Hailee Steinfeld Officially Joins The BUMBLEBEE Solo Movie; Set In The 1980s?

Hailee Steinfeld Officially Joins The BUMBLEBEE Solo Movie; Set In The 1980s?

Hailee Steinfeld has confirmed her involvement with the upcoming Bumblebee solo movie which will be helmed by Travis Knight and thanks to Empire Magazine we may know what decade the film is set.

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By eagc1995 - Jun 12, 2017 11:06 AM EST
Filed Under: Bumblebee
Source: BBC
Few days ago we learned that actress and singer Hailee Steinfeld was in talks to join the cast of the upcoming Transformers prequel/spin off film centered on Bumblebee which will be directed by Travis Knight. During an interview with BBC, she confirmed that she has in fact joined the cast of the movie, praising the story of the movie and explaining how she will be able to work on her music while working on the movie.

"I am so excited I'm doing the spin-off, it's starting very soon, it's crazy to think about. I'm a big fan of the Transformers movies and I can't believe I am going to be in a version of them."
 
"I will be shooting Bumblebee in the States and working on the music at the same time. So we will see how that all pans out," she says.
 
"But this movie is really something special. It has a great storyline and this character that I play, who you will soon meet, is really special. So I'm very excited for people to see it."
 
Also during the last issue of Empire Magazine (Credit: TFW2005) an little tidbit was mostly overlooked or ignored by many outlets, but the film will reportedly be set during the 1980s, placing the movie 2 decades before the events of the 2007 movie.
 
The still untitled Bumblebee film will be released on June 8, 2018. stay tuned for more news regarding the movie.
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TheManWithoutFear
TheManWithoutFear - 6/12/2017, 12:04 PM
It's Bumblebeen too long.
RancidBane
RancidBane - 6/12/2017, 12:37 PM
This doesn't make any sense in this universe unless she's playing a transformer. They didn t come to Earth until the 2000s. Unless there is a new time traveling element introduced in the new one. The Michael Bayisms continue to bog down this terrible franchise.

Reboot Reboot Reboot!!!
BreakTheCode
BreakTheCode - 6/12/2017, 12:53 PM
@RancidBane - Well Bumblebee was on Earth before the others. Perhaps he arrived on Earth in the 80's to do recon for the rest of the auotbots.
RancidBane
RancidBane - 6/12/2017, 1:02 PM
@BreakTheCode - I highly doubt he was here 20 years before hand. But who am I kidding if it is a Michael Bay universe it won't make sense. This is going to be terrible. And that makes me sad because the director made one of my favorite movies of last year in Kubo and the Two Strings. Poor dude is making a bad career move signing on to this trash bag of a film.
eagc1995
eagc1995 - 6/12/2017, 1:09 PM
@RancidBane - Trailers for Transformers: The Last Knight revealed that Bumblebee was here since World War 2, so the movie being set in the 1980s makes sense, now that we have confirmation that Bee been here on Earth far longer than we thought.
eagc1995
eagc1995 - 6/12/2017, 1:13 PM
@RancidBane - Also you never know, maybe Travis Knight can make a well received Transformers movie, look at Wonder Woman, so far the previous movies in the DCEU have been hated by fans and critics alike, but WW was not, so if there can be a good WW movie within a hated franchise, who says Travis Knight cant make a good Bumblebee movie within an hated franchise
MarvelDCfan18
MarvelDCfan18 - 6/12/2017, 1:41 PM
@eagc1995 - i can because of the writer of Shut in and unforgettable is doing the script some of the worst scripts ever shes a terrible screen writer
RancidBane
RancidBane - 6/12/2017, 1:43 PM
@eagc1995 - I see your point. Don't get carried away with the fan reactions for the DCEU. Devisive is probably the more accurate word for fans. BvS 63% positive, MoS 75% positive, SS 62% positive and WW 92% positive. Not a fail at all in the eyes of fans. Critics are the haters on the DCEU not the fans. Sure there are a good chunk but not the whole.
MarvelDCfan18
MarvelDCfan18 - 6/12/2017, 1:55 PM
@RancidBane - not really hate BvS the incomplete version in theaters was a mess

And SS was a garbage mess cause WB [frick]ed with both of those movies
RancidBane
RancidBane - 6/12/2017, 2:11 PM
@MarvelDCfan18 - not gonna argue that SS was a mess, but it was a fun mess. BvS ultimate cut is actually a good film. Not great by any means but good and serviceable nonetheless.
MarvelDCfan18
MarvelDCfan18 - 6/12/2017, 12:44 PM
The writer of Shut in and Unforgettable is writing this so NOPE
BlackIceJoe
BlackIceJoe - 6/12/2017, 12:50 PM
Unless I'm mistaken the Transformers didn't appear until the first movie. So I'm not sure how this will work. I guess it could take place on a different planet and NASA sent radio signals into space years ago and so that is why Bumblebee uses the radio to talk. We know sending radio signals into space will take years to get anywhere. So maybe it really doesn't take place in the 80s, but the Transformers will talk like that because they think humans still talk in that style.
eagc1995
eagc1995 - 6/12/2017, 1:27 PM
@BlackIceJoe - Well trailers for Transformers: The Last Knight has revealed that Bumblebee has been on earth sicne World War 2, so with that it makes sense for the Bumblebee movie to be set in the 80s or even before it, now that we know that Bee has been here decades before the events of the first film took place.
FusionWarrior
FusionWarrior - 6/12/2017, 1:35 PM
You got the touch, you got the Power!
FusionWarrior
FusionWarrior - 6/12/2017, 1:35 PM
Will Bumble Bee, be a Lovebug like the cartoon?
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