The new Chevy Camaro will appear as one of the heroes in the upcoming ‘Transformers’ movie, one of the most anticipated films due for release next year. The Transformers character ‘Bumblebee’ will be portrayed by a Camaro who will start out as a 1970’s model and later rebuilt into a 2008-2009 Camaro. Other characters in the movie include ‘Starscream’ which is an F-22 Raptor and ‘Optimus Prime’, a fire truck. Tuner company Saleen will also be involved in the film. A Saleen Mustang police car will also be featured. ‘Transformers’, a collaboration between DreamWorks, Paramount and Hasbro, is slated for a July 4th premiere next year.
June 2nd, 2006 at 5:05 am
Love that the movie is coming out, but Bumblebee is a VW bug! Arggg…..
June 2nd, 2006 at 5:21 am
[...] I Just found this on the Auto Blog. I’ve been hearing about the “live action” Transformers movie for some time, but I’m not sure I like what I hear. Bumblebee as a Chevy Camaro? What the heck? He’s a VW bug! Transformers fans out there will know what I’m sayin’. The post says that he’ll start out as 1970’s model and then be rebuilt into the 2008-09 model. I can’t help but think that Chevy will use this to help spearhead a marketing campaign, as the movie is due out around July 4th of next year - not too far off from the release of the ‘08 model year. [...]
June 27th, 2006 at 11:26 am
Shot of bumblebee from movie set.
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?p=234#post234
June 27th, 2006 at 8:17 pm
[...] A few weeks ago we reported on the new role of the Chevy Camaro in the upcoming big-screen, live action adaptation of ‘Transformers’ – as Bumblebee, one of the original Autobot Transformers in the popular comics/series. There has been an outcry from Transformers fans due to the fact that the original Bumblebee in the series is a Volkswagen Beetle. Here’s the latest update on the much-anticipated movie – a glimpse of the Camaro Bumblebee apparently halfway through ‘transformation’ at the Transformers set. Thanks to the reader who provided us with a link to a forum thread featuring lots of photos of the Camaro as well as the Saleen Mustang police car that will also ‘star’ in the movie. ‘Transformers’ is a Dreamworks, Paramount and Hasbro production set to premiere on the 4th of July, 2007. [...]
July 11th, 2006 at 11:39 pm
I wish they would use the 94 camaro in the movie. I love that year and I love my ‘maro. Check out my blog if you wanna see my car pics, it should be in the top couple of posts. However, I am looking forward to the new Challenger, it looks so crazy and I hear its low end model is going to be 400hp?
September 15th, 2006 at 11:45 am
Here’s a very clear picture of the Camaro transformer bumblebee
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26&page=3
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:54 pm
este es un auto magnifico , su diseño es robotizante perfectio para la pelicula creo que ningun otro fuese sido mejor, es exelente. sueño con almenos manejarlo 5 min.