the U.S. science fiction action film set in Peru's Machu Picchu and San Martin region released a one-of-a-kind trailer a few weeks ahead of its world premiere on June 8, 2023.
The Paramount production —directed by Steven Caple Jr. and starring Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback— serves as both a sequel to Bumblebee (2018) and prequel to the Transformers saga.
The story is set in 1994, when Noah Diaz (Ramos), an ex-military electronics expert, and archaeologist Elena Wallace (Fishback) are part of a war between the Autobots and three factions of the Transformers race: the Maximals, the Predacons, and the Terrorcons.
Director Steve Caple Jr. said that he chose the site for the "spiritual connection that is felt in sacred places."
At a virtual event held long ago by Paramount, Caple Jr. commented on the chance to film in Cusco —located high and deep in the Andes Mountain range— where you can find traces of a sophisticated Inca civilization that survived in time and is still alive in Cusco communities.
Thus, the film inadvertently becomes an ally in the promotion of tourism in the eyes of the world, since it features Peruvian destinations and, of course, the archaeological sites that it has.
Rounding out the cast is Peter Cullen, who returns to voice Autobot leader Optimus Prime, Pete Davidson as Mirage, Ron Perlman as Optimus Primal, Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh as Airazor, and Peter Dinklage as the villain Scourge.
The film was shot on locations in the regions of Cusco and San Martin in Peru, in the New York City borough of Brooklyn in the United States, and at a studio in Canada.
The Peruvian locations to be featured in the film include Cusco's Main Square, Machu Picchu, and the waterfall in La Union Province, among others.