Bumblebee (film)
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| Directed by | Travis Knight |
| Written by | Christina Hodson |
| Based on | Hasbro's Transformers action figures |
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| Cinematography | Enrique Chediak |
| Edited by | Paul Rubell |
| Music by | Dario Marianelli |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 114 minutes[1][2] |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $102–135 million[4][5][6] |
| Box office | $468 million[5] |
Bumblebee (stylized as BumbleBee and sometimes marketed as Transformers: Bumblebee) is a 2018 science fiction action film based on the Transformers toy line character. It is the sixth installment in the Transformers film series and a prequel to the 2007 film. Directed by Travis Knight and written by Christina Hodson, 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.[7] It was a box office success, grossing $468 million against a production budget between $102–135 million.
A sequel, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, was released in June 2023.
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- ^ Film and Television Tax Credit Program Program 2.0 (PDF) (Report). California Film Commission. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 4, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
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