Lorenzo di Bonaventura, producer of the CG animated film "Transformers: One," the latest in the "Transformers" series, previously said that "it's natural to make it a trilogy," but does that idea still remain the same?
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"Transformers: One," which was released simultaneously in Japan and the United States on September 20, 2024, is an origin story depicting the younger days of Optimus Prime and Megatron. It has no connection to the past live-action film series and will have its own story. In an interview with Collider, Bonaventura and director Josh Cooley said they are still considering a trilogy and that certain conditions need to be met.
"For us, I don't think anything has changed (about the idea that a trilogy is natural). In fact, we can't make a second film unless we make a big box office hit," said Bonaventura. They also said that if the film hadn't been a success, there would have been no sequel, and that "we told ourselves, 'If we start thinking about the second film, it's going to be difficult to make one good film.'"
The pair said they tried to focus on the first film, but they acknowledged that there were elements that could not be contained in one film and that some ideas had to be put on hold. Cooley said that he couldn't help but imagine the next story. "For this film, we were thinking about the story at that moment, but in the last year of making the film, we couldn't help but think, 'How does this story develop naturally?' So we have some ideas and talked about a couple of things. We'll see what happens."
The pair, who are already warming up to a sequel, mentioned their previous "trilogy idea" again, explaining that "we're not thinking of it as a trilogy." They added that they are thinking about what will happen between the characters in the second and third films, based on the concept of what happened to the friendship between Optimus Prime and Megatron, and are focusing on the experiences of the characters.
Director Cooley previously said that the film is "not a direct prequel" to the previous live-action versions, but now Bonaventura has said that there are many stories to tell, since hundreds of millions of years have passed between "Transformers: One" and the live-action "Transformers" (2007). There is some ambiguity about how the film will connect to the live-action version, but if "Transformers: One" is a box office success, it seems safe to assume that the sequel will tell more of the story.
"Transformers: One" is in theaters now.
Source: Collider
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