SAN DIEGO – Everyone has an origin story, even “Transformers” arch rivals Optimus Prime and Megatron.
The animated adventure “Transformers One” (in theaters Sept. 20) goes back 3 billion years in franchise lore and acts as the origin story for the two most iconic transforming robots.
“How do two best friends become mortal enemies?” Chris Hemsworth says of the movie’s plot during a Thursday presentation at Comic-Con, the pop-culture convention held at the San Diego Convention Center. The “Thor” actor was on hand to introduce clips and a new trailer with co-stars Keegan-Michael Key and Brian Tyree Henry.
Before they became Optimus and Megatron, they were Orion Pax (voiced by Hemsworth) and D-16 (Henry), two miners on the mechanical planet of Cybertron. They’re buds who can’t transform and get caught up in an adventure alongside two others: B-127 (Key) – who eventually becomes fan favorite Bumblebee – and Elita-1 (Scarlett Johansson).