Film · TMDB
6.7On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie, 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.
Released: 2018-11-22114 minDir: Travis KnightAction, Adventure, Science Fiction
Cast
- Dylan O'Brien as B-127 / Bumblebee (voice)
- Hailee Steinfeld as Charlie Watson
- John Cena as Jack Burns
- Jorge Lendeborg Jr. as Memo Gutierrez
- John Ortiz as Dr. Powell
- Stephen Schneider as Ron
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Ratings · OMDb
IMDb
6.7/10
205,892 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
91%
Metacritic
66/100
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 2 wins & 13 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Travis Knight
- Written by
- Christina Hodson
- Based on
- Hasbro 's Transformers action figures
- Produced by
- Lorenzo di Bonaventura Tom DeSanto Don Murphy Michael Bay Mark Vahradian
- Starring
- Hailee Steinfeld John Cena Jorge Lendeborg Jr. John Ortiz Jason Drucker Pamela Adlon
- Cinematography
- Enrique Chediak
- Edited by
- Paul Rubell
- Music by
- Dario Marianelli
- Production companies
- Allspark Pictures Di Bonaventura Pictures Bay Films Tencent Pictures
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- Release dates
- December 3, 2018 ( 2018-12-03 ) ( Sony Center ) December 21, 2018 ( 2018-12-21 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 114 minutes
Key dates
- Published
- 25 December 2018
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- adventure film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Series
- Transformers
- Based on
- Transformers
- Director
- Travis Knight
- Screenwriter
- Christina Hodson
- Cast member
- Rachel Crow
- Voice actor
- Grey DeLisle
Article
Bumblebee is a 2018 science fiction action film based on the Transformers toy line character. Directed by Travis Knight and written by Christina Hodson, it is the sixth installment in the Transformers film series. It stars Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., John Ortiz, Jason Drucker, and Pamela Adlon. Set in 1987, the film follows Bumblebee being sent to Earth for refuge and befriending a teenage girl named Charlie.
The film premiered on December 3, 2018, at the Sony Center in Berlin, and was released in the United States on December 21, by Paramount Pictures. It received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its action sequences, Steinfeld's performance, Knight's direction, visuals, and the 1980s setting. It was a box office success, grossing $468 million against a production budget between $102–135 million.