Every Transformer has an origin... including Badassatron! Otherwise known as B. And for Optimus Prime and Megatron... who were once the closest of friends; the newest entry in the ‘Transformers’ franchise hits theaters September 20.
Paramount Animation just released a new trailer and poster for its newest entry in the Transformers franchise, the 3DCG animated feature Transformers One. The film boasts a star-studded voice cast, including Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry, Scarlett Johansson, Keegan-Michael Key, Steve Buscemi, Laurence Fishburne, and Jon Hamm.
Transformers One comes to theaters September 20, 2024.
The movie tells the long-awaited origin story of how the most iconic characters in the Transformers universe, Orion Pax and D-16, went from brothers-in-arms to becoming sworn enemies, Optimus Prime and Megatron. Every Transformer has an origin... including Badassatron! Otherwise known as B. But the story of how Optimus Prime and Megatron were once best of friends has never been told before…
Josh Cooley directs, with Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Tom DeSanto & Don Murphy, Michael Bay, Mark Vahradian, and Aaron Dem serving as producers. Steven Spielberg, Zev Foreman, Olivier Dumont, Brian Oliver, B.J. Farmer, and Matt Quigg are executive producers.
The animation is handled by ILM, with Rob Coleman serving as animation supervisor and Frazier Churchill as VFX supervisor. Eric Pearson and Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari wrote the screenplay based on a story by Barrer and Ferrari.
The film is presented by Paramount Animation and Hasbro in association with New Republic Pictures. It is a Don Murphy / Tom DeSanto production, a di Bonaventura Pictures production, and a Bay Films production.
The Transformer’s franchise is based on Hasbro’s Transformers Action Figures.
Source: Paramount Animation
Debbie Diamond Sarto is news editor at Animation World Network.
