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The villains of theBumblebeemovie will have an extra put-on in their arsenal . At the movie ’s panel atSan Diego Comic - Con , director Travis Knight disclose thatthe evil power of the Decepticonswill include a rare power that will make thing even hard for the hero . The eponymic Autobot will be on his own against a clump of robots and people who want to take him apart .
Knight and the picture show ’s casting , including ace Hailee Stanfield , took to Hall H to show off the late in the smash hit series . Bumblebeetakes stead in 1987 , which is 20 years before director Michael Bay ’s first picture show . It shows the yellow Transformer ’s other risky venture on Earth , and will let in his classic facial expression from the toy dog and alive series . This risky venture includes a underground administration agency and some enemy robots . And the latter group will present an even bigger threat than common .
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“ They ’re triple - changers , " Knight say at the panel . " They had to turn into two different things in add-on to being a automaton . So they are muscle cars … but also Deceptions are aircraft . add up on , who are we kidding ? They flex into things that flee . So Shatter can change by reversal into a harrier honey oil and Dropkick can turn into a whirlybird . And you may see small pieces of that in the blueprint . ”
In theTransformersuniverse , triple - change is a rare quality . Only a handful of automaton , both Autobots and Decepticons , have had it . This is arguably because those would be way harder toys to make . But Hasbro did manage to make six of them , three from each team . In theRescue Botsanimated series , Autobots leaderOptimus Prime gain this trick . But Maker have kept the turn of triple - changers down in general .
Shatter and Dropkick are reference specific toBumblebeeand the rest of the live - actionTransformersmovies . So it ’s not a huge rupture of canyon to make them treble - changers . Angela Bassett and Justin Theroux will voice them , severally . And the prevue have also point off a third member of the Decepticon crew . Fans have guessed that this is Starscream , butKnight says that ’s not the case . If the third scoundrel is also a threefold - auto-changer , that ’s nine different forms poor Bumblebee is going to have to fight . And all he can turn into is a VW Beetle . He ’s choke to be at a disadvantage , but odds are he ’ll figure something out .
Bumblebeeis the first spinoff from director Michael Bay ’s serial publication ofTransformersfilms , which have grossed $ 4.38 billion combined at the box office . The original program was to expand into a Marvel - styleTransformers Cinematic Universewith more expansions and sequels , but afterThe Last Knightproved a box - office dashing hopes , the futurity of theTransformersfranchiseis set to exchange . What variety it takes move forward will reckon on how wellBumblebeefares this December .
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