
Warning: MILD SPOILERS for Transformers: Rise of the Beasts are ahead!
In 2018, the Transformers film series wound the clock back to 1987 for Bumblebee, which chronicled the eponymous Autobot meeting Hailee Steinfeld’s Charlie Watson. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts picks up with Bee, Optimus Prime and their allies in 1994, and while the 2023 new movie release chiefly stands as a standalone sequel, there is a quick reference to Charlie. However, director Steven Caple Jr. has revealed that Rise of the Beasts nearly included a bigger callback to Steinfeld’s character.