Transformers One (film)

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Transformers One

Production info Production companies Entertainment One di Bonaventura Pictures Bay Films Distributor Paramount Pictures Release date September 13, 2024 Story by Andrew Barrer Gabriel Ferrari Screenplay by Josh Cooley Andrew Barrer Gabriel Ferrari Directed by Josh Cooley

Transformers One is an in-development Transformers film set for release in 2024. It is being written by Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari, and will be directed by Josh Cooley. Transformers One will be an animated prequel movie set on Cybertron and will revolve around the relationship between Optimus Prime and Megatron.

Cast

Autobots	Decepticons
Optimus Prime (Chris Hemsworth) Elita (Scarlett Johansson) Bumblebee (Keegan-Michael Key) Sentinel Prime (Jon Hamm) Alpha Trion (Laurence Fishburne)	Megatron (Brian Tyree Henry)

Development timeline

• March 27, 2015 — As part of the development of Transformers: The Last Knight, Paramount Pictures negotiates with Akiva Goldsman, hiring him to create a "writer's room" with the intention of building a cinematic universe. Among the writers hire are Ant-Man scribes Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari, who pitch the concept of an animated Transformers prequel set in the live-action series universe.
• December 20, 2018 — Following the release of Bumblebee, Lorenzo di Bonaventura hints in an interview that the animated prequel is still in the works.
• April 29, 2020 — Toy Story 4 director Josh Cooley is reported to have been brought into the project to oversee a final draft, which is said to be "separate and apart" from the live-action films.
• May 18, 2021 — Allspark Pictures President Greg Mooradian credits the animated Transformers film on his Linkedin page with a 2023 release.
• May 24, 2021 — Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner confirms the animated feature is in development, and will be released at some point after Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.
• January 21, 2022 — Paramount announces an untitled animated Transformers movie will be released on July 19, 2024.
• April 20, 2023 — di Bonaventura reveals that the entire film takes place on Cybertron, and the setting explores how they begin to question the hierarchy of how their society has gotten stratified, and how the common man doesn't have the voice that they want to have.
• April 21, 2023 — A day after the previous interview, di Bonaventura confirms Industrial Light & Magic's involvement as the film's animation studio, bringing the company back to the franchise for the first time since Bumblebee.
• April 27, 2023 — The first members of the film's voice cast are revealed, including Chris Hemsworth as Optimus Prime, Brian Tyree Henry as Megatron, Scarlett Johansson as Elita, Keegan-Michael Key as Bumblebee, Jon Hamm as Sentinel Prime, and Laurence Fishburne as Alpha Trion.
• May 24, 2023 — Paramount moves the film's release date to September 13, 2024.
• June 7, 2023 — di Bonaventura teases how the film stands out from previous entries in the franchise, praises Chris Hemsworth's casting as Optimus Prime, and mentions a vocal transition from Hemsworth's voice to Peter Cullen's as the character for the audiences to witness.
• June 15, 2023 — Scarlett Johansson discusses the film's animation and praises Cooley as director. Chris Hemsworth later brings details on voicing Optimus Prime for the film. He confirms that he will not use his regular voice for the character.
• July 20, 2023 — di Bonaventura confirms Optimus Prime and Megatron in the film will be depicted under their Orion Pax and D-16 identities.
• December 15, 2023 — Keegan-Michael Key mentions his voice for Bumblebee is closer to his regular speaking voice.