Fun Official Trailer for ‘Transformers One’ Cybertron Origin Story Movie
by Alex Billington
April 18, 2024
Source: YouTube
“We got these powers for a reason… Let’s use them!” Paramount Pictures has revealed an official trailer for the next Transformers movie, this one an all-CGI animated creation called Transformers One. Anyone up for an origin story after all the live-action movies? Transformers One is based on the Transformers toyline by Hasbro and is the 8th installment in the Transformers movies series. This “prequel” is set on the planet Cybertron and will center on the relationship between the bots Optimus Prime and Megatron, and how they became sworn enemies. Directed by Josh Cooley (from Pixar’s Toy Story 4), the ensemble voice cast includes Chris Hemsworth as Optimus Prime, Brian Tyree Henry as Megatron, Scarlett Johansson as Elita, Keegan-Michael Key as Bumblebee, Jon Hamm as Sentinel Prime, Laurence Fishburne as Alpha Trion, plus Steve Buscemi. This is some wacky, flashy, amusing footage but it really seems like this is made for kids and not really the adults that enjoyed the previous Transformers movies. Still worth a look.
Here’s the first teaser trailer (+ poster) for Josh Cooley’s Transformers One, direct from YouTube:
“Every Transformer has an origin.” Transformers One is the untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever. In the first-ever fully CG-animated Transformers movie, Transformers One features a star-studded voice cast, including Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry, Scarlett Johansson, Keegan-Michael Key, Steve Buscemi, along with Laurence Fishburne & Jon Hamm. Transformers One is directed by American animation filmmaker Josh Cooley, who made his feature directorial debut with Toy Story 4 previously, while working as a story supervisor & storyboard artist for years at Pixar. The screenplay is written by Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari. Produced by Michael Bay, Aaron Dem, Tom DeSanto, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Don Murphy, and Mark Vahradian. Paramount will debut Cooley’s Transformers One movie in theaters nationwide starting September 20th, 2024 later this year. Does it look any good?