More Lorenzo di Bonaventura on Bumblebee Movie, with Transformers: TLK Spoilers

Va'al wrote:We have a new interview retreading some old ground concerning producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura and a fairly spoiler-filled interview with Collider on Transformers: The Last Knight - but focusing even more so on the Bumblebee movie which has started shooting just recently.

If The Last Knight spoilers are your bread and butter, head here to our spoiler thread to discuss the movie itself, and keep watching the clip. If you'd rather avoid them, however, we've transcribed di Bonaventura's thoughts on Bumblebee below, once more repeating the Iron Giant parallels, and the 1985 setting and feel for the upcoming movie!

Check out what Lorenzo di Bonaventura had to say in the player above and below is exactly what we talked about followed by the official synopsis and a few images.

Lorenzo di Bonaventura:

How technology has advanced since the first film where the robots now look like they’ve gone from the Atari 2600 to a PlayStation 4
What 3D IMAX brings to the experience.
What was the most challenging part of making the film?
The film ends with [spoiler]. Where did the idea come from?
How much do they know about where the next film will go?
What can he say about the Bumblebee movie?

“The objective of that movie is to develop more time with less robots, and to go back to 1985 and to go back to the original heritage, if you would, of the Transformers, G1.”

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“So it has a very distinct idea in it, and whatever is going to happen with the chemistry is what’s going to happen. But it really is a young female lead [Hailee Steinfeld] opposite of Bumblebee, and I think that Optimus is going to be jealous that Bumblebee has his own movie.”

“There are less Transformers, dramatically less… We hired, purposely, Travis Knight who’s a very distinct filmmaker. You can’t compete with Michael [Bay], you’re going to lose. Also, the audience wants something different all the time, let’s keep them interested. So they’re going to get a very emotional, complex story. A very tight story, in terms of its location, in terms of its storytelling. In fact it reminds me a little bit of The Iron Giant when I did that movie at Warner Brothers. It just reminds me a little bit of that, where that it feels contained, but it doesn’t feel small.”

Should be interesting where this goes but if by some chance bumblebee does transform into volkswagon his size in bot mode would have to be altered little bit bee was normally Cameros which are big medium size cars and volkswagon are half size of cameros bumblebee tranform into volkswagon would be size of arcee or skids and mudflap we would have more bots if bay was still director but fans wanted new director told you so it came back get you with answer you wouldn't like bat nipples on batman costume in batman sequel with director for those sequels, we have new director we get less bots,.

I will hold out judgement until I see trailer like to see decpeticon in this movie instead fighting humans

dragons wrote:
Should be interesting where this goes but if by some chance bumblebee does transform into volkswagon his size in bot mode would have to be altered little bit bee was normally Cameros which are big medium size cars and volkswagon are half size of cameros bumblebee tranform into volkswagon would be size of arcee or skids and mudflap we would have more bots if bay was still director but fans wanted new director told you so it came back get you with answer you wouldn't like bat nipples on batman costume in batman sequel with director for those sequels, we have new director we get less bots,.

I will hold out judgement until I see trailer like to see decpeticon in this movie instead fighting humans

How about something like this?

So far, the only casting news we had of the Bumblebee spinoff film was Hailee Steinfeld as the female lead. Well now we know the male lead as well and it will be Jorge Lendeborg Jr. You can currently see this young actor in Spider-Man Homecoming as Jason. 2018 is a pretty busy year for him where you will also find him in Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda and Alita: Battle Angel. This news broke through the Hollywood Reporter.

Deadput wrote:

breacher wrote:
Do we need to have a Seibertron-sponsored lesson in punctuation? Seriously, I'm no grammar nazi... but this took ten times longer than it should have to read, when you have to go back and read stuff again to understand it.

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Maybe English isn't his first language or he is a kid.

Neither of those are valid reasons to have poor grammar.

As for the new announcement, I see it as a negative. The lead should be someone better known. After TLK, the Bee movie needs all the positive press it can use.

Transformers is still an extremely profitable franchise, even if TLK bombed -- it's still set to have a few more movies confirmed in its future. I wouldn't say the franchise is terribly in danger, just that its not-quite-as-good-earnings from TLK forces it to think about new things to do to attract the numbers it had before.

And with all that in mind... I love that they got in a lesser-known actor. Give 'em more attention and let 'em fill out their CV more; I love seeing more emerging talent on the scene. Especially if as the press releases say this is supposed to be much more emotionally and character-driven than the previous 5 movies. Gives the actors a lot more to work with.



Also it's not an excuse, but being younger/not having English as your first language/having learning disabilities etc. is a good reason to go easier on someone for not having top-notch grammar. Just on principle though; not necessarily referring to the exact example seen here.

Rodimus Prime wrote:The lead should be someone better known. After TLK, the Bee movie needs all the positive press it can use.

Shouldnt the lead be Bee himself?

I am glad he's not known. probably means he wont steal Bee's spotlight. Since when do we come to these films for their human stars?

william-james88 wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:The lead should be someone better known. After TLK, the Bee movie needs all the positive press it can use.

Shouldnt the lead be Bee himself?

I am glad he's not known. probably means he wont steal Bee's spotlight. Since when do we come to these films for their human stars?

No.

“There are less Transformers, dramatically less… We hired, purposely, Travis Knight who’s a very distinct filmmaker.

The problem isn't necessarily human characters themselves; there have been some legitimately great human characters throughout the franchise that you can fall in love with as much as the Cybertronians. It's just when they take too much focus and the film becomes less "Transformers" and more "The Adventures Of Sam Witwicky Featuring His Fancy Robot Friends From Outer Space".

Kurona wrote:The problem isn't necessarily human characters themselves; there have been some legitimately great human characters throughout the franchise that you can fall in love with as much as the Cybertronians. It's just when they take too much focus and the film becomes less "Transformers" and more "The Adventures Of Sam Witwicky Featuring His Fancy Robot Friends From Outer Space".

Or like the last movie, "Cade Yeager and the Space Knights".

Sabrblade wrote:

Kurona wrote:The problem isn't necessarily human characters themselves; there have been some legitimately great human characters throughout the franchise that you can fall in love with as much as the Cybertronians. It's just when they take too much focus and the film becomes less "Transformers" and more "The Adventures Of Sam Witwicky Featuring His Fancy Robot Friends From Outer Space".

Or like the last movie, "Cade Yeager and the Space Knights".

AoE; Cade Yeager And The Evil Machinations Of The Goverment Plus Some Alien Gun Head Dude

Kurona wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Kurona wrote:The problem isn't necessarily human characters themselves; there have been some legitimately great human characters throughout the franchise that you can fall in love with as much as the Cybertronians. It's just when they take too much focus and the film becomes less "Transformers" and more "The Adventures Of Sam Witwicky Featuring His Fancy Robot Friends From Outer Space".

Or like the last movie, "Cade Yeager and the Space Knights".

AoE; Cade Yeager And The Evil Machinations Of The Goverment Plus Some Alien Gun Head Dude

I personally think AOE had a lot fo Robot presence with Optimus being Co lead. he finally makes shit happen by taking the fight to the humans, and then saving the day at the end and even killing lockdown in the final showdown (after 2 earlier tussels where they are both center stage).

I personally would call that one AOE: Dont Fuck with Optimus Prime

But yes, TLK: Cade yeager and the Space Knights is totally apt.

william-james88 wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:The lead should be someone better known. After TLK, the Bee movie needs all the positive press it can use.

Shouldnt the lead be Bee himself?

I am glad he's not known. probably means he wont steal Bee's spotlight. Since when do we come to these films for their human stars?

I'm just glad that we're finally getting a human-focused story, it looks like.

Alpha Dominus wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:The lead should be someone better known. After TLK, the Bee movie needs all the positive press it can use.

Shouldnt the lead be Bee himself?

I am glad he's not known. probably means he wont steal Bee's spotlight. Since when do we come to these films for their human stars?

I'm just glad that we're finally getting a human-focused story, it looks like.

Wasnt the last Knight human focused? We had not 1 but 2 chosen ones and they were both humans.

william-james88 wrote:

Alpha Dominus wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:The lead should be someone better known. After TLK, the Bee movie needs all the positive press it can use.

Shouldnt the lead be Bee himself?

I am glad he's not known. probably means he wont steal Bee's spotlight. Since when do we come to these films for their human stars?

I'm just glad that we're finally getting a human-focused story, it looks like.

Wasnt the last Knight human focused? We had not 1 but 2 chosen ones and they were both humans.

Twas facetiousness, I believe.

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Alpha Dominus wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:The lead should be someone better known. After TLK, the Bee movie needs all the positive press it can use.

Shouldnt the lead be Bee himself?

I am glad he's not known. probably means he wont steal Bee's spotlight. Since when do we come to these films for their human stars?

I'm just glad that we're finally getting a human-focused story, it looks like.

Wasnt the last Knight human focused? We had not 1 but 2 chosen ones and they were both humans.

Twas facetiousness, I believe.

Yup. At this point (well, a long time ago actually) I've grown weary of the "human dynamic" and forced interaction of these-for the extremely greater part-very unwelcome human characters. As I try desperately to find the silver lining in these films, I always tell myself, "It's for the good and greater exposure of the toy line."

Alpha Dominus wrote:Yup. At this point (well, a long time ago actually) I've grown weary of the "human dynamic" and forced interaction of these-for the extremely greater part-very unwelcome human characters. As I try desperately to find the silver lining in these films, I always tell myself, "It's for the good and greater exposure of the toy line."

The sad part is it isn't. The toyline is no longer the main source of revenue for the Transformers brand (revenue, not profit since we dont have the numbers for that). The Films doesnt exist for the purpose of selling a toyline, the toys are now just merchandise like toys for any other movie, like a minion fart gun. Some just happen to still transform and keep the tradition, which is great. But a movie or other media wont necesarily mean more toys. Look at the Gi joe films.

william-james88 wrote:

Alpha Dominus wrote:Yup. At this point (well, a long time ago actually) I've grown weary of the "human dynamic" and forced interaction of these-for the extremely greater part-very unwelcome human characters. As I try desperately to find the silver lining in these films, I always tell myself, "It's for the good and greater exposure of the toy line."

The sad part is it isn't. The toyline is no longer the main source of revenue for the Transformers brand (revenue, not profit since we dont have the numbers for that). The Films doesnt exist for the purpose of selling a toyline, the toys are now just merchandise like toys for any other movie, like a minion fart gun. Some just happen to still transform and keep the tradition, which is great. But a movie or other media wont necesarily mean more toys. Look at the Gi joe films.

Pretty much. Due to this, the movies are ironically the mainstream Transformers media with the most creative freedom -- it's not tied up by needing to advertise toys; they don't answer to Hasbro, Hasbro answers to them. They can do whatever they want as long as there's a fair number of Transformers in there. They don't need to show Optimus Prime's sweet new action feature or his awesome new upgrade... they just need to show Optimus Prime.

Kurona wrote:they just need to show Optimus Prime.

And it can be as little as 15 mins in a 2 hour + film

PS: i do think they needed to show him in vehicle mode at least answer to Western Star who provides them free trucks. And its so lazy how they did it. no transforming just "here you go Optimus in vehicle mode". Now end the film.

Kurona wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Alpha Dominus wrote:Yup. At this point (well, a long time ago actually) I've grown weary of the "human dynamic" and forced interaction of these-for the extremely greater part-very unwelcome human characters. As I try desperately to find the silver lining in these films, I always tell myself, "It's for the good and greater exposure of the toy line."

The sad part is it isn't. The toyline is no longer the main source of revenue for the Transformers brand (revenue, not profit since we dont have the numbers for that). The Films doesnt exist for the purpose of selling a toyline, the toys are now just merchandise like toys for any other movie, like a minion fart gun. Some just happen to still transform and keep the tradition, which is great. But a movie or other media wont necesarily mean more toys. Look at the Gi joe films.

Pretty much. Due to this, the movies are ironically the mainstream Transformers media with the most creative freedom -- it's not tied up by needing to advertise toys; they don't answer to Hasbro, Hasbro answers to them. They can do whatever they want as long as there's a fair number of Transformers in there. They don't need to show Optimus Prime's sweet new action feature or his awesome new upgrade... they just need to show Optimus Prime.

Whatever the source of revenue or profits is for the official toyline, either way, it's these films that have the most mainstream exposure for regular folks. The implications of this are undoubtedly suited for another topic. I admit its mere conjecture, but be they coworkers, friends, family, acquaintances etc. most people are familiar with the existence of Transformers almost primarily from these movies.

This franchise has been pretty good at casting unknowns so far, hope this keeps up the trend.