If you saw the end of “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts,” you know filmmaker Steven Caple, Jr. has some definite ideas about what’s to come in future films. So, it probably makes sense that the director is already in talks to return to the franchise for another film.

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According to Deadline’s Crew Call podcast, which features an interview with Steven Caple, Jr.

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**Spoiler Alert – This discusses the end of “Transformers: Rise of the Beats.” You’ve been warned.**

For folks who saw “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” over the weekend, they were likely surprised by the very end of the film, which saw a MCU-style crossover moment between two massive franchises. And according to the filmmakers involved with ‘Rise of the Beasts,’ this isn’t just a throwaway moment.

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Actor Anthony Ramos has been planning for this next move for quite some time. With parts in films like “In The Heights” and the popular musical “Hamilton,” he’s poised to be more than simply a Latino action star, but an action star imbued with a little Brooklyn and Puerto Rican flavor, as he demonstrates in “Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts.” It is his second leading part but his first in such a large-scale franchise.

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A cold open introducing how a Transformer ends up on earth. An extended introduction to a nifty, somewhat nerdy girl into gizmos and gadgets. A fateful path crossing between man and machine of the Autobot variety. An unexpectedly tender bond forms. A collision course with their mechanical foes bent on destruction. A battle where just that ensues.

If that sounds familiar from 2018’s “Bumblebee,” the only film in the “Transformers” series to receive net positive scores from critics and audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, you’d be correct.

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After the release of “Bumblebee” there had been suggestions that Paramount Pictures would be move past the established Michael Bay “Transformers” films to more traditional designs of the Autobots/Decepticons. Enter “Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts,” directed by Steven Caple Jr. Paramount brought in the “Creed II” director to helm an Optimus Prime centric pic with Anthony Ramos (“In The Heights“) and Dominique Fishback (“Swarm“) as the human leads with a wave of familiar and new sentient alien robots to make fans happy.

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In a blockbuster landscape dominated by franchise properties, it was only a matter of time before the Autobots invaded theaters again. Though Michael Bay relinquished creative control of the series over five years ago, 2018’s “Bumblebee” was a surprising hit with fans and critics alike. Now, the franchise will be revived once more with “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts,” the seventh edition of the “Transformers” cinematic saga. 

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What’s going on with the ‘Transformers’ series? Well, ever since Michael Bay left the series, it’s been a bit adrift. Once a billion-dollar performer at the box office, audience interest seemingly waned by the time the fifth film arrived, and “Transformers: The Last Knight” did about half the amount of business as the previous film. The “Bumblebee” spin-off was well-liked by critics but couldn’t even crack $500 million worldwide at the box office, perhaps giving Paramount pause about the series’ lifespan.

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Though the series ultimately sputtered out (putting it mildly) with critics and fans, Michael Bay’s “Transformers” franchise is a massive moneymaker. Thankfully, 2018’s “Bumblebee” seems to have righted the transforming robot ship a bit. But all eyes are on “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” to see if Paramount’s franchise can recover and be better than ever. One thing is for sure, the studio is hiring some big names for the voice cast. 

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Paramount Pictures has been trying for ages to get the next “Star Trek” film going as the franchise has mostly been focused on the television side since the release of “Star Trek Beyond” in 2016. But there is some indication that things are indeed proceeding as the studio has made some interesting release date changes to their 2022-2023 slate of films, according to new dates revealed by The Hollywood Reporter.

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Recently, during a big press event, Paramount revealed the next “Transformers” film in the franchise would be the ‘90s-set “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts,” which would combine the Robots in Disguise that we’ve come to know and (not really) love through Michael Bay’s long-running franchise with the “Beast Wars” franchise that saw the Autobots and Decepticons take on the forms of animals when they, uh, transform.

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