TRANSFORMERS ONE director says the film is an entirely new origin that will remain ‘true to Transformers lore’

It was really shocking for me to watch the first trailer for Paramount Pictures’ next film Transformers One Cartoon movie. This movie is nothing like what I expected, and the more I watch the trailer, the more I don’t like the direction they took this movie.

The director of the film, Josh Cooleyrecently talked about the film and how it will give a whole new origin to these iconic characters.

Speaking to CB, he said: “We’ve done our own take on the origin, which stays true to the Transformers tradition.” He later described it as “something we’ve never seen on screen before.”

I was really hoping that they would actually make a modern Transformers movie right, but they continue to make all the wrong creative decisions. I’m sorry, but Transformers One is not a real Transformers movie. It seems like stupid fan-fiction for kids to me.

Cooley went on to say that this film is not a prequel to any of the live-action films, saying, “I wouldn’t say this is a direct prequel to anything that’s been done with the live-action films. But it is certainly also a story in itself.”

I wouldn’t say this is a prequel to anything. Not even the original animated series. This is just his outfit on the reboot. They’re starting over, and not in the best way.

In a separate interview with ScreenRant, Cooley talked about portraying Optimus Prime’s origin story (Chris Hemsworth) and Megatron (Brian Tyree Henry) was the strong point in directing the prequel.

Cooley also reveals that Hasbro gave him a “Transformers Bible” that was supposed to guide him through the story process. Ultimately, the director refused to try anything different, emphasizing the initial relationship between Prime and Megatron.

Cooley said: “Even if you’ve never seen Transformers before, even if you’ve never read the comics, nothing: you can watch this movie and be totally involved.

He continued: “You see these two characters and you go, ‘Yeah, they’re great together.’ Orion and D-16 before becoming Optimus and Megatron? They are fantastic. You want to see them together, you want to love them together, so when the relationship starts to crumble, it’s a tragedy.

He added: “By the end, you’re like, ‘Oh, man, it sucks they’re going to become enemies.’ Despite all the different origin narratives, the most important thing was that relationship.”

I’m fine with exploring that relationship, I’m just not a fan of the silly, light comedic tone they’re going with. Or how the characters’ personalities were completely changed.

In the origin proper, Megatron and Optimus Prime considered each other brothers before the fall of Cybertron. In reality they both ruled Cybertron together, according to the teachings of Sentinel Prime.

Megatron was called Megatronus and there was always a bit of jealousy towards Optimus, and they had different points of view. When Megatron learned that his adoptive brother was descended from the Prime Dynasty and gained Sentinel’s favoritism, he pushed him over the edge.

After being corrupted by the Fallen, Megatronus shortens his name to Megatron and betrays whatever trust and brotherhood he and Optimus had left. For the next millennium, the two fought each other on two sides of the Cybertronian War, Optimus as leader of the Autobots and Megatron as leader of the Decepticons.

There’s simply a more awesome and badass way to tell that story than the direction Cooley took. What do you think?

The rest of the voice cast includes Scarlett Johansson like Elita-1, Keegan-Michael Key like the first version of Bumblebee (B-127), Laurence Fishburne will voice Alpha Trion and Jon Hamm will voice Sentinel Prime.

The film will be released on September 20, 2024.