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Paramount brought theTransformersmovies toSan Diego Comic - Confor the first time this year and used its Hall H panel to highlight this December ’s spinoff , Bumblebee . The first live - actionTransformersfilmnotdirected by Michael Bay , Bee ’s solo adventure go back in time to 1987 and follows the Autobot as he carries out a top - secret mission for his loss leader , Optimus Prime , on earth . Oscar - nominee Hailee Steinfeld costars in the motion-picture show as Charlie , a teenaged shop mechanic who find Bumblebee ( in disguise as a yellow VW hemipteron ) in a junkyard and help the alien robot on his " special job " .
SincetheBumblebeeteaser trailerisn’t even two months old yet ( and the actual movie does n’t make it until December ) , Paramount make up one’s mind to give off on debut a fresh trailer for the film at SDCC . However , the studio apartment did bring some previously - unreleased clip to San Diego , to show off to those ' Con attendees who managed to secure a seat in Hall H. Steinfeld was among the phallus of the cinema ’s plaster bandage on - hired hand to promoteBumblebeeat the case , along with director Travis Knight ( Kubo and the Two Strings ) .
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Steinfeld and Knight were joined at the panel byBumblebeecostar Jorge Lendeborg Jr. and , eventually , John Cena . Knight put the stage for the footage by tattle about how he attempted to buck the Transformer activity view as cohesively as possible . This was adopt by a sizzle bobbin for the motion picture that come out with a sequence where Bee is hunted by Agent Burns ( Cena ) and the Decepticon Blitzwing ( the one seen in the puzzle trailer ) , who fires several missiles at him in hot pursuit . As the footage reveal , the Decepticons claim Bee is a criminal they are trying to stop to Burns , which is how they gain his cartel and that of the human armed services .
This scene was followed by an extended reading of theBumblebeeteaser trailer that included several action - packed measure , as well as a identification number of heartwarming moments between Bee and Charlie . However , the highlight of the sizzle reel may have been the appearance by Optimus Prime , who show up as a hologram at one period . Optimus , much like Bee , is much closer to his G1 iteration than he has been in live - actionTransformersmovies past .
All things considered , it sounds like theBumblebeeSDCC footage further push back him the musical theme that Knight is essay to balance spectacle with heart better in his film that Bay’sTransformersmovies ever really did . likewise , between the G1 designs and its place setting , it seemsBumblebeeis striving to hark back to the most dear era in theTransformersmultimedia enfranchisement ’s chronicle ( see : the ' 80s ) , in more slipway than one . And by the sound of things , it may yet succeed in that speculation .
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