In January 2020, Paramount Pictures was reportedly working on two different Transformers films, one written by James Vanderbilt and another written by Joby Harold. On April 6, 2023, two months before the film's release, Tongayi Chirisa was announced to be voicing the Maximal Cheetor. Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime, the leader of the Autobot resistance who transforms into a red 1987 Freightliner FLA semi truck. How many times have we already seen these too-long battle scenes in which computer-created machines and/or creatures bang into each other and tear each other apart while proclaiming it all ends today or some such thing? stars, writing, "But ultimately, Rise of the Beasts does what every Transformers movie has to do: wrap up with a seemingly endless fight sequence in which big, shiny chunks of metal slam noisily into each other.

Apelinq, the previous Maximal leader who transforms into a mountain gorilla and sports retractable blades on his arms.The Battle Changer can convert from robot to alt mode, while the Beast Battle Master toy converts from beast to weapon mode that can attach to the larger robot action figure. The key releases an energy pulse detected by Autobot leader Optimus Prime, who summons the other Autobots. After the success of Bumblebee that year, he said that the series would make some changes in tone and style, inspired by the film. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale, while those polled at PostTrak gave it an 83% overall positive score, with 68% saying they would "definitely recommend" it. In February 2022, Paramount announced that Rise of the Beasts would be the first of three new installments in the Transformers series.

He has over six years of experience in the gaming industry with bylines at IGN, Nintendo Wire, Switch Player Magazine, and Lifewire.Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 42 out of 100, based on 51 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.

Jongnic Bontemps provided the film's score, after previously working with Caple on his directorial debut, The Land. On May 18, 2023, the song "On My Soul", composed by Tobe Nwigwe and Nas and featuring Jacob Banks, was released as a single from the film's soundtrack. Bring the epic action of the Transformers movies from the big screen into your collection with the new Transformers Studio Series Leader 101 Scourge action figure. In the film's first trailer, we got a look at the gorilla-inspired Optimus Primal, Airazor, Rhinox, and Cheetor. Many commentators highlighted the appearance of Scourge and Unicron as the main villains for the film, though some highlighted that the DMX song used was not released until 1998, four years after the film is set.

All audio, visual and textual content on this site (including all names, characters, images, trademarks and logos) are protected by trademarks, copyrights and other Intellectual Property rights owned by Hasbro or its subsidiaries, licensors, licensees, suppliers and accounts. Smash Changers figures are based on characters from the new Transformers movie, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts! There is no proof the altered version of Bumblebee is the Takara version, nor should it be taken as indication that future Takara releases will vary from the Hasbro versions again. One was this Decepticon scene, Transit, that I've been talking about, because Optimus Prime fights Transit at the beginning of the movie—or at least he used to—and you find out that Optimus Prime wants to go home. I believe I may be the only original cast member of the Beast Wars tv series to have roles in Rise of the Beasts.

The reveal showcased the all-new Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Studio Series Deluxe Class Bumblebee and Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Studio Series Voyager Class Battletrap, which can be seen here. Scourge's corruption overtakes Airazor, whom Primal reluctantly deactivates at her request to save Elena. In addition, the trailer also achieved 494 million global, cross-platform views in the first week, more than the view count of other film trailers released that week, such as those for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, The Super Mario Bros. Graeme Guttmann of Screen Rant awarded the film a score of two and a half stars out of five, saying "There are a few bright spots inRise of the Beasts, but these are largely overshadowed by a lot of generic parts that would not be out of place in any of the previous sixTransformersmovies. After a Decade in Limbo, Brian Robbins Is Giving Paramount a Makeover With 'Ninja Turtles,' Tom Cruise and 'Gladiator 2' ".But while this climax isn't as dizzying and interminable as they so often are, it's still rather dull compared to the action that came before it. Peru was the fourth highest-grossing territory for the film, behind only the United States, China and Mexico.