“If we did this as a live action movie, it would probably cost $500M,” said Transformers One producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura about the Paramount Animation and Hasbro title which kicked off Comic-Con 2024 today.
Talking about why the origin story of Megatron and Optimus Prime went animated instead of live-action, di Bonaventura continued, “What has been tricky in live-action is that every time a robot talks, it costs a lot of money.
In animation, you can have them build out their character.” The clip showed off a race at the Olympics of Cybertron, painting what life is like on the planet.
Orion Pax aka Optimus Prime (Chris Hemsworth) wants to enter it, D-16 aka Megatron (Brian Tyree Henry) does not. They’re part of a Miners pact, a group which isn’t permitted in the race.
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