Paramount Pictures brought the Transformers to Comic-Con for the first time today, screening footage from forthcoming spin-off Bumblebee. Director Travis Knight was joined by stars Hailee Steinfeld and John Cena to preview the movie, which looks like a blast.
One of the biggest reveals that came during the panel is that we’ll actually be seeing the Autobots and Decepticons homeworld of Cybertron in the movie. The planet was glimpsed during flashbacks in Transformers: Dark of the Moon, but it’s set to have a more significant role in Bumblebee.
Another detail was revealed regarding two of the movie’s Decepticon villains, the cherry-red Plymouth Satellite Shatter, voiced by Angela Bassett, and the blue AMC Javelin Dropkick, voiced by Justin Theroux. They are both “triple-changers.” Meaning that they won’t just have a car form and a robot form. They are both going to have a surprise, yet-to-be-revealed third form. As for the third, main villain, a jet that was glimpsed in the first trailer thought to be Starscream, is not actually Starscream. Instead, the villain is a Decepticon named Blitzwing, a G1 Transformers character that first appeared in 1985.. However, it was promised that Blitzwing will be a satisfying bad guy.
So why use Blitzwing instead of Starscream? “All will be revealed when you see the film,” Knight teased.
Bumblebee arrives in theaters on December 21.
