Along with the casting news and plot information, it was also announced that the Bumblebee spinoff has shifted from its original June 2018 release date to December 21 of that same year.
It will now go head-to-head with Aquaman, the first DC Extended Universe movie post-Justice League.
Since Sony’s animated Spider-Man movie gave up its December 21, 2018 release date in favor of coming out a week earlier, that means we’re now getting a more hectic blockbuster brawl before 2018 concludes.
Winter has become a more welcome period for major movies to drop, and even though the Transformers movies have been summer fare since the franchise launched in 2007, switching to a December release date will likely help Bumblebee stand out from the crowd, despite its competition with Aquaman.