Bumblebee May Go Full "Slug Bug" In Next TRANSFORMERS Movie

The next movie in the Transformers franchise will be the Bumblebee prequel. We know that the movie will take place sometime during the 1980s. But now we're learning from a Transformers producer that Bumblebee will not be the Chevy Camero he has been in every movie since the 2007 film. Instead, we'll see something more familiar to the folks that grew up watching the 1980s Transformers cartoon. Lorenzo di Bonaventura tells EW that “You might even see a VW Bug. You never know.”

“The interesting thing about doing a spin-off is it has to have some familiarity with the franchise, and then it has to have its own distinct qualities for it to stand on its own. It’s the story of a 17-, 18-year-old girl who, through a series of events, she and Bumblebee find each other, and they make each other whole. Bumblebee’s a very loving character. He’s got a lot of heart, so of course the idyllic life of these two is interrupted by the evil Decepticons. And how are they going to be able to deal with the problem without Optimus and without everybody else?”

Before Bumblebee became the bright yellow muscle car in the hands of Michael Bay, he was one of the smallest Autobots that would transform into a cute little Volkswagen Beetle. You might remember in the very first Transformers movie Shia LaBeouf first met Bumblebee at a used car lot, he was parked right next to a beat up old yellow beetle. That was Bay's attempt at joking about how "uncool" a beetle was.

Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit) has been in talks to play the lead role, Travis Knight (Kubo and the Two Strings) will direct and the movie is set to begin filming in August with plans to be in theaters by next summer.

What do you guys think, are you glad Bumblebee will return to his original form?