Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)

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Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is the planned seventh film in the live-action film series, serving both as a sequel to Bumblebee and a tribute to Beast Wars. The film is directed by Steven Caple Jr. and written by Darnell Metayer and Josh Peters, inspired by Joby Harold's earlier draft. Originally expected to be released on June 28, 2019, the film was delayed to June 24, 2022 due to creative differences. It is currently scheduled for release on June 9, 2023.

Cast

Autobots	Terrorcons	Maximals	Humans
Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen) Bumblebee Mirage Arcee Wheeljack	Scourge Nightbird Battletrap	Optimus Primal (Ron Perlman) Airazor Rhinox Cheetor	Noah (Anthony Ramos) Elena (Dominique Fishback) Noah's mother (Luna Lauren Velez)

Confirmed information

Why did it take so long?

• March 27, 2015 — Paramount Pictures negotiates with Akiva Goldsman, hiring him to create a "writer's room" with the intention of building a cinematic universe. Goldsman goes on to hire a number of writers over the next few months: Steven DeKnight (Daredevil), Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead), Art Marcum and Matt Holloway (Iron Man), Christina Hodson (Shut In, The Fugitive), Lindsey Beer (Dig), Zak Penn (Pacific Rim 2), Jeff Pinkner (The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Lost), Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari (Ant-Man), Ken Nolan (Black Hawk Down), and Geneva Robertson-Dworet. Involved in the pitching process are Steven Spielberg, Michael Bay, Brian Goldner, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Mark Vahradian, and Don Murphy.
• October 3, 2015 — During his keynote speech at the MIP Junior Conference, Allspark's Stephen J. Davis notes that the writing team has come up with film concepts for Transformers 5, 6, 7, and 8.
• February 12, 2016 — At Toy Fair 2016, Hasbro reveals the projected release date of Transformers 7, along with the dates for the two preceding films.
• September 23, 2017 — At Licensing Europe 2017, Hasbro announces Transformers 7 will have an "entirely new, exciting storyline".
• February 16, 2018 — Hasbro clarifies at Toy Fair 2018 that the film will be a reset of the franchise and has been delayed indefinitely until a new creative team is in place.
• May 24, 2018 — Paramount drops the film from their release schedule.
• March 15, 2019 — di Bonaventura states a sequel to Bumblebee is in development.
• March 18, 2019 — di Bonaventura claims that the next main Transformers film will be a reboot closely tied to the Bumblebee sequel, rather than a direct sequel to The Last Knight. Either way, Paramount will pick the best script for Transformers 7 and release that first.

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• January 27, 2020 — Variety reports two Transformers films are being penned, to be produced simultaneously: one written by James Vanderbilt, another to be written by Joby Harold. Deadline reports that Vanderbilt's script is for a spin-off film based on Beast Wars, while Harold's script continues the story from the Bumblebee film.
• May 2, 2020 — Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner confirms that a new Transformers live-action movie is slated to release on June 24th, 2022. However, only one between Harold's Bumblebee sequel and Vanderbilt's Beast Wars film will make it to production first.
• August 21, 2020 — New Republic Pictures is announced as a new co-financier for Paramount in a ten picture deal in the wake of the success of 2019's Rocketman.
• November 16, 2020 — Steven Caple Jr. is announced as the director.
• April 1, 2021 — Anthony Ramos is in talks for a starring role.
• April 29, 2021 — Dominique Fishback is in final negotiations to star in the film.
• June 13, 2021 — A casting call sheet for filming in Montreal reveals that the film is set in 1992.
• June 22, 2021 — A Paramount virtual event was held in which the movie's title, premise, and few of the characters and cast were unveiled (revealing to be both the Bumblebee and Beast Wars films in one). The film's logo and official premise were unveiled on official Transformers social media accounts.
• June 28, 2021 — Ron Perlman is announced to be reprising his role as Optimus Primal from Power of the Primes. Darnell Metayer and Josh Peters are confirmed as writers, inspired by Joby Harold's earlier draft.
• July 11, 2021 — Rapper Tobe Nwigwe announces on Instagram that he's been cast in the movie.
• October 6, 2021 — Caple Jr. reveals the vehicle modes for the Autobot and Terrorcon cast through his Instagram account.
• October 20, 2021 — Filming is completed.
• October 21, 2021 — Cuscopolita reports on the vehicles with the film's Peru crew, confirming the unidentified vehicles as Wheeljack and Battletrap.
• October 22, 2021 — Ramos makes a guest appearance on Hasbro PulseCon 2021, confirming Cheetor, his favorite Beast Wars character, will be in the film.

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Foreign names

• Japanese: Transformers/Beast Kakusei (トランスフォーマー/ビースト覚醒 Toransufōmā Bīsuto Kakusei, "Transformers: Beast Awakening")
• Cantonese: Bin³jing⁴ Gam¹gong¹: Kwong⁴sau³ Gwat⁶hei² (變形金剛：狂獸崛起, "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts")
• Mandarin: Biànxíng Jīngāng: Wàn Shòu Juéqǐ (Taiwan, 變形金剛：萬獸崛起, "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts")
• Italian: Transformers: Il Risveglio ("Transformers: The Awakening")
• Spanish: Transformers: El Despertar de las Bestias (Latin America, "Transformers: The Awakening of the Beasts")
• Portuguese: Transformers: O Despertar das Feras (Brazil, "Transformers: The Awakening of the Beasts")
• German: Transformers: Aufstieg der Bestien ("Transformers: Rise of the Beasts")