Transformers: Salvation

Transformers: Salvation is a 2026 action science fiction adventure film directed by Steven Caple Jr. and a sequel to 2023's Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, It stars Mark Wahlberg, Laura Haddock, Isabela Moner, Jerrod Carmichael, Santiago Cabrera, and Anthony Hopkins reprising their roles from the Last Knight, Nicola Peltz and Jack Reynor reprising their roles from Age of Extinction, Josh Duhamel, John Turturro, Glenn Morshower, Tyrese Gibson, and Megan Fox reprising their roles from the first three films, and Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback reprising their roles from Rise of the Beasts, with the voice talents of Peter Cullen, Frank Welker, Peter Dinklage, Ron Perlman, David Sobolov, Dylan O'Brien, Pete Davidson, Liza Koshy, Tongayi Chirisa, Ken Watanabe, John Goodman, Patton Oswalt, Charlie Adler, Dee Bradley Baker, Cristo Fernández, Tom Kenny, Mark Ryan, Scarlett Johansson, and Troy Baker.
The film features many previous human characters from the film series, and many Transformers as well.
Transformers: Back From the Shadows will have its world premiere at The Chinese Theater on June 3rd, 2026, and is scheduled to be released theatrically in the United States on June 7, 2026, by Paramount Pictures.
== Plot ==
== Synopsis==
==Cast==
===Humans=== 
*Mark Wahlberg as Cade Yeager: A single father and inventor who helped the Autobots during the events of Age of Extinction.
*Nicola Peltz as Tessa Yeager: Cade's daughter who is secretly dating Shane.
*Jack Reynor as Shane Dyson: Tessa's boyfriend and an Irish rally car driver.
*Josh Duhamel as William Lennox: A former NEST commander and U.S. Army Ranger who partnered with the Autobots prior to the events of Dark of the Moon, and now a Colonel member of the second incarnation of NEST.
*Tyrese Gibson as Robert Epps: The former NCO-in-Charge of the NEST strike team who now works at the current version of NEST after the humans begun trusting the Autobots again.
*Megan Fox as Mikaela Banes: Sam's former girlfriend who now works at NEST after breaking up with Sam.
*Stanley Tucci as Ay, the vizier of King Tut, who went back in time with Scorponok, who killed Tut, to kill Cleopatra, but was defeated by Bumblebee.
*Anthony Hopkins as Sir Edmund Burton, 12th Earl of Folgan: An astronomer and historian who knows about the history of the Transformers on Earth.
*Laura Haddock as Viviane Wembly: A professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford and a polo player, who turns out to be a descendant of Merlin.
*Isabela Moner as Izabella: A street-wise who was orphaned by the Battle of Chicago in Dark of the Moon and now lives in the city ruins with Sqweeks and Canopy, her only friends, until meeting Cade.
*Jerrod Carmichael as Jimmy: A young man from South Dakota whom Cade hired through a want ad.
* Santiago Cabrera as Santos: A former Delta Force operative and commander of NEST, who seeks to eradicate every Transformer and their human allies regardless of faction. He also tries to capture or kill Cade Yeager as he knows he's working with the Autobots.
*Jeff Goldblum as Seymour Simmons: A former government agent of Sector 7 and NEST turned successful writer who hides out in Cuba and was allied with the Autobots prior to the events of Dark of the Moon. Goldblum replaces John Turturro from the previous films.
* Glenn Morshower as General Morshower: A former leader of NEST in Revenge of the Fallen and Dark of the Moon who now supervises NEST operations.
*Katy Perry as Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt who tries to kill Scorponok before Bumblebee injures him and he ran away.
Additionally, Mitch Pileggi, Tony Hale, and Gil Birmingham appear as NEST soldiers, and Shia LaBeouf reprises his role as Sam Witwicky.
===Voices=== 
* Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime / Nemesis Prime: The leader of the Autobots, In this film, he transforms into a blue and red 2014 Western Star 5700 Custom semi-trailer truck.
*Frank Welker as Megatron: The leader of the Predacons, and transforms into a Tyrannosaurus Rex.
*Gemma Chan as Quintessa: A Cybertronian Sorceress, the "Prime of Life" and the creator of the Cybertronians who wants to destroy Unicron (and Earth) and rebuild Cybertron through whatever way possible, but decides to join forces with him and Scourge to kill Optimus Prime.
*Dylan O'Brien as Bumblebee / ZB-7: An Autobot scout and Optimus Prime's second-in-command, who transforms into a 2024 Chevrolet Camaro.
*Jim Carter as Cogman: A polite but sociopathic, human-sized autobot. He serves as the faithful butler to Sir Edmund Burton, and he transforms into an 2017 Aston Martin DB11.
*Chris Evans as Hot Rod: An Autobot who transforms into a 2017 Lamborghini Centenario LP770-4. He is brother-in-arms with Bumblebee. Evans replaces Omar Sy from The Last Knight.
*Ken Watanabe as Drift: A Samurai-motif Autobot tactician and former Decepticon who transforms into an orange 2017 Mercedes-AMG GT R.
*John Goodman as Hound: A trigger-happy Autobot commando and field medic who transforms into an olive green Mercedes-Benz Unimog military tactical ambulance.
*John DiMaggio as:
**Crosshairs: A cocky Autobot paratrooper and sniper who transforms into a green and black 2017 Chevrolet Corvette C7 Stingray, equipped with a custom split-spoiler. His ego lends him a misplaced belief in his future command of the Autobots.
**Nitro Zeus: A showboating Decepticon hunter who transforms into a JAS 39 Gripen Fighter Jet.
*Reno Wilson as:
**Mudflap: An Autobot infiltrator and Skids' twin who transforms into a red and black Chevrolet Spark.
**Mohawk: A talkative and psychotic Decepticon foot soldier who transforms into a Confederate P51 Combat Fighter Motorcycle. His spark is in his head due to his body being skinny.
**Slug: The savage Dinobot destroyer who transforms into a mechanical spiked and bestial Triceratops.
*Jess Harnell as Barricade: A Decepticon scout who was thought to have been killed in Dark of the Moon. He now transforms into a 2016 Ford Mustang police car, featuring a new, sleeker robot mode.
*Tom Kenny as:
**Wheelie: An Autobot and former Decepticon who survived the Chicago battle in Dark of the Moon who transforms into a remote-controlled monster truck.
**Skids: An Autobot infiltrator and Mudflap's twin who transforms into a green and black Chevrolet Spark.
*Steve Buscemi as Daytrader: An Autobot scavenger who transforms into a cloaked rusty Mercedes-Benz LK Model 1920 dump truck.
*Steven Barr as Topspin: An Autobot Wrecker who resides in Cuba with Simmons that once transformed into a #48 Hendrick Motorsports Lowe's/Kobalt car. In the film he is credited as "Volleybot" and grew a metallic beard that resembles his fallen comrade, Leadfoot.
*Mark Ryan as:
**Bulldog: An Autobot veteran of World War I and a sentry for Burton's castle, who transforms into an army green Mark IV tank and suffers from 'robot dementia',
**Lieutenant: An elderly Autobot that transforms into a Hawker Hurricane fighter plane that cameos at Burton's castle
**Swoop: A Dinobot who transforms into a Pterodactyl. He was referred to as Strafe in the last film, and his second head is cut off at the start, and is upgraded from a Pteranodon from Age of Extinction.
*Tom Kenny, Frank Welker, Jess Harnell, and John DiMaggio as The Knights of Iacon: a group of twelve Cybertronian Knights that protects the Staff and merge to form the three-headed dragon, Dragonstorm. They include Dragonicus, Stormreign, Steelbane, and Skullitron.
*Gregg Berger as Grimlock: The leader of the Dinobots, who transforms into a mechanical horned, fire-breathing Tyrannosaurus.
*Frank Welker as the Mini-Dinobots: The Mini versions of Grimlock, Slug, and Swoop named: Sharp T (mini Grimlock), 'Tops (mini Slug), and Pterry (mini Swoop)
*Ron Perlman as Optimus Primal, the leader of the Maximals who transforms into a western lowland gorilla. The character's beast mode in the film was based on unused concept art that was illustrated for an inclusion in the 2017 film, Transformers: The Last Knight.
*Peter Dinklage as Scourge, the former leader of the Terrorcons and a trophy hunter who was revived and transforms into a truck like Optimus.
*Patton Oswalt as Rattrap: A Maximal warrior who transforms into a rat.
*Pete Davidson as Mirage, an Autobot spy who can project holograms and transforms into a Formula One car, a Lamborghini Countach, and a garbage truck. Davidson described voicing Mirage as "Jim Carrey's The Mask meets Bugs Bunny", due to his rebellious personality.
*Dee Bradley Baker as: 
**Scorponok: A Decepticon who turns into a scorpion, and tried to go back in time and kill Cleopatra but was defeated by Bumblebee, he also killed King Tut.
**Dispensor: a bot who has been hiding in sight selling people Mountain Dews, and joins the Autobots.
*Liza Koshy as Arcee, an Autobot sharpshooter who transforms into a red-white Ducati 916 motorcycle.
*David Sobolov as Rhinox, a Maximal commando who transforms into a white rhinoceros.
*Cristo Fernández as Wheeljack, an Autobot scientist and mechanic who transforms into a custom green and white 1970s Volkswagen Type 2 panel bus, while speaking in a Mexican accent.
*Tongayi Chirisa as Cheetor, a Maximal scout who transforms into a cheetah.
*Colman Domingo as Unicron: A giant planet-destroying Transformer who tries to kill the Autobots.
*Charlie Adler as Waspinator: Bumblebee's college roommate and Predacon warrior who turns into a wasp.
*Troy Baker as Terrorsaur: a Predacon spy who turns into a Pteranodon.
*Scarlett Johannsson as Blackarachnia: Optimus' girlfriend who turned into her current form after being infected by a Spider.
*Dwayne Johnson as Stinger/Cliffjumper: A Bumblebee clone who steals data and body parts from Cliffjumper, revealing he is Cliffjumper, and his body was rebuilt by KSI
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==Marketing==
===Trailers and Commercials===
*A teaser trailer was released on June 13, 2025, with Elio in theaters, the trailer showed Skywarp and Thundercracker destroying the NASA Challenger space shuttler, as well as only 30 seconds from the film, featuring completed footage.
*A second teaser trailer was released on December 20, 2025, alongside Avatar 3 in theaters, featuring footage of Optimus, Bumblebee, Optimus Primal, Cheetor, Rattrap, Arcee, Hound, Crosshairs, Megatron, Waspinator, Tarantulas, Skywarp, and Thundercracker, it featured the songs Bullet with Butterfly Wings by the Smashing Pumpkins and In The End by Linkin Park.
*on December 30, 2025, M&M's released an advert featuring Bumblebee in car mode being brought to M&M's World in Las Vegas (which was featured in the film), and being hit by Yellow, who is thrown at the building by Bumblebee, as he starts having a meltdown.
*The first theatrical trailer was released on February 2, 2026, with music composed by Steve Jablonsky and the song We Will Rock You by Queen.
*A TV Spot with music composed by Steve Jablonsky premiered at the Super Bowl on February 8, 2025.
*M&M's had a regular tie-in commercial where Red and Yellow are turned into Transformers with Transformium, and have Optimus Prime bring out a truck of M&M's, while Optimus then battles Scourge, and Red and Yellow try joining in on the action.
*On March 3, 2026, Burger King released a commercial featuring Optimus Prime battling Scourge similar to the M&M's tie-in and wrecking a Burger King location in the progress.
*On March 17, 2026, Mountain Dew released an ad featuring Dispensor (in an all-new design featuring the Mountain Dew flavors, Code Red, Voltage, Livewire, and Pitch Black), battling a Pepsi Dispensor, while causing destruction, this was to promote the new Special Edition cans and Dispensor of each flavor.
*A second theatrical trailer was released on April 3, 2026, with music Poker Face by Lady Gaga and It's Tricky by Run-D.M.C.
*TV spots for the film were released on May 6, 2026.
==Release==