“If we did this as a live action movie, it would probably cost $500M,” said Transformers One producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura about the Paramount Animation title which kicked off Comic-Con 2024 today. Talking about why the origin story of Megatron and Optimus Prime went animated instead of live-action, di Bonaventura continued, “What has been tricky in live-action is that every time a robot talks, it costs a lot of money. In animation, you can have them build out their character.
” The clip showed off a race at the Olympics of Cybertron, painting what life is like on the planet. Orion Pax aka Optimus Prime ( Chris Hemsworth ) wants to enter it, D-16 aka Megatron (Brian Tyree Henry) does not. They’re part of a Miners pact, a group which isn’t permitted in the race.
We get a look at Sentinel Prime (Jon Hamm) addressing the crowd, who speaks about the battle that killed the other Primes and the veterans of it. The race fires off, and Orion Pax and Optimus Prime are dropped into the race. There’s also a shot of Scarlett Johansson’s character of Alita.
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