This still features Bumblebee meeting Charlie's dog, Conan (yes, Conan), and the still is accompanied by some commentary indication Bumblebee is trying to understand what a dog is and how to communicate with him. We have had very few cute characters and moments in the films to date, and this movie appears to be piling it on.
The Bumblebee movie is set to release on December 21 of this year, and we have plenty of indications that this will be an entirely new type of movie complete with a lot of cute stuff, a lot of heart, a pinch of nostalgia, and maybe a really good story and movie altogether.
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Named after Arnie’s iconic action hero (“with the proper pronunciation like the awesome Barbarian, not the awesome talk-show host,” confirms director Travis Knight), the canine companion is just another thing for Bumblebee to try and get his metal head around when he joins forces with Charlie. “When Bumblebee encounters this creature, he tries to figure out how to communicate with him,” Knight tells Empire in the upcoming Review of the Year issue. “Him just trying to exist in a normal human domicile does not go very well.”
From the trailers, Bumblebee is looking like a warmer, more Amblin-esque entry into the series, and is the first live-action Transformers movie not to be directed by Michael Bay. Read Empire’s Bumblebee trailer breakdown with Travis Knight here, and read plenty more about the film in the December issue of Empire, on sale on 1 November.
