Actors Michelle Yeoh and Pete Davidson are rolling out for 'Transformers: Rise of the Beasts', with both actors cast in voice roles in🌠 the upcoming franchise entry fro🎃m Paramount.
On Tuesday afternoon, 'Rise of the Beasts' director Steven Caple Jr. shared the news of the pair joining the production through an Instagram post, featuring two different videos from recording sessions "the first with Davidson and the second with 🃏Yeoh, reports 'Variety.'
Yeoh voices a charact🍨er named Airazor, while Davidson voices Mirage. The two join a cast that includes Anthony Ramos and Dominque Fishback, who will star in the film in live-action roles.
'Rise of the Beasts' will bring the 'Transformers' franchise to the 1990s, a time period in whic♕h Paramount's films have not taken place yet."
"The film is said to introduce the Maximals and Terrorcons, two more cyb💟ernetic alien parties that will take sides in the Earth-bound battle between Autobots and Decepticons."
Within 'Transformers' lore, Yeoh's character, Airazor, is a member of the Maximals, which are the descendants of the Autobots. She can transform into a falcon-like appearance. Mirage is an Autobot that has previously appeared in Paramount's 'Transformers' films, voiced b𓂃y the late actor Francesco Quinn in 2011's 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon.'
'Transformers: Rise of the Beasts' is produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Michael Bay, M🎉ark Vahradian, and Duncan Henderꦺson.
Entertainment One, Hasbro's entertainment studio, executive produces, whi🐎le Skydance and New Rep🍌ublic Pictures are co-financing and executive producing.
The film is set to hit theaters on June 9, 2023.
