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Movie Review – Bumblebee (2018)

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Bumblebee, 2018. Directed by Travis Knight. Starring Hailee Steinfeld, Dylan O’Brien, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., John Cena, Angela Bassett, Justin Theroux, John Ortiz, Peter Cullen, Jess Harnell, Jason Drucker, Abby Quinn, Rachel Crow, Ricardo Hoyos, Gracie Dzienny, Kenneth Choi, Pamela Adlon, Stephen Schneider, Grey Griffin, Steve Blum, Marcella Bragio, Andrew Morgado, David Sobolov, Jon Bailey, Megyn […]

Bumblebee movie almost featured a G1 Megatron cameo

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After sitting through Michael Bay’s vision of the Robots in Disguise for five movies, Transformers fans finally get to see the classic Generation 1 designs on the big screen this month with the spinoff movie Bumblebee featuring appearances from the likes of Optimus Prime, Soundwave and Shockwave as fans of the original cartoon and comic […]

Bumblebee director discusses the film’s classic G1 designs

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Long time fans of the Transformers franchise will finally get to see some of their favourite Robots in Disguise in their classic Generation 1 forms on the big screen this week with the release of Paramount Pictures’ Bumblebee, and IGN has released a new video featurette which sees director Travis Knight discussing the designs for […]

Movie Review – Bumblebee (2018)

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Bumblebee, 2018. Directed by Travis Knight. Starring Hailee Steinfeld, Dylan O’Brien, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., John Cena, Angela Bassett, Justin Theroux, John Ortiz, Peter Cullen, Jess Harnell, Jason Drucker, Abby Quinn, Rachel Crow, Ricardo Hoyos, Gracie Dzienny, Kenneth Choi, Pamela Adlon, Stephen Schneider, Grey Griffin, Steve Blum, Marcella Bragio, Andrew Morgado, David Sobolov, Jon Bailey, Megyn […]

IDW relaunching Transformers with new series

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IDW Publishing has announced that a brand-new Transformers comic book series from writer Brian Ruckley, author of the Godless World fantasy trilogy, and artists Angel Hernandez (Star Trek: Discovery – Succession) and Ron Joseph (Micronauts: Wrath of Karza) is set to launch in March 2019 and will explore the very moment when a glorious, peaceful […]

Preview of Transformers: Bumblebee: Go for the Gold!

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This Wednesday sees the release of Transformers: Bumblebee: Go for the Gold!, a one-shot tie-in to the original graphic novel Transformers: Bumblebee — Win If You Dare, and you can take a look at a preview here… There are a lot of things other Autobots can do that Bumblebee cannot—they drive faster, hit harder, fly! […]

Transformers producer says next movie will be “different”, but it’s not a reboot

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Before Transformers: The Last Knight sunk the franchise to new depths in terms of critical and commercial reception, Paramount Pictures planned to follow-up its new Bumblebee spinoff with a sixth movie in the main franchise. Originally scheduled for release in June 2019, Transformers 6 was pulled from the studio’s slate earlier this year following reports […]

Transformers spinoff Bumblebee was Steven Spielberg’s idea

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During an interview with Yahoo! Movies to promote the upcoming release of Bumblebee, director Travis Knight has credited Steven Spielberg, executive producer on all of the Transformers movies, for coming up with the concept for this first spinoff. “The original idea for this film actually was Steven [Spielberg’s],” said Knight. “We can thank him for […]

Hailee Steinfeld featured in new Bumblebee clip

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Following yesterday’s poster for Bumblebee, a new clip has arrived online for the Transformers spinoff movie featuring Hailee Steinfeld, which includes an introduction from director Travis Knight; watch it here… SEE ALSO: Read our ★ ★ ★ ★ review of Bumblebee On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a […]

The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #19 – YouTube presenter and author Luke Owen on The Transformers: The Movie

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On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, YouTube presenter and author Luke Owen takes us back to 1986 for The Transformers: The Movie… This week, my guest on the podcast is Luke Owen – WrestleTalk presenter and the author of […]