Bumblebee (Michael Bay)

Bumblebee was a planned spin-off/prequel of the 2007 movie "Transformers" (Based off a Hasbro's long-runner toyline), that was supposed to be released in Summer of 2018 before it was changed into a reboot.

Plot
The plot would have been almost the same but notably different. Some of these could have connected with the movies that Michael Bay directed.

The following things, that were changed:


 * Bumblebee was already on earth since WWII, (connecting to Transformers 5: The Last Knight). In the final version, this was omitted and was changed to Bumblebee arriving on earth in the 1980's.


 * The movie would have started with Bumblebee being chased by the Sector 7 agents.


 * Hot Rod would have been included as a small cameo to connect to the events of Transformers 5 The Last Knight, as he was a sidekick of Bumblebee. Hot Rod was omitted from the move, however the toyline did have a toy renditions of him.


 * Barricade could have been included to connect to the first movie, as he was on Earth chasing Bumblebee, this being confirmed by Jess Harnell (Barricade's voice actor). However, despite being omitted, the toyline did included toys renditions of Barricade.


 * A post-credits scene would have included Megatron frozen in sector 7, obviously connecting to Transformers (2007).

Some elements of this version remained in the final product, like most parts of the movie, the designs of Bumblebee, Blitzwing, and Dropkick. Another element of the previous version was that Agent Burns, played by John Cena would be a more serious character, some scenes of this were left in the cut.

Why It Was Cancelled

 * 1) The Last Knight was widely panned by critics, fans, and audiences alike and flopped at the box office.
 * 2) Another reason was that director Travis Knight found it very difficult to follow the canon of the Michael Bay universe, so he decided to make the film a reboot., so multiple reshoots were made to change the movie into a Reboot.

Result

 * 1) The film's premise was changed into a reboot. Bumblebee was praised by critics, audiences, and fans alike.
 * 2) After the success of Bumblebee, it was decided to scrap Michael Bay's universe to create a new cinematic universe, a sequel to Bumblebee, part of this universe, will be released in 2023, called Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, which will involve Autobots and a new faction: the Maximals, uniting to defeat the Terrorcons. the Decepticons and the Predacons (Enemies of Maximals) are also confirmed for this movie.

Trivia
- The majority of the toys from the movie's toyline were based off early concept art, explaining why some of the toys look inaccurate to the movie characters that they were supposed to represent.