Plus, from visionary director michael bay and legendary producer steven spielberg comes. Megatron and nightbird are being referenced in the new transformers spinoff movie bumblebee. Transformers spinoff bumblebee needs a director, who will it be. Jun 12, 2018 with an artful balance of humor and heart, director travis knight brings a new perspective to the transformers universe in bumblebee. Bumblebee director breaks down transformers g1 designs ign. After the success of bumblebee, he acknowledged that the series will make some changes in tone and style, inspired by the film. Travis andrew knight born september, 1973 is an american animator, producer, director, and former rapper who has worked as the lead animator for stopmotion animation studio laika, and directed the films kubo and the two strings 2016 and bumblebee 2018.
Bumblebee director reveals how the transformers spinoff. Director travis knight breaks down the designs of the original transformers and explains why theyre so striking and iconic. Bumblebee is the best film in the transformers franchise since the live action original. Director travis knight said his goal was to return to his animation studio laika, though he acknowledged that he has a few ideas for a bumblebee sequel. Is the bumblebee movie in the same universe as michael bays. The transformers home world has been glimpsed throughout all five liveaction films released so far. Bumblebee is a 2018 american science fiction action film centered on the transformers. Directed by travis knight and written by christina hodson, the film stars hailee. Whether with a transformers movie or a stopmotion film, its evident.
Director travis knight really had his work cut out for him with the new transformers movie, bumblebee. Bumblebee director travis knight already has a lot of ideas for where. Spielberg was a producer on bumblebee, as was michael bay the man who resurrected transformers by directing all five previous movies in the series. Kubo was a gorgeous movie and knight directed it beautifully, but its a major leap to a blockbuster liveaction film and hell be the first director to tackle a liveaction transformers movie.
After bumblebee, travis knight is a mustsee director the. After five installments in the mainline transformers series, paramount is preparing to release its first solo filmspinoff of the property. Director travis knight reveals how the 80s cartoons have inspired the new film. Its not a bloated, juvenile, cgi barrage with a hackneyed script and terrible acting. Now, theres another transformers movie in the works, but this one will take the. Bumblebee director will bring heart to the transformers movies. New transformers movie announced, toy story 4 director on board. Transformers director michael bay unveils new bumblebee. Travis knight, director of the oscarnominated animated film kubo and the two strings will make his liveaction debut with the transformers.
The sixth volume succeeds because the story and characters are wellwritten, have depth. Director michael bay will be rebooting the robot franchise with at least two more movies after transformers. In the new transformers spinoff bumblebee, director travis knight. Plus, from visionary director michael bay and legendary producer steven spielberg comes transformers 15. Bumblebee director reveals how the transformers spinoff is. Transformers is a 2007 american science fiction action film based on the transformers toy line. Dec 22, 2018 thats why knight started the movie with an epic fight on cybertron, the transformers mechanical home world, with bumblebee eventually retreating to earth to set up a new base of operations. He was the car that lebeoufs character drove and is the most recognizable of all the transformers after four movies. But for travis knight, director of transformers spinoff bumblebee, those two singular filmmakers werent just the movies producers, they. Bumblebee looks like a legit 80s g1 transformers movie. Kubo director tapped for transformers spinoff bumblebee. Jul 23, 2018 bumblebee director travis knight confirmed that optimus prime will make a cameo appearance in the transformers prequel. While it seems like a strange choice for a movie, knight created one of the finest animated movies of all time with kubo and if anyone can bring bumblebee to the.
But what the film loses in scale, director travis knight the oscarnominated. Few days ago, transformers fans got a small taste of what to expect inside the december 2018 issue of the empire magazine. Bumblebee director will bring heart to the transformers. Directed by travis knight and written by christina hodson, the film stars. Director travis knight is still buzzing about his time on bumblebee with more than 20 years of experience as an animator and over a decade of. Kubo and the two strings director travis knight will direct bumblebee, the first spinoff of the transformers franchise based on the popular character in the series, thewrap has learned. Red dead 2 lets you wage war on land and sea life ign. Nov 01, 2018 few days ago, transformers fans got a small taste of what to expect inside the december 2018 issue of the empire magazine. The last knight went a step further than the rest and actually followed optimus prime as he made his way well, okay, floated through space back to the planet. With an artful balance of humor and heart, director travis knight brings a new perspective to the transformers universe in bumblebee. The movie director travis knight hopes to bring heart and humor to the transformers franchise with his spinoff movie. Get the brand new 6 movie collection including bumblebee and all 5 transformers films. Jun 06, 2016 hollywood, june 6 upi transformers bumblebee camaro has a new look for the upcoming movie and director michael bay unveiled it in all its flashy yellow and black glory on sunday.
It is the sixth installment of the liveaction transformers film series. Bumblebee, directed by travis knight kubo and the two strings, is the best transformers movie so far, going all the way back to the 1986. I couldnt go bigger travis knight reveals how bay and steven spielberg inspired the transformers spinoff. Comparatively, bumblebee doesnt have as much action, as many explosions, or as many robots punching each other. On the run in the year 1987, bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small californian beach town. Dec 28, 2017 michael bay has helmed every transformers movie since the property made the jump to live action in 2007, so director travis knight is taking some steps to ensure that bumblebee will feel different. Director travis knight has given a lengthy interview discussing his upcoming movie. Transformers spinoff bumblebee gets kubo and the two. Bumblebee tfw2005 purchased a copy of the mag to delve into the juicy details from the aforementioned interview. On the run in the year 1987, bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small california beach town. Ever since interview snippets from john cena and hailee steinfeld came into existence, transformers live action movie fans wondered when theyll hear from travis knight.
Michael bay has helmed every transformers movie since the property made the jump to live action in 2007, so director travis knight is taking some. Mar 03, 2017 travis knight, director of the oscarnominated animated film kubo and the two strings will make his liveaction debut with the transformers spinoff bumblebee. Bumblebee director travis knight confirmed that optimus prime will make a cameo appearance in the transformers prequel. A spinoff film, bumblebee, directed by travis knight and produced by bay, was released on. Transformers 2007, revenge of the fallen 2009, dark of the moon 2011, age of extinction 2014 and the last knight 2017. White house unveils conditions for movie theaters to reopen in the u. Bumblebee is not only the first spinoff movie in this universe, its also the first transformers movie not directed by michael bay. Bumblebee director travis knight cast hailee steinfeld, john cena, jorge lendeborg jr, john ortiz, pamela adlon rating 3. The last transformers movie, bumblebee, was unlike anything wed seen in the franchise before. The film is directed by travis knight rather than michael bay who still pitches in as producer, written by newcomer christina hodson, and produced on a far. Travis knight, who directed the oscarnominated stopmotion. On a mission to protect earth, the battlescarred robot teams up with teenager charlie watson to stop the decepticons in this actionpacked adventure.
Travis knight directed bumblebee, the first spinoff of the michael bayhelmed transformers movie franchise. Transformers 2007 out of all of the michael bay directed transformers movies, the closest his series has ever come to setting the same sort of tone that bumblebee did was with his first. Now, fans will get a bumblebee movie and kubo and the two strings director travis knight will direct it. The story let most of the explosions and destruction go in order to focus on a. Everything you need to know about bumblebee movie 2018. The story let most of the explosions and destruction go in order to focus on a smaller character story.
Transformers spinoff movie about bumblebee hires kubo. Transformers bumblebee spinoff adds director travis knight. Thats why knight started the movie with an epic fight on cybertron, the transformers mechanical home world, with bumblebee eventually retreating to earth to set up a. Director travis knight saves the transformers series from the scrapyard with a heartfelt new adventure. Director travis knight hopes to bring heart and humor to the transformers franchise with bumblebee. Travis knight will direct the firstever transformers spinoff bumblebee, which will give the popular autobot an origin story. Bumblebee transformers spinoff lands kubo and the two. May 02, 2018 ever since interview snippets from john cena and hailee steinfeld came into existence, transformers live action movie fans wondered when theyll hear from travis knight.
Red dead 2 lets you wage war on land and sea life ign daily fix. Mar 18, 2019 the last transformers movie, bumblebee, was unlike anything wed seen in the franchise before. But it isnt knight or bay that fans should be thanking for the new film, but steven. Nests new director removed bumblebee from his position as sams guardian, and placed him on fulltime nest activity. Get the brand new 6movie collection including bumblebee and all 5 transformers films. To call bumblebee the best movie in the transformers series. Transformers bumblebee 2018 movie looking for director. Hailee steinfeld and kubo director take over transformers from michael bay bumblebee is the first liveaction transformers movie not to be.
It was produced by don murphy and tom desanto, and is the first installment in the liveaction transformers film series. Bumblebee director breaks down transformers g1 designs. Dec 15, 2018 travis knight directed bumblebee, the first spinoff of the michael bayhelmed transformers movie franchise. Bumblebee proves transformers movies can actually be resonant. Beginning as a toy brand in 1984, which then spunoff into a cartoon series, transformers has had seven theatricallyreleased transformers movies one of which was the 2018 spinoff bumblebee.
Mar 03, 2017 travis knight will direct the firstever transformers spinoff bumblebee, which will give the popular autobot an origin story. Seibertronian board admin burn has pointed us towards some fresh news about the 2018 bumblebee movie planned by paramount as part of the their shared universe with transformers and beyond, given. Its nearly impossible to separate the transformers film franchise from the. Bumblebee, directed by travis knight kubo and the two strings, is the best transformers movie so far, going all the way back to the 1986 animated film.
The film, which combines computer animation with liveaction filming, was directed by michael bay, with steven spielberg serving as executive producer. Travis knight is moving on from stop animation to try his hand at live action as the laika ceo has been tapped to direct the transformers spinoff bumblebee. Travis knight couldnt use one of the transformers in. Bumblebee is a 2018 american science fiction action film centered on the transformers character of the same name. On the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, charlie watson discovers bumblebee, battlescarred and broken. Transformers spinoff bumblebee needs a director, who will. Transformers 5, transformers 6 and bumblebee spinoff movie revealed toyfair news at tfw2005 the last knight producer lorenzo di bonaventura reveals how a transformers movie is made on collider travis knight to direct transformers spinoff bumblebee at paramount the bumblebee movie just got a new title and a cool.
Bumblebee was released in 2018 on friday, december 21, 2018 in nationwide movie theaters. Is the bumblebee movie in the same universe as michael bay. Dec 19, 2018 director travis knight breaks down the designs of the original transformers and explains why theyre so striking and iconic. After bumblebee, travis knight is a mustsee director. Yes, the franchise made an astronomical amount of money at. Now, theres another transformers movie in the works, but this one will take the audience back in time.
Bumblebee 2018 meet director travis knight paramount. Hollywood, june 6 upi transformers bumblebee camaro has a new look for the upcoming movie and director michael bay unveiled it in all. Bumblebee director confirms optimus prime in transformers. Dec 19, 2018 bumblebee director breaks down transformers g1 designs. 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 oscarnominated stopmotio. New transformers movie announced, toy story 4 director on. Next transformers movie aims to fuse bumblebee and michael. A director has been found for the upcoming transformers bumblebee spinoff. Legacy director remains very proud of his sequel 10 years later. Bumblebee 2018 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Dylan obrien did voice bumblebee in the spinoff movie, but unless the sequel wants to diverge from transformers continuity altogether, then dont expect him to return as bumblebee doesnt have a. Watch now to get a behindthescenes look at the film. Director travis knight wasnt allowed to use one of the transformers in bumblebee, and its all because of the original transformers from 2007. Developed as a spinoff and prequel, it was later declared a reboot of the franchise. Dec 23, 2018 after five films from director michael bay. Bumblebee director travis knight wants to see an entire transformers movie set on cybertron. Transformers is a series of american science fiction action films based on the transformers franchise which began in the 1980s.