Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)

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"Transformers 7" is the planned seventh film in the live-action film series. Originally expected to be released on June 28, 2019,[1] the film has been delayed indefinitely.

Confirmed information

  • 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.[2] Goldsman goes on to hire a number of writers over the next few months: Steven DeKnight (Daredevil),[3] Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead),[4] Art Marcum and Matt Holloway (Iron Man),[4] Christina Hodson (Shut In, The Fugitive),[5] Lindsey Beer (Dig),[5] Zak Penn (Pacific Rim 2),[4] Jeff Pinkner (The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Lost),[4] Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari (Ant-Man),[6] Ken Nolan (Black Hawk Down), and Geneva Robertson-Dworet.[7] Involved in the pitching process are Steven Spielberg, Michael Bay, Brian Goldner, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Mark Vahradian, and Don Murphy.[8]
  • 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.[9]
  • February 12, 2016 — At ToyFair, Hasbro reveals the projected release date of Transformers 7, along with the dates for the two preceding films.[1]
  • September 23, 2017 — At Licensing Europe 2017, Hasbro announces Transformers 7 will have an "entirely new, exciting storyline".[10]
  • February 16, 2018 — Hasbro clarified 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.[11]
  • May 24, 2018 — Paramount drops the film from their release schedule.[12]
  • March 15, 2019 — di Bonaventura states a sequel to Bumblebee is in development.[13]
  • 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.[14]
  • January 27, 2020 - Variety reported two Transformers films are being penned; to be produced simultaneously, one written by James Vanderbilt, another to be written by Joby Harold. <ref>[5]
  • January 27, 2020 - Deadline reports that James Vanderbilt's script is for a Transformers spinoff Beast Wars film, while Joby Harold's script continues the story from the Bumblebee film. <ref>[6]Rather which of these two scripts will be Transformers 7 remains to be seen.

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