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Bumblebee
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld), on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns this is no ordinary, yellow VW bug.
Directed by: Travis Knight
Starring: Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., John Ortiz, Jason Drucker, Pamela Adlon
Produced by: Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Tom DeSanto, Don Murphy, Michael Bay, Mark Vahradian
Written by: Christina Hodson
Based on: Transformers by Hasbro
Music by: Dario Marianelli
Cinematography: Enrique Chediak
Edited by: Paul Rubell
Production company: Allspark Pictures, Di Bonaventura Pictures, Tencent Pictures, Bay Films
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Release date: December 3, 2018 (Sony Center), December 21, 2018 (United States)
Running time: 114 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Cast
Humans
Hailee Steinfeld as Charlie Watson, an 18-year-old girl who finds and befriends Bumblebee.
John Cena as Jack Burns, a former U.S Army Colonel and agent of Sector 7.
Jorge Lendeborg Jr. as Guillermo "Memo" Gutierrez, Charlie's next-door neighbor who befriends Bumblebee.
John Ortiz as Dr. Powell, an agent of Sector 7.
Jason Drucker as Otis Watson, Charlie's younger brother.
Pamela Adlon as Sally Watson, Charlie and Otis's mother.
Stephen Schneider as Ron, Sally's boyfriend and Charlie and Otis's soon-to-be stepfather.
Glynn Turman as General Whalen, Burns's superior at Sector 7.
Len Cariou as Hank, the owner of a junkyard where Charlie sources car parts.
Gracie Dzienny as Tina Lark, Charlie's mean-spirited classmate.
Ricardo Hoyos as Tripp Summers, Charlie's classmate and Tina's boyfriend.
Fred Dryer as Sheriff Lock, a sheriff who enters into a high-speed chase with Charlie, Memo, and Bumblebee.
Lenny Jacobson as Roy, a trailer park resident killed by Dropkick.
Megyn Price as Amber, Roy's girlfriend.
Nick Pilla as Seymour Simmons, an agent of Sector 7. John Turturro portrayed an older version of the character in the previous live-action Transformers films.
Edwin Hodge as Danny Bell, an agent of Sector 7.
Tim Martin Gleason as Mr. Watson, Charlie and Otis's father and Sally's husband, who died of a heart attack
Voices
Dylan O'Brien as Bumblebee/B-127, a young Autobot scout who transforms first into an advanced Cybertronian car, then a yellow Willys MB jeep, before switching for a rusty yellow 1967 Volkswagen Beetle, and eventually a yellow and black 1976/1977 Chevrolet Camaro.
Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime, the leader of the Autobot resistance, who transforms into a 1977 Peterbilt 352 Freightliner semi truck.
Angela Bassett as Shatter, a Decepticon triple-changer who transforms into a red 1971 Plymouth GTX and a Harrier Jump Jet.
Justin Theroux as Dropkick, a Decepticon triple-changer who transforms into a blue 1973 AMC Javelin and a Bell AH-1 SuperCobra.
David Sobolov as Blitzwing, a Decepticon who transforms into a red/white McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II and is responsible for damaging Bumblebee's voice box.
Grey Griffin as the voice of Arcee, an Autobot in charge of keeping contact with the capital.
Steve Blum as Wheeljack, an Autobot scientist.
Andrew Morgado as Cliffjumper, one of Bumblebee's fellow scouts who is executed by Dropkick on the Moons of Saturn
Jon Bailey as: Shockwave, a Decepticon scientist, Soundwave, Decepticon communications officer, who houses his minion Ravage in his chest.
Kirk Baily as: Brawn, an Autobot commando, Decepticon soldier.
Dennis Singletary as Ratchet, an Autobot medic.