Netflix is getting set to explore the origins of the battle between Autobots and Decepticons. The streamer is teaming with Hasbro and Rooster Teeth on War for Cybertron, an original animated series from the Transformers universe that will premiere worldwide next year. Produced by Rooster Teeth with Polygon Pictures…

China's Tencent is teaming with Paramount on Transformers spinoff Bumblebee, and next year's Top Gun sequel. Tencent Pictures is acting as an investor and co-marketing partner on the two films with the Transformers origin story set for release on December 21 in the U.S. and January 4 in the Middle Kingdom. It is the…

Maybe Volkswagen axed the Beetle from its future a bit prematurely: The beloved little Bug gets a trunkful of love and visibility in this new trailer for Bumblebee, the next chapter in the Transformers series. Set in the 1980s, director Travis Knight’s prequel entry stars Hailee Steinfeld as Charlie, just about to…

FX continues to stock up on big movie titles. FX was an early adopter of the strategy, opting to spend the bulk of its acquisition budget on theatrical films instead of off-network shows. Along with original content, which is the main ratings driver for any network, movies have been a solid viewership generator on…

Paramount Pictures and Hasbro, Inc. will team to produce and distribute content based on Hasbro brands, as well as original stories. The pact was announced today. The two companies will collaborate on live action and animated films, with Hasbro's Allspark Pictures and Allspark Animation playing an active role…

EXCLUSIVE: Actor John Ortiz has landed two roles. He’ll first join Hailee Steinfeld and Jon Cena in Paramount’s Bumblebee, the first spinoff of the Transformers franchise. The pic, which will bow in theaters Dec. 21, 2018, has Travis Knight directing from a script by Christina Hodson. It’s set in 1987, where…

UPDATED at 9:50 AM with executive comments. Hasbro reported decent third-quarter results this morning, with revenue rising 7% to $1.79 billion versus $1.68 billion in the year-ago quarter and net earnings inching up 3% to $265.6 million, or $2.09 per share, compared with $257.8 million, or $2.03 per share in the 2016…

Travis Knight’s Bumblebee, the Transformers spinoff movie about the beloved yellow racer, will open theatrically stateside on Dec. 21, 2018. The Paramount pic literally started production today and will be entirely shot in the state of California. Originally Bumblebee occupied a slot on next June’s calendar, June 8…

Oscar nominated actress Hailee Steinfeld is in talks to take on the lead role in Paramount’s first Transformers spinoff  film Bumblebee, which has Kubo And The Two Strings helm Travis Knight attached to direct. Christina Hodson wrote the script, which originated from Michael Bay and Paramount's writers room project…

In collaboration with Hasbro, Dan Mintz's DMG Entertainment is launching immersive and interactive Transformers digital simulation experience centers first in Shanghai and then expanding to other Chinese cities over a five-year span. The last movie in the franchise — Transformers: Age Of Extinction is now the No. 3…

EXCLUSIVE: Bumblebee, the first spinoff of the Transformers franchise based on a popular character in the series, just landed as director Travis Knight, the helmer of the Oscar-nominated stop-motion animated success Kubo And The Two Strings. That film was Knight’s directing debut. Bumblebee would mark his first…

EXCLUSIVE: ICM Partners signs Roberto Orci, the writer and producer whose blockbuster credits range from two Transformers and Star Trek films to Mission: Impossible III. Orci, longtime partner of Alex Kurtzman, also is an Emmy-winning TV writer-producer, who co-created Fox’s Fringe and Sleepy Hollow. He has also been…