Transformers Movies to Make San Diego Comic-Con Debut With Bumblebee

Bumblebeeis headed toSan Diego Comic - Con , making it the first live - actionTransformersmovie to attend the event . While theTransformersmultimedia franchise is , of course , not at all a unknown to the big yearly geek upshot , the live - action films have thus far steered clear of SDCC . Now ’s as good a time as any for that to change , seeing asBumblebeeis aim to usher in a raw era for the robots - in - diguise on the big screen , after yr of their films being critically derided .

Paramount appears to have prorogue itsTransformerscinematic universe plans in the viewing ofTransformers : The Last Knight ’s commercial under - performance last twelvemonth . The studio nevertheless seems affirmative aboutBumblebeeand has all the more cause to be , after the generally confident response totheBumblebeeteaser trailerreleased last calendar month . As such , Paramount will strive to keep that good buzz going by giving the motion-picture show its own Hall H panel when SDCC have underway in a few week .

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Deadlinehas been inform that Paramount will host a gore forBumblebeein Hall H at SDCC 2018 on Friday , July 20 from 5 - 6 premier MST.Bumblebeedirector Travis Knight ( Kubo and the Two Strings ) will be present at the dialog box , along with stars Hailee Steinfeld , John Cena , and Jorge Lendeborg Jr. Further , the panel will not encompass any other upcoming films that Paramount has in the word of mouth ( includingMission : Impossible - Fallout , which open a workweek later ) , unlike the studio ’s SDCC panels in class by .

Bumblebeetakes situation in 1987 and follows " B " as he make his way to earth , to carry out a mission for Optimus Prime . Along the path , the eponymous Autobot encounters and befriends a young grease monkey named Charlie ( Steinfeld ) , who aids him on his closelipped operation . In summation to have theTransformersmovies ' first distaff principal , Bumblebeeis further mixing thing up bypitting its zep against few Decepticons(three total ) than old entries in the serial publication have .

For Paramount , this class ’s SDCC is a chance to not only keep establish hype forBumblebee , but also to present theTransformerslive - action flick serial publication in a more geek - friendly light . The premature five installments in the franchise were all directed by Michael Bay and geared more towards general audiences , rather than fans of theTransformersacross multiple spiritualist . By comparison , with its GI Transformers designs and deep honkytonk into Cybertron ’s history , Bumblebeepromises to show more making love to the property ’s steadfast jock , go with an appearance at SDCC .