Transformers 7: Rise of the Beasts release date, main cast and latest news | Tom’s Guide

Transformers 7: Rise of Beasts is in development, but fans will have to have a bit of patience as the movie won’t be released until 2023. Until then, they can peruse reports of footage, trailers, photos, and more. leaks. information.

optimus prime was seen in action at cinemacon 2022, purportedly looking like a combination of michael bay and g1 skins according to one report (opens in a new tab). Anthony Ramos was shown reacting to the chaos and driving Porsches, while he was surrounded by six identical cars around him.

As a reward for this long wait, we have learned that this is only the beginning of a new series of transformers movies. This chapter, however, will finally see the growth and expansion of the Transformers Cinematic Universe that fans have wanted all along. Live-action versions of Optimus Prime and Optimus Primal will meet, as the Terrorcons and Maximals join the Autobots and Decepticons on the big screen.

The Bumblebee, set in 1987, was the sixth film in the long-running series of Transformers films and was both a prequel and a soft reboot of the series, with Travis Knight (powerful Hollywood actor Michael Bay) directing. , directed all six previous transformers movies).

Rise of the Beasts, directed by Creed II director Steven Caple Jr., continues the story that began in Bumblebee, this time in Brooklyn circa 1994. Of course, this being an action-packed blockbuster things won. don’t stay in one place for too long.

and as paramount announced (opens in new tab), transformers 7: rise of the beasts is the first of three new installments. this sounds like a whole movie trilogy. Are we going to have the “beasts fall” too?

Here’s everything we know about Transformers: Rise of the Beasts so far.

transformers 7: origin of beasts release date

transformers 7: rise of the beasts has been pushed back to June 9, 2023, pushed back from its original release date of June 24, 2022.

slashfilm (opens in a new tab) claims that transformers 7 will actually be delayed until july 19, 2024, but no one else is backing that claim (and they may be mistaking it for an upcoming animated transformers movie opens in new tab)).

While major plot details are being kept under wraps, the new movie will greatly expand the world of transformers and incorporate characters from the popular beast wars story.

cast of

transformers 7: rise of beasts

anthony ramos, who caused a sensation last month in the heights, will lead the human cast as noah, an ex-military electronics expert who lives with his family in brooklyn.

ron perlman, who lent his voice to optimus primal in the animated series transformers: power of the primes, will return to play the leader of the maximals. Peter Cullen also returns as the voice of Autobot leader Optimus Prime.

full cast includes:

• anthony ramos as noah, the heroic human main character of brooklyn, an electronics expert
• dominique fishback as elena, a artifact researcher whose boss continues to take credit for her discoveries
• ron perlman as optimus primal, the leader of the maximals who can transform into a gorilla
• peter cullen as optimus prime, the leader of the autobots
• lauren velez as noah’s mother

Ramos and Fishback have known each other since college. Fishback posted on Instagram to share the news that they would be co-starring together in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.

many fans want to know if john cena will reprise his role as jack burns from bumblebee. Although there has been no official confirmation, Cena said that he would be willing to return to the franchise after the success of Bumblebee. “I hope so,” Cena said in 2019 (opens in new tab) when asked about another Transformers movie. “I really enjoyed working with travis [knight], but I love the movie and it looks like it’s going to make a lot of money too, so hopefully we can do it again.”

hailee steinfeld, who played charlie watson in bumblebee, is not expected to return for origin of beasts.

transformers 7: rise of the robot beasts and more

While the voice actors for many of the robots in Transformers 7: Rise of the Beasts have yet to be announced, Paramount has revealed some of the other fan-favorite characters that will appear.

autobots

• bumblebee, an autobot scout who transforms into a yellow 1970s chevrolet camaro. bumblebee was the star of the 2018 film of the same name and voiced by dylan o ‘brien, although it is not confirmed that he will return.
• mirage, an autobot that transforms into a porsche 911
• arcee , a female autobot that transforms into a ducati 916 motorcycle

terrorists

• scourge, leader of the terrorcons
• nightbird, a female terrorcon who transforms into a nissan

maximum

• rhinox, a maximum that transforms into a rhinoceros
• airazor, a maximum that transforms into a falcon

transformers 7: origin of beasts plot

Director Caple revealed some details of the Rise of Beasts story during a Paramount Virtual Presentation (opens in a new tab). The action of the new film will take place between New York and Machu Picchu and will expand the Transformers universe beyond the Autobots and Decepticons, introducing the Predacons, Maximals and Terrorcons. the maximals and predcaons are prehistoric time-traveling robots.

“Disguised, they take on animal form,” Caple said during the presentation. “So in our movie, it’s these prehistoric animals that travel through time and space, and we find them here on earth.”

“one of the most important things we tried to do with this film is to give the audience a lot of ‘new,'” added producer lorenzo di bonaventura. “Our hope was, ‘How do we find a new set of villains?’ and ‘how do we find a new set of priorities for these villains?’ if you’ve seen other movies and been a fan of them you’ll see villains you’ve never seen before you’ll see autobots you’ve never seen before it’s one of the driving decisions we make we’re making lucky for us transformers has a lot of tribes, so there’s a great character base. this movie is bringing a lot of those tribes together.”

Ramos, who plays ex-military electronics expert Noah, and Fishback, who plays artifact researcher Elena, find themselves caught up in a conflict between different tribes of beasts.

The two actors gave insight into their characters: According to Ramos, “[noah is] all about taking care of the people he loves… [he comes] from a low-income home, so noah is always busy “. Ramos added that Noah is “incredible with electronics” and that “the one thing I love about Noah is his tenacity and his heart and his will to never give up, despite all the crazy things that life has to offer. holds for you. then it’s amazing to see the journey of him when we venture out into the world, when the humans meet the bots and things start to happen.”

fishback noted, “I’m playing a smart artifact researcher who works in a museum. she’s trying to get a head start in life, but her boss keeps taking credit for the work she’s done, so she’s trying to [move] on her own.”

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