Holy shit. I wonder what's his reasoning for doing this.
>EXCLUSIVE: Bumblebee, the first spinoff of the Transformers franchise based on a popular character in the series, just landed as director Travis Knight, the helmer of the Oscar-nominated stop-motion animated success Kubo And The Two Strings. That film was Knight’s directing debut. Bumblebee would mark his first live-action film.
>This time, Knight will be taking on a very different project, a big-budget 2018 tentpole for the studio. The screenplay, which emerged from Transformers director and Paramount’s writers room project, is from Christina Hodson. Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg are producing with Hasbro’s Brian Goldner and Stephen Davis.
>Knight, the son of Nike founder Phil Knight, is also president and CEO of Laika. Based out of Portland, the animation house was founded about 11 years ago and since then has created high-quality and beautifully created features including The Boxtrolls, ParaNorman and Coraline. Along with Kubo, Boxtrolls was also nominated for an Oscar.
Well the main line transformers is still making crazy money so no one want to rock that boat. But making a spinoff film would be able to get away from Michael Bay and perhaps give the franchise longevity.
Gavin Butler
I have a feeling this is going to be more kid-focused than the main movies.
Ayden Cruz
>Holy shit. I wonder what's his reasoning for doing this.
Hopefully he can make it something that isn't a steaming pile of shit Hell maybe he's a fan of Transformers
Joseph Diaz
No, Travis Knight is a creative first and a business man second.
Laika was founded out of love for the art form and is kept afloat through the bottomless Nike fortune.
If Knight's doing this, he likely has a personal creative interest.
Charles Cox
Just getting this out of the way >Kubo sucked >Transformers movies suck >even if Travis was/is a good director, it doesn't guarantee that he could save the movie from sucking. Case in point - Genndy Tartakovsky on Hotel Transylvania
Lincoln Russell
Can we just have a transformers movie that takes place in Cybertron?
Jackson Mitchell
Bu we now have actual hope of a Transformers movie actually being good. It might actually happen.
Joseph Thompson
Guys, what if this movie is actually moving and beautiful?
What if Knight points the way to a better future for the Bayformers franchise, one that isn't dependent on mindless action and crass humor?
William Cox
Literally no one cares about fucking Bumblebee. How is he going to carry his own movie? Who the fuck will he fight?
Matthew King
Transformers spin off movies. Michael Bay Transformers cinematic universe.
MCU was a mistake.
John Reed
How out of touch from the real world are you?
Luke Hernandez
A good Transformers movie could happen.
It is now actually possible.
Evan Peterson
Does he speak English yet?
Hudson Williams
his options were either this or a DC movie
Austin Evans
It's in the works, look up "Transformers One"
Luke Ross
well they brought Barricade back for the new movie, potentially he could be the villain/rival/nemesis of the movie.
Joseph Scott
>implying they need to You do know they're funded by fucking Nike right?
Dominic Hill
i hope he make 2 or 3 transformers puppets/figures to use instead of full CGI
Cooper Rogers
And they stole a Will Vinton Studios.
"In 2002, Vinton lost control of the studio he founded after Knight became the majority shareholder and Vinton failed to garner funds for further feature production in Los Angeles, eventually being dismissed from the studio. Vinton later sought damages for this and sued for ownership of his name. In 2005, the successor to Will Vinton Studios, Laika, was founded."
