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The Autobots are back with new friends and foes who, of course, transform into various animals and vehicles. 'Rise of the Beasts' is a prequel to the first five Transformer films and a sequel to Bumblebee, taking place seven years later in 1994 and picking up with new human pals after Bumblebee went off to reunite with Optimus Prime. Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback play Noah and Elena, archaeologists caught in the battle between the Autobots, Maximals, Predacons, and Terrorcons. But enough about humans, let's talk Bots! Joining Autobots Optimus Prime and Bumblebee are Mirage, a hologram-projecting spy, voiced by Pete Davidson, Arcee, a commando who turns into a motorcycle, voiced by Liza Koshy, and Wheeljack, the team's mechanic and scientist, voiced by Cristo Fernández. On their side are the Maximals, led by Optimus Primal, a robot gorilla, voiced by Ron Perlman, Airazor, a peregrine falcon warrior, voiced by 2023's Best Actress Oscar winner, Michelle Yeoh, Cheetor (Tongayi Chirisa), and Rhinox (David Sobolov). The Maximals' "Beast Wars" reptilian nemeses, the Predacons, form an alliance with the Terrorcons, who originally transformed into monsters in the series, but appear to be vehicles in this sequel. The Terrorcon leader is the trophy-hunting Scourge, an evil semi truck voiced by Peter Dinklage. His minions include Nightbird (Michaela Jaé Rodriguez), Transit (John DiMaggio), Battletrap (David Sobolov), and Freezer (Dana Snyder). And you can expect this furious fivesome to combine into the ultimate weapon, Abominus. Directed by Steven Caple Jr. (Creed II), Rise of the Beasts is intended to launch a new Transformers trilogy for Paramount.

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John DiMaggio is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, and producer from Plainfield, New Jersey. He is best known for voicing Bender on Futurama, Jake the Dog on Adventure Time, King Zøg on Disenchantment, The Joker from Batman: Under the Red Hood and Jerry Jumbeaux Jr from Zootopia. He can also be seen in Better Call Saul, Mythic Quest, The Newsroom, Modern Family, The League, Historical Roasts on Netflix and The Little Fockers. John had his own comedy show on MTV named after his comedy duo called Red Johnny and the Round Guy, and did stand up at home and abroad in the 1990s, with the likes of Dave Chapelle, Jeff Ross, Dave Attell, Greer Barnes and Dane Cook. He has been married to actress Kate Miller since 2014. He resides in both New York and Los Angeles.

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