Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is a 2023 American science fiction action film directed by Steven Caple Jr. and written by Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec, Ehren Kruger, and Darby McDevitt. It is the seventh installment in the live-action Transformers film franchise, and a sequel to Bumblebee (2018). The film stars Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, Luna Lauren Velez, Tobe Nwigwe, Peter Cullen, Ron Perlman, Peter Dinklage, and Michelle Yeoh.The film follows a new generation of Transformers, including Bumblebee, as they team up with a group of humans to battle a new threat: the Maximals and Predacons. The Maximals and Predacons are two rival factions of Transformers who have been transported to Earth from the planet Cybertron. The Autobots and Decepticons must work together to stop the Maximals and Predacons from destroying Earth.