Bosses at Paramount Pictures are developing a Transformers spin-off based on Autobot Bumblebee.
Studio executives have announced the sixth installment in the blockbuster franchise will focus on the bright-yellow daredevil, which can turn into a Chevrolet Camaro.
The spin-off will be released in 2018 between the next Michael Bay-directed Transformers 5 in 2017 and Transformers 7 in 2019.
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"There are characters in the Transformers universe that can be and should be made into their own movies," Paramount Pictures chairman and CEO Brad Grey told The Hollywood Reporter.