Following the release date shake-up by Disney last month, which saw numerous Marvel movies and the upcomingIndiana Jones 5getting release delays, today was Paramount’s turn to reshuffle their slate, first announcing the movement of their newStar Trekmovie to late 2023, and forTransformersfans a big blow asTransformers: Rise of the Beastsalso found itself on the move, being delayed until June 9th, 2023, about a year past its original date of June 04, 2025. The newest movie in the franchise has been getting a lot of attention during filming, with numerous photos and videos being uploaded on social media by fans, as well as the pieces of information being drip-fed through from Paramount, but we now have a long wait to see the final product arrive on screens.
Paramount is looking to build on the success ofBumblebee, which broke away from the mainTransformersfranchise to create a prequel to the Michael Bay movies and in the process gained a lot more praise than its predecessors managed and gave the series a new lease of life. While Optimus Prime was not the focus for the first time since the live-action franchise debuted in 2007, that is all set to change in the new movie which is set after the events ofBumblebeeand will introduce the Maximals, Predacons and Terrorcons. TheBeast Warstranslation to the big screen has certainly excited Transformers fans, and director Steven Caple Jr. was happy to talk about expanding the Transformers franchise in a previous press conference.
“We wanted to expand the universe,” the filmmaker explained. “You have the Autobots and the Decepticons, and I would say mynew flair to this is the Terracons. The Terracons are a new threat to Optimus Prime, and it’s something I pride myself on when entering the franchise. I’ve done Rocky with Creed, and you bring the nostalgia that fans want, but also bring something they aren’t expecting, and the Terracons are that.”
“The difference between the sort of Predacons in our film, they are more reptilian in nature. So to speak, you’ve seen a few in the otherTransformersfilms, they’ve been like here and there, but we never got a chance to really focus in on their logo. So to speak. Their insignia, I really identify them with, to Lorenzo’s point their tribe, if you will. And so we’re really hitting that more. And then we get to see another side to them. Again, it’s all about sort of likebuilding a backstory to these characters. That’s a little bit more than, ‘Hey, let’s take over the world. What is their personal agenda? What are the feelings behind it? And so we’ll get the seed of that. You can’t really make a movie aboutBeast Warsand not have the classic characters.”
While the new delay will be a disappointment to many looking forward to the movie’s arrival, it seems that we should expect to see a few more similar postponements to some of the big movies inmovie theatersheading our way as studios attempt to reset their slates and put the troubles of Covid behind them once and for all. This news comes to us fromVariety.
