

In 484 AD, Merlin finds the Knights of Iacon, a group of Transformers hiding on Earth, seeking their help to aid King Arthur and his knights. A prequel of the film series, titled Bumblebee, was released in December 2018, to critical and financial success. The film received generally negative reviews from critics and grossed $605 million worldwide against a production budget between $217–260 million, losing Paramount an estimated $100 million with marketing and distribution costs factored in, making the film a box-office bomb.

Transformers: The Last Knight premiered on June 18, 2017, at the Odeon Leicester Square in London and was released in the United States on June 21, by Paramount Pictures. Cade is soon recruited along with a British professor by an astronomer who is the last of the Order of the Witwiccans to once again save the world from a new impending threat. When Optimus Prime leaves Earth to find his creator in space, Cade Yeager is gifted a Talisman by a dying Transformer knight, finds himself and the Autobots pursued by both the Decepticons and the Transformers Reaction Force (TRF). It stars Mark Wahlberg reprising his role from Age of Extinction, while Josh Duhamel, John Turturro, and Glenn Morshower reprise their roles from the first three films, as well as Laura Haddock, Isabela Moner, Jerrod Carmichael, Santiago Cabrera, and Anthony Hopkins all joining the cast. The film is directed by Michael Bay from a screenplay by Art Marcum, Matt Holloway, and Ken Nolan. It is the sequel to Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) and the fifth installment in the Transformers film series. Transformers: The Last Knight is a 2017 science fiction action film based on Hasbro's Transformers toy line.
