Transformers: Rise of the Beasts has been out for almost a week, so it’s only natural that we begin to shift our attention to what lies ahead for the franchise.Leaving the Michael Bay era may have been an important step all on its own, but with many a review – including our own – suggesting that the saga has risen from drowning to just treading water, we’re going to need more entries to help Bumblebee carry the series from here on out.
As a result, we’re pulling for Transformers One, the animated prequel that will serve as the property’s next step, to yield the results that Transformers needs to become worthy of its source material, and if comments made by Scarlett Johansson – who voices the Autobot Elita – are any indication, we just might be able to expect that.
In an interview with Collider, Johansson was all to happy to shout her praise of the in-development feature, giving an extra special nod to writer-director Josh Cooley, who seems intent on tackling the Transformers ethos in a way we haven’t seen on the big screen before.
“The film doesn’t look like anything I’ve ever seen before, it looks so cool! The texture of it is so awesome. And because Josh wrote it, it just feels very… I don’t know, it’s got a very dramatic feeling about it. It’s funny, but it’s got so much heart to it like all of his stuff does. I think it’s a different way of approaching this IP. I think it stands on its own, it’s pretty exciting.”
The film will be set on the Transformers’ homeworld of Cybertron, explore the relationship between Optimus Prime and Megatron, and will star the voice talents of Chris Hemsworth and Brian Tyree Henry as the two respective juggernauts, as well as Keegan-Michael Key, Jon Hamm, and Laurence Fishburne alongside Johansson.
Transformers One is set to arrive in theaters on Sept. 13, 2024.