Transformers: Standalone Bumblebee movie hinted

It never really comes across too well when new movies are announced or hinted at in the midst of business conferences, or conference calls. As such, there's something quite mechanical about the words of Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner here, so it's worth noting that what we're about to quote was said at the Global Consumer Conference. We have no idea what the Global Consumer Conference is, but it hardly sounds like Comic-Con to us.

Goldner has been talking about Hasbro and Paramount's plans for a Transformers movie universe, and confirmed that "as we go forward, we would imagine several more Transformers movies."

He continued, saying "not just in the current lineage but also spinoffs and focusing on certain key characters that are beloved by the world over."

"Many of you know Bumblebee; the yellow Camaro… formally known as a yellow VW Bug. He is a beloved character by kids all over the world. We could see stories told around Bumblebee and other characters. We are in a process of building the brand equity around the comic book business, our TV business, our digital gaming business and adding to that our new movie business of Transformers."

In the midst of all of that, then, seems a fairly strong hint that the Transformers cinematic universe is to get a Bumblebee spinoff movie, to go with the already mooted Transformers 5, and the possible Transformers One origin story.

More on all of these as we hear more...

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