We Could be Getting a Bumblebee 'Transformers' Spinoff...But Let's Hope Not

Paramount and Hasbro have come up with a huge plan to sell more toys expand their Transformers cinematic universe, pulling together a brain trust of Hollywood's top writers in the field of pop culture. So they've got Akiva Goldsman leading it, joined by others such as Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead), Zak Penn (The Avengers), a pair of Iron Man writers, and more. While most recently we've heard of a possible origin story set on Cybertron, we could also be looking at a solo Transformers film featuring the most likely of Autobots.

According to TFW2005, Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner suggested we could be getting a movie centered on Bumblebee. Yes, Bumblebee. Not Optimus Prime or Hot Rod or Wheeljack or somebody cool, but Bumblebee, who can't even talk in the live-action movies. Ugh.

“As we go forward, we would imagine several more Transformers Movies,” Goldner said. “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.”

Now, this doesn't sound like a definite plan or anything but that he singled out Bumbleee does suggest something is in the works. This sounds like a terrible idea to me, mostly because Bumblebee only speaks through old TV and movie clips, right? How sick of that crap would you be after five minutes? Which Transformer would you want to see get their own movie?

The next Transformers film, likely directed by Michael Bay once again, is expected to arrive in 2017.