Lorenzo di Bonaventura

"Listen, what does the word Reboot even mean really?"

Lorenzo di Bonaventura (born 1957) is an American film producer, long-time collaborator of Michael Bay, and the godfather of pretty much every single blockbuster Transformers film. During the 1990s he served as an executive at Warner Bros. Pictures, climbing up the ranks to become President of Worldwide Production. While at Warner, his contributions including discovering and overseeing the production of The Matrix trilogy of movies (which starred Hugo Weaving) (yay!) as well as securing the rights to the Harry Potter series (boo!) some time after which he left Warner to form his own production company based at Paramount Pictures.

Outside of the Transformers brand, some of his other projects include all three G.I. Joe films, Keanu Reeves' cult classic Constantine, the fourth sequel to The Hunt for Red October, and Madame Web.

Producer

• Transformers (2007)
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon
• Transformers: Age of Extinction
• Transformers: The Last Knight
• Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
• Transformers One

Actor

• Transformers 4 Chinese Actors Talent Search Reality Show (judge)

Convention appearances (Transformers related)

• HasCon 2017
• San Diego Comic-Con 2024

Notes

• He loves the Mini-Cons and wanted them to appear in the third Transformers movie. Oh well, maybe some other time!

External links

• Lorenzo di Bonaventura at the Internet Movie Database
• Lorenzo di Bonaventura at Wikipedia

Interviews

• July 2007—Transformers At The Moon
• June 2021—The Hollywood Reporter (with Steven Caple Jr., Anthony Ramos, and Dominique Fishback)
• April 2023—Collider
• May 2023—Geek Culture
• May 2023—Paramount (with Steven Caple Jr., Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, and Peter Cullen)
• June 2023—Collider (incomplete transcript)
• June 2023—Collider
• June 2023—CGR Cinémas (with Steven Caple Jr., Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, and Tobe Nwigwe)
• June 2023—Black Girl Nerds (with Steven Caple Jr., Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, and Tobe Nwigwe)
• June 2023—JoBlo Celebrity Interviews (with Steven Caple Jr., Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, and Tobe Nwigwe)
• June 2023—Variety (with Steven Caple Jr.)
• June 2023—Insider (with Steven Caple Jr.)
• June 2023—GSCinemas (with Steven Caple Jr., Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, and Tobe Nwigwe)
• June 2023—Entertainment Weekly (with Steven Caple Jr.)
• October 2024—Triple Takeover Toycast (with Josh Cooley)