The wait is over! After a peculiar promotional campaign, Paramount Pictures unveiled the trailer for Transformers One from space. This seventh film in the popular franchise inspired by Hasbro toys will be an animated feature film whose events will take pleace years before those of the live-action saga.
The teaser released this morning confirms that this film will be a prequel focusing on the origins of a young Megatron and Optimus Prime, characters who had been friends, before ending up on rival sides of the battlefield. Due to the scale of the story and its locations, franchise producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura had warned that it was "economically impossible" to adapt this story arc into a live-action format this time around.
The executive also hinted at a broader narrative plan, envisioning Transformers One as the start of a possible trilogy focused on the complex dynamics between the main characters. "We hope it's emotionally charged enough to lead to a trilogy because, personally, I think there's a natural trilogy," he confessed.
Transformers One features direction from Josh Cooley, Oscar-winning filmmaker for Toy Story 4 (2019). Cooley also wrote the screenplay for 2015's Inside Out and worked as a storyboard artist on other Pixar films, including Cars (2006), Ratatouille (2007) and Up (2009).
In its original language, the voice cast features an all-star cast that includes actors Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry and Scarlett Johansson as Optimus Prime, Megatron and Elita, respectively. The others actors are Keegan-Michael Key as Bumblebee, Jon Hamm as Sentinel Prime and Laurence Fishburne as Alpha Trion.
Transformers One will hit theaters in September 2024.
