The untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever.
Writing
The script earns that R-rated emotional damage in a PG package.
Director
Josh Cooley
Chris Hemsworth
Orion Pax / Optimus Prime (voice)
Brian Tyree Henry
D-16 / Megatron (voice)
Scarlett Johansson
Elita-1 (voice)
Keegan-Michael Key
B-127 (voice)
Jon Hamm
Sentinel Prime (voice)
Steve Buscemi
Starscream (voice)
Laurence Fishburne
Alpha Trion (voice)
Vanessa Liguori
Airachnid (voice)
Jason Konopisos-Alvarez
Shockwave / Guard 2 (voice)
Evan Michael Lee
Jazz (voice)
James Remar
Zeta Prime (voice)
Isaac C. Singleton, Jr.
Darkwing (voice)
Steve Blum
Announcer Bot / Guard 1 (voice)
Jinny Chung
Chromia / Arcee (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chris Hemsworth recorded most of his lines before seeing any animation, relying entirely on Josh Cooley's direction to hit emotional beats.
This is the first Transformers film to treat the source material as genuine tragedy rather than merchandise delivery system.
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