Take this news with a grain of salt, as we are filing this under ‘rumor’ category, but we have received info that Paramount Pictures is planning to film ‘Transformers 7‘ in Canada.
MELS Studios near downtown Montreal will host the filming (or at least some part of it) during the production phase of the movie. Stage 3 will also act as the production office for TF7.
As we speak, COVID-19 Safety Protocols are being prepared for an undisclosed period.
MELS Studio is known for principal photography of X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Jack Ryan, and Pet Sematary.
As how it happened with Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins, we expect the filming to be kept under wraps.
SilverOptimus
Bumblebee was intended to be a Bayverse prequel when it began production. But TLK's failure gave a reason to change all that. We have an actual audience member who participated on an early screening of Bumblebee and a survey. What he said turned out 100% true when deleted scenes were revealed with Bumblebee's home release.
Anyway, the screening turned out negative reception. Remember that new script writer and 3 months of reshoots ? Yep, that's to remove connections to Bayverse and reshoot the scenes needed to fill in the blanks. Heck, the entire opening scene was changed. Originally, it had Bumblebee and co already on earth and being hunted for crimes they did not commit.
Prior to Toy Fair 2019, a leak came out detailing this change. During Toy Fair, Brian Goldner let slip the term 'Bumblebee Storytelling Universe'. That is when the whole 'Reboot' discussion began properly. As time went by, people at Hasbro and Paramount acknowledge the whole reboot aspect to the public. Except Lorenzo di Bonaventura who is one of the only remaining creative forces from the "Old Guard" a.k.a. Bayverse camp. Rest of the team, including the Writers' Room, was dissolved when Jim Gianopulos took over.
TFanPage101
Here's my thinking on the continuity personally, and feel free to disagree.
I do believe Bumblebee is separate to the canon of the Michael Bay live action films, however that might not had been the original intent, but after The Last Knight not doing as well as they thought, they wanted to see if Bumblebee could kick off a fresh start. You can see sprinkles of the intent in some areas, including concept of Megatron frozen at the base of Sector 7 and Simmons making a proper cameo. I also think there were clashes between directors perhaps, which might explain why Bay decided to add in WW2, but I could be entirely wrong. (By clashes, I don't mean they were fighting, just people have different ideas.) I do remember hearing the Cybertron scene was added late in production, so its possible the original story had Bumblebee still on earth from long ago.
Bumblebee was also in production while The Last Knight was wrapping up, so it'd be kind of weird that they immediately intended to reboot the entire franchise as quickly as they did, especially considering The Last Knight was meant to have a follow up. I'm not someone who's behind the scenes, so I don't know for sure what the original ideas were, what was scrapped, what was added, or anything on the matter. I've heard people mention its in the continuity, and either change or explain otherwise later on. I'm simply giving my personal and respectful perspective and not judging anyone for thinking along or otherwise.
Darth Badguy
They could also have any outdoors location in Canada stand for whatever South American environment they need. Canada & SA both have beaches, mountains, deserts, forests, cities, etc.
You might obviously know this already & I don’t mean any kind of disrespect by saying this, my family’s from SA & I think a lot of people don’t know about its’ geological diversity.
TheSoundwave
I wonder what kind of set/filming photos we'll see (if any)? Bumblebee was pretty light on that stuff, but the Beetle leaked and we saw some official promo stuff like Travis Knight posing with Shatter's car. Since Optimus' presence likely won't be a secret this time, I'm hoping we'll see the truck. It would also be cool to see if Bumblebee gets an updated altmode. Of course this is going on the theory that this film involves the automobile bots. If it does turn out to be beasts, we probably won't see anything.
octobotimus
I've been summoned
Smokie
My head cannon is that without the staff which was destroyed Quintessa can’t awaken Unicron. It’s a not a good one but it serves as closure.
TheSoundwave
Totally agree about simplicity. I feel like the Bay films more or less increased in complexity. The first was a pretty straightforward boy teams up with aliens to save the world movie. ROTF is kind of convoluted (mainly because of the rushed and troubled production), but it's still a fairly straightforward narrative. By the time we got to TLK, there was just too much going on. I think one of the reasons people connected with Bumblebee was because it returned the series to a relatively small-scale and straightforward adventure film.
I'm fine with complex stories (even for escapist superhero/cartoon/sci-fi brands), but I'm a believer that a complex story needs to be very well-written. Like, several of the original Star Trek films are pretty complex in terms of themes and plot (The Undiscovered Country is a favorite of mine), but they're very well-written films that know how to convey their complex ideas in a way that makes sense to the audience. Even something like Infinity War (and Endgame to a slightly lesser extent) manages to juggle a lot of characters and locations and ideas successfully. Unless Transformers can handle that sort of writing, I think they're better off keeping the stories simple and straightforward.
Moy
It needs to be a simple film. Thats where TLK went wrong. They should stick to a BB sequel or BW film.
mn_128875
Damn people are still arguing about if bumblebee was a prequel or a reboot?
mx-01 archon
I mean, at least it wasn't the beaver continuities, or else that might have been considered an international declaration of war, but man, what did the otters ever do to you?
batfan007
I heard that Lorenzo Lamas will be in Transformers Movie 27, and that it blows all otter continuities out of the water being both a prequel, remake demake and pseudo sequel to everything in existence.
Music
Yeah, that's cool and all but again, he's called Bumblebee in the film and toy and it hasn't been retconned ever.
This argument is ridiculous so I'm stopping here.
96megatron
Maybe because in the lore there are characters who resemble other characters? Heck, Centurion (IDW) was originally Bumblebee in a elsewords story, but then it was retconned to be a different character to fit into the larger running series.
Music
Maybe cause they first meet when Anthony Hopkins' character was just a kid? I mean, obviously Bee wouldn't have recognized him as a much older person. Regardless, this is a moot point as his WWII figure is called "Bumblebee". I honestly can't believe there is an argument about this.
96megatron
Bumblebee also didn't seem to know him.
Sir Edmund Burton: "Uh, Bumblebee we only met when I was a little boy in short pants, I could be this tall maybe taller I can't remember, but I'd never forget a face."
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Cade Yeager: "Bee, do you know this guy?"
*Bumblebee has skeptical look*
Bumblebee: "I don't f-with you."
Music
Except Anthony Hopkins' character literally confirmed it was Bee after the WWII clip was shown.
96megatron
It's not that nothing will change my mind, it's just I'm waiting till I see the next film and rather it has any major contradiction then I will 100% know the Bay films aren't connected. I just want other people to maybe temper their expectations on the next film and not to take information at face value as it could have another meaning. As the film industry tends to create "buzz words" to let the audience know that their new installments of a long running franchise is something different. Because if it turns it's not starting over, maybe fans won't admit they jumped to conclusions because they might have jumped the gun.
Similar to fans reaction to WandaVision in how their theories were not coming true due to misinformation or a misinterpretation of a quote from an interview. For example, in the Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany situations. When she was asked by an interviewer if there will be a Luke Skywalker-level cameo, she said yes, and headlines read "Elizabeth Olsen said expect a Luke Skywalker level cameo in WandaVision". Paul Bettany said fans will be excited to know he will work with an actor he always wanted to work with, fans then theorized legendary actors, and then it turned out he was talking about himself and they blamed the show for not living up to those expectations.
Here are some examples I've come across in my research on franchises sort of reinventing themselves. One is X-Men: First Class, at first believed to be a reboot; more comic accurate costumes than the original trilogy, but it was a prequel. The franchise wasn't rebooted until the sequel, X-Men Days of Future Past, and also was a crossover with the prequel cast and original cast. Although X-Men: First Class existed in both timelines. Another instance is G.I. Joe Retaliation which was described as a reboot, because none of the other cast besides Duke, Snake Eyes, Storm Shadow, and Zartan but it continues the story threads from the first film, Rise of Cobra, in Zartan masquerading as the president. Recently Scream (2022) is described as a revamp of the franchise, but is a sequel to the first four, with the original big three, Sidney, Gale, and Dewey returning, along with Deputy Hicks from Scream 4. Director's visions for a next installment film can be a way to reinvent the franchise, while also not forgetting anything that came before it, like Thor Ragnarok, although a sequel was nothing like the first two films, due to the vision of director Taika Waititi.
Yes "The Bumblebee Barrel"
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primalxconvoy
If it's beast wars, then expect Octo-moose Primal vs Beav-atron…
B-Fox
Huh. So we'll have an X-Men scenario where they inadvertantly cast one of the Beast Wars voice actors in a bit part and create an accidentally shout out.