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Bumblebee
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTravis Knight
Written byChristina Hodson
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyEnrique Chediak
Edited byPaul Rubell
Music byDario Marianelli
Production
companies
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release dates
  • December 3, 2018 (2018-12-03) (Sony Center)
  • December 21, 2018 (2018-12-21) (United States)
Running time
114 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$102 million[2]

Bumblebee is a 2018 American science fiction action film centered around the Transformers character of the same name. It is the sixth installment of the live-action Transformers film series and a prequel to 2007's Transformers. Directed by Travis Knight and written by Christina Hodson, the film stars Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., John Ortiz, Jason Drucker, and Pamela Adlon, with Dylan O'Brien as the voice of Bumblebee. It is the first live-action Transformers film not to be directed by Michael Bay, though he still acts as a producer. Principal photography on the film began on July 31, 2017, in Los Angeles and San Francisco, California.

Bumblebee premiered in Berlin on December 3, 2018, and is scheduled for release in the United States on December 21, 2018, in 2D, Real D 3D, and Dolby Cinema. The film received a generally positive response, becoming the first in the franchise to do so since the first film in the franchise, with particular praise towards it’s lighter tone compared to the previous installments.

Plot

In 1987, the Autobots led by Optimus Prime are preparing to leave their homeworld Cybertron and relocate to planet Earth when they are ambushed by their enemies, the Decepticons, and scattered across the galaxy. Young scout B-127 reaches Earth alone, crash-landing in California, where he is immediately attacked by military operative Jack Burns and Decepticon spy Blitzwing, who damages B-127’s voice box before being destroyed. Severely wounded, B-127 scans a nearby 1967 Volkswagen Beetle and goes into stasis.

Two years later, B-127 is found and repaired by local teenager Charlie Watson, who befriends him and nicknames him “Bumblebee”. With Charlie’s help, Bumblebee learns how to communicate through the radio and receives a message from Optimus urging him to protect Earth in their absence. Bumblebee is later discovered by Charlie’s neighbor Memo, who agrees to protect his secret due to his unrequited feelings for Charlie. Meanwhile, Decepticons Shatter and Dropkick arrive on Earth masquerading as peacekeepers and persuade Sector Seven, a secret government agency that monitors extraterrestrial activity on Earth, to help them find and capture Bumblebee, whom they claim is a dangerous criminal. Burns, who has been recruited by Sector Seven following his encounter with Bumblebee, begrudgingly works with them.

Bumblebee, Charlie and Memo are ambushed by Shatter and Dropkick, who extract the Autobots’ whereabouts from Bumblebee and conspire to use Sector 7‘s resources to call the Decepticons to Earth. Bumblebee and Charlie pursue them to a secret base, where Bumblebee kills Dropkick and saves Burns, while Charlie disables Shatter’s beacon. Shatter attempts to kill Charlie, but Bumblebee manages to save her and kill Shatter. Realizing that Bumblebee is not the enemy, Burns lets him go, and Bumblebee bids farewell to Charlie before leaving to find the Autobots.

In a post-credits scene, Bumblebee reunites with Optimus in the woods, and they discuss a new mission as the remaining Autobots begin arriving on Earth.

Cast

Main article: List of Transformers film series characters

Humans

Transformers

Autobots

Decepticons

Martin Short has a voice role in the film.[13]

Production

On February 12, 2016, it was announced that the sixth film in the Transformers series Transformers 6 would be released on June 8, 2018, while later it was revealed that the film would be an untitled spin-off, featuring Bumblebee.[14] On November 11, 2016, Deadline reported that Paramount Pictures was moving forward with the project by revealing that Christina Hodson had written the script for the spin-off, and she was one of the female writers Paramount and Michael Bay hired in the "writers room."[15] On March 2, 2017, Deadline reported that Travis Knight was hired to direct the film.[16] In May 2017, it was revealed that the film's story would be set in the 1980s, and that it would have fewer robots.[17] In the same month, it was announced that it would be titled as Transformers Universe: Bumblebee.[18]

Casting

In May 2017, it was reported that Hailee Steinfeld was in talks for the female lead in the film, and she confirmed her involvement later in June.[19][20] On July 11, 2017, Jorge Lendeborg Jr. joined the cast as the male lead.[21] On July 12, 2017, The Tracking Board confirmed that Rachel Crow had been cast in the film.[22] On July 13, 2017, the rest of the core cast of the film was confirmed, including Jason Drucker, Abby Quinn, Ricardo Hoyos and Gracie Dzienny.[23] On July 22, 2017, it was reported that Pamela Adlon had been cast in the film to play Steinfeld's mother.[24] On July 31, 2017, the film added John Cena to its lead cast along with Kenneth Choi and Stephen Schneider in the supporting cast.[25] On October 2, 2017, while interviewing in promotion for the home media release of Transformers: The Last Knight, Peter Cullen revealed he will be in the film.[4] On December 11, 2017, it was revealed that actor Martin Short has joined the film's voice work.[26] On May 31, 2018, Jess Harnell revealed he will be reprising his role as the voice of Barricade from the 2007 film and The Last Knight.[11] On July 13, 2018, it was announced that Angela Bassett and Justin Theroux would be voicing a pair of Decepticons respectively called Shatter and Dropkick.[27] On August 26, 2018, voice actor David Sobolov, who had previously voiced Depthcharge in Beast Wars: Transformers, Brawl in the 2007 video game and Shockwave in Transformers: Prime confirmed he will voice Blitzwing.[28][10] On December 3, 2018, Lorenzo di Bonaventura revealed to IGN that Dylan O'Brien will voice Bumblebee.[29]

Filming

Principal photography on the film began on July 31, 2017, in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vallejo, and Mare Island, California, and was scheduled to finish on November 16, 2017, under the working title Brighton Falls. Filming concluded 6 days ahead of schedule on November 10, 2017.[25][30][31]

Later, in November 2017, the film was revealed to have changed its title to Bumblebee: The Movie, as well as having wrapped up filming.[32]

Music

Dario Marianelli is set to provide the music score for the film,[33] making this the first time Steve Jablonsky has not scored one of the films in the franchise. Hailee Steinfeld's single "Back to Life" was released from the soundtrack on November 2, 2018.[34]

Post-production

Visual effects for the film will be provided by Industrial Light & Magic, Cantina Creative, and The Third Floor with Jason Smith and Tony Lupoi serving as the main visual effects supervisors.[35]

Release

Bumblebee is scheduled to be released in the United States on December 21, 2018 by Paramount Pictures, having initially being set for a June 8, 2018 release.[25] The first trailer was released on June 5, 2018.[36] The new trailer was released on September 24, 2018[37] while its international trailer was released on the same date showing that Bumblebee was formerly disguised into an old Jeep Wrangler before he became a Volkswagen Beetle.[38] The film held its premiere at the Sony Center in Berlin on December 3, 2018.[39]

On November 21, 2018, Paramount announced it would hold one-day previews for the film on Saturday, December 8, 2018, similar to the promotion Amazon Prime and Sony Pictures run with films like Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, and fellow December 2018 release Aquaman.[40]

Reception

Box office projections

In the United States and Canada, Bumblebee will be released alongside Aquaman, Welcome to Marwen, and Second Act, and is projected to gross around $40 million over its five-day opening weekend.[41]

Critical response

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 100% based on 14 reviews, with an average rating of 7.8/10.[42] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 73 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[43]

Liz Shannon Miller of IndieWire gave the film a "B+" and wrote, "...there are many scenes where giant robots fight each other, and in those scenes, you can actually see what's happening. The Autobots and Decepticons toss each other around with slick judo-like moves and blast each other with abandon, and the cinematography and editing hold still long enough to let you enjoy each moment."[44] Peter Debruge of Variety called the film a "quieter, more character-driven Transformers origin story" and wrote that "Bumblebee is basically the movie that fans of the 1980s animated series wanted all along."[45]

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