The upcoming Transformers reboot could be based on the 1990s cartoon, Beast Wars.
Earlier today it was announced that Paramount was developing two new Transformers films. While details for the films are still vague, one will apparently take place in the Bumblebee universe with the other functioning as more of a wide-scale reboot of the franchise. According to Deadline, that reboot could take the form of a Beast Wars series.
Beast Wars was a spinoff of the Transformers series that functioned as a sequel to the iconic series. Taking place several centuries after the events of the original Transformers, Beast Wars focused on a new set of Transformers who crashlanded on to an apparently alien planet. Without anyone to stop them the new Transformers, known as the Maximals and the Predacons, went to war against one another, calling the new conflict the Beast Wars. The series debuted in 1996 before ending in 1999 with a new series, titled Beast Machines: Transformers serving as a sequel series to Beast Wars.
What do you all make of this news? Would you like the Transformers reboot based on Beast Wars? Would you rather see it stick to the Bumblebee Universe? Let us know what you think in the comments below!
Here is the plot synopsis for the latest Transformers film, Bumblebee:
On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld), on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns this is no ordinary, yellow VW bug.
Directed by Travis Knight from a script written by Christina Hodson, Bumblebee stars Hailee Steinfeld, Pamela Adlon, John Cena, Stephen Schneider, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Jason Ian Drucker, Kenneth Choi, Ricardo Hoyos, Abby Quinn, Rachel Crow, and Grace Dzienny.
Bumblebee is now available on Digital, 4K UHD and Blu-ray.
Source: Deadline
