Transformers: Age of Extinction Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura addresses reboot speculation

His latest film Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit opens on Friday and Producing powerhouse Lorenzo di Bonaventura who is one of the Producers of the popular Transformers franchise has addressed the speculation that Transformers: Age of Extinction is a reboot.

Ever since it was announced that the fourth instalment would boast an all new cast lead by Mark Wahlberg, some have speculated that it might re-write the history of the franchise and potentially retcon some elements of the previous films, but speaking to TheHollywoodNews.com, di Bonaventura says that the film is a total continuation and explains "It’s definitely not a reboot. It’s an interesting question about what you should call it. On a certain level it’s a continuation of the previous stories, in the fact that it acknowledges what has transpired before it. It acknowledges in the last movie, the destruction of Chicago, it’s actually something that carries through the sort of emotional repercussions of that, not unlike 9/11 has emotional repercussions in the real world. In a fantasy world there are repercussions to what occurred.

That plays into the movie, moving forwards with a totally different human cast, who doesn’t know anything about the other humans, it’s not a reboot, but a continuation, yet you’re continuing with a new cast and group of characters. It was a big decision to do that.

We miss our friends that we did the first three with, and they were great, and they probably could’ve done more. But the advantage of doing it this way is that it feels almost like a first movie. It’s a very different dynamic than I’ve seen in a movie, I’m very curious. I guess Star Wars did that a little bit, but not so close together, the way we’re doing it."

Transformers: Age of Extinction hits cinemas on July 10 and features the stellar cast of Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, T.J. Miller, Sophia Myles, Peter Cullen, Jack Reynor, Li Bingbing, Han Geng and Titus Welliver.

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