After a 14 year hiatus the mega-franchise, Transformers, is back for film seven: Transformers: Rise of The Beast. Paramount pictures announced the news during its virtual showcase on Tuesday, amidst the start of films production. It was also announced that In The Heights actor Anthony Ramos and Judas and the Black Messiah actress Dominique Fishback will be headlining with Steven Caple Jr. (Creed II, The Land) directing. The film is set to debut in theaters June 24, 2022.
Fan favorite Optimus Prime will remain the saving figurehead of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. However the latest film will take audiences on a ‘90s globetrotting adventure (the film is set in 1994) and introduce a new group of alien bots – the Maximals, Predacons, and Terrorcons – to the existing battle on earth between Autobots and Decepticons.
Collider reported that Ramos will play, military veteran, Noah, who lives with his family in Brooklyn who has been described as “a flawed and vulnerable hero who has made mistakes in his life and is eager to redeem himself with the help of Optimus Prime.” Fishback stars as, Elena, a museum worker and artifact researcher. Dexter actress Luna Lauren Velez will be play Noah’s mother. The latest installment is penned by Joby Harold (Army of the Dead).
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts comes from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Present In Association with Hasbro and New Republic Pictures, Don Murphy/Tom DeSanto Productions, di Bonaventura Pictures, and Bay Films. Executive producers include Steven Spielberg, Brian Goldner, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, Brian Oliver, Bradley J. Fischer, and Valerii An. Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Tom DeSanto & Don Murphy, Michael Bay, Mark Vahradian, Duncan Henderson produce.
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