Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Interview: the Costs of CGI & Optimus Prime
67Lorenzo di Bonaventura has served as a producer for each of the Transformers films since Michael Bay’s action-packed saga kicked off the IP in live-action in 2007. When 2018’s Bumblebee branched off to take the franchise in a more emotionally driven direction, Bonaventura studied the fans’ reception, what worked, and what could be improved upon and with Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, an installment that he says aims to “take that intimacy and put it back into a spectacle.” In an interview with Collider’s Steve Weintraub, we get a peek inside the mind of the producer of some of Hollywood’s biggest spectacles.
In Rise of the Beasts, a threat unlike anything Earth has ever faced is coming, which means Optimus Prime (voiced by Peter Cullen) and the Autobots will have to join forces with the Maximals, led by Optimus Primal (voiced by Ron Perlman). Having lived hidden on the planet for centuries, they fight alongside humans, like ex-military expert Noah Diaz (Anthony Ramos) and artifact researcher Elena Wallace (Dominique Fishback), to protect their home from a formidable entity. The film also features the talent of Michelle Yeoh, Pete Davidson, Luna Lauren Velez, and Peter Dinklage.
According to Bonaventura, “the spine of the movie” is the colliding character arcs of a younger Optimus Prime, struggling “with what he believes in” and Noah’s storyline. The emotional intimacy was influenced, he tells us, by Bumblebee, but the producer also explains what had to change for this soft reboot. Bonaventura discusses how the Transformer films change in the editing process, Rise of the Beasts’ deleted scenes, and how the bots affect costs, as well as what fans can expect from the upcoming animated feature, Transformers One. You can check out all of this and more in the video below, or read along with the full transcript.
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