The most recently Transformers the film will look very different. Instead of live-action, the franchise is returning to its animation roots. And it’s also returning to its roots narratively, as Transformers One is an origin story of the Transformers, revealing how they became robots in disguise and more than meets the eye and several other catchphrases.
The film is set so far into the characters’ histories, in fact, that Optimus Prime and Megatron aren’t even called that yet; they are called Orion Pax and D-16. They are not enemies either; they are friends. And neither can transform. (This must be so embarrassing when you’re a transformer who can’t transform.)
Based on the new trailer for Transformers Onethe film shows as Orion (voiced by Chris Hemsworth) and D-16 (voiced by Brian Tyree Henry) became Optimus Prime and Megatron and how they learned to transform. (I’m guessing they probably had a falling out at some point near the end credits, too.) You can watch the trailer below:
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Hemsworth definitely has that classic Optimus Prime sound to his voice. (Peter Cullen has provided the voice of Prime in countless TV shows and films.) Henry, wonderful actor that he is, doesn’t really capture that classic mega-evil Megatron sound. But I guess he’s not Megatron, right? He’s D-16.
Here it is Transformers OneOfficial synopsis of:
This long-awaited origin story of how the most iconic characters in the TRANSFORMERS universe, Orion Pax and D-16, went from brothers in arms to sworn enemies, Optimus Prime and Megatron.
Transformers One is scheduled to open in theaters on
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