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The fight on a Cybertron battlefield.
Check out the aforementioned teaser below.
The Bumblebee marketing team has also shared a clip from the film featuring an endearing interaction between lead-human hero Hailee Steinfeld and her Autobot companion - albeit one with no major reveals.
Unfortunately, the teaser is very low-res, so fans will have to wait until tomorrow's trailer release to see Optimus, Soundwave, and Ravage in full G1 glory - not to mention get a closer look at this more "traditional" take on what Cyberton looked like on the ground. Nevertheless, even a blurry shot of the square-chested Optimus, not to mention boombox-style Soundwave ejecting Ravage out of his torso, is sure to ratchet up anticipation for an official trailer reveal.
For now, you can see the (blurry) screengrabs below:
The heavy emphasis on G1 character designs and the earnest story of Bumblebee's friendship with a young human hero (that harkens back to Steven Spielberg's influence on the original Transformers film) makes it clear that Paramount and Knight understand that fans might be skeptical of dropping hard-earned cash on another Transformers theater experience - especially if the spinoff was simply another retread of Bay's approach. No doubt, the Transformers movies were incredibly profitable (and fun for many casual filmgoers) but their popularity was, without question, on the decline - as the series' box office peaked with the release of The Last Knight ($600 million worldwide).
Bumblebee faces some tough competition when it releases in Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse are both set to bow within one week of the Autobot's solo movie. That said, if Bumblebee keeps dropping these long-awaited teases - and delivers a quality action-adventure film experience - the film may just hold its own and, hopefully, usher in a new era for the Transformers film series.
