There is a cruel irony of "Transformers One", an animated retraining film in 2024 for robots in masking. Directed by Oshos Towers, "Transformers One" is the first great movie "Transformers" - yet we may never get "two transformers".

I like the original "Transformers: the film" in 1986. I understand why its soundtrack rock-n-rolin ("You have a touch!") And epic moments-from the victim of Optimus Premier to The planet eats Unicronon Discovering his huge real shape - it will burn in your brain if you see it at a real age. But the script is a pretty slap, the animation is richer and more detailed than the cartoon in the 1980s, but it is still filled with carefree mistakes, and the whole cynical goal of the film (Kill the old Transformer toys, sell new) is gall bladder.

Meanwhile, all the films "Transformers" live action directed by Michael Bay lie on the sliding scale of bad. "Bumblebee" is good, if it is small, but then "Transformers: Raising Astswerers" was So Bored. "Transformers One" loses the human perspective, however the most dry film in this franchise. Marketing of the film depends on how this foretold is the untold story of Orion Pax/Optimus Premier (Chris Hemsworth) and D-16/Megatron (Brian Tury Henry) who turn from brothers into enemies.

Breaked out of anger, ideology and buried bitterness, Orion and D are most human characters in any of these films. Optimus Prime and Megatron have always been wide archetypes of good and evil, but "Transformers One" shows that it has not been created that way. However, even with these more difficult moments, the film is still bright and adventurous, never forgetting to bring children together for driving.

Well, why is it a sure thing "Transformers One" is not sure?

The sad reality is that excellent views and mouths were not enough Save "Transformers One" from being disappointed with the box office. The film made about $ 129 million, which is insufficient form, no matter which of its two budgets ($ 75 million or $ 147 million) are correct.

Worse still, this failure cannot be fully blamed on the "Transformers" itself. The franchisee has been a downward spiral in the past decade. While under Michael Bay, Transformers were considered a "critic proof", which means that terrible views (and quality) meant anything to the audience. People will still go to see these films. Jack, the fourth film, "Age of Extinction" in 2014, received the worst views However It has taken one billion US dollars.

But it has been downhill ever since. People obviously decided enough and the fifth film, "Transformers: The Last Knight", brought only $ 600 million. A higher budget meant that the film was reportedly a complete flop for Paramount.

"Bumblebee" made it look like the property survived by reducing (and making good movies); It brought only $ 468 million, but had a budget of $ 100+ million. Then "Raising the Astswerers" reached a larger budget and dropped short.

Basically, people got sick of "transformers". The franchisee has a fairly low ratio of quality to films produced. The first trailer for Transformers One was also criticized; It showed all the children's humor of the film, leaving a bad impression of what the film is. Plus, film animation style and unwanted robots are more suited than it can provide a two -minute trailer.

Paramount also ended with Sabbath of the film by changing the date of publication; Pressing from July to September meant the film facing "Wild robot", even better animated image And the one who is more fun for the whole family.

Hasbro, a toy company that owns Transformers, announced in November 2024 that it would not finance films based on its IP. This is interpreted as a sign that the company has dropped "Transformers One" as a failure.

One positive sign is that "Transformers One" There was an early boom once it was published on VOD in October 2024. The primer, ready, sustainable success there (in combination with the DVD of the film and selling Blu-ray) can make him be in profit.

Shortly after the announcement of Transformers One, the longtime franchise maker Lorenzo Di Bonaventura told the screen That the film's creatives had ideas for a sequel and more if the film was successful.

"Number one, if we are successful with this movie, we will make a sequel to this. And, I think, for the start of a really interesting story about the second, which is also characters based, the way the first (E)."

Well, Di Bonaventure says a lot of things. He is something like Mem in the "transformers" by accident because of his wild statements. He was incredibly persistent, for example, That "Bumbebee" and "Rise of the Beasts" are foretolds of Michael Bay movies, not restarting. He said the same thing about the Transformers One, marking it as a foretant he posted billions of years before live films, until the towers came in and confirmed that it was a new continuity.

In October 2024, Transformers One Production Designer Jason Burn Sort Sort Podcast "Triple Download" That towers shared ideas for a sequel to him. Unfortunately, Shayer added, the return of the box office is likely to harm the chances of these ideas realized:

"Josh has already shown the whole second film. He's already talking to me, or talking to specific aspects of things about the second film that are ... 10 times crazy, amazing from the first film? Yes, it breaks my heart that is not going, because it will take place, what I need to do. Kibertron! "

As for the cast, Brian Tury Henry expressed an interest in continuing this new saga. Talking to Rant on the screen In December 2024

Completing the "Transformers One" leaves an obvious hook for the sequel: The war between buses and depositicons began. Optimus and Megatron have become the characters we are familiar with, so now they will lead their famous battle to destroy each other. In the post-credit stage, Megatron declares its followers "depressics" And he voves the war with their new enemy, prime minister and his buses. War usually leads to Cibertron's desolate, forcing transformers to find a new home on Earth. It is not known whether the creators have ever intended to leave Cibertron behind this saga.

There is also another hanging thread: quintons, squid -like foreigners who attacked Cibertron. By the end of the film, they are not overthrown, only their puppet Sentinel Premier (Jonon Ham). At the end of the story, Optimus warns Quintons to never return to Cybertron, but who says they will hear?

Towers, naturally, did not share everything he planned for "Transformers Two". Talking to Newsweek However, in December 2024, he said his sequel would still be a movie about both optimus and megatron primarily:

"If it depends on me, I would definitely continue that relationship between the two. If you don't have that connection between those two characters, I don't think it's "transformers", it's just big robots, which can be nothing. But that is the connection between those two characters that really makes a franchise. "

There are many different angles that you can take with Optimus and Megatron after finishing "Transformers One". Probably both will fight a little bit of new leaders and you will be able to fight with those fights. While they now share a lot of bitterness between them, are there parts in each of them who still care about the other? With how cute he is in the first film, could a possible megatron ransom bow be in the cards? It's done before.

In a mentioned interview with Weuswick, Kuli said he did not know whether Hemsworth would return as an optimus prime minister for a sequel. However, he said he directed Hemsworth with the idea that his optimus would eventually grow into a wise one Peter Cullen for so many years expressed:

"One of the things we worked was like having a character that would eventually become Peter Cullen we know? Chris and I talked about Orion Pax early. He can't be too close, he can't be too connoisseur, he can't be too wise, he must be a little younger and just a little false, because he still doesn't.

Based on that screen ranking interview, Henry sounds like he only needs the call to come back as a megatron. The main accompanying team, except Jonon Ham and probably Lawrence Fishburn as Alpha Trion, will return. (Trion can Show yourself at the time of the spirit of Obi-Wan Kenobi on Optimus, but it is definitely maybe.) It means Scarlett Johansson like Elite-On, Kigan-Michael Ki as B-127/Bumbabe/Badassaton, Steve Buskemi like Starskham, Jonon Bailey,

Michael-Cay went especially above and above his Transformers research (as elsewhere He knows What "Ore-13" Well?), So I'm sure you'll come back to come back. "Transformers One" also ended with a megatron loyal throw, though Starscream is defined by his arrogance, hatred and betrayalSo he will not be a faithful servant for a long time.

In principle, finishing "Transformers One" leaves the door open to miners in the background such as jazz, ark and/or iron, all now fully transforming buses to become more pronounced characters in the sequel. As for who would express them, we will only know if Paramount fell asleep and Jos Towers make their "transformers two".