TRANSFORMERS ONE Final Trailer Sees Former Friends Embrace Their Destinies As Optimus Prime And Megatron

TRANSFORMERS ONE Final Trailer Sees Former Friends Embrace Their Destinies As Optimus Prime And Megatron

Transformers One rolls into theaters this weekend, and Paramount has shared a final trailer spotlighting the disintegrating relationship between Optimus Prime and Megatron...

By MarkCassidy - Sep 17, 2024 02:09 PM EST
Filed Under: Transformers
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Following stellar first reviews, Paramount Pictures has released a final trailer for its animated prequel movie, Transformers One, ahead of its theatrical debut this weekend.

The story focuses on legendary foes Optimus Prime (then known as Orion Pax) and Megatron (then named D-16) before they became sworn enemies as leaders of their respective Transformer factions, the Autobots and Decepticons.

Chris Hemsworth (Thor) voices Pax, with Brian Tyree Henry (Eternals) as D-16, and the movie introduces the two then-friends as simple worker bots, unable to transform into their vehicle and weapon forms. As they assemble a group of fellow warriors to do battle against a mysterious villain, they gain the ability to become "Robots in Disguise."

"In a way, I kept thinking of it like the original Star Wars, just the very first one," director Josh Cooley said of his take on the lore during an interview with io9. "If you’re a superfan, great, but also you can come into that completely cold and get thrown into the universe and understand the history and everything. So that was a tall order because there’s so much lore and sometimes we were really heavy on the lore. Other times we were really light on it. So just finding that balance, you know, while doing multiple screenings of it. And then just whatever was the best lore to support the relationship between Orion and D-16. That was always my center. It was like, okay, 'These are awesome ideas, but is it actually supporting what the story needs to be told?'”

In this new teaser, we see Pax and D-16 transform for battle, as their opposing views on how to prevent Cybertron's destruction leads to an unbreakable rift in their friendship, 

Transformers One currently has a franchise-high score of 91% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 55 reviews.

Check out the new trailer below, and let us know what you think.

Other cast members include Scarlett Johansson as Elita, Keegan-Michael Key as Bumblebee, Jon Hamm as Sentinel Prime and Laurence Fishburne as Alpha Trion.

"TRANSFORMERS ONE is the untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever. In the first-ever fully CG-animated Transformers movie, TRANSFORMERS ONE features a star-studded voice cast, including Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry, Scarlett Johansson, Keegan-Michael Key, Steve Buscemi, with Laurence Fishburne, and Jon Hamm."

Executive Producers include Steven Spielberg, Zev Foreman, Olivier Dumont, Bradley J. Fischer, B.J. Farmer and Matt Quigg. Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Tom DeSanto & Don Murphy, Michael Bay, Mark Vahradian, and Aaron Dem are on board as the producers. Josh Cooley directs the animated feature from a screenplay by Eric Pearson and Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari. Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari also came up with the story from which the script is based.

Transformers One has been rated PG for sci-fi violence and animated action throughout, and language.

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dracula
dracula - 9/17/2024, 2:20 PM
Looks much better than the first trailer
grif
grif - 9/17/2024, 2:47 PM
@dracula - couldnt finish the first trailer so im out
NonPlayerC
NonPlayerC - 9/17/2024, 3:00 PM
@grif - you should never finish a trailer. They give the entire movie away these days.
dracula
dracula - 9/17/2024, 2:31 PM
Makes me think the stuff in the first trailer is the first act

Then there will be a time jump and go regular Transformers
StSteven
StSteven - 9/17/2024, 2:34 PM
That "Non-stop laughs" quote in the trailer seems a bit odd being as the reviews I've read so far have said that while there's a good amount of humor in the movie, it is NOT a comedy and is an action adventure with some pretty heavy content instead. Maybe if you're like "Ha! Prime just smashed Starscream into a wall! Ha ha!" or "Hoo ha ha! Prime and Megatron used to be best friends and now they hate and want to kill each other! Ha ha ha! Hilarious!!!". Dunno. Guess we'll see.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 9/17/2024, 2:43 PM
@StSteven - yeah , I have heard the movie is more dramatic then the trailers have made it out to be
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 9/17/2024, 2:44 PM
@StSteven - yeah I thought that too... It's like they tried to cram every bit of praise into the trailer without worrying about the tone.
NonPlayerC
NonPlayerC - 9/17/2024, 3:02 PM
@StSteven - seems like it’s an action comedy “fun for the family” tone
StSteven
StSteven - 9/17/2024, 5:08 PM
@TheVisionary25 @MarkCassidy @NonPlayerC - So, those of you who know me know that I'm a HUGE TF fan (don't get me started about my "TF Room"), and from what I've read the intention with this film is to be the first in a trilogy of movies (presumably "TF:1", "TF:2", and "TF:3"?), which will basically follow the Star Wars formula, with "TF:1" = "SW:ANH", and so on.

So I think that "TF:1" is going to start off fairly fun and light-hearted (i.e., just a couple of miner bros going to work every day), and get progressively more serious as it goes, ending with the final confrontation between OP and Megs (think "You were the chosen one!" kinda vibes). Then "TF:2" will likely be akin to "SW:ESB" and so on (although obviously they can't end the trilogy with the good guys winning and everyone dancing around singing "Nub nub" as we know that the war goes on for millennia).

Personally, I think that if this is indeed the plan that they have for the trilogy then I'm all for it. Til all are one! 😉
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 9/17/2024, 5:15 PM
@StSteven - I think you might be right sir
StSteven
StSteven - 9/17/2024, 5:38 PM
@TheVisionary25 - Eh, just going by what I've read in my corners of the TF universe. Also, don't be surprised if by the end of the trilogy we have Cullen doing Prime and Welker doing Megs. They're just building up to it.

As an after thought, by the time this trilogy is over, I'll have to expand my TF collection to other rooms of the house. It's fine, the kids can sleep on the couch until they go off to college. Because, ya know, it's all about priorities 😉.
WarMonkey
WarMonkey - 9/18/2024, 7:56 AM
@StSteven - I've already seen it. Thought I would hate it, but ended up really really enjoying myself while watching it. You're predictions for it are pretty much spot on and I think you'll like it too.

Forget you ever saw the 1st trailer that was terrible and gives a bad impression of what the movie is. There is defiantly comedy but it's not terrible like recent Disney stuff and after the 1st half it gets pretty serious.

It's not the greatest Transformer movie ever like some are saying but it's defiantly made for transformer fans and I'll be seeing it again and again. My only real complaints is the voice cast and some of the writing revolved around insane deus ex machina's and crazy coincidences. They should have added a simple line about how Primus or the Matrix was leading Orion or something to explain those.

There were a lot of times where I was taken out of the movie by the voices. Hemsworth didn't suck but at no point did I actually think I was watching the real Optimus or Orion Pax on screen. Tyree Henry was better especially when he became Megatron but still not great.

I would categorize this movie as a win for the Transformer's fans!
StSteven
StSteven - 9/18/2024, 4:58 PM
@WarMonkey - Thanks for the feedback. Sounds like it'll be right up my alley. I don't know how deep you are into the TF lore (as I mentioned above, I've been a HUGE fan since '84 so I'm very well versed in all the US iterations and most of the Japanese ones as well), and like a lot of enduring characters, included our lauded superheroes, there have been a wide variety of iteration of their origins, so I'll be interested in seeing what they pick and choose from, as there is quite a lot, but there's no one "official" canon when it comes to that stuff.

For example, depending on your source, Prime was either Orion Pax (most of the time) or Optronix, and was either a police officer, data clerk, senator, or archivist, but until now never a miner. But it makes sense for the story, particularly as it helps to understand the bond between him and D-16, as well as them both being worker-class bots unable to transform. So I'll be interested in seeing how much they pick and choose from the various previous origins to create what I understand is yet another new origin story that is still similar in many ways to the previous ones (particularly the G1 episode "War Dawn").

FWIW if you ever want to check out some absolutely amazing TF comics writing and art you should look into the IDW run, particularly when it splits into the "More Than Meets The Eye" and "Robots In Disguise" titles (all the previous "All Hail Megatron storyline is pretty awesome as well). I never thought that a TF comic would make me tear up, but it did. It's definitely adult-oriented (like the story behind how Shockwave ended up with one eye and one hand is... disturbing). Anyhow, good stuff. 'Til all are one! 😊
WarMonkey
WarMonkey - 9/18/2024, 6:13 PM
@StSteven - The story of them being miners I didn't think I would like at all but I was quickly was OK with it while watching. I'm a fan of Orion Pax as a clerk/archivist. So far Transformers Prime has become my favorite origin story. The one for this movie wasn't my favorite for Optimus or Megatron at all but it works for the movie. My favorite TF shows have been G1, Beast Wars and then Prime so far and I love all the live-action movies, to give you an idea of where I'm coming from. Oh, and I did enjoy that Netflix Transformer show too. Also love the War for Cybertron video game story too.

I never got into the Japanese stuff but recently I've been thinking about doing so. Someone on social media I know actually got Garry Chalk to voice one of the scenes from a Japanese show and that got me excited for more. I've been meaning to check out the comics too, I always hear great things about the recent ones.

Here is the scene he did...
https://x.com/michael_lorber/status/1836228648728236367
StSteven
StSteven - 9/25/2024, 4:57 PM
@WarMonkey - Yeah, "Prime" is very good, especially given the more serious tone to it, although I think that it started getting a little weird with the whole "Unicron is inside Earth" thing (which sadly they did in "TF: TLK"). I can come up with some fan pic about how that is possible and still reconcile with the events of "TF:BotB" but it's a bit of a stretch based on the idea that Unicron is a multiversal singularity.

When it comes to the animated shows, G1 will always have a special pace in my heart for me, as I grew up with those, as well as "TF:TM". After that, "BW" is great, even though I was kinda out of collecting (kinda) and the 'toons at the time so I had to come and revisit those. Otherwise, the ACE trilogy was... okay. Just SO gimmicky with the minions and such. After that, aside from "Prime", "TF: Animated" really sticks out to me. I don't know what your take is on that, but at first I was like "WTF"?!? due to the character design aesthetic, and I thought that there was NO way that they could translate them accurately to actual figures. And not only did they produce a pretty entertaining show which brought in a lot of characters from previous storylines (i.e. G1, BW, Japanese G1, etc.), but the toys were frickin' AMAZING.

Speaking of the toys, I started collecting when they first came out in '84 (I have most of the OG G1 figs, although they're not in the greatest shape) and kept going until around BW (as I said above). By the I was in high school and was more interested in sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll than toys (although I kept up with the fiction). After that I picked up a few figs here and there while working my way through college, but I didn't really have the time or money to get back into collecting.

Then in 2006 I started grad school and discovered the beauty of student loans + being a TA/RA which got me a stipend and my tuition covered which resulted in *ta da!* extra cash for things like... TFs! So I got back into collecting again. Fast forward to now, and I have a house with an entire spare bedroom with my TF collection (thousands of them all MISB). One of these days I'll have to figure out how to post some pics of that room, because I think that you and some other TransFans on this site would get a kick out of it.

Anyhow, always glad to talk with another TF fan. 'Til all are one! :)
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 9/17/2024, 2:35 PM
It’s at 89% from 62 reviews thus far which is still good…

Anyway , the movie seems fun so I’m looking forward to seeing it (that one take action sequence with Orion/Optimus was cool!!).

Hoping to catch it this weekend if not sometime soon hopefully with my brother & cousins!!.

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OptimusRhyme
OptimusRhyme - 9/17/2024, 2:38 PM
OptimusRhyme....Approves
NonPlayerC
NonPlayerC - 9/17/2024, 3:05 PM
@OptimusRhyme - yeah not sure all the hate, looks better than the last few live action ones
OptimusRhyme
OptimusRhyme - 9/17/2024, 4:33 PM
@NonPlayerC - absolutely... They seem to have not over -thought this one. Looks fun.. Which should be the main opus of these films
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 9/17/2024, 8:55 PM
Watching this today!
solskulldeath
solskulldeath - 9/18/2024, 12:06 PM
I just watched it 2 days ago. The story was great, especially the moment Megatron got his name and his motivation was over his friendship. What a good origin of Megatron's becoming an evil bastard.

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