First clip for Chris Hemsworth’s “Transformers One”

The first clip from Paramount Pictures’ highly anticipated Transformers One The movie is finally here and it offers a new look at the main characters, including young versions of Optimus Prime and Megatron. Their voices will be provided by Marvel stars Chris Hemsworth and Brian Tyree Henry in the upcoming animated sci-fi prequel.

Shared by Discussing Film on X, the first Transformers One The clip offers fans a preview of one of the film’s action sequences. It shows Hemsworth’s Optimus And Henry’s Megatron fleeing from the evil, together with Scarlett Johansson’s “Elita” And Bumblebee by Keegan-Michael Key. To get further away from their enemies, they attempt to use their newly acquired T-Cog, a biomechanism that allows them to transform. However, they comically fail to transform into their desired vehicle, unsure of how to use their new powers.

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Transformers One Josh Cooley directs from a screenplay by Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari. Cooley first gained recognition as co-writer of the 2015 screenplay from the inside to the outsidewhich earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay. The voice cast includes Hemsworth as Orion/Optimus Prime, Henry as D-16/Megatron, Key as B-127/Bumblebee, Johansson as Elita, Laurence Fishburne as Alpha Trion and Jon Hamm as Sentinel Prime, with Steve Buscemi playing the film’s antagonist. The official synopsis reads: “It is the untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, who were once friends and bonded like brothers and changed the fate of Cybertron forever.”

Why did Megatron’s origin story change?

According to Cooley, the creative team decided to change the original origin stories of the characters, including Megatron, because the upcoming film has a limited runtime of 90 minutes. If things had been different, it definitely would have featured Megatron’s gladiator background. “If we had all the time in the world, it would have been fun to show Megatron as a gladiator and have the two characters come from very different backgrounds,” Cooley said. “We actually had a gladiator scene that alluded to that origin, but it got cut.”

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Apart from the anticipation of the release of Transformers OneParamount Pictures is also currently developing the next project in its long-running film series, the long-awaited Transformers And GI Joe – The Movie Crossover. The untitled film is written by Jurassic World Screenwriter Derek Connelly, with Hemsworth in talks for the lead role. The crossover was first teased in late 2023 Transformers: Rise of the Beastswhere Anthony Ramos’ character receives an offer to join GI Joe.

Transformers One will be released in theaters on September 20, 2024.

Source: Discussing Film

Transformers One

An origin story set on Cybertron, home of the Autobots and the Decepticons. The film is said to focus on the relationship between Optimus Prime and Megatron.

director

Josh Cooley

Release date

13 September 2024

Authors

Andrew Barrer, Steve Desmond, Gabriel Ferrari, Michael Sherman