Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is the latest movie to be hit with a delay. The Hollywood Reporter reports that the upcoming film, previously scheduled to release in June 2022, is being pushed back a full year to mid-2023.
Announced earlier this year, Rise of the Beasts will be the first movie in the series since 2018's Bumblebee. The movie will be set in Brooklyn circa 1994, and will feature Maximals, Predacons, and Terrorcons. Ron Perlman will play Optimus Primal, the leader of the Maximals.
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts wrapped filming last month. No reason was given for the delay.
Rise of the Beasts isn't the only Paramount film being delayed. On top of Transformers, Paramount is also delaying its new Star Trek movie. Originally slated for June 2023, it is now set to be released on December 22, 2023. Little is known about the new movie, save that it will be directed by WandaVision's Matt Shakman, with Josh Friedman and Cameron Squires writing the script.
Star Trek and Transformers are the latest in a series of delays that have roiled the movie business since the onset of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Last month, Disney delayed multiple Marvel movies as well as Indiana Jones 5. While moviegoers have returned to theaters in recent months, release dates continue to be uncertain.
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is now set to be released on June 9, 2023. While you wait, refresh your memory of the franchise with 21 of the dumbest Transformers movie moments.
Kat Bailey is a Senior News Editor at IGN