Bumblebee Teaser Trailer: Transformers Goes Back to the '80s

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Whatever the future holds for theTransformersmovies , Bumblebeehas already finished yield and will make its way to the big screen this December . The movie takes place in a little California town circa 1987 and asterisk Hailee Steinfeld as Charlie , a soon - to - be 18 twelvemonth old mechanic who stumbles upon what seems to be a broken - down VW hemipteran in a junkyard . Of of course , as Charlie is immediate to discover after she tries to repair the railcar , there ’s much more to this rundown fomite than meets the heart .

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In addition to being the first alive - actionTransformersfilm directed by someoneotherthan Michael Bay ( namely , Kubo and the Two string ' Travis Knight),Bumblebeewas written byup and arriver Christina Hodson , the first cleaning lady to pen aTransformersmovie . The film ’s box office functioning will no doubt impact Paramount ’s plans for theTransformersmovies in the future , which may be why the studio is gettingBumblebee ’s marketing going well out front of its end - of - year discharge . As such , theBumblebeeteaser house trailer is now online and can be viewed in the space above . you’re able to also check out the tormentor posting , below .

TheBumblebeetrailer is unsurprisingly light on plot details ( being a teaser and all ) , but firmly establishes that this film will count and feel quite dissimilar from Bay’sTransformersfilms . Bumblebeehas been liken toThe Iron Giantby its producer and that descend through in the movie ’s trailer , which has a smooth good sense of wonderment and soupcon at a earnest kinship spring between " B " and his newfound human companion Charlie . And of trend , given the film ’s ' 80s put , the prevue manages to sneak in at least one joke about the pop culture of the decennium ( namely , Rick Astley ’s now infamous " Never Gon na Give You Up " ) .

Steinfeld ’s human costar John Cena also makes a brief appearance in theBumblebeeteaser , along with one of the other automaton in camouflage that will be showing up in the flick . It ’s been reported thatOptimus Prime will also make an appearanceat some point , but that otherwiseBumblebeewill be very much a one Autobot show and proper solo adventure for its namesake . After Bay ’s run on the franchise became increasingly bombastic with each passing film , a ( relatively ) smaller and more emotionalTransformersmovie - along the course of what theBumblebeeteaser promise - sounds all the more bracing for it .