Taglines: Every adventure has a beginning.
On Cybertron, the Autobots, led by Optimus Prime, are on the verge of losing the Great Cybertronian War to enemies, the Decepticons, and begin making preparations to leave the planet. The Decepticons led by Shockwave, Soundwave, and Starscream ambush them during the evacuation, and Optimus sends a young scout, B-127, to Earth in order to set up a base of operations where the Autobots can regroup.
B-127 reaches Earth alone in 1987, crash-landing in California and disrupting a training exercise being conducted by Sector 7, a secret government agency that monitors extraterrestrial activity on Earth. Sector 7 lieutenant Jack Burns presumes B-127 to be a hostile invader and attacks, driving B-127 into the forest, where he is then ambushed by the Decepticon Blitzwing. When B-127 refuses to reveal Optimus’s whereabouts, Blitzwing spitefully tears out his voice-box and damages his memory core. B-127 manages to destroy Blitzwing before collapsing from his wounds. Before entering stasis, B-127 scans and transforms into a nearby 1967 Volkswagen Beetle.
Bumblebee (stylized as 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 in his first live action film 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, Angela Bassett, Justin Theroux, and Peter Cullen in voice roles. It is the first live-action Transformers film not to be directed by Michael Bay, though he still produced. 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, was theatrically released in the United States on December 21, 2018, and has grossed over $412 million worldwide. The film received positive reviews from critics, who praised the action and Steinfeld’s performance, as well as the 1980s setting and sense of nostalgia, with many calling it the best installment of the Transformers franchise.
Principal photography on the film began on July 31, 2017, in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, 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.
Later in November 2017, the film was revealed to have changed its title to Bumblebee: The Movie (later being called simply Bumblebee), as well as having wrapped up filming.
Dario Marianelli provided the music score for the film, making this the first time Steve Jablonsky has not scored one of the films in the franchise. Hailee Steinfeld’s single “Back to Life”, from the soundtrack, was released on November 2, 2018.
Visual effects
Visual effects for the film were provided by Industrial Light & Magic, Cantina Creative, and The Third Floor, with Jason Smith and Tony Lupoi serving as the main visual effects supervisors.
Bumblebee (2018)
Directed by: Travis Knight
Starring: Hailee Steinfeld, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., John Cena, Jason Drucker, Pamela Adlon, Stephen Schneider, Ricardo Hoyos, John Ortiz, Gracie Dzienny, Isabelle Ellingson, Mika Kubo
Screenplay by: Christina Hodson, Christina Hodson
Production Design by: Sean Haworth
Cinematography by: Enrique Chediak
Film Editing by: Paul Rubell
Costume Design by: Dayna Pink
Set Decoration by: Anne Kuljian, Lori Mazuer
Art Direction by: Gustaf Aspegren, Richard Bloom, A. Todd Holland, Sebastian Schroeder, Maya Shimoguchi
Music by: Dario Marianelli
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi action violence.
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Release Date: December 21, 2018
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