Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

## *Transformers:Rise of the Beasts*

### Produced by

Don Murphy
Tom DeSanto
Lorenzo di Bonaventura
Michael Bay
Mark Vahradian
Duncan Henderson

### Screenplay by

Joby Harold
Darnell Metayer
Josh Peters
Erich Hoeber
Jon Hoeber

### Starring

Anthony Ramos
Dominique Fishback
Luna Lauren Vélez
Tobe Nwigwe

### Studio(s)

Skydance
Entertainment One
Di Bonaventura Pictures
New Republic Pictures
Bay Films

### Released

May 27, 2023 (Marina Bay Sands)June 9, 2023 (United States)

### Budget

$200 million

***Transformers: Rise of the Beasts*** is an upcoming American science fiction action film based on Hasbro's *Transformers* toy line and primarily influenced by the *Beast Wars* storyline. The film is the seventh installment in the *Transformers* film series and a stand-alone sequel to *Bumblebee* (2018). The film is directed by Steven Caple Jr. from a screenplay by Joby Harold, Darnell Metayer, Josh Peters, Erich Hoeber, and Jon Hoeber. It will star Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback as well the voice talents of Peter Cullen, Ron Perlman, and Peter Dinklage. The film will center around three factions of Transformers tied to Earth's past, with the setting being in 1994 Brooklyn, New York City, and in parts of Peru such as Machu Picchu, Cusco, and Tarapoto, San Martín.

*Transformers: Rise of the Beasts* had its premiere at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore on May 27, 2023, and is scheduled to be released theatrically in the United States on June 9, 2023, by Paramount Pictures. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised its action sequences and improvements over its five pre-*Bumblebee* installments, though criticism was aimed at its climax.

## Premise

In the year 1994, a pair of human archaeologists from Brooklyn come into an ancient conflict through a globe-trotting adventure with the Autobots that ties in with three factions of the Transformers race: the Maximals, the Predacons and the Terrorcons.

## Plot

The homeworld of the Maximals, an advanced race of beast-robots that have evolved on a jungle planet colonized by Transformers long ago, comes under attack from the planet-eating dark god Unicron. His heralds, the Terrorcons and an army of Predacon drones, led by Scourge, seek to obtain for their master the Maximals' greatest piece of technology, the Transwarp Key, which can open portals through space and time. Maximal leader Apelinq sacrifices himself to allow the other Maximals to escape the planet before Unicron devours it. Now under the command of Optimus Primal, the Maximals use the key to flee to Earth.

In 1994 Brooklyn, ex-military electronics expert Noah Diaz struggles to find a job to support his family, and is convinced by his friend Reek to steal a Porsche to sell, only to discover that the car is the Autobot Mirage in disguise. Concurrently, museum intern Elena Wallace studies an ancient statue of a falcon bearing the Maximal symbol and winds up breaking it open to reveal half of the Transwarp Key hidden inside. The key releases an energy pulse that is detected by Optimus Prime, who summons the other Autobots; Mirage is contacted in the middle of Noah's attempted theft, and Noah winds up being roped into the robots' mission to recover the key so they can use it to return to their homeworld, Cybertron.

Drawn by the key's signature, the Terrorcons arrive on Earth, and Elena is caught up in the conflict when the villains attack the Autobots outside the museum. Scourge kills Bumblebee and steals the key half before the Maximal Airazor arrives and drives him off. Airazor explains to the Autobots that the Maximals have been hiding on Earth for thousands of years, and split the Transwarp Key in two to keep it out of Unicron's hands. Despite the danger, Optimus Prime is insistent that the key be reassembled so the Autobots can use it to return home, while Noah secretly plots to destroy the key in order to keep his world safe.

Elena's studies allow her to deduce that the other half of the key must be located in a hidden temple in Peru, and the group heads out aboard the rattletrap cargo plane Autobot, Stratosphere. In Peru, they meet up with locally-stationed Autobot Wheeljack, who leads them to the temple, but it is soon discovered that the other half of the key is no longer there. The Terrorcons attack once again, and the battle ends with Scourge corrupting Airazor with Unicron's dark energy. Subsequently, the Autobots meet Optimus Primal and the other Maximals, who explain that they moved the second half of the key, entrusting it to a human tribe they have worked with over the millennia. Scourge's corruption overtakes Airazor, driving her mad, and Primal is forced to kill her to save Elena; in the chaos, Noah attempts to destroy the second half of the key, only for it to instead be stolen by Scourge, who then reassembles the two halves atop a volcano, opening a portal through which Unicron will soon arrive.

Seeing where their self-serving motives have led them, Optimus Prime and Noah agree to work together to defeat the forces of evil. While the Autobots and Maximals battle the Terrorcons and Predacons, Noah and Elena sneak in close to the Transwarp Key, planning to deactivate it with an access code Elena has uncovered. In the battle, Mirage is gravely wounded by Scourge, but transforms his damaged body into a powered exo-suit for Noah so they can fight together. The energy pulse released by the key activates a dormant energon deposit beneath the valley, which infuses Bumblebee's body with energy and restores him to life, his revival turning the tide of the battle. Optimus Prime kills Scourge, but their fight winds up destroying the key's control console, meaning it cannot be shut down. Willing to sacrifice himself, Prime destroys the key and collapses the portal, but Noah and Primal are able to save him from being sucked into the imploding vortex.

In the aftermath of the conflict, Elena receives recognition for discovering the temple in Peru, while Noah attends an interview for a security job, but finds he is actually being invited to join the secret government organization G.I. Joe.

In a mid-credits scene, Noah manages to repair Mirage.

## Cast

Main article: List of Transformers film series cast and characters

### Humans

* Anthony Ramos as Noah Diaz, an ex-military electronics expert who lives with his family in Brooklyn, trying to support them.
* Dominique Fishback as Elena Wallace, an artifact researcher at a museum whose boss keeps taking credit for her work.
* Luna Lauren Vélez as Breanna Diaz, Noah's mother.
* Tobe Nwigwe as Reek, Noah’s friend who talks him in to grand theft auto.  Nwigwe's character in the film was based on a mutual best friend of Caple's, who died prior to filming in 2021.
* Dean Scott Vazquez as Kris Diaz: Noah's younger brother who suffers from sickle cell disease.
* Sarah Stiles as Jillian: Elena's boss, who keeps taking credit for her work.
* Leni Parker as Ms. Greene, a hospital administrator that questions Noah about the payment for Kris' appointment.
* Aidan Devine as Bishop, a security chief who cancels a job interview with Noah due to having talked with Noah's former commanding officer.
* Lucas Huarancca as Amaru. the descendant of a tribe that helped the Maximals for hundreds of years.
* Michael Kelly as Agent Burke, an undercover recruiter for G.I. Joe.
* Lesley Stahl as herself, she appears on *60 Minutes* interviewing Elena about the underground ruins she discovered.

### Transformers

* Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime, the leader of the Autobot resistance who transforms into a 1987 Freightliner FLA semi truck. Caple revealed on Instagram that Optimus Prime's unmasked face in the film was designed after Cullen himself.
* 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 repurposed from the unused concept art that was illustrated for an inclusion in the 2017 film, *Transformers: The Last Knight*.
* Peter Dinklage as Scourge, the leader of the Terrorcons and a trophy hunter, who transforms into a black Peterbilt 359 logging semi truck.
* Pete Davidson as Mirage, an Autobot spy who can project holograms and transforms into a silver-blue Porsche 964. Davidson described voicing Mirage as "Jim Carrey's *The Mask* meets Bugs Bunny", in lieu of his rebellious personality.
* Liza Koshy as Arcee, a Female Autobot sharpshooter who transforms into a red-white Ducati 916 motorcycle. In preparation for the role, Koshy worked out to help her "find the right voice" for the character.
* Cristo Fernández as Wheeljack, an Autobot scientist and mechanic who transforms into a brown and white 1970s Volkswagen Type 2 panel bus, while speaking in a Mexican accent.
* John DiMaggio as:
	+ Stratosphere, an Autobot Air-Soldier who transforms into a cargo plane, that provides transportation for the Autobots in their global adventure.
	+ Transit, a Decepticon that transforms into a School bus. Unfortunately, this character's scenes were deleted due to their darker tone.
* Michelle Yeoh as Airazor, a Maximal warrior who transforms into a peregrine falcon.
* Tongayi Chirisa as Cheetor, a Maximal scout who transforms into a cheetah.
* David Sobolov as:
	+ Rhinox, a Maximal commando who transforms into a white rhinoceros.
	+ Battletrap, a Terrorcon enforcer who transforms into an orange 1980s GMC TopKick C7000 tow truck. According to Sobolov, he considered voicing him "The most ruthless character he's ever done."
	+ Apelinq: The previous Maximal leader who transforms into a western lowland gorilla, similar to Optimus Primal.
* Michaela Jaé Rodriguez as Nightbird, a Female Terrorcon ninja who transforms into a Nissan Skyline GT-R R33. Rodriguez is the first transgender actor to voice act in the franchise's history.
* Colman Domingo as Unicron, a world-devouring planet-sized Transformer who serves as the Terrorcons' master. This marks the character's first proper live-action depiction after previously being teased in *The Last Knight*.

Non-speaking characters

* Bumblebee, an Autobot scout who transforms into a modified yellow and black second-generation 1970s Classic Chevrolet Camaro with all-terrain extensions.
* Scorponok, an army of Predacons who transform into moss-covered scorpions, true to their Decepticon namesake like previous incarnations.
* Freezer: A group of insectoid-esque Terrocons that transforms into weapon artillery for Scourge and his fellow Terrorcons.

## Production

### Development

In December 2018, when asked about the future of the *Transformers* franchise, producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura stated that another big *Transformers* movie "would be produced and that it would be "different than the ones that we've done before". He described the process as more of an "evolution", saying that there is more freedom to create and what they can do with it. After the success of *Bumblebee*, he acknowledged that the series will make some changes in tone and style, inspired by the film.

Director Travis Knight said his goal was to return to his animation studio Laika, though he acknowledged that he has a few ideas for a *Bumblebee* sequel. John Cena expressed interest in reprising his role in a sequel. Writer Christina Hodson said that "[she] knows where [she wants] to go with the next one". In late January 2019, a sequel was announced, due to the film's international box office performance. In March, di Bonaventura confirmed they were developing a script for a *Bumblebee* sequel.

In January 2020, Paramount Pictures was reportedly working on two different *Transformers* films, one written by James Vanderbilt and another written by Joby Harold. In November, Steven Caple Jr. was hired to direct Harold's script. On February, it was revealed that the film was going under the working title *Transformers: Beast Alliance*, hinting the introduction of characters from the *Beast Wars* franchise.

During a virtual event held by Paramount in June, di Bonaventura and Caple revealed the official title as *Transformers: Rise of the Beasts* (revealing to be both a *Bumblebee* sequel and *Beast Wars* film in one), and confirming that it would feature the Terrorcons, the Maximals, and the Predacons. The visual effects for the *Transformers* and *Beast Wars* characters were provided by the Moving Picture Company, rather than Industrial Light and Magic from the previous installments. The film's tone and action were heavily influenced by *Terminator 2: Judgment Day* (1991).

In an April 2023 interview, Di Bonaventura stated that the film's story will have a character arc for Optimus Prime prior to the 2007 film, akin to Bumblebee in his self-titled film. In May, Caple said that the events of the 2007 film will be preserved, but also that the story would standalone and that "Ultimately, all you need to know is that they’re trying to get back to Cybertron."

### Casting

In April 2021, Anthony Ramos was cast for the lead role in the film. Later that month, Dominique Fishback was cast opposite Ramos. It was also revealed that Darnell Metayer and Josh Peters had been hired to rewrite Harold's screenplay. Ultimately, Harold, Metayer, Peters, along with Erich and Jon Hoeber received screenplay credit, with Harold solely receiving story credit, while Ken Nolan, Tony Rettenmaier, Juel Taylor, and Vanderbilt received "additional literary material" credit off-screen.

In June, actress Lauren Vélez revealed that she has a role in the sequel. In the same month, Peter Cullen was confirmed to return as Optimus Prime for the film, and Ron Perlman was announced to be reprising his role as Optimus Primal from the *Power of the Primes* web series a week later. In July, Tobe Nwigwe revealed that he had a role in the film. In October 2022, Caple Jr. revealed that Michelle Yeoh and Pete Davidson will voice Airazor and Mirage, respectively, in the film.

On December 1, 2022, additional members of the voice cast were announced, consisting of Peter Dinklage as the film's antagonist Scourge, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez as the female Terrorcon Nightbird, Liza Koshy as Arcee, who is replacing voice actress Grey DeLisle from both *Bumblebee* and *Revenge of the Fallen*, Cristo Fernández as Wheeljack, and returning voice actors John DiMaggio and David Sobolov from previous installments in newer roles. DiMaggio voices both Stratosphere, an Autobot that originated from the toyline of *Revenge of the Fallen* and the *Dark of the Moon* video game from 2009-2011, and Transit, a Transformer that turns into a School Bus. While Sobolov, being the sole cast member from the *Beast Wars* animated series, voices both the Maximal Rhinox and the Terrorcon Battletrap.

Caple revealed that more members of the voice cast will be revealed in the coming months and expressed interest to bring Mahershala Ali to provide voice work. On April 6, 2023, two months before the film's release, Tongayi Chirisa was announced to be voicing the Maximal Cheetor. Cheetor's original voice actor, Ian James Corlett expressed his support to Chirisa in the role later in that same month. On April 27, 2023, after the release of the second trailer, Colman Domingo was announced to be voicing Unicron. Ahead of the film's release in the same week that June, Sobolov revealed he had an additional third role as Apelinq, the Maximal leader before Primal; Apelinq is a post-*Beast Machines* character that originated in fiction created for BotCon, the official Transformers annual convention from the early 2000s.

### Filming

Principal photography began on June 7, 2021, in Los Angeles. Filming also took place at Machu Picchu, Montreal and Brooklyn. On October 20, it was announced that filming had officially wrapped.

### Post-production

Rather than Industrial Light and Magic from the previous installments, the film's visual effects for the *Transformers* and *Beast Wars* characters were provided by Moving Picture Company and Weta FX.

### Music

Jongnic Bontemps will provide the film's score, after previously working with Caple on his directorial debut, *The Land*. Bontemps is the first person of color to compose for a live-action *Transformers* film, and the third composer in the series after Steve Jablonsky and Dario Marianelli. Recording sessions for the score began on March 27, 2023, at the Eastwood Scoring Stage at Warner Bros. Jablonsky would later be involved in the film's score. The score will reference tracks written by Jablonsky for *Transformers* (2007), namely "Arrival to Earth" and "No Sacrifice, No Victory", as well as Vince DiCola's "Unicron Medley" from *The Transformers: The Movie* (1986).

To keep the authenticity of the film's setting, Caple confirmed tracks from the rap groups Wu-Tang Clan and A Tribe Called Quest would be featured.

On May 18, 2023, the song *On My Soul*, composed by Tobe Nwigwe and Nas and featuring Jacob Banks, was released as a single from the film's soundtrack.

## Release

*Transformers: Rise of the Beasts* is scheduled to be released theatrically in the United States on June 9, 2023, by Paramount Pictures. The film was delayed from its initial release date of June 24, 2022. Internationally, the film is being released on dates ranging from June 6, 2023 (in South Korea), to June 22, 2023, the film's Australian release date. The film will be released in Japan on August 4, 2023.

### Marketing

Paramount showed some footage from the film at their Cinemacon presentation in April 2022. A teaser trailer was released on December 1, 2022. During an interview with *BET*, Caple discusses on him handpicking the trailer's song, a remix of Juicy by The Notorious B.I.G. due to the album, Ready to Die released during the period of the film's setting, that captures the feeling of New York as suggested by both Ramos and Fishback. The teaser trailer on YouTube broke records in its first 24 hours with 238 million views in Paramount's history, topping a record that was previously held by *Top Gun: Maverick*, and 494 million views and impressions on social media sites like Twitter]] and TikTok, surpassing the view count of different trailers for other films released in the same week such as *Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny*, *The Super Mario Bros. Movie*, and *Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3*.

A 30-second Porsche advertisement as a TV spot aired during Super Bowl LVII on February 12, 2023. Optimus Prime was featured at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards on March 4, 2023, for the Lifetime Achievement Award. Over a month later, Prime would then appear at Coachella 2023, presenting Tobe Nwigwe, one of the film's stars.

The trailer was released on April 27, 2023. It uses "Ruff Ryders' Anthem" by DMX. Many commentators highlighted the appearance of Scourge and Unicron as the main villains for the film, though some highlighted that the DMX song used was not released until 1998, four years after the film is set.

## Trivia

* This the first Skydance film to produce a Transformers film.

## Reception

### Box office

As of August 9, 2023, *Transformers: Rise of the Beasts* has grossed $157.1 million in the United States and Canada, and $281.9 million in other territories, for a worldwide gross of $439 million. It has underperformed at the box office and is currently the lowest-grossing installment of the franchise.

In the United States and Canada, *Rise of the Beasts* was projected to gross $50–60 million from 3,673 theaters in its opening weekend. The film made $25.6 million on its first day, including $8.8 million from Wednesday and Thursday night preview screenings, up from the totals of *The Last Knight* ($5.5 million in 2017) and *Bumblebee* ($2.85 million in 2018). It went on to debut to $60.5 million, topping the box office. In its second weekend the film dropped 67% to $20 million, finishing fourth. It then made $11.6 million in its third weekend.

The film broke records in Peru, earning $6,165,943 in its opening week, and as of August 10, 2023, it is the highest-grossing film in Peru of all time, surpassing *Avengers: Endgame*, with earnings of over 52,6 million soles while also bringing in 3,7 million viewers. Peru was the fourth highest-grossing territory for the film, behind only the United States, China and Mexico.

### Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 52% of 105 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.2/10. The website's consensus reads: "Thanks to some genuine human drama between the set pieces and palpable affection for the title characters, *Transformers: Rise of the Beasts* is one of the franchise's more enjoyable outings." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 42 out of 100, based on 37 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Matt Donato of IGN gave the film a 7 out of 10, stating that "*Transformers: Rise of the Beasts* proves that *Bumblebee* wasn't a fluke, and that the *Transformers* series is finally accelerating in the right direction." Reviewing the film for *RogerEbert.com*, Christy Lemire gave the film 2.5/4 stars, writing, "But ultimately, *Rise of the Beasts* does what every *Transformers* movie has to do: wrap up with a seemingly endless fight sequence in which big, shiny chunks of metal slam noisily into each other. The smaller and more intimate special effects are more impressive than these massive set pieces; Mirage evolves in a multitude of cool ways that look tactile and realistic, for example. But while this climax isn't as dizzying and interminable as they so often are, it's still rather dull compared to the action that came before it."

*Chicago Sun-Times*'s Richard Roeper gave the film two out of four stars, writing "Never fear, though, the old-school adventure soon gives way to yet another fast-cut, murky, CGI-fueled action sequence. The stakes couldn't be lower, the excitement any less palpable. How many times have we already seen these too-long battle scenes in which computer-created machines and/or creatures bang into each other and tear each other apart while proclaiming it all ends today or some such thing?"

### Accolades

*Transformers: Rise of the Beasts* received a nomination for Best Summer 2023 Blockbuster Trailer at the 2023 Golden Trailer Awards.

## Future

### Sequels

In February 2022, the film was announced to be the first entry of three new installments in the *Transformers* series.

### Possible crossover

In May 2023, it was also announced Paramount was also planning a crossover between the *Transformers* and *G.I. Joe* franchises.

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## External links

* https://www.transformersmovie.com
* Transformers: Rise of the Beasts on IMDb