The fifth installment of the Transformers franchise is dues for a June 23rd 2017 release. Starring Mark Wahlberg, the film is directed by Michael Bay.
Transformers: The Last Knight also sees the return of Josh Duhamel, John Turturro and Tyrese Gibson, who starred in the first three films.
Sir Anthony Hopkins and Stanley Tucci also feature.
Principal photography began on May 25, 2016 in Havana, Cuba and wrapped on December 4, 2016, making it the second film (after Fast 8) to shoot in Cuba following President Obama’s lift on bans.
Optimus Prime’s changing eye-colour seems to suggest that the latest installment will see the film’s heroes come face to face with Optimus’s doppelganger Nemesis Prime.
Megatron, leader of the Decepticons will also return.
What can fans expect?
Optimus Prime finds his home planet, Cybertron, now a dead planet, in which he comes to find he was responsible for killing. He finds a way to bring the planet back to life, but in order to do so; he needs to find an artefact, which is on Earth.
Young Nickelodeon star Isabela Moner replaces Nicola Peltz as the female lead in the most expensive Transformers film, which had a budget of $260 million. Comedian Jerrod Carmichael joins the cast of Transformers: The Last Knight as well.
Director Michael Bay recently took to twitter to share a picture of Onslaught, one of the members of the Combaticons. In the Transformers Universe, the Combaticons tend to assume the form of military vehicles and are aligned with the Decepticons. When combined, all the Combaticons can also form a super robot known as Bruticus.
When Paramount Pictures released the trailer, narrated by Anthony Hopkins, many fans may have been shocked to see Optimus Prime fighting Bumblebee and seemingly about to kill him. It seems that director Michael Bay is taking some cues from the Transformers animated series.