Nevertheless, Travis Knight was the one Paramount tapped to direct the Bumblebee movie, so the bigwigs at the studio clearly saw something special that edged him out over the others.
While Knight has been involved in the movie and TV business for over two decades through his animation work, Kubo and the Two Strings was his first time directing a movie, meaning that the Bumblebee spinoff will his first time helming a live action movie.
Of all the folks Borys Kit mentioned, Jaume Collet-Serra seems like he would have been the most well-suited for the Bumblebee movie since he has the most experience with action-packed stories, though given the Transformers series’ use of humor (which has sometimes been unwise), Seth Gordon might have worked, too.