Transformers Spinoff Bumblebee Hires Kubo and the Two Strings Director

Paramount has hired Kubo and the Two Strings director Travis Knight to helm the Transformers spinoff film, Bumblebee.

Variety reports that Paramount has been looking for a director with an animation background specifically, as the studio also held talks with Lego Batman director Chris McKay before deciding on Knight. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Knight also beat out Seth Gordon (Baywatch), the Nee Brothers (Band of Robbers), and Jaume Collet-Sera (The Shallows), who were all in the running to direct the spinoff.

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