Bumblebee
Unlike the live - actionTransformersmovies before it , Bumblebeewill only boast three Decepticons . This is in keep with previous reports , which have name the spinoff as alower - budgeted and " smaller"Transformersfilm . Bumblebeewill further help to scale things down on the franchise after last year’sTransformers : The Last Knight . That movie was typically criticize for being bombastic and over - stuffed with transformer , even by many die - hard fans of the holding . Those behind the franchise are now mixing things up , follow that film ’s dissatisfactory boxful office performance .
In increase to the smaller price tag , Bumblebeewill feature a female human lead - a first for the series . The film takes billet in 1987 and conform to the nominal Autobot on a missionary work to worldly concern , where he crosses paths with a young mechanic named Charlie ( Hailee Steinfeld ) . Bumblebee is carrying out his mission alone , in guild to maintain a low profile and avoid drawing redundant attention to himself . For that reason , " B " will have few Decepticons on his tail and get over his movements in the movie .
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Bumblebeewas indite by Christina Hodson ( the first char to save aTransformersmovie ) and serves chiefly as a coming of age story for Charlie . Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura praised Hodson ’s screenplay during his interview withEWto advance the film . He also said the movie ’s creatives realized they would require to reduce the number of Decepticons in the film , to avoid over - shade Charlie ’s plot line :
“ [ Christina Hodson ] write a really beautiful script that really played into the emotion of the relationship of the two . So looking at the picture from that linear perspective , we thought , we do n’t want to overwhelm one Autobot with too many Decepticons . So he has three primary opposer . ”
EWhas further reveal that two of the Decepticons will obliterate themselves as automobiles in theBumblebeemovie . However , for the fourth dimension being , all three of their identities are being kept under - wrap . That includes the Deception that has already been partially revealed by theBumblebeeteaser trailerreleased this calendar month . As the drone shows , that transforming robot takes on the form of a reverse lightning when in - diguise .
All thing considered , having few Decepticons sounds like a smart move forBumblebee . The former live - actionTransformersfilms usually did n’t spend much metre developing the villain outside of Megatron . EvenThe Last Knight’sSuicide Squad - style montage presentation to the Decepticons did n’t do much to distinguish them from one another . With fewer robots - in - camouflage fighting for screen meter , Bumblebeemay yet have more success in its efforts to make the Autobots ' enemies memorable in live - action .
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