While continuing to promoteTransformers: The Last Knight, producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura revealed even more details about the upcomingBumblebeespin-off, confirming that the production starts in August, while also teasing thatTransformers 6will hit theaters in 2019. Unfortunately, the producer wouldn’t say whatTransformers 6will be about yet, but the current plan is to have it ready for a summer 2019 release. Here’s what the producer had to say in a new interview.
“Well we’re going to shoot a prequel actually, aBumblebee movie, which starts in August, so next summer we’ll see a Bumblebee movie. And then we hope to have another Transformers movie the following summer.”
The producer made these comments in an interview withScreen Rant, although he wouldn’t shed any light on what the nextTransformersmovie will be. This comes just a few days after the producer compared hisBumblebee spin-offto the iconic animated classicIron Giant, while confirming that the story is set in the 1980s. Back in April, Michael Bay revealed that Paramount has14 Transformers moviesthat are currently in development, which spawned from theTransformersfranchise writers room. WithBumblebeehitting theaters on June 21, 2025, and this mysteryTransformersmovie supposedly arriving in the summer of 2019, the producer was asked if the studio’s plan is to release aTransformersmovie every summer, perhaps mirroring Disney’s plans of releasing a newStar Warsmovie every year. However, Lorenzo di Bonaventura revealed he didn’t want the franchise to get too far ahead of itself.
“Look, I always wait for the audience, because there’s an arrogance to getting ahead of your audience. When you do, you get punched. So we’ll wait each time. We’re planning a lot of movies, but you’ve got to have the audience’s support, because these movies are very expensive.”
It will be interesting to see how the box office performance ofTransformers: The Last Knightwill affect the franchise, since it has been projected to open under 2014’sTransformers: Age of Extinction. Still, that movie will represent the end of an era, the lastTransformersmovie with Michael Bay at the helm, although he is expected to produce these otherTransformersmovies. Like every other entry in theTransformerssaga,Transformers: The Last Knighthas not been a big hit with critics, earning a paltry 18% from the critics on Rotten Tomatoes. Bad reviews have never stopped this franchise from pulling in huge grosses in the past, though, although with the movie tracking lower than the previous installment, it will be interesting to see how the franchise will continue on, especially with Michael Bay stating, once again, that he will not return to direct anotherTransformersmovie.
As forBumblebee, casting is already under way, withHailee Steinfeldsigning on to play a tomboy who has an after-school job as a mechanic. Travis Knight (Kubo and the Two Strings) directs from a script by Christina Hodson, and with the cast starting to come together, hopefully we’ll have more updates onBumblebeesoon.
