Paramount Pictures took “Transformers” fans back to the ’80s with new footage for the upcoming prequel “Bumblebee,” which answered at least one question about the movie’s villains.
During Paramount’s panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2018, “Bumblebee” director Travis Knight called the “Transformers” prequel an “origin story” that will include scenes on the Transformers’ home planet of Cybertron. He also told fans the jet fighter Transformer featured in the first “Bumblebee” trailer is the Decepticon Blitzwing, not the beloved “Transformers” villain Starscream, as some had guessed.
The prequel dials back 27 years before the first of the modern “Transformers” films and focuses on Bumblebee, the yellow Autobot who’s a primary figure throughout the series.