WWE wrestler-turned-actor John Cena has joined the cast of the Transformers spin-off Bumblebee over at Paramount Pictures. Travis Knight (Kubo and the Two Strings) is directing the film over at the studio, and we’re expecting to see it in cinemas at the tail-end of 2018.
Also amongst the cast are Hailee Steinfeld, Pamela Adlon, Stephen Schneider, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Jason Drucker, Kenneth Choi, Ricardo Hoyos, Abby Quinn, Rachel Crow and Grace Dzienny.
Plot details are as follows:
On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld), on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns this is no ordinary, yellow VW bug.
The film will bow on cinema screens Stateside on December 21st 2018.
