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The next film in the series, Bumblebee, was originally meant to be a prequel to the previous films, but was instead retooled into being a Continuity Reboot. Paramount Studios scrapped the direct sequel to the film originally set for 2019 due to The Last Knight's disappointing box office numbers which left the future of the series uncertain. Steve Buscemi, Omar Sy, and Jim Carter join the cast as Autobots Daytrader, Hot Rod, and Cogman. Frank Welker, Jess Harnell, Ken Watanabe, John Goodman, John DiMaggio, and Tom Kenny reprise their roles as Megatron, Barricade, and Autobots, Drift, Hound, Crosshairs, and Wheelie, respectively. Josh Duhamel and John Turturro reprise their roles as William Lennox and Seymour Simmons from the first three films, joined by fellow returning veteran Glenn Morshower as General Morshower note Morshower played Colonel Sharp in the first film before being brought back for the sequels as a new character named after him. Newcomers to the cast include Laura Haddock, Isabela Moner, Santiago Cabrera, and Anthony Hopkins. Mark Wahlberg and Peter Cullen return as Cade Yeager and Optimus Prime respectively.

Cade learns from an English lord that he and Viviane Wembly are destined to save the Earth from the approaching Cybertronian threat, but even this enemy is working to stymie a threat to Earth greater than any before. However, during one such mission, Cade finds himself bestowed with a mysterious talisman - one that heralds the arrival of a titanic threat's approach from deep space. Cade Yeager currently hides out in an old junkyard with Bumblebee, Hound, Crosshairs, Drift, and several other Autobots, rescuing any newly arrived Autobots they can find. In his absence, the situation on Earth has barely improved Transformers have been declared illegal and are hunted down to be killed or incarcerated by the paramilitary unit the Transformers Reaction Force. It's been several years since Optimus Prime left Earth to search for the Creators of the Transformers race. Michael Bay serves as director once again for the fifth consecutive time, and the film was released on June 21, 2017. Transformers: The Last Knight is the fifth entry in the Transformers Film Series and the sequel to Transformers: Age of Extinction.
