The Official Transformers Movie Facebook Page and Collider have teamed up to announce that Ron Perlman has been officially cast in the role of Optimus Primal for the upcoming live action film Rise of the Beasts. No doubt, fans of the original Beast Wars series will be disappointed that actor Garry Chalk is not reprising the role however Perlman is no stranger to the Transformers franchise.
Today's Transformers: Rise of the Beasts press event threw a lot of information into the ether. Among them was information on several of the characters in the film. Here's a rundown of the characters based on the descriptions and notes I took during the event (including actor names where revealed). You can read my archived live Tweets here.
Today has been an insanely exciting day to be a Transformers fans. Paramount held a virtual event where the title of the next live action Transformers film was revealed to be: "Rise of the Beasts"! As rumors have suggested, this film will not only feature Autobots and Decepticons, but also Maximals, Predacons and Terrorcons! I live Tweeted during the event and you can read all my archived
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Around the time The Last Knight was preparing to roar into theaters, Paramount commissioned a "writer's room" to put together ideas for potential live action Transformers films to continue the successful franchise. One of the concepts that came out of that room was a Beast Wars themed movie that was never produced. Thanks to artist Rob Wiggins however, we now have a look at a bit of what might have been via renders of concept art for a big screen Cheetor!
Several Entertainment News outlets including Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter and AV Club are reporting that Steven Caple Jr.