“Transformers One,” the animated feature film which is scheduled to be released on September 13, 2024. There is much anticipation about the movie, as directed by Josh Cooley, it portrays the otherwise unexplored history of Optimus Prime and Megatron, while highlighting their relationship and rivalry on the planet Cybertron.
Plot Overview
The narrative focuses on Orion Pax (Chris Hemsworth), a miner who transforms into Optimus Prime, and his childhood friend D-16 (Brian Tyree Henry), who turns into Megatron. The film hallmarks their chimerical ascent towards self-understanding and resolution as co-workers and partners in exploration before they are pulled apart by the awakening horrors of the world they inhabit. This narrative will focus on the origin of the two factions: Autobots and Decepticons, including some aspects of loyalty, betrayal, and ethical choices within the context of this conflict.
Main Characters
Orion Pax / Optimus Prime. Becomes Prime the General of the Autobots after some time a miner transforming into a red and blue truck of the Cybertronian nature.
D-16 / Megatron: A bolt of Orion D’s friends turns out to be the commander in chief of the Cons compared to Orion turns to a Decepticon tank.
Elita-1 (Scarlett Johansson): Moving on the principle that both men and women can do things that educational stereotyping dictates belong to one or other gender, as such Elita is a skilled miner and soon to be an Autobot.
B-127 / Bumblebee (Keegan-Michael Key): B is a character that provides comic relief in the movie though he eventually becomes a scout of the Autobots.
Starscream (Steve Buscemi): A Cybertronian High Guard commander and the lord of the Decepticons in future episodes.
Sentinel Prime (Jon Hamm): The tyrant leader of Cybertron, a character with duality and ulterior drives.
Production Insights
The movie earns commendations as the first stand-alone fully CG animated entry in the Transformers franchise after nearly 40 years. Its development process started after the “Transformers: Age of Extinction”, which was followed up with a writers’ room with the task of developing different kinds of stories in the Transformers universe. They wish to provide a different treatment of the narrative by ensuring that the elements of the lore of the franchise are preserved, and the character interactions and ethical questions are brought to the forefront.
