Solobov, David. "I believe I may be the only original cast member of the Beast Wars tv series to have roles in Rise of the Beasts. It's so great that at least one of us is in this project. I will do my best to make our fans proud. @transformers". Archived from the original on April 25, 2023 . Retrieved December 9, 2022.

During production, the Scorponok drones initially had a troll-like robot mode, and dozens of them would have merged into a massive Scorponok combiner that towered over the Autobots and Maximals in the final battle. Although their 3D models were made, they were ultimately cut out.DLX Scourge, Mirage, Optimus Primal First Looks at threezero Rise Of The Beasts Figures at ACGHK 2023 We wanted to break the fourth wall. In all fairness, Pete Davidson made that up in the booth, and we laughed so hard, we're like in tears, and we're like there's no way we could not use this. We had ad-libbed a whole bunch of stuff. One was on, "Beanie Babies was weird", and he was like, what about Marky Mark leaving the Funky Bunch? And we were just in tears. And then we showed the studio and everybody loved it and was like, "let's just break the fourth wall. Do it.""— Steven Caple Jr., io9, "Breaking the Fourth Wall in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts", 2023/06/09 I am a Transformers fan, Beast Wars fan, Cheetor is my #1 favorite of all time, so it's dope to have Cheetor, to be in this movie with Cheetor, it's gonna be crazy."— Anthony Ramos, YouTube, "Hasbro PulseCon 2021 - DAY ONE", 2021/10/22 Lemire, Christy (June 6, 2023). "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Review". RogerEbert.com . Retrieved November 21, 2023. a seemingly endless fight sequence in which big, shiny chunks of metal slam noisily into each other. The smaller and more intimate special effects are more impressive than these massive set pieces. Bacon, Thomas (December 24, 2018). "Bumblebee Director Already Has Ideas for a Potential Sequel". ScreenRant. Archived from the original on January 25, 2019 . Retrieved January 25, 2019.

As the heroes are walking through the jungle, the scene cuts to Elena while she is saying "So, what are you?", which does not match her lips. June 13, 2021 — A casting call sheet for filming in Montreal reveals that the film is set in 1992. [40] Libbey, Dirk (October 20, 2021). "Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts Has Wrapped, And The Director Celebrated With Optimus Prime". CINEMABLEND. Archived from the original on January 22, 2022 . Retrieved October 21, 2021.During the mountain road car chase at Peru, the shot of Scourge's insignia-covered grille reflected in Prime's rearview mirror homages a famous shot from Steven Spielberg's 1971 film Duel. a b Sneider, Jeff (June 28, 2021). "Exclusive: 'Transformers: Rise of the Beasts' Adds Ron Perlman as Voice of Optimus Primal". Collider. Archived from the original on July 1, 2021 . Retrieved July 1, 2021. Grobar, Matt (May 24, 2023). " 'Transformers One': Paramount Pushes Date For Animated Feature". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation . Retrieved May 24, 2023. Campbell, Evan (April 28, 2023). "Unicron Is Coming In New Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts Trailer". GameSpot. Archived from the original on April 28, 2023 . Retrieved April 28, 2023. A recurring error sees the CGI models for Freezer and Novakane, which were supposed to have unique head injuries for each character, being switched around at random at various points in the movie. A very noticeable example of this happens when Scourge deploys a single Sweep in Peru whose model has an intact head with just a pair of scars on its forehead, but is moments later replaced by the model with a much bigger wound and a missing left antenna. Several other Sweeps of varying sizes also reuse these models during the final battle, completely taking away the intended uniqueness of each head design.

Though the "you died!" music and mention of Bowser imply Kris is playing Super Mario Bros. on his Game Boy, that game wouldn't see a release on the system until 1999's Super Mario Bros. Deluxe on the Game Boy Color. The only Mario platformers released for Game Boy by 1994 were the Super Mario Land games, which featured different antagonists and music. After meeting Optimus Prime for the first time, Noah incorrectly calls him "Optimal". "Optimal Optimus" is the name of the original Optimus Primal's Transmetal 2 body. Story details remain under wraps for this new sci-fi outing, although it will boast a longer runtime than any of its predecessors as the Autobots and Decepticons take the spotlight once more. Bottom: Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Michelle Yeoh, John DiMaggio, and Colman Domingo voice Nightbird, Airazor, Stratosphere, and Unicron. When Scourge walks away with the second half of the key, his left arm switches from the claw to the cannon between shots.In terms of active contradictions to established continuity, Rise of the Beasts appears to take the same approach as Bumblebee and ignores the events of The Last Knight by depicting Unicron as a separate planet, rather than the Earth itself, as he appeared in that film. However, it's probably important to note that the film lightly implies that the Maximals are time-travellers from the future (see "Transformers references" for more details), which would mean that the Unicron who appears in this film is also from the future. Thus it could be argued that his appearance here doesn't technically contradict The Last Knight—but of course, that would mean he was trying to eat his own past self. Scourge's mouth is not moving as he proclaims "Unicron will prevail!" before shooting the transwarp control panel.

Speaking of Arcee, the design of her arms and deployable cannons seem to be directly inspired by her Prime counterpart. February 15, 2022 — Paramount confirms that Rise of the Beasts will be the first entry in a trilogy of films. [50] Colman Domingo as Unicron, a world-devouring planet-sized Transformer who serves as the Terrorcons' master. [24] This marks the character's first proper live-action depiction after previously being teased in The Last Knight. [25] Transformers: Rise of the Beasts brings a thrilling new cast of characters to the forefront as the franchise continues to evolve, with the latest film serving as a sequel to 2018’s Bumblebee with Hailee Steinfeld and John Cena.April 27, 2023 — The official trailer is released by Paramount Pictures, revealing more of the movie and Unicron's role in the plot, as well as delivering a first, brief look at the Predacons. Dawe, Luke (May 15, 2023). "New 'Transformers: Rise of the Beasts' Dolby Poster: Autobots and Maximals Unite". Collider . Retrieved June 11, 2023.