Epic third Transformers trailer featuring Sir Anthony Hopkins!

There have been two elements of Transformers: The Last Knight that have been kept very quiet so far during the movie's marketing - the casting of Sir Anthony Hopkins and the introduction of Medieval Knights into the Transformers mythos. Considering the popularity of both of these elements it is a surprise that it has taken up until now for studio Paramount Pictures to capitalize on their popularity. What we get is, for the most part, the trailer we always wanted for this movie, images of Medieval Knights and a tantalizing voice over from one of the Uk's greatest character actors...

We do get a little snippet of the studios ill-advised "fight like a girl" trailer, and as has become the trend of movie trailers of late we have some more spoilerific footage giving a little too much of the plot away; this time confirming most people's assumptions that Optimus Prime returns to Earth brainwashed by his creators. But all in all, this is a much better trailer than the previous attempts and shows promise that like Twentieth Century Fox and even Disney, Hollywood studios are starting to listen more to the fans.

And for Alien fan's there is an easter egg, if you can spot it?

Transformers: The Last Knight June 23rd, 2017

More about Transformers: The Last Knight (movie)

The Last Knight shatters the core myths of the Transformers franchise, and redefines what it means to be a hero. Humans and Transformers are at war, Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. Saving our world falls upon the shoulders of an unlikely alliance: Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg); Bumblebee; an English Lord (Sir Anthony Hopkins); and an Oxford Professor (Laura Haddock).

There comes a moment in everyone’s life when we are called upon to make a difference. In Transformers: The Last Knight, the hunted will become heroes. Heroes will become villains. Only one world will survive: theirs, or ours.

Directed by Michael Bay, Transformers: The Last Knight's release date is June 23rd, 2017.

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