11 Images That Will Restore Your Faith In Upcoming Movies

5. Bumblebee: The Movie

Bumblebee Hailee Steinfeld
Paramount

Why We're Worried: As if the core Transformers franchise wasn't bad enough, audiences are now getting lumbered with spin-offs starring supporting Transformer characters. Apparently this is exactly what the series needs just as franchise fatigue has begun to afflict the mainline movies.

Why This Image Rocks: In fairness, as far as first look images go, this isn't bad at all. With the movie serving as an 80s-set prequel, Bumblebee takes the form of a more period-appropriate VW Beetle rather than the sexier sports cars he resembles in the main movies.

There's a quaint, rustic charm to Bumblebee disguising himself as a VW Beetle, which combined with Hailee Steinfeld's lead role and Kubo and the Two Strings' Travis Knight directing, provides a measure of hope this could be the most endearing Transformers movie to date.

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