Optimus Prime Is Back During the New ‘Bumblebee’ Trailer

E. Oliver Whitney

September 24, 2018

The?Transformers?franchise lives on, but?the fresh spinoff doesn’t look like anything Michael Bay has given us. Now within reach of director Travis Knight, the brand new spinoff jumps back in history into the ’80s to get a sweet friendship from the young child and her new Autobot. Buyers ., your complete faves have returned too.

In the newest?trailer?for?Bumblebee,?Hailee Steinfeld’s Charlie buys a busted-up yellow VW bug on her behalf 18th birthday, only to soon learn this ain’t your typical vehicle. Each?share a sweet little?connection C is it just me or does this trailer?emit?Pete’s Dragon?vibes and suggest this movie is likely to maybe induce some tears?! C and Bumblebee asks Charlie to help him along with his Autobot pals at war. Get into the other Cybertronians: Optimus Prime (voiced by Peter Cullen) is back, together with?Shatter (Angelia Basset), Dropkick (Justin Theroux), Shockwave, Starscream, Blitzwig, and much more. Here’s the entire synopsis:

On the run in 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge within a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld), over the cusp of turning 18 hoping to locate her invest the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken.? When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns this can be no ordinary, yellow VW bug.

The trailers for the spinoff show the amount of Paramount is aiming to reinvent the Transformers franchise, both once you get your and more classic visual aesthetic and also by bringing some heart into the series.?Bumblebee was penned by Christina Hodson (who’s writing the Birds of Prey and Batgirl movies) and Kelly Fremon Craig (The Side of Seventeen),?along with the?Kubo additionally, the Two Strings director fully briefed this might be an excellent little surprise; without doubt, it certainly seems like more than just robot-smashing?nonsense brimming with product placement.

Bumblebee hits theaters December 21.