Another ‘Transformers’ Spin-Off Movie May Be Set In Ancient Rome
TheTransformersfranchise is just covering all its bases, it seems.
WhileTransformers: The Last Knightis set to be directorMichael Bay’s last movie centered around the Hasbro sci-fi toys, theTransformersmovies show no signs of stopping, in this decade or the last few hundred decades. Paramount has plannedat least 14 sequelsand spin-off movies, and now we know at least one of them will be set in Ancient Rome. Yes, you heard that right.
According to an article from Empire Magazine obtained by fan siteTransformer World 2005, there are in-house discussions for one of theTransformersspin-off movies to take place in Ancient Rome. Now before you cry thatTransformershas jumped the shark so far that they’ve landed on the dark side of the moon (heh), this is not that far-fetched if you take into account the story ofTransformers: The Last Knight.
The fifth movie in theTransformersfranchise expands the mythology of the world, revealing that Autobots and Decepticons have been interfering in human history since medieval England, appearing again in World War II, and presumably other time periods as well. The posters featuring Transformers in the back of famous World War II photographs garnered some controversy, but otherwise, fans ofTransformersand general audiences seem to buy into the fact that giant alien robots existed at the same time as King Arthur. Not to mention the fact thatTransformers: Revenge of the FallenandTransformers: Age of Extinctionsuggest that the robots have been around since primitive times, with the existence of the Dinobots and the alien presence within pyramids.
So it’s not a huge stretch — at least, inTransformerslogic — that there could be aTransformersmovie set in Ancient Rome. Now we can finally know the answer to what we were all clamoring to find out: what were the Autobots doing during Pompeii?
The Empire article also revealed more details about theanimated Cybertron prequeland the upcomingBumblebeeprequel, whichEdge of Seventeenlead and Oscar-nominated actress Hailee Steinfeld isreportedly circling.
