‘Bumblebee’ Director Explains Why They Used The G1 Transformer Designs

Paramount Pictures has released a new Bumblebee featurette in which the filmmakers discuss the decision to use the G1 Transformers designs.

One of the many issues fans had with Michael Bay’s Transformers films were the significantly different designs for the robot’s in disguise. Fortunately, the upcoming Bumblebee film will return to the classic generation one designs and a new featurette focuses on why director Travis Knight and the film team opted to use the classic looks.

You can watch the featurette below!

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On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld), on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns this is no ordinary, yellow VW bug.

Directed by Travis Knight from a script written by Christina Hodson, the film stars Hailee Steinfeld, Pamela Adlon, John Cena, Stephen Schneider, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Jason Ian Drucker, Kenneth Choi, Ricardo Hoyos, Abby Quinn, Rachel Crow, and Grace Dzienny.

Bumblebee will be released in theaters on December 21, 2018.