Transformers: The Last Knight - Release Date, Trailer, Cast, Story Details, & More

Transformers: The Last Knight Trailer

A new featurette from IMAX has debuted new footage from Transformers: The Last Knight in the back half of the video. The footage shows King Arthur (Liam Garrigan), his knights, and a character played by Anthony Hopkins marching to Stonehenge. The film will reportedly take place during several time periods, and this footage seems to confirm that. 

Here's the video:

Here's the original film announcement:

Transformers: The Last Knight Release Date

Transformers: The Last Knight is due out on June 23, 2017.

Transformers: The Last Knight Cast

Mark Wahlberg is set to return. Isabela Moner (100 Things to Do Before High School) and Jerrod Carmichael (The Carmichael Show) are expected to join him in this sequel.

Anthony Hopkins has joined the cast in an unidentified role, as well. We wrote more about that here.

Production continues on Michael Bay’s new movie, Transformers: The Last Knight, and right now, filming is taking place in the UK. The production hit some controversy too, as pictures emerged of the late Winston Churchill’s house being covered in Nazi flags as part of a sequence in the movie. So what was going on?

Michael Bay, speaking with the BBC, has responded to the criticism, and insisted that “when you see the movie, you’ll understand.”

“I just want to say, people were not fortunate enough to read the script, and they don’t know that Churchill in this movie is a big hero. And Churchill would be smiling about Last Knight."

Winston Churchill is in Transformers: The Last Knight, folks.

Bay also added that “I, for one, probably more than any director in the world, have shot more veterans and more active military men and women in my movies. I would do nothing to disrespect veterans.”

Transformers veteran Josh Duhamel will make his series return as Lieutenant Colonel Lennox in Transformers: The Last Knight. Duhamel appeared in the first three Transformers movies, but was absent from the fourth. 

Director Michael Bay welcomed him back to the franchise on Twitter:

@joshduhamel Do you remember your way around set or need some pointers?#transformerspic.twitter.com/QlL7cv7Qqc

— Michael Bay (@michaelbay) May 17, 2016

According to Mashable, the one and only King Arthur Pendragon is, indeed, jumping into the Autobots vs. Decepticon drama of Transformers: The Last Knight, seemingly confirmed with the reported casting of Liam Garrigan for the part. Of course, fans of ABC’s Once Upon a Time might be surprised to hear that, seeing as Garrigan already has been playing King Arthur on that series, debuting in last year’s Season 5 premiere. However, it seems that Garrigan will be taking his now-signature King Arthur shtick from television to the big screen stage of Paramount's nearly $4 billion-dollar-generating Transformers film franchise.

Transformers: The Last Knight Villain

After a teaser was released indicating that something big was coming, Michael Bay went ahead and unveiled the villain of Transformers: The Last Knight.

Something wicked this way comes. #transformerspic.twitter.com/biCufISsGE

— #TRANSFORMERS (@transformers) May 27, 2016

And now the mystery is solved, thanks to Michael Bay's Instagram page. All-time Transformers baddie Megatron will return for Transformers: The Last Knight. Hopefully this means that Hugo Weaving, who voiced Megatron in the first three movies, will return to voice him.

It's starting. This week production. Megatron is back. #transformers #decepticons#

A video posted by Michael Bay (@michaelbay) on May 31, 2016 at 9:59am PDT