reimagining not an adaptation.

They can't fit more then 5 or so episodes of story into one movie so the scope will be limited and so will the characters.

I'm not saying this movie will be bad, I'm saying it will not live up to expectations.

Re: The Next New Live Action Transformers Film Receives Release Date (2063221)
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on May 3rd, 2020 @ 4:51am CDT

As much of a fan of Beast Wars as I am, I really hope this film never comes to be. Make a Bumblebee sequel, sure. It had more going for it than the previous few Live Action films, but not Beast Wars.

The part they don't get is Beast Wars isn't "a spin off" (I rolled my eyes when I read that), it is a Legacy series. Is there enough legacy to the Bayformers series to portray their future descendants? Absolutely not. They barely set foot off of Earth. Hardly a civil war across the galaxy that would influence the future.

Just throwing out a brand name, as a cash grab, will always lure a certain set of people. But a gross misunderstanding of what that property even is, dooms the film before it even starts. As far as explaining BW to a general audience, I'd expect it to be equally as superficial...

Studio: "That Optimus Prime turns into an ape"
General Audience: "Why?"
Studio: "Because Beast Wars. Geddit?"

Re: The Next New Live Action Transformers Film Receives Release Date (2063237)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 3rd, 2020 @ 10:08am CDT

Rodimus Prime wrote:I would like to see the Maximals and Predacons on the big screen, but I really hope that with the way TLK ended we get a proper conclusion to that story.

Yes, I know I'm in the small minority of those who want that.

I'm actually with you, I would like to see a conclusion to TLK

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Posted by Sabrblade on May 3rd, 2020 @ 10:17am CDT

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:I would like to see the Maximals and Predacons on the big screen, but I really hope that with the way TLK ended we get a proper conclusion to that story.

Yes, I know I'm in the small minority of those who want that.

I'm actually with you, I would like to see a conclusion to TLK

Re: The Next New Live Action Transformers Film Receives Release Date (2063252)
Posted by Deadput on May 3rd, 2020 @ 1:19pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:I would like to see the Maximals and Predacons on the big screen, but I really hope that with the way TLK ended we get a proper conclusion to that story.

Yes, I know I'm in the small minority of those who want that.

I'm actually with you, I would like to see a conclusion to TLK

There isn't much to really go off of for an ending anyways using only TLK and it's ending.

Quintessa is...alive? She certainly doesn't seem like she once was and besides scheming has little to no power, Megatron got literally disarmed and then got his butt kicked out of a ship (strange to me how it was Nitro Zeus that was the last man standing even if so brief so good for him) and for all we know he died on impact although unlikely which leaves him the biggest loose end, Barricade either escaped to live another day or was killed at Stonehenge.

As for Unicron? Well here is an easy answer, he sleeps and never wakes up which might lead to his death via whatever Quintessa's plan was going to be.

The Autobots go home to Cybertron and maybe get it out of Earth's orbit, the humans have their happy ever afters, consider the Bayverse ended.

Re: The Next New Live Action Transformers Film Receives Release Date (2063253)
Posted by ZeroWolf on May 3rd, 2020 @ 1:38pm CDT

The problem is, that satisfys no one but those who don't like the movies. There is several ways they could take things, and Quintessas plan probably involves doing more then just keeping unicron asleep. Being asleep is not the same as being dead afterall, there's always a chance to wake up (ask Cthuthulu about that). One way to solve the issue is that Unicron's essence is transferred into a host (willing or not) to take the fight to our heroes.

Remember, there's very few bad ideas, just terrible execution. The Bumblebee sequel could turn out just like Revenge of the Fallen depending on writers etc.

I should clarify though that I see a last knight sequel about as likely as G1 Wheelie getting a spin off movie where him and Live Action Wheelie end up in a comedy buddy trip movie. My point is that there's always places to take things of you've got writers willing to do the work, and there's people who want to see more of what happens (just they're in the same boat as those who want Amazing Spider Man 3)

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Posted by Sabrblade on May 3rd, 2020 @ 4:31pm CDT

Deadput wrote:(strange to me how it was Nitro Zeus that was the last man standing even if so brief so good for him)

His lasting the longest was likely leftover from an earlier script in which he would have been decapitated and had his body taken over by Cogman, Headmaster-style, based on how the Nitro Zeus toy is Titan Master-compatible for seemingly no in-story reason when going off the final version of the movie.

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Posted by TulioDude on May 3rd, 2020 @ 6:12pm CDT

I believe that Barricade is alive.

Re: The Next New Live Action Transformers Film Receives Release Date (2063305)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 3rd, 2020 @ 7:23pm CDT

TulioDude wrote:I believe that Barricade is alive.

He's the con that cannot die

Re: The Next New Live Action Transformers Film Receives Release Date (2063323)
Posted by Deadput on May 4th, 2020 @ 4:19am CDT

TulioDude wrote:I believe that Barricade is alive.

He might be but the Tfwiki (yes I know it's fan made and thus not official word or anything) considers him to be dead so I was listing him off as dead as a possibility even though he's probably alive and I don't consider anyone dead where possible in these movies, I'm an advocate of the "Dino is alive" camp.

ZeroWolf wrote:The problem is, that satisfys no one but those who don't like the movies.

This is true but you want to know what also wasn't satisfying to Bay fans?

The Last Knight, which is a shame because I went to that 25 minute movie preview thing where they had the early Hot Rod voice and such, and I liked what we saw there but then again very rarely does a preview pick the worst pieces from a film to show.

Still worth it for that poster and usb thing.

Obviously things were not properly planned but if it were up to me The Last Knight should of been a 2 part film, one dealing with the junk yard situation and a more down to Earth (literally) film with the Autobots dealing with Megatron's gang while part 2 would of been the whole Cybertron and Evil Prime stuff.

Sabrblade wrote:His lasting the longest was likely leftover from an earlier script in which he would have been decapitated and had his body taken over by Cogman, Headmaster-style, based on how the Nitro Zeus toy is Titan Master-compatible for seemingly no in-story reason when going off the final version of the movie.

While true of course, what was intended for the film and ultimately what is in the film are different things, regardless Nitro Zeus is the best thing from the film to me and my fave Decepticon in the franchise as ridiculous as that sounds, he's got plenty of potential in another part of the franchise as a Decepticon who talks and acts like a dumb grunt but is a surprisingly competent hunter for Shockwave, yes toy/website bios aren't exactly "canon" but it's a part of why I like the character.

Re: The Next New Live Action Transformers Film Receives Release Date (2063344)
Posted by TulioDude on May 4th, 2020 @ 10:55am CDT

Deadput wrote:regardless Nitro Zeus is the best thing from the film to me and my fave Decepticon in the franchise as ridiculous as that sounds, he's got plenty of potential in another part of the franchise as a Decepticon who talks and acts like a dumb grunt but is a surprisingly competent hunter for Shockwave, yes toy/website bios aren't exactly "canon" but it's a part of why I like the character.

Don't feel bad for that,there so many character that only had characterization because of those bios. ;)^

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Posted by Deadput on May 4th, 2020 @ 2:15pm CDT

TulioDude wrote:
Don't feel bad for that,there so many character that only had characterization because of those bios.

This is true, the creative imagination from fans and creators is a big part of why Transformers is the way it is today.

Re: The Next New Live Action Transformers Film Receives Release Date (2099418)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 26th, 2021 @ 4:38pm CDT

The Hollywood Reporter reports that yet another Transformers film is in the works, one separate from

the Bumblebee sequel written by Joby Harold and directed by Steven Caple, Jr.,
the Beast Wars project written by James Vanderbilt,
and the much older, still-in-the-works animated prequel film written by Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari and directed by Josh Cooley.

This new standalone project is to be written by Marco Ramirez and directed by Angel Manuel Soto.

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Posted by william-james88 on March 26th, 2021 @ 8:45pm CDT

Fellow Seibertronian Sabreblade has informed us of a 4th Transformers film currently in development. That's right, with the addition of this one, there are now four transformers films with creative teams attached. Anything could happen, of course, but as of now all the projects are in development. This new film project is being written by Marco Ramirez (who wrote Netflix' Defenders) and has Angel Manuel Soto pegged as director Angel Manuel Soto, who did Charm City Kings. All that is known is that this film will not be linked to any current film series, it will be its own thing.

Here are the other 3 Transformers films currently in development:

- the Bumblebee sequel written by Joby Harold and directed by Steven Caple, Jr.,
- the Beast Wars project written by James Vanderbilt,
- the animated prequel film written by Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari and directed by Josh Cooley.

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Posted by william-james88 on March 26th, 2021 @ 9:00pm CDT

While there are currently 4 Transformers films currently in development, the next live action installment in the live action film franchise will be shooting in Montreal in two studios, MELS Studios stage 3 and MTL Grandé. This will take place for 11 weeks, from July to September, before continuing filming in Peru. The site this comes from, Journal de Montréal, also states the budget is estimated to be $200 Million. This is more in line with the films that preceded Bumblebee, which is what Lorenzo di Bonaventura also stated a while back, when commenting that the next film would be a return to the bigger Transformers films.

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Posted by First-Aid on March 26th, 2021 @ 10:38pm CDT

Interesting tidbit.

I don't know about the rest of you, but I seem to be seeing more and more movies made outside of Hollywood, and not just the settings. I'm wagering the lower taxes and fees in states like Georgia where we are seeing a lot of movies being made, and in Vancouver and Montreal are making a difference. Off topic, but when they said Montreal, I was struck by how much of production has moved out of the state of California.

So now, the question every is wondering...

Will we FINALLY get an RCMP Transformer? :HEADHURTS:

Re: The Next New Live Action Transformers Film Receives Release Date (2099474)
Posted by TulioDude on March 27th, 2021 @ 10:22am CDT

Best of luck for them!
Now we just wait for the titles to be confirmed.

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Posted by noctorro on March 27th, 2021 @ 11:40am CDT

Wow I am so completely void of being impressed.

Same producer, no-name people attached to the project.

A Bumblebee sequel without Travis Knight, I know he didn't want to do a sequel but still, who is this other guy?

200 milion dollars only means special effects and nice locations.

I'm just going to sit here waiting for the two Cyberverse movies and enjoy the great Generation toys that have come out in the past couple of years.

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Posted by ZeroWolf on March 27th, 2021 @ 12:00pm CDT

noctorro wrote:Wow I am so completely void of being impressed.

Same producer, no-name people attached to the project.

A Bumblebee sequel without Travis Knight, I know he didn't want to do a sequel but still, who is this other guy?

200 milion dollars only means special effects and nice locations.

I'm just going to sit here waiting for the two Cyberverse movies and enjoy the great Generation toys that have come out in the past couple of years.

The other guy directed Creed II

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Posted by Deadput on March 27th, 2021 @ 1:31pm CDT

noctorro wrote:Same producer, no-name people attached to the project.

Who cares who's working on it?

We need movies that are good, not prioritizing "celebrity directors" or whatever, Tavis Knight didn't get much hype for directing Bumblebee but it was a good movie anyways.

I'm sure if the films are good then these directors will get the same treatment.

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Posted by william-james88 on March 27th, 2021 @ 10:28pm CDT

Deadput wrote:
noctorro wrote:Same producer, no-name people attached to the project.

Who cares who's working on it?

We need movies that are good, not prioritizing "celebrity directors" or whatever, Tavis Knight didn't get much hype for directing Bumblebee but it was a good movie anyways.

He got a ton of hype. He was the first ever director to make a live action film that wasn't Bay so there were a lot of eyes on him in the movie community. Plus he is the owner and head of America's premier stop motion animation studio, Laika, and the heir to the Nike fortune along with just having had his previous film nominated at the Oscars. So yeah, there was hype even if you didn't notice it.

Re: The Next New Live Action Transformers Film Receives Release Date (2099527)
Posted by william-james88 on March 27th, 2021 @ 10:38pm CDT

The next movie is going to start shooting soon so this will be one of many articles on what the next live action film will entail. The rumours below come to us from an insider in the graphics department, so it is based on concept art which, as we know, is not indicative of the finished product. It does make for fun rumours though. The main takeaway here is that, for the most part, the film acts as it's own thing and does not reference much in terms of past films in terms of plots and style. There will be of course some references, like the design of Bumblebee's head which has remained rather similar throughout all live action films. Of course, take all this with a grain of salt since it was posted on 4chan.

Ok, so let's get to it:

>So, I work at Paramount Pictures as a designer for posters and other memorabilia, I create posters for them and more stuff. >Anyway, I got into some cool info about the upcoming Transformers reboot and here it is:
>You may have heard that new leak about Beast Alliance, well, it's not a beast wars movie and it has nothing to do with beast wars. Beast Alliance is just a working title, lots of movies have weird titles like this that have nothing to do with the film, Star Wars had lots of them.
>It is a heist type film like Ant Man but with Transformers, Optimus Prime and crew are stealing an artifact, no idea what it is but energon is involved. Megatron and the decepticons are in, all in G1 designs.
>Set after Bumblebee 2018 film, it acknowledges it but not the rest of Bayformers.
>New human characters: black, white and latino leads eyed.
>Possibly a black girl and a white kid are eyed as leads.
>Steven Caple Jr. understands the IP from what I saw.
>Small cast of robots, a little bigger than 2007 film. Movie emphasises on love and heart like Bumblebee rather than lore.
>Now keep in mind, I know all this stuff from some small plot lines I got to read and concept art I saw but it seems this is the direction they are going. Very Indiana Jones/Ant Man heist adventure film than previous films. I also saw a new face for Bumblebee, no idea if they will use it or not, it gave Bumblebee a mouth but the head design was similar to the previous film (Bumblebee 2018 movie) one. Robots are also thicker in the concept art.

>It's Trans on top and Formers beneath like G1 and has THE too. I think a comparision on how the marketing will be like is Thor Ragnarok. The roster of robots as I'm aware of is the following:
>Optimus Prime
>Bumblebee
>Arcee
>Ratchet
>Ironhide
>Brawn
>Wheeljack
>Cheetor
>Megatron
>Starscream
>Soundwave
>Shockwave
>Coneheads and seekers

>There might be more, it seems Cheetor is part of the film as a guardian of the artifact. I did not see his design, only for Prime, Bumblebee, Starscream, Soundwave and Megatron.

>The designs are updated. They are still bulky and thicker. Very G1. Nothing like Bayverse, the Bumblebee I saw has a face with a mouth and it looks cute. Megatron looks very big, he is taller than Prime and has his fusion cannon. Starscream has a new head, very sleek and G1 and humanoid. Soundwave has a body that makes him look like he transforms into some type of van, his head is more G1 now and updated. They are more detailed overall. Megatron also has a humanoid face with the bucket helmet thing. Apparently there will be some Cybertron scenes in the film, the planet will look the same as in Bumblebee. Optimus head is the same as in Bumblebee.

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Posted by Sabrblade on March 27th, 2021 @ 11:05pm CDT

it seems Cheetor is part of the film as a guardian of the artifact.

Gee, I wonder what it could be? :roll:

And that list looks eerily similar to the exact same cast who all cameoed in the opening Cybertron scene of the Bumblebee movie (plus Megatron and Cheetor).

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Posted by Whifflefire on March 28th, 2021 @ 9:43am CDT

>Set after Bumblebee 2018 film, it acknowledges it but not the rest of Bayformers.

All I really needed to hear ;)^

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Posted by Deadput on March 28th, 2021 @ 9:47am CDT

I'm taking this with a container of salt, could be true but there's also no reason to think this is true either.

There's quite a bit of details here, like anytime a movie rumor has a full/big cast of robots attached, it makes me suspicious like one of those fan-cast rosters.

Edit: Also a 4 Chan leak which are almost always wrong, there have been some true leaks there but most of the time it's just attention seeking.

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Posted by First-Aid on March 28th, 2021 @ 11:22am CDT

Deadput wrote:I'm taking this with a container of salt, could be true but there's also no reason to think this is true either.

I whole container of salt? As a health care provider, I am professionally and morally obligated to say, "No, don't do that. THink of your blood pressure and the overall health of you kidneys, heart, small intestines, pancreas, and your left ring finger"...

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Posted by Sabrblade on March 28th, 2021 @ 1:35pm CDT

Whifflefire wrote:
>Set after Bumblebee 2018 film, it acknowledges it but not the rest of Bayformers.

All I really needed to hear

"Not acknowledging" still isn't the same thing as "contradicting".

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Posted by Whifflefire on March 28th, 2021 @ 5:23pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
Whifflefire wrote:
>Set after Bumblebee 2018 film, it acknowledges it but not the rest of Bayformers.

All I really needed to hear
"Not acknowledging" still isn't the same thing as "contradicting".

As long as this all means that "Bumblebee" is the start of a new series so that I can treat the original trilogy as a separate entity (and continue suppressing TLK), I'll be happy. Similarities are fine and to be expected, but I hope the film doesn't feel obliged to adhere to the 2007 trilogy's timeline. Here's hoping for some great new stories to come.

Re: The Next New Live Action Transformers Film Receives Release Date (2099656)
Posted by Ultra Markus on March 28th, 2021 @ 6:21pm CDT

it seems they are doing the robot designs right this time
especially with starscream and megatron
i just hope the movie doesnt suck

Re: The Next New Live Action Transformers Film Receives Release Date (2099659)
Posted by Sentinel_Primal on March 28th, 2021 @ 6:53pm CDT

I hope the rumor of the G1 inspired designs is wrong. I'm getting really tired of the "Evergreen" design philosophy. If you're doing new G1 media, then fine, use those designs, but if you're doing something entirely new, I feel like the designs should be new as well because otherwise everything might as well just be G1, and we lose new designs for classic characters like what came from Bayformers, UT, and to some extent Animated and Cyberverse.

Regardless of my opinion on designs however, if they can translate the designs well, and get good looking trailers out, this sounds interesting. Hopefully if they hire Peter Cullen and Frank Welker, they actually treat them well this time

Re: The Next New Live Action Transformers Film Receives Release Date (2099667)
Posted by ck-jackson-j4zz on March 28th, 2021 @ 8:06pm CDT

I would very much like for them to include Jazz. This is Jazz erasure. He's Optimus' right hand bot (and also my personal favourite) and he seems to have been relegated to very small roles since the 07 movie. Prowl would be cool too, as I consider those two and Ironhide Prime's main lieutenants. Just my personal preference, though.

Re: The Next New Live Action Transformers Film Receives Release Date (2099698)
Posted by Rodimus Knight on March 29th, 2021 @ 9:43am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
it seems Cheetor is part of the film as a guardian of the artifact.
Gee, I wonder what it could be?

And that list looks eerily similar to the exact same cast who all cameoed in the opening Cybertron scene of the Bumblebee movie (plus Megatron and Cheetor).

It would make some sense to use them since they already have the models worked up in the computer systems. I would assume that would save them a lot of money right there.

Re: The Next New Live Action Transformers Film Receives Release Date (2099712)
Posted by TulioDude on March 29th, 2021 @ 11:10am CDT

Rodimus Knight wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
it seems Cheetor is part of the film as a guardian of the artifact.
Gee, I wonder what it could be?

And that list looks eerily similar to the exact same cast who all cameoed in the opening Cybertron scene of the Bumblebee movie (plus Megatron and Cheetor).

It would make some sense to use them since they already have the models worked up in the computer systems. I would assume that would save them a lot of money right there.

That makes a lot of sense.

Re: The Next New Live Action Transformers Film Receives Release Date (2099768)
Posted by Deadput on March 29th, 2021 @ 6:19pm CDT

Rodimus Knight wrote:It would make some sense to use them since they already have the models worked up in the computer systems. I would assume that would save them a lot of money right there.

Most of those designs would need to be heavily altered or changed entirely, take a closer look at the designs from Bumblebee, the only ones that look like they could transform to any type of convincing Earth vehicle with small edits are the ones that were designed as Earth-like vehicles first before the Cybertron sequence was even conceived which would be Optimus, Bumblebee, Shatter, Dropkick, Starscream/Blitzwing/Seekers.

The rest of the designs were "kitbashed" using these already existing models such as Shatter into Arcee, Bumblebee into Brawn or Optimus into Shockwave/Soundwave and quickly made in a few weeks, their not polished designs for main character roles. (Brawn, Shockwave and Soundwave are the worst in this regard, there's almost nothing about them that looks like they could transform, almost to the level of AOE Galvatron who had the point that they didn't transform traditionally anyways.)

The Earth mode versions would need to be almost entirely new designs bar things like head/hands/feet presuming they were not integrated with any vehicle parts, so the existing assets excuse only helps to a pretty minor extent.

Re: The Next New Live Action Transformers Film Receives Release Date (2099778)
Posted by william-james88 on March 29th, 2021 @ 10:28pm CDT

They are all cybertronian, sharing similar structures makes sense for a common race.

Re: The Next New Live Action Transformers Film Receives Release Date (2099802)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 30th, 2021 @ 10:18am CDT

According to these links, Angel Manuel Soto used to play with Transformers toys when he was a kid, so we got a director who's a childhood fan now ascended to professional work on the brand.

Re: The Next New Live Action Transformers Film Receives Release Date (2099809)
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on March 30th, 2021 @ 11:42am CDT

Deadput wrote:The rest of the designs were "kitbashed" using these already existing models such as Shatter into Arcee, Bumblebee into Brawn or Optimus into Shockwave/Soundwave and quickly made in a few weeks, their not polished designs for main character roles. (Brawn, Shockwave and Soundwave are the worst in this regard, there's almost nothing about them that looks like they could transform, almost to the level of AOE Galvatron who had the point that they didn't transform traditionally anyways.)

That, or just non-traditional altmodes? Akin to the Sunbow MTMTE pilot.

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