Transformers: The Last Knight Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

In Transformers: The Last Knight, the hunted will become heroes. Heroes will become villains. Only one world will survive: theirs, or ours.

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

The Last Knight shatters the core myths of the Transformers franchise, and redefines what it means to be a hero. Humans and Transformers are at war, Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. Saving our world falls upon the shoulders of an unlikely alliance: Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg); Bumblebee; an English Lord (Sir Anthony Hopkins); and an Oxford Professor (Laura Haddock).

Cited as official plot version from paramount.com

Action Adventure Sci-Fi Sequel

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Transformers: The Last Knight.

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  Mark Wahlberg

  ... Cade Yeager

  Flight Risk , Arthur The King

• 
  Josh Duhamel

  ... Lt. Col. Lennox

  Not Without Hope, Shotgun Wedding

• 
  Anthony Hopkins

  One Life, Bobby

• 
  Isabela Moner

  ... Izabella

  Instant Family, Dora and the Lost City of Gold

• J
  Jerrod Carmichael

  Poor Things, Ferdinand

• J
  Josh Duhamel,Laura Haddock

Crew Behind the Film

The Transformers: The Last Knight behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Michael Bay last directed Ambulance and 6 Underground. The film's writer Akiva Goldsman last wrote Doctor Sleep and The Dark Tower.

Director

Michael Bay

Screenwriters

Akiva Goldsman
Art Marcum
Matt Holloway

Producers

Lorenzo di Bonaventura
Don Murphy

Production Details

What we know about the Transformers: The Last Knight movie production.

Key Facts

• On Tuesday (8/23/16), director Michael Bay confirmed on Twitter production started in Scotland and posted an Instagram photo from the new, rugged location.
• The villain/threat in the film will included a redesigned Megatron, the villainous robot from the first three Transformers movies (Hollywood Reporter, 5/31/16).
• Age of Extinction was a reboot of the previous three Transformers movies, but this new movie is expected to be different as it attempts to create a greater cinematic universe for Transformers (Hollywood Reporter, 1/4/16).
• The Transformers writing brain trust includes Akiva Goldsman has recruited Robert Kirkman, Art Marcum, Matt Holloway, Zak Penn and Jeff Pinkner.
• Sequel to the 2014 film Transformers: Age of Extinction with Mark Wahlberg and Stanley Tucci reprising their respective roles.
• Transformers: Age of Extinction, which hits theaters on June 27, finds the government working to wipe out the Transformers.
• As Michael Bay told Entertainment Weekly, "It's kind of like a new Transformers. We had three, the first trilogy, and this is going to be the next one. It's the first of a new trilogy. I'm not necessarily sure that I'm doing [the others], but that's what it's meant for (April, 2014)."

Production Updates for Transformers: The Last Knight

May 2017

Completed

Changed Transformers: The Last Knight movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Dec 2016

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. The movie is now in the editing and finishing stages.

Dec 2016

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. The movie is now in the editing and finishing stages.

May 2016

Production

Changed the movie production status to Production. Per Hollywood Reporter (5/31/16), "After a brief shoot in Cuba, production on the movie is set to begin in Detroit later this week."

Sep 2015

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Akiva Goldsman is now writing the script. Michael Bay will possibly direct.

Jan 2015

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. Screenwriter Ehren Kruger is working on the script.

Apr 2014

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. Director Michael Bay will be rebooting the robot franchise with at least two more movies after Transformers: Age of Extinction.

Apr 2014

Announced

Changed the movie production status to Announced. In an licensee presentation, Hasbro has announced Transformers 5 for Q2 of 2017. No confirmation from Paramount.

Feb 2012

Concept

Changed the movie production status to Concept. Project was not part of Michael Bay's 2-picture deal with Paramount

Oct 2011

Announced

Changed the movie production status to Announced. Hasbro is "active discussions" with Paramount, Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg on how to move forward.

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