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Bumblebee (Original title)
Date: 2018 (Copyright)

Countries: USA, People's Republic of China

Director: Travis Knight

Synopsis: Science-fiction/fantasy. The adventures of Bumblebee, a relatively small but agile and brave Transformer robot, in the 1980s, and his unsuspecting human friend Charlie.

Genres:
Action and Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Subject:
Robots
Releases
Date: 21 December 2018Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 114 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: 24 December 2018Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 114 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Paramount Pictures UK

Credits (120)
©: Paramount Pictures Corporation, Production Company: di Bonaventura Pictures, Production Company: Bay Films, Presents: Paramount Pictures, [Presented] In association with: Hasbro, Tencent Pictures, With the participation of the: The State of California, With the participation of the: California Film Commission, Province of British Columbia Production Services Tax Credit, Executive Producer: Steven Spielberg, Executive Producer: Brian Goldner, Executive Producer: Chris Brigham, Executive Producer: Edward Cheng, Produced by: Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Produced by: Tom DeSanto, Produced by: Don Murphy, Produced by: Michael Bay, Produced by: Mark Vahradian, Co-producer: JJ Hook, Associate Producer: Ron Ames, Unit Production Manager: Leeann Stonebreaker, Location Manager: JJ Hook, Location Manager: Michael Chickey, Post-production Supervisor: Gail Laskowski, 2nd Unit Director: Mike Gunther, 1st Assistant Director: Brian F. Relyea, Script Supervisor: Trisha Burton, Script Supervisor: Heather Harris, Casting by: Denise Chamian, Additional Voice Casting by: Ruth Lambert, Robert McGee, Written by: Christina Hodson, Based on Hasbro's Transformers Action Figures: Hasbro, Director of Photography: Enrique Chediak, 2nd Unit Director of Photography: Peter Lyons Collister, Underwater Director of Photography: Peter Zuccarini, Aerial Director of Photographer: David B. Nowell, A Camera Operator: Bela Trutz, B Camera Operator: Don Devine, Steadicam Operator: Bela Trutz, Chief Lighting Technician: Andy Ryan, 1st Company Grip: Don Reynolds, Still Photographer: Jaimie Trueblood, Visual Effects Supervisor: Jason Smith, ILM Animation Supervisor: Scott Benza, Visual Effects Producer: Ron Ames, ILM Visual Effects Producer: Abbigail Keller, Ryan Wiederkehr, Industrial Light & Magic (Visual Effects Supervisor): Ivan Busquets, Visual Effects and Animation by: Industrial Light & Magic, Industrial Light & Magic (Visual Effects Supervisor): Samir Hoon, Industrial Light & Magic (Animation Supervisor): Rick O'Connor, Marchand Jooste, Additional Visual Effects by: Rodeo FX, Additional Visual Effects by: Scanline VFX GmbH, Additional Visual Effects by: Base FX, Additional Visual Effects by: Virtuos, Cantina Creative, Special Effects Co-ordinator: Scott R. Fisher, Edited by: Paul Rubell, Additional Editing by: Nancy Richardson, Production Designer: Sean Haworth, Visual Consultant: Jeffrey Beecroft, Supervising Art Director: Maya Shimoguchi, Art Director: Gustaf Aspegren, Art Director: Richard Bloom, Art Director: Jordan Ferrer, Art Director: A. Todd Holland, Art Director: Sebastian Schroeder, Set Designer: Al Hobbs, Set Designer: Luis Hoyos, Set Designer: Iain McFadyen, Set Designer: Sam Page, Set Designer: Richard Romig, Set Designer: Eric David Sundahl, Set Designer: Robert Woodruff, Set Decorator: Anne Kuljian, Set Decorator: Amanda Moss Serino, Graphic Designer: Ellen Lampl, Graphic Designer: Emily K. Rolph, Concept Artist: Simon Murton, Thomas Pringle, [Production] Illustrator: Shane Baxley, [Production] Illustrator: Fredrik Buch, [Production] Illustrator: Maciej Kuciara, [Production] Illustrator: Joshua Viers, Mark Yang, Storyboard Artist: Richard Bennett Lamas, Storyboard Artist: Marc A. Vena, Storyboard Artist: Emanuela Cozzi, Storyboard Artist: Julian Nariño, Storyboard Artist: Brian Ormiston, Property Master: Guillaume Delouche, Construction Co-ordinator: Anthony Syracuse, Costume Designer: Dayna Pink, Tina Roesler Kerwin, Key Make-up Artist: Tanya Cookingham, Hair Department Head: Kelvin R. Trahan, Key Hairstylist: Keslie D. Bennett, Main-on-end Titles: Picturemill, End Titles: Scarlet Letters, Colour and Finish by: EFilm, Music by: Dario Marianelli, Conductor: Dario Marianelli, Orchestrator: Dario Marianelli, Geoff Alexander, Supervising Sound Designer: Ethan Van der Ryn, Erik Aadahl, Sound Designer: Tobias Poppe, Production Sound Mixer: José Antonio García, Sound Re-recording Mixer: Anna Behlmer, Mark Paterson, Supervising Sound Editor: Ethan Van der Ryn, Supervising Sound Editor: Erik Aadahl, Stunt Co-ordinator: Mike Gunther, 2nd Unit Stunt Co-ordinator: Kyle Woods, Military Adviser: Harry Humphries, Robot Consultant: Furio Tedeschi, Unit Publicist: Gabriela Gutentag
Cast (43)
Hailee Steinfeld (Charlie), John Cena (Agent Burns), Jorge Lendeborg Jr (Memo), John Ortiz (Dr Powell), Jason Drucker (Otis), Pamela Adlon (Sally), Stephen Schneider (Ron), Len Cariou (Uncle Hank), Glynn Turman (General Whalen), Gracie Dzienny (Tina), Ricardo Hoyos (Tripp), Lenny Jacobson (Roy), Megyn Price (Amber), Kollin Holtz (Craig), Fred Dryer (Sheriff Lock), Isabelle Ellingson, Mika Kubo (mean girlfriend), Felicia Stiles, George Anagnostou, Brandon Wardle (party goer), Krystin Noel Goodwin (news reporter), Nick Pilla (young Agent Simmons), Sachin Bhatt (Hutton, pilot), Tim Martin Gleason (Charlie's dad), David Waters (impatient guy), Antonio D. Charity (Bill the mechanic), Dan Coker (young agent), Edwin Hodge (Danny), Jake Huang, Holland Diaz, David Cutler (Danny's paintball team), Lars Slind (Humvee driver), Dylan O'Brien (voice of Bumblebee), Peter Cullen (voice of Optimus Prime), Angela Bassett (voice of Shatter), Justin Theroux (voice of Dropkick), David Sobolov (voice of Blitzwing), Grey Griffin (voice of Arcee), Jon Bailey (voice of Shockwave/Soundwave), Steve Blum (voice of Wheeljack), Andrew Morgado (voice of Cliffjumper), Kirk Baily (voice of Brawn/Decepticon soldier), Dennis Singletary (voice of Ratchet)