Bumblebee Movie to Start Filming in August

In a recent interview with Screenrant, Transformers movies franchise producer Lorenzo Di Bonaventura briefly spoke about the future of the cinematic universe. He also indicated that a Transformers movie a year isn't a guarantee.

“Well we’re going to shoot a prequel actually, a Bumblebee movie, which starts in August, so next summer we’ll see a Bumblebee movie. And then we hope to have another Transformers movie the following summer.“

“Look, I always wait for the audience, because there’s an arrogance to getting ahead of your audience. When you do, you get punched. So we’ll wait each time. We’re planning a lot of movies, but you’ve got to have the audience’s support, because these movies are very expensive.“

The start date of principle photography makes sense as it allows time for the producers to finish up their Last Knight promotional efforts to focus on the movie while providing time to make script adjustments based on the negative reviews the movie has received from critics and audiences and still hit the Jun 8, 2018 release date. Also the 'Bee movie is expected to have a much lower budget (and thus much less special effects) which will not require as long a post-production process as the Bay entries do. As for Transformers 6, they have until end of next summer to begin filming before things get tight schedule wise to risk missing its summer 2018 release.