This Summer sees the live-action feature “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” hitting cinemas, the first in a series of new “Transformers” films coming to the big screen.
It will be followed by a new and untitled animated film set to hit cinemas next Summer, but specifics of that film are under wraps. We do know it will be helmed by “Toy Story 4” director Josh Cooley and serve as a prequel.
Now, Collider has spoken with franchise producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura who revealed the film will be set on Cybertron and effectively be the origin story of young Megatron and young Optimus.
He goes on to talk a bit about the story:
“If you know the origin, they started as friends, and over time things devolved for them, and they ended up on two sides. So we’re telling the young Optimus and the young Megatron story. We really are telling the origin story of all Transformers, both what they were at the beginning of it, to how they grow, to how they grow apart.”
di Bonaventura adds that the story they want to tell is a “natural trilogy” with more films already planned:
“We’re hoping that there is enough emotional construct to that, that would lead to a trilogy of it because, personally, I think there’s a natural trilogy. I’m not always looking to do multiple movies, but there’s a natural trilogy around their relationship. So, you’re going to see Cybertron in a way you’ve never seen it, that no one’s ever seen it before. Because we’re doing an animation, we’re allowed to really go all out. If you tried to make this live-action, it would probably be a billion-dollar movie or something.”
di Bonaventura indicates they have plans for where the story could go, but for now, are focused on ensuring the first film is a success: “I would say this, we don’t spend a lot of time thinking about two and three because it’s always hard to do one well.”
The reveal comes ahead of the next trailer for “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts”, which will arrive online next Thursday. The film itself will release in cinemas on July 19th 2024.
