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Discover the humble beginnings of the iconic yellow Beetle in the first teaser of "Bumblebee".
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Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld) makes a mature journey when she gets a transforming robotic car for her 18th birthday in Transformers' prequel "Bumblebee". [19659005] (Photo: JAIMIE TRUEBLOOD)
SAN DIEGO – Comic-Con gave fans a look at two consecutive December movies on Fridays – "Bumblebee" and "Spider-Man: In the Spider" -Verse "- with friendships that outright target a child-friendly audience. And, coincidentally, they both starred Hailee Steinfeld
Those who get tired of the nonsense of Michael Bay's rock-em-sock-em robot in the "Transformers" movies can return to the franchise with the retro preamble "Bumblebee" (in theaters Dec. 21), a mature journey about a teenage girl and her transformative car. There will still be a lot of action and explosions, but with a lot more heart thanks to director Travis Knight.
"Whenever you have giant pieces of metal that rattle together, you have to be very, very careful about how you approach it," said Knight, the studio's director. Laika who directed 2016 "Kubo and the two strings."
"At one point, it can be inconsistent when you look at it.It moves from two giant robots fighting up to two radio. Shacks restoring the Kama Sutra. "
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"Bumblebee" will undoubtedly seduce children of the 1980s who grew up with the show and the original toys "Transformers". (The band's comic-con, starring singer Stan Bush, plays with "The Touch," a 1986 pop-pop anthem "Transformers: The Movie".)
The story however has a touch of freshness Even with the setting of the '80s: Charlie Watson (Steinfeld) is a misunderstood teenager who has experienced a significant loss in her life and who wants to fill that void with love, friendship or just somebody. One who gets it. of Comic-Con today: Stan Bush doing "The Touch" for #Bumblebee #SDCC pic.twitter.com/o8Q5nUXJOG
– Brian Truitt (@briantruitt) ] July 21, 2018
Enter a big robot that turns into a yellow Volkswagen Beetle. Knight showed Comic-Con's images of a girl's encounter with a robot, a sweet moment in a garage where everyone looks into each other's eyes and she gives him his name because "you sound like a drone" . " [19459089] To learn more: Comic-Con: Andrew Lincoln will be coming out 'Walking Dead' in the next season 9
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"Bumblebee is like a character teenager and you think about the experiences you are going through at this point in your life, "said Knight. "We are always changing and evolving, we are always trying to find our place or to integrate or stand out, and often we feel completely and totally alone."
And Charlie "craves a sense of freedom and sees that in this car," added Steinfeld. "It's a character who finds who she is and what's her place in the world and finds her voice, and Bumblebee too."
With Spider Peter Parker (Jake Johnson), Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld) and Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) team up in "Spider-Man: In the Spider-Verse ". (19459057) (Photo: SONY PICTURES ANIMATION)
Steinfeld also factors in "Spider-Verse" (on December 14), although the main duo there is a pair of Spider-Men's. different universes.
Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore) is a black / Hispanic child who admired Peter Parker, the Spider-Man of his world, and a night at the tomb of his hero inexplicably meets Peter (Jake Johnson) of the world. another reality that has exceeded its superhero premium.
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"This is Peter Parker at 40 and Peter Parker with a bad back and Peter Parker who does not. is not sure if he wants to be Spider-Man, "Johnson said of his" chubby "do-gooder.
Miles sees him as a potential mentor because, honestly, "he does not really want to be Spider-Man," said Moore. "He is just trying to go to school as a normal kid and all of a sudden he is bitten by this spider and he has those powers and now people are trying to kill him. And he has this duty to save most universes. "
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Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore) receives some lessons from Peter Parker in the animated" Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Werse ".
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Peter starts backing away but "sees something really special in this guy and it reminds him of what he likes about those powers," says Johnson
and in the midst of superheroes like Liev Schreiber. ) and meet Spider-folks from other places such as Black Spider-Man Black (Nicolas Cage) and Spider-Ham piggy (John Mulaney), the main Spider-dudes team up with young Gwen Stacy, aka Spider-Gwen (Steinfeld).
"She's really the strongest, the coolest and the most competent in the room, and she knows it," said Steinfeld
. Executive Producer Phil Lord added that Miles, Peter and Gwen found common ground. to be born of tragedy. "For the first time, there is someone who knows what they live in. They finally have a tribe with whom they can hang out."
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