Bumblebee Will Co-Star John Cena, Principal Photography Begins
It looks like the Transformers film franchise will roll forward despite this summer’s poor performance of Transformers: The Last Knight in theaters. The next film installment for the franchise will be the new Bumblebee movie. Today, Paramount Pictures confirmed that principal photography has begun for the project, and the film will be released in December of next year (2018).
Travis Knight, director of Kubo and the Two Strings, is helming the film. However, it was also announced by Paramount that WWE Superstar, John Cena, is set to co-star in the film, which will be headlined by Haileen Steinfeld. The film will also feature Pamela Adlon, Stephen Schneider, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Jason Drucker, Kenneth Choi, Ricardo Hoyos, Abby Quinn and Rachel Crow for the cast. It will be shot entirely on location in California, including Southern and Northern California. Here’s the official synopsis released by Paramount:
On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie (Hailee 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.
Well the good news is, despite how bad Michael Bay’s Transformers movies are, at least Bumblebee will be a yellow Volkswagen Beetle again. It was an element Bay was never OK with, hence turning Bumblebee into a Camaro for the 2007 live-action movie; a move that was controversial with fans at the times and didn’t sit well with many.
Steven Spielberg returns to executive produce the project. Franchise veteran Lorenzo di Bonaventura produces the film alongside Brian Goldner and Mark Vahradian. Travis Knight will direct from a script by Christina Hodson. Bumblebee arrives in theaters on December 21, 2018. That release date puts the film a week after the animated Spider-Man movie, and it’s currently set to drop on the same day as Aquaman. A few days later, Disney will release Mary Poppins Returns. So, it will be a very competitive weekend.
iyanpol12
July 31, 2017 @ 7:19 pm
I am excited to watch the standalone "Bumble Bee" movie. After the failures of l the recent "Transformers 5" movie, hoping the franchise can redeem themselves. Anyway, Transformers has been criticized by critics too often. But past Transformers film did well at the box office. The franchise can still do well, and hopefully this "Bumble Bee" movie will be critically successful too.
tallulah
July 31, 2017 @ 9:33 pm
I love Transformers series. It introduced Shia to the world. And John Cena is a great entertainer so I think this movie should be well received. An introduction of new talents may also do the trick. Look at the success of Star Wars with Boyega and Reilly. Transformer should take a leaf from this.
Is Rachel Crow featured in this as well?
TheOtherSide
July 31, 2017 @ 10:16 pm
Well, I really love the Transformers franchise, from collectibles like toys and stickers to t-shirts, caps and bags that have Transformers logo and characters on them. I also like the cartoon version and much more so with the big screen adaptations. The Last Knight which is the 5th installment is a great movie too, and Mark Wahlberg did well in that movie.
I'm a wrestling fan and John Cena is one of my favorites. I would definitely love to see John Cena co-star a Transformers movie.
Shine_Spirit
August 1, 2017 @ 3:06 pm
I really love "Transformers" franchise, but I have to be honest: This movie with Bumblebee in the main role won't be good. I can't see "him" holding a whole movie just bt humself. 😳
I hope I'm wrong. :rolleyes:
overcast
August 1, 2017 @ 8:55 pm
I am guessing that the transformers franchise ran out of stories. They killed most of the autobots and decepticons. With that I am guessing all they have left is the story on Unicron and Primus. Something which they can't show on the earth. So it'd be only bumblebee type one off movies I am guessing.
wallet
August 1, 2017 @ 9:07 pm
I like the Transformers series and now I'm excited to see the new part. It is surprising that Bumble Bee will be a Volkswagen and not a Camaro how we accustomed, this may have a big or small impact on the critics!
Shana Peckover
August 2, 2017 @ 2:09 pm
This movie is sure to bank roll at the box office. The Transformers series is phenomenal for a multi-age audience. To see Bumblebee alone should be just as great. Not to mention having John Cena co-star. He has really become a pretty good actor. Can't wait to see it!