Watch Peter Cullen Voice Optimus Prime in Video For TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS
Director Steven Caple Jr. (Creed II) has released a cool behind-the-scenes video for Transformers: Rise of the Beasts and it features footage of legendary voice actor Peter Cullen voicing Optimus Prime. It’s so cool that after all these years, Cullen is still voicing Optimus Prime! Watch him in action below!
The movie also stars Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, Luna Lauren Valez, and Ron Perlman as Optimus Primal. A trailer was recently released for the film, which you can watch here. The movie looks like it’s going all out on the action like those previous Michael Bay movies, but I’m not convinced that this is going to tell a great story like Bumblebee, though. We’ll just have to wait and see.
The synopsis reads: “Returning to the action and spectacle that have captured moviegoers around the world, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts will take audiences on a ‘90s globetrotting adventure and introduce the Maximals, Predacons, and Terrorcons to the existing battle on earth between Autobots and Decepticons.”
When previously talking about the movie, producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura said, "We wanted to give the audience a lot of new (elements). We have exhausted I would say the battle between the Autobots and Decepticons. How do we find a new set of villains and priorities, saving the world is left to the Autobots and in this case the Maximals. Part of the new news, if you've seen the other movies, you're going to see villains you've never seen before and a lot of elements we've never done before."
The director added, "We wanted to expand the universe, you have the Autobots and the Decepticons, and I would say my new flair to this is the Terracons. The Terracons are a new threat to Optimus Prime, and it's something I pride myself on when entering the franchise. I've done Rocky with Creed, and you bring the nostalgia that fans want, but also bring something they aren't expecting, and the Terracons are that."
The film arrives in theaters June 9, 2023.