Tag: Bumblebee
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‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ Global Box Office Crawls Past Milestone
Paramount was cautious about announcing its plans for the future of the Transformers franchise before the release of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, and for good reason. The series was still learning to walk again, after the Michael Bay era ended in an unfavorable spot, and 2018’s spinoff title Bumblebee delivered a barely passable worldwide…
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This Hailee Steinfeld Apple TV+ Series Is the Perfect Binge
It seems Hailee Steinfeld might be the Wolverine of our entertainment universe. She’s an essential component of Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse and its sequel Across The Spider-Verse, has been in two-thirds of the Pitch Perfect trilogy, joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Hawkeye, starred in the Transformers spin-off Bumblebee, and even has time for a…
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What the ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ Twist Could Mean for the Series
Editor’s Note: This article contains spoilers for Transformers: Rise of the BeastsTransformers: Rise of the Beasts picks up in 1994, seven years after the events of Bumblebee. The film did pick up a few lessons from its immediate predecessor, which benefits the film as a whole. The number of Transformers, good and bad, is relatively…
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‘Transformers’ Topples ‘Spider-Verse’ With $60 Million Debut After Heated Box Office Battle
Spider-Man put up a good fight, but the Autobots came out on top.After an unusually close box office battle, Paramount’s “
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‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ Ignites to $110 Million at International Box Office, $170 Million Globally
“Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” kicked off at the international box office with $110 million from 68 markets, including a decent $40 million start in China.The seventh installment in Paramount’s action franchise also pulled in $60 million in its North American debut, bringing its worldwide tally to a solid $170 million. Overseas audiences will be…
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‘Transformers’ Crosses Over With [Spoiler]: ‘Rise of the Beasts’ Team Explains That Surprise Ending and Going Beyond Earth in a Sequel
Spoiler Alert: This contains major spoilers about the ending of “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” has a direct callout to the Joes, and director Steven Caple Jr. and producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura spoke to Variety at the film’s premiere about what to expect next from the series.“Rise of the Beasts” is the seventh installment in…
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‘Transformers’ Producer on Michael Bay’s Involvement on ‘Rise of the Beasts’
Ever since the Transformers franchise made its debut in 2007, it has been practically impossible to dissociate it from director Michael Bay. After helming five installments in the film series, he acted as a producer in Bumblebee and now repeats the role in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. But we can’t help but wonder: As…
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‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ Review: Who Knew Robot Gorillas Could Be This Boring?
At a certain point, watching a new “Transformers” movie becomes an exercise in expectation management. Since launching with a bang in 2007, the franchise first spearheaded by Michael Bay has spent 16 years sliding into a sludgy pit of CGI malaise many hold up as the epitome of Hollywood’s worst impulses. The well-received “Bumblebee” may…
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‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ Review: A Less Bombastic, More Relatable Sequel Shows That There’s Still Life in the Machine
The early “Transformers” films — in fact, just about all the “Transformers” films — were two things at once. They were industrial showroom expos of chop-shop magicianship, with cars and trucks and motorcycles turning themselves inside out, their guts flipping as if a trash compactor had exploded into bits and pieces, only to reassemble themselves…