Given the negative reception to Transformers: The Last Knight, the fifth instalment of the blockbuster movie franchise, Paramount Pictures is looking to shake things up with its next offering as Michael Bay makes way for Kubo and the Two Strings director Travis Knight on the solo Bumblebee movie. And, according to producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, […]
Lucasfilm unhappy with Han Solo actor, Justice League trailer with Superman, Avengers: Infinity War set photos and more – Daily News Roundup
UNHAPPY HAN Following the shock news last week that Disney and Lucasfilm had fired Phil Lord and Chris Miller from the director’s chair during the production of the Han Solo spin-off movie, a new article from The Hollywood Reporter shared some more details from the troubled set. Among revealing that an editor has also been fired, […]
Transformers producer shares Bumblebee plot details, confirms classic VW Beetle form
Following the disappointing box office opening for Transformers: The Last Knight (outside of China, at least), Hasbro and Paramount Pictures will be looking to shake up the franchise next year with the release of the first Transformers spinoff movie, focussing on the fan favourite Autobot Bumblebee. We’ve already heard that it will be “a very […]
New Han Solo director, Jurassic World 2 title revealed, Avengers: Infinity War set photo and more – Daily News Roundup
GO DIRECT A STAR WAR After the shock news that Phil Lord and Chris Miller had been fired from their positions on the Han Solo spin-off movie, it was revealed yesterday by Disney and Lucasfilm that Ron Howard would be taking over. Ron Howard has a lot of connections to George Lucas, appearing in the director’s […]
Transformers producer says Bumblebee movie will be “a very distinctive departure” from previous films
With the latest instalment in the franchise, Transformers: The Last Knight, opening to near-universally negative reviews [read ours here and here] and a series-low start at the box office, it seems that audiences may finally be tiring of the Michael Bay brand of Transformers movie. At least, that’s what Paramount and Hasbro will presumably be hoping, […]
Kubo and the Two Strings director to helm Bumblebee Transformers spinoff
Paramount Pictures has found a director for the first of its planned Transformers spinoffs, with Deadline reporting that Travis Knight, director of the Oscar-winning Kubo and the Two Strings, has signed on to helm the Bumblebee solo movie. The Bumblebee film emerged from Paramount’s Transformers writers room, and has been written by Christina Hodson (Shut […]
Paramount moving ahead with Bumblebee Transformers spinoff, screenwriter working on Harley Quinn / Birds of Prey movie
Back in February Paramount Pictures set release dates for three Transformers movies following their much publicised “writers room” to establish a cinematic universe for the robots in disguise, one of which was a Bumblebee spinoff. Well, it seems the studio is now ready to move ahead with the movie, with Deadline reporting that screenwriter Christina Hodson (Shut In) […]
Transformers Bumblebee spinoff to be “lower cost”, 2019 movie also standalone
Last week it was announced that Paramount Pictures and Hasbro have set release dates for three Transformers movies in 2017, 2018 and 2019 respectively. Initially, it was thought that the Michael Bay-directed Transformers 5 would be followed by Transformers 6 and Transformers 7, before it was clarified that the 2018 movie would actually be a […]
