Hailee Steinfeld's Thoughts on Bumblebee in the Upcoming Bumblebee: The Movie

Posted by WreckerJack Feb 8, 2018 at 10:13pm CST 21,793 views

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In this quick video, Hailee Steinfeld talks about how excited she is to be a part of the upcoming Bumblebee: The Movie. For those who do not know Hailee Steinfeld's character is a girl named Charlie who discovers Bumblebee near a junkyard. The two develop a connection and team up for adventure. We can tell that she is a fan of Bumblebee as a character and admires the heart that this robot has. We have posted the video below so that you can see for yourself!

If you would like to know more about Hailee Steinfeld we have an interview with her about the soundtrack from Bumblebee: The movie.

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Comment by EunuchRon Feb 11, 2018

Well, yeah, I'd say Bumblebee is the most badass Bayverse 'bot. He's kind of the only one from the 2007 flick that hasn't died in some way.

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Comment by WreckerJack Mar 5, 2018

Transformers fans and those who are trying to encourage young readers may be interested to know that there are three new book listings on amazon. They are all coming out in November of this year, about a month before Bumblebee: The Movie will be showing in theaters. We will share with you the listings so that you will know what they are like.

Transformers Bumblebee: The Junior Novel (Hardcover)

Product Details:
Hardcover: 144 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (November 20, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0316419168
ISBN-13: 978-0316419161
Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0316419168/?tag=seibertron07-20&

Transformers Bumblebee: The Junior Novel (Paperback)

Product Details:
Age Range: 8 - 12 years
Grade Level: 3 - 7
Paperback: 144 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (November 20, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0316419192
ISBN-13: 978-0316419192
Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0316419192/?tag=seibertron07-20&

Transformers Bumblebee: Reader (Passport to Reading Level 2)

Product Details:
Age Range: 4 - 8 years
Grade Level: Preschool - 3
Series: Passport to Reading Level 2
Paperback: 32 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (November 20, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0316419133
ISBN-13: 978-0316419130
Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0316419133/?tag=seibertron07-20&

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Comment by Sabrblade Mar 5, 2018

Would you look at that? Take away Bay and suddenly we're allowed to have supplementary material for the movies again in the U.S. :APPLAUSE:

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Comment by TulioDude Mar 12, 2018

Sabrblade wrote:Would you look at that? Take away Bay and suddenly we're allowed to have supplementary material for the movies again in the U.S.

I don't think he has a say in this.

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Comment by Sabrblade Mar 12, 2018

TulioDude wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Would you look at that? Take away Bay and suddenly we're allowed to have supplementary material for the movies again in the U.S.

I don't think he has a say in this.

Well, yeah, he's not involved in this movie.

In all seriousness, he was the reason we didn't get any supplementary material in the U.S. for either AOE or TLK, as he stated that he didn't want anything like books or comics to spoil the things in the movies for people like how the DOTM books/comics gave away Sentinel Prime's betrayal in that movie.

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Comment by Va'al Mar 13, 2018

Courtesy of German site bluray-disc.de, we have some new information about the upcoming Bumblebee movie, the first spin-off in the Transformers live-action movieverse - and possibly the only one if the alleged reboot is to happen as we have learned so far - including details of the home release of the movie, and a new synopsis for the plot, featuring Hailee Steinfeld (as Charlie Watson), John Cena (as Sector 7 agent Burns), and the Plymouth GTX as Bumblebee's antagonist.

Check it out below, and let us know what you think in the Energon Pub discussion thread, but aware that the synopsis is fairly hefty in terms of spoiling the plot for fans who want to go in knowing as little as possible!

Bumblebee: The Movie Blu-ray
Original movie title: Bumblebee: The Movie

Editor: Paramount Home Entertainment
Distribution: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Actor: Abby Quinn , Gracie Dzienny , Hailee Steinfeld , Jason Drucker , John Cena , John Ortiz , Jorge Lendeborg Jr. , Kenneth Choi , Pamela Adlon , Rachel Crow , Ricardo Hoyos , Stephen Schneider
Director: Travis Knight
Production: USA / 2018
Category: Adventure , Action , Science Fiction

Packaging: HD Keep Case
Age rating: unchecked

Languages: German Dolby Atmos 7.1
English Dolby TrueHD 7.1

Sound formats are currently unknown

Subtitle: German , English

Subtitles currently unknown

Region: A, B, C
Disc capacity: BD-50 GB
Picture format (e): 1920x1080p (2.39: 1) @ 23.976 Hz picture ratio changes
Video codec: MPEG-4 / AVC
Expected Release: April 2019

Bumblebee: The Movie (Blu-Ray + DVD + UV Copy) Blu-ray
Movie description:

1987, California: In her sleepy home town of Brighton Falls, 17-year-old Charlie Watson (H. Steinfeld) dreams of escaping the wastelands of her community. One day she discovers an old VW Beetle at the nearby junkyard and begins to get it started again in loving detail. But, as it turns out, behind the battered old-timer is an alien Autobot called Bumblebee, who many decades earlier had the assignment to protect humanity from invasion by the evil Decepticons. However, when a Sector 7 agent named Burns (J. Cena) starts asking questions in the little village that leaves little doubt as to his destination, Charlie realizes that she has to help Bumblebee escape as quickly as possible. But there is already a Plymouth GTX in their way, who has pursued the yellow Transformer for quite some time and leaves no stone unturned to turn him into a pile of scrap

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Comment by Sabrblade Mar 13, 2018

So, it's another Herbie movie crossed with a remake of the Texas scenes of AOE.

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Comment by o.supreme Mar 13, 2018

Hrmmmm...my spidey-sense is tingling.....I wonder if like some other movies, this could actually drop on Netflix in December instead of a World Wide theatrical release... :-?

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Comment by Sabrblade Mar 13, 2018

The more I think about it, this plot actually kinda sounds a bit like what I imagined the plot of the 2007 movie (or at least, that movie's "Sam Witwicky gets his first car" plot) might have been like before that movie came out.

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Comment by Rodimus Prime Mar 13, 2018

Sabrblade wrote:So, it's another Herbie movie crossed with a remake of the Texas scenes of AOE.

It is? You've seen the movie?

At least this is a proper synopsis, unlike what we got before. Considering that this will be aimed at kids, I wonder if Cena will play his Sector 7 agent straight serious or like John Turturro played Simmons.

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Comment by Sabrblade Mar 13, 2018

Rodimus Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:So, it's another Herbie movie crossed with a remake of the Texas scenes of AOE.
It is? You've seen the movie?

You do know what

means, yes?

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Comment by ScottyP Mar 13, 2018

John Cena as agent Burns? I see you, Rescue Bots reference.

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Comment by Wolfguard Mar 13, 2018

"Straight to video" was the first thought that came to mind when I saw this news story.

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Comment by Chibi Starscream Mar 14, 2018

Wolfguard wrote:"Straight to video" was the first thought that came to mind when I saw this news story.

That's what it sounds like to me too. Guess I can scratch that off my "to see in theaters list". I don't often go to theaters anyway, but I will go see Jurassic World 2. Bumblebee was the only other movie I had in mind to go see.

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Comment by Rodimus Prime Mar 17, 2018

Sabrblade wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:So, it's another Herbie movie crossed with a remake of the Texas scenes of AOE.
It is? You've seen the movie?
You do know what means, yes?

Yes. In this case it emphasizes your judgmental sarcasm. How about giving the movie and the story a chance before you shit all over it?

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Comment by Sabrblade Mar 17, 2018

Rodimus Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:So, it's another Herbie movie crossed with a remake of the Texas scenes of AOE.
It is? You've seen the movie?
You do know what means, yes?
Yes. In this case it emphasizes your judgmental sarcasm. How about giving the movie and the story a chance before you **** all over it?

Why, thank you for telling me what my own use of a smiley means.

In all seriousness, it meant I was playfully kidding. This other smiley is sarcastic one: >:oP

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Comment by ZeroWolf Mar 17, 2018

Now we play the waiting game and see if this performs better than tlk.

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Comment by Rodimus Prime Mar 17, 2018

Sabrblade wrote:Why, thank you for telling me what my own use of a smiley means.

You asked.

In all seriousness, it meant I was playfully kidding. This other smiley is sarcastic one:

Well, the words had a definite condescending tone.

As for the film outperforming TLK at the box office? I doubt it, unless it gets a great marketing campaign and the movie is actually good which will generate good reviews and word of mouth. IMO it won't have a better opening weekend thanks to Aquaman opening on the same day but it might surpass TLK in total box office.

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Comment by Bronzewolf Mar 20, 2018

It's been a little while since we've heard any major news about the upcoming Bumblebee stand alone film, but we do have a couple stories to bring you today. First, we have one of the first outside opinions on the main plot of Bumblebee, from screenwriter Steven DeKnight. Coming as a snippet of an interview from entertainment website Uproxx for his upcoming film Pacific Rim: Uprising, he shares that the story they used for the Transformers spin off was his favorite to come out of the Transformers screenwriting room that was arranged last year by Michael Bay and Paramount. Check out the Transformers-related section of the interview below.

Our second Bumblebee story is a bit of a rumor in conjunction with a recent announcement from Paramount themselves. It's been said recently (notably by reviewer and journalist Manabyte (Or Jeremy Conrad) that Paramount is planning to do an early screening of the Bumblebee movie sometime very soon, and that info collides with the announcement that this year's Wondercon Anaheim will be the backdrop to the first screening of a secret Paramount film. There are several Paramount movies coming out this year, and nothing in particular points to the Bumblebee movie being the secret screening this Friday, but there is a chance. Either way, we'll find out this Friday!

Uproxx: You were part of the Transformers writers’ room. I’m so curious: What’s a Transformers writing room like?

Steven DeKnight: It was a blast.

Uproxx: I imagine.

Steven DeKnight: It was a room full of incredibly talented, interesting, really wonderful people. I’ve got to say, my time spent in there was just, more than anything, was just so much fun. Everyone was so much fun and interesting. And we actually wrote, I think it was, I want to say 12 different movies. Every one of us took a different idea and developed it into like a full 30-page outline, so there were like 12 movies. And also, in complete honesty, my absolute favorite movie of the bunch was the Bumblebee movie that they’re making right now.

Uproxx: I’ve heard good things about it.

Steven DeKnight: The idea was fantastic.

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Comment by Fires_Of_Inferno Mar 20, 2018

I'm still not gonna pay to see it.

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