New Interview with Hailey Steinfield regarding Bumblebee: The Movie Soundtrack
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In addition to being an actress, she's a talented musician, with several chart-scaling hits, so obviously one of the questions asked was about if she had any intention to produce music for Bumblebee. She revealed she might be producing some and collaborating with...Bumblebee?!?!
Take a look at the full transcript of the interview below, speculate down in the Energon Pub Forums, and stay tuned to Seibertron.com for any further updates on Bee's budding music career!
INT: You're working on some new music you told, you told Billboard about some new music that you're working on and how it's going to take kind of a different direction this time around; what can we say about it?
H: Well you know it's funny, I'm, I'm in the process, I mean I've been, I've been working on music for a while, um, and it's funny cause obviously a movie can come up and take me sort of out of the game for two, three months. Um, and so I do feel like, as much as I could say I'm sort of in "album mode" or the "next EP" mode, I'm still experimenting. Uh, and I'm still really figuring out what that sound is and what direction we might call it. So um, I'm working on it.
INT: I like the, that's a good answer. Cause you've had lots of hits already, like over the past four years you keep having hit after hit. So whatever you're doing, it's working. Um, you're going to be an advisor on The Voice this season, um, you're going to be giving great sage advice to a lot of folks. What is a great piece of advice that you yourself have gotten, maybe from another musician in the business?
H: Well I am very lucky, I feel like I've, I've gotten quite a lot of great advice, um, from some amazing people and amazing artists. Uh, but I just think, really just never losing sight of, of who you are and what makes you happy. I think there obviously are a lot of people that are going to have a lot of opinions, um, about who you are, what you do, how you do certain things, how you look. Um, and it's important that regardless, whatever you end up doing is for you.
INT: One last question: You're in the new Bumblebee movie-
H: Yes!
INT: It's coming, I think at the end of this year.
H: Yeah.
INT: Are you going to be singing with the car? I'm just wondering.
H: *Laughs* Uh, there may be a little, uh, plot twist [joking tone] Bumblebee actually may be singing. Um, I do hope the, uh - the movie takes place in the 80's and there are some incredible 80's references in terms of music. So, I'm hoping that maybe uh, y'know, post-production-wise I can jump in on a, on a little something.
INT: 80's covers, perhaps?
H: 80's covers perhaps.
INT: Thank you so much Hailee, have a great night.
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Posted by WreckerJack on February 8th, 2018 @ 10:11pm CST
If you would like to know more about Hailee Steinfeld we have an interview with her about the soundtrack from Bumblebee: The movie.
Posted by EunuchRon on February 11th, 2018 @ 8:51pm CST
Posted by WreckerJack on March 5th, 2018 @ 9:22pm CST
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Posted by Sabrblade on March 5th, 2018 @ 10:45pm CST
Posted by TulioDude on March 12th, 2018 @ 7:34pm CDT
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.
Posted by Sabrblade on March 12th, 2018 @ 7:38pm CDT
Well, yeah, he's not involved in this movie.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.
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.
Posted by Va'al on March 13th, 2018 @ 4:08am CDT
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
Posted by Sabrblade on March 13th, 2018 @ 1:32pm CDT
Posted by o.supreme on March 13th, 2018 @ 1:34pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on March 13th, 2018 @ 1:39pm CDT
Posted by Rodimus Prime on March 13th, 2018 @ 5:08pm CDT
It is? You've seen the movie?Sabrblade wrote:So, it's another Herbie movie crossed with a remake of the Texas scenes of AOE.
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.
Posted by Sabrblade on March 13th, 2018 @ 7:27pm CDT
You do know what means, yes?Rodimus Prime wrote:It is? You've seen the movie?Sabrblade wrote:So, it's another Herbie movie crossed with a remake of the Texas scenes of AOE.
Posted by ScottyP on March 13th, 2018 @ 8:44pm CDT
Posted by Wolfguard on March 13th, 2018 @ 10:36pm CDT
Posted by Chibi Starscream on March 14th, 2018 @ 6:25am CDT
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.
Posted by Rodimus Prime on March 17th, 2018 @ 3:34am CDT
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?Sabrblade wrote:You do know what means, yes?Rodimus Prime wrote:It is? You've seen the movie?Sabrblade wrote:So, it's another Herbie movie crossed with a remake of the Texas scenes of AOE.
Posted by Sabrblade on March 17th, 2018 @ 8:25am CDT
Why, thank you for telling me what my own use of a smiley means.Rodimus Prime wrote:Yes. In this case it emphasizes your judgmental sarcasm. How about giving the movie and the story a chance before you **** all over it?Sabrblade wrote:You do know what means, yes?Rodimus Prime wrote:It is? You've seen the movie?Sabrblade wrote:So, it's another Herbie movie crossed with a remake of the Texas scenes of AOE.
In all seriousness, it meant I was playfully kidding. This other smiley is sarcastic one:
Posted by ZeroWolf on March 17th, 2018 @ 9:51am CDT
Posted by Rodimus Prime on March 17th, 2018 @ 1:30pm CDT
You asked.Sabrblade wrote:Why, thank you for telling me what my own use of a smiley means.
Well, the words had a definite condescending tone.In all seriousness, it meant I was playfully kidding. This other smiley is sarcastic one:
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.
Posted by Bronzewolf on March 20th, 2018 @ 10:36pm CDT
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.
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on March 20th, 2018 @ 11:07pm CDT
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Posted by Nexus Knight on March 21st, 2018 @ 12:19am CDT
Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:I'm still not gonna pay to see it.
So, a friend is taking you to see it? Aw, that's so nice!
Posted by WreckerJack on March 21st, 2018 @ 1:08am CDT
Again, no one's forcing you to go and see if if you aren't into it. (or pay for it because you know it will wind up on netflix or on TV eventually where it's basically free)
Posted by ZeroWolf on March 21st, 2018 @ 2:55am CDT
WreckerJack wrote:I'm going to be openmindedly optimistic about this one. Hoping they have made enough changes to make things better than the Bay flicks. I know if I go into this with a negative frame of mind that's gonna ruin it for me. Like the last 5 films ranging from kinda cool, to meh to oh primus why. If it draws new fans into the community and brings old ones back then that's a good thing.
Again, no one's forcing you to go and see if if you aren't into it. (or pay for it because you know it will wind up on netflix or on TV eventually where it's basically free)
This ^ ultimately if this grows the fanbase then regardless of the quality of the movie then it can only be a good thing.
Posted by RiddlerJ on March 21st, 2018 @ 8:30am CDT
Posted by Zeek99g on March 21st, 2018 @ 11:39am CDT
RiddlerJ wrote:Even though this is a prequel, is there going to be any resolution to The Last Knight or we're just leaving that big thread dangling forever.
They are probably going to just leave that big thread dangling. I do not see the Bumblebee Movie going really anywhere after TLK. However The Bumblebee movie could be a success and Paramount pulls a fast one and makes the rest of the movies and finishes that thread. I doubt it happening though.
Posted by o.supreme on March 21st, 2018 @ 4:35pm CDT
RiddlerJ wrote:Even though this is a prequel, is there going to be any resolution to The Last Knight or we're just leaving that big thread dangling forever.
Well considering TLK answered almost none of the dangling threads from AoE...
Posted by steve2275 on March 21st, 2018 @ 6:24pm CDT
bumblebee wont be seen by me....i guess i wont bee able to c john cena
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 24th, 2018 @ 5:27pm CDT
Cena has been heavily rumored to be acting as Agent Burns of Sector 7, though that is still yet to be confirmed. He also makes note, inadvertently, that he and Bumblebee will come to face to face in the film, as he talks about interacting with a tennis ball on a 13 foot tall stick, which is what actors use to focus on when a character will be added in using CGI later.
Check out some quotes from the interview below, and let us know what you think in the comments section below!
I think Travis Knight did a fantastic job of reintroducing the look, the feel, the storytelling of this franchise. I think people who enjoy what ‘Transformers’ was will enjoy the movie.
.....
Here we are talking about ‘Blockers’ a comedy with a lot of improvisation. It is very difficult to improvise with a 13 foot stick with a tennis ball attached to it. So it is a different movie-making process, but one I was extremely interested in.”
Posted by KorsO on March 24th, 2018 @ 5:42pm CDT
The thing is, all actors has been praising M.Bay for all the TF Mov releases, specially the last two. So, not holding my breath Plus i do realize with TF films, its not up to the actors... its literally the Director that carries the Whole weight of the film's representation. Purely, make or break.
Posted by Deadput on March 24th, 2018 @ 6:37pm CDT
KorsO wrote:Still 98% humans though.
The thing is, all actors has been praising M.Bay for all the TF Mov releases, specially the last two. So, not holding my breath Plus i do realize with TF films, its not up to the actors... its literally the Director that carries the Whole weight of the film's representation. Purely, make or break.
There will always be a majority of humans in a live action Transformers film, it's on Earth and cgi isn't able to keep them on screen all the time, also the general public believe it or not doesn't give that much of a darn about the Transformers themselves because their giant robots whose only real purpose is to fight each other and sell toys.
Regardless Bay is only a producer in this and the director of this film has made good work so I think he knows a bit about what he's doing.
Posted by Autobot N on March 24th, 2018 @ 8:26pm CDT
John Cena says Bumblebee movie will reinvigorate the movieverse
Posted by fenrir72 on March 24th, 2018 @ 9:12pm CDT
Posted by TulioDude on March 24th, 2018 @ 10:49pm CDT
Posted by KorsO on March 25th, 2018 @ 4:37am CDT
Deadput wrote:KorsO wrote:Still 98% humans though.
The thing is, all actors has been praising M.Bay for all the TF Mov releases, specially the last two. So, not holding my breath Plus i do realize with TF films, its not up to the actors... its literally the Director that carries the Whole weight of the film's representation. Purely, make or break.
There will always be a majority of humans in a live action Transformers film, it's on Earth and cgi isn't able to keep them on screen all the time, also the general public believe it or not doesn't give that much of a darn about the Transformers themselves because their giant robots whose only real purpose is to fight each other and sell toys.
Regardless Bay is only a producer in this and the director of this film has made good work so I think he knows a bit about what he's doing.
Actors performance in TF films track record this far (if not all) are one dimensionally substance-less over the top. Seeing how Bay is still involve albeit no longer in the directors chair kinda is not a competent point to think otherwise.
Yup, general public just wants a good intelligent film regardless on its purpose to sell toys etc. I dare say 5 subtance-less version of the latter is quite plentiful for the general public as well.. lol.
Travis Knight has made quite decent Animation films as a Producer & lead animator.
Bumblebee being his 2nd major film directorial debut, Kubo being his 1st. So kind of early to tell. Remember, Bay had strings of good film before he took on the TF franchise & his folio was wayy more lucrative(as in competent) than Travis's.
We'll see how he fares come December. Super low expectations though. Unlike anticipating for ROTF after the 1st TF film before we found out that was the beginning of a downward spiral.
Posted by DeathReviews on March 25th, 2018 @ 8:42am CDT
Posted by megamanfan on March 25th, 2018 @ 3:20pm CDT
TulioDude wrote:John Cenas has never lied before to me.
true. i can't see him doing that.
Posted by YoungPrime on March 27th, 2018 @ 8:27am CDT
Deadput wrote:KorsO wrote:Still 98% humans though.
The thing is, all actors has been praising M.Bay for all the TF Mov releases, specially the last two. So, not holding my breath Plus i do realize with TF films, its not up to the actors... its literally the Director that carries the Whole weight of the film's representation. Purely, make or break.
There will always be a majority of humans in a live action Transformers film, it's on Earth and cgi isn't able to keep them on screen all the time, also the general public believe it or not doesn't give that much of a darn about the Transformers themselves because their giant robots whose only real purpose is to fight each other and sell toys.
Regardless Bay is only a producer in this and the director of this film has made good work so I think he knows a bit about what he's doing.
SMH......Defending crap as usual.
PASS!!!!!
Posted by YoungPrime on March 27th, 2018 @ 8:29am CDT
And it's because of this that I'm not supporting any of it moving forward.
Revert to a new studio. PERIOD!
Posted by TulioDude on March 28th, 2018 @ 12:00am CDT
megamanfan wrote:TulioDude wrote:John Cenas has never lied before to me.
true. i can't see him doing that.
Posted by Va'al on March 30th, 2018 @ 3:20am CDT
The interview is about Cena's plans and wishes for future roles, but he directed the discussion onto Bumblebee instead, repeating his previous positive points about director Travis Knight, and the nature of the story. Check them out below, and let us know what you think in the Energon Pub!
After a string of comedic roles, the actor is back in the action-movie fold with Bumblebee, the Transformers spin-off set 20 years before the events of the first film.
“It’s going to be a wonderful piece of this franchise that I think people are going to enjoy,” promises Cena. “I was very intrigued being able to meet the team around the movie. [Director] Travis [Knight] is such a passionate man. The role they were talking to me about doing was very intriguing to me because it’s a road I’ve never been down before, but a road I felt like I could accomplish. And then put that together with the context of the movie, the way that the consumer will now view Bumblebee, all of that stuff was very interesting to me. And then they were stupid enough to say yes.”
Bumblebee, which also stars Hailee Steinfeld, races into theaters on Dec. 21.
Posted by Jeddostotle7 on March 30th, 2018 @ 2:59pm CDT
Posted by WreckerJack on March 30th, 2018 @ 6:12pm CDT
Jeddostotle7 wrote:It'll definitely be interesting to see John Cena in a serious role for once.
But... no one's ever SEEN him.
Posted by Va'al on April 2nd, 2018 @ 12:02pm CDT
Va'al wrote:In the June Solicitations for comics being release by IDW Publishing this summer, we had information - but no cover art, see here - about a new Bumblebee live-action spin-off movie prequel comic, courtesy of the minds and hands of John Barber and Andrew Griffith and aimed at a younger audience. Thanks to the Penguin Randomhouse site, we now have both a cover (possibly temporary however), a title (From Cybertron with Love), and more information on the plot of this movie prequel.
Check it out below, and let us know what you think in the Energon Pub discussion thread!Fan-favorite Autobot Bumblebee is recruited for a top secret mission, and 1960s London won’t know what hit it when this robot in disguise goes undercover.
It’s high-tech, high-octane, high-clearance spy hijinks in From Cybertron with Love.
Some call him Goldfender, but the name’s Bee… Bumblebee. On loan to MI6 and teamed with a human partner, Bee’s trapped in the middle of a Cold War plot to disrupt British Secret Intelligence. But when their base is destroyed from within, it’s up to Bee to discover if there’s a traitor in their midst…and, in the spy world, allegiances can change just as easily as a Cybertronian.
From long-time Transformers writer and British super spy aficionado John Barber (Optimus Prime, Action Man), From Cybertron With Love is the official prequel to the new Bumblebee film, in theaters December 2018.
https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ove/41013/
Posted by Va'al on April 15th, 2018 @ 3:34am CDT
WHAT’S NEW: Short is doing voiceovers for the upcoming 2018 film “Bumblebee: The Movie.”
What do you think? Let us know in the Energon Pub discussion thread, and join the conversation!
Posted by Sabrblade on April 15th, 2018 @ 7:19am CDT
Posted by Dr. Caelus on April 15th, 2018 @ 12:07pm CDT
Posted by Hotconvoy on April 15th, 2018 @ 12:30pm CDT
Caelus wrote:It'd be pretty funny if Bumblebee is mute in this movie, as in the others, but has a Burn Notice style inner monologue provided by Martin Short.
Or maybee he hasn't lost his voice yet and he sounds like Martin Short. That would be funny
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on April 15th, 2018 @ 1:16pm CDT
I could see him as Narrator, maybe a Sparkplug-like character or a Con like Swindle.