Bumblebee

Bumblebee (2018)

Timing: 1:54 (114 min)

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Photo 142

Actors and characters

Release date

2018-11-22

Country

United States, China

Production

Paramount, Bay Films, di Bonaventura Pictures, Tom DeSanto/Don Murphy Production, Tencent Pictures, Allspark Pictures

Genre

Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Budget

$135 000 000

Revenue

$467 989 645

Website

https://www.paramountmovies.com/movies/bumblebee

Director

Travis Knight

Actors

Dylan O'Brien, Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., John Ortiz, Stephen Schneider, Jason Ian Drucker, Pamela Adlon, Len Cariou, Glynn Turman
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Scenario

Christina Hodson

Producer

Michael Bay, Don Murphy, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Tom DeSanto, Mark Vahradian, Stephen Davis, Steven Spielberg, Brian Goldner, Chris Brigham, Edward Cheng

Operator

Enrique Chediak

Composer

Dario Marianelli

Artist

Rob Tokarz

Audition

Denise Chamian

Editing

Paul Rubell
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• The first film in the 'Transformers' franchise not directed by Michael Bay. He served as a producer here.
• Peter Cullen said in 2020 that he didn't particularly enjoy working on this film. The reason was that the filmmakers decided to use a different voice actor to avoid paying Cullen, and he was only invited at the very end to quickly record his lines. Therefore, Cullen had to 'adjust' his voice acting to match the other actor, as the animation of Optimus Prime was already complete.
• Some scenes were filmed in Vallejo, California, simultaneously with the filming of the series '13 Reasons Why' (2017-2020). Considering the noise from explosions and helicopters in certain scenes, the '13 Reasons Why' crew had to pause between takes to avoid filming at the same time as the noise from the neighboring set.
• The special effects team built a life-size Bumblebee model to make it easier for Hailee Steinfeld to interact with him in some scenes. A full-scale model of Bumblebee’s head, chest, and arms was also created, fully painted and with illuminated eyes.
• Hailee Steinfeld was born nine years after the events of the film took place, so she had to be introduced to some things typical of the 1980s and completely unfamiliar to young people – for example, Sony ‘Walkman’ players.
• Bumblebee transforms into a 1967 Volkswagen Beetle with bumpers that were only installed on the export version of the car. Cars were also painted yellow only for export, and cars for the domestic market were not painted yellow until 1990.
• The film features several scenes with references to Steven Spielberg’s films. A poster in the cinema advertises ‘Gremlins’ (1984), which was produced by Spielberg. The letters ‘BFG’ can be seen on Charlie’s overalls, which stands for ‘The BFG’ (Steven Spielberg, 2016). A poster for Spielberg’s adventure film ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ (1981) hangs in the room of the character played by Jorge Lendeborg Jr. The tunnel in which the heroes are chased by the police is the same one used in the films ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit?’ (1988) and ‘Back to the Future Part II’ (1989), both of which Spielberg produced.
• The first film in the Transformers franchise not directed by Michael Bay. He served as a producer here.