'Bumblebee' Set To Open December 21, 2018

Hailee Steinfeld in BUMBLEBEE, from Paramount Pictures. 

Photo Credit: Jaimie Trueblood © 2018 Paramount Pictures.

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The film, which hits theaters Friday, December 21, 2018, is set in the year 1987 where Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld), 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.

Director: Travis Knight (“KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS,” “CORALINE”)

Writer: Christina Hodson (“UNFORGETTABLE”).

Cast: Hailee Steinfeld (“EDGE OF SEVENTEEN”), Pamela Adlon (“BETTER THINGS,””LOUIE”), John Cena (“DADDY’S HOME 2,” “TRAINWRECK”), Stephen Schneider (Comedy Central’s “BROAD CITY”), Jorge Lendeborg Jr. (“SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING”), Jason Drucker (“DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE LONG HAUL”), Kenneth Choi (“AMERICAN CRIME STORY”), Ricardo Hoyos (“DEGRASSI: NEXT CLASS”), Abby Quinn (“LANDLINE,” “THE SISTERHOOD OF THE NIGHT”), Rachel Crow (“DEIDRA & LANEY ROB A TRAIN”), and Grace Dzienny (“ZOO”).

Producers: “TRANSFORMERS” franchise veterans Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Michael Bay

Executive Producers: Steven Spielberg, Brian Goldner and Mark Vahradian. Chris Brigham (“ARGO,” “INCEPTION”)