The firstTransformers: Rise of the Beaststrailer just dropped, and with it came news of Peter Dinklage, John DiMaggio, and more joining the cast as voice actors.
The 7th entry in theTransformersfilm franchise based on the famous Hasbro toy line will center on Optimus Prime in 1994 Brooklyn (seven years after the events ofBumblebee) and sees him teaming up with a pair of archaeologists who become involved with three separate forms of ancient Transformers: the Maximals, the Predacons, and the Terrorcons. Paramount initially wanted to create twoTransformersfilms, with one being a sequel to 2018’sBumblebeewritten byThe Amazing Spider-Man’s James Vanderbilt. The other was to bebased on the animatedBeast Warsstorylineand would be written byObi-Wan Kenobi’s Joby Harold.
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According toDeadline, as if the cast couldn’t get any more exciting, the new voice cast additions include Dinklage as Scourge and DiMaggio as Stratosphere. Also joining the cast are Liza Koshy as Arcee, David Sobolov as Rhinox/Battletrap, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez as Nightbird, Cristo Fernández as Wheeljack, and Tobe Nwigwe as Reek. They join other voice cast members like Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime, Ron Perlman as Optimus Primal,Pete Davidson as Mirage and Michelle Yeoh as Airazor.
Dinklage is best known for his work onHBO’s hitGame of Thrones,and Koshy recently completed production on Netflix’sFamily Affair.DiMaggio has starred in AMC’sBetter Call Sauland has been a voiceover actor on several projects, includingFuturama,Disenchantment,andAdventure Time. Sobolov voiced Blitzwing inBumblebee,and Rodriguez starred inPose,Luke Cage, and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s featuretick, tick…Boom!Fernandez plays Dani Rojas onTed LassoandGrammy-nominated artist/actor Nwigwe co-stars in the Netflix television seriesMo.
Director Steven Caple Jr. (Creed II) is helming the project, hoping to bring a fresh voice to the franchise, similar to what Travis Knight did forBumblebee. The film’s human cast includesHamiltonandIn the HeightsstarAnthony RamosandJudas and the Black Messiah’s Dominique Fishback as the two leads.
Transformers: Rise of the Beastswill arrive in theatres on June 16, 2025.
