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Pete DavidsonandMichelle Yeoh’s next roles take the form of robots in disguise.
Yeoh, 60, who most recently starred in A24’s hitEverything Everywhere All At Once, will voice the character Airazor.
The Twitter post, which simply read “Meet your Mirage and Airazor,” was made in response to the film’s director, Steven Caple Jr., who on Tuesday sharedvideos on Instagramshowing behind-the-scenes footage of both Davidson and Yeoh recording dialogue and other audio for their characters.
“Behind the scenes ofTransformers 7,” Caple Jr. said while laughing at Davidson’s comic approach to recording a scream in the video.
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“Pete Davidsonin disguise. 😂 @transformersmovie cast is amazing, man,” Caple Jr. wrote in the caption of the Instagram video. “Sneak peek of Pete voicing Mirage & @michelleyeoh_official blessing us as the voice of Airazor #rotb 2023.”
In February, Paramount Picturesannouncedthat the upcoming moviewill debut in theaters in 2023 andconfirmed it would be the first in a planned trilogy. At the time, Paramount added that there will also be a “CG animatedTransformerstheatrical film” released in 2024.
Aside from Davidson and Yeoh,Rise of the BeastsstarsIn the HeightsactorAnthony RamosandThe Deuce’s Dominique Fishback. It will be set in 1994 as a sequel to 2018’sBumblebee, which was set in the 1980s. The new movie takes place in Brooklyn, New York, and will also travel to Peru.
The official logline of the movie,shared at a press eventin June 2021, saidRise of the Beasts"will take audiences on a ’90s globetrotting adventure and introduce the Maximals, Predacons and Terrorcons to the existing battle on earth between Autobots and Decepticons."
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Ramos, 30, told reporters in June 2021 that he wasexcited to discover the upcoming movie would feature characters from the animated franchise’sBeast Wars, which he said he particularly enjoyed as a child.
Transformers: Rise of the Beastsis set to hit theaters June 9.
source: people.com
