Paramount recently dropped the trailer of their new animated Transformers movie, ‘Transformer One’. The movie is set in the time way before the Cybertron was destroyed and Autobots come to Earth for refuge.
‘Transformer One’ will tell the story of 2 best friends, Orion Pax and D-16 before they become the enemies that fans know as Optimus Prime and Megatron respectively.
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Explore The Transformation Of Orion Pax And D-16 Into Optimus Prime And Megatron
In the trailer, fans can see young Orion Pax and D-16, worker bots who cannot transform into vehicles. Later, they meet another young bot B-127 whom fans better know as Bumblebee, and Elita-1, sister of Arcee.
These young bots with a lot of ambition are trying to prove that they are more than just mere bots. For the first time, fans will see how the civil war between Autobots and Decepticons breaks out.
The official logline says, “The long-awaited origin story of how the most iconic characters in the Transformers universe, Orion Pax and D-16, went from brothers-in-arms to become sworn enemies, Optimus Prime and Megatron.”
Chris Hemsworth and Brian Tyree Henry give their voice to Orion Pax and D-16 respectively. In addition to that, Scarlett Johansson will be voicing Elita-1. The characters’ models are based on Transformers action figures from Hasbro.
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‘Transformers One’ is going to be the first animated Transformer movie in 40 years. With Oscar-winning director Josh Cooley sailing the ship, fans have high expectations from this. Some hints of gags and scenes will remind them of Pixar’s ‘Toy Story’ movie franchise.
Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura has hinted at setting up a trilogy to tell more about the relationship between Optimus Prime and Megatron. It is the first time creators are exploring this side of the Transformers story when humans were not involved in the Autobots-Decepticon feud.
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