Maximals — maximize! Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, the new movie rolling out into theaters on June 9th, goes beast mode with two fan-favorite factions of Transformers: the Maximals and the ...

The opening scene of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is set on the Maximals' homeworld. Unfortunately, the world is being destroyed by Unicron, forcing Optimus Primal and his allies to flee.

The main wrinkle – beyond the introduction of animal-shaped Transformers known as Maximals – involves setting the action in 1994, although other than the well-chosen musical soundtrack and a ...

The gorilla-shaped Optimus Primal (Ron Perlman) leads the Maximals for most of Rise of the Beasts, but in its opening scene, he’s second-in-command to a second metal gorilla named Apelinq. That ...

The animal-themed Maximals aren’t the first non-Autobot or Decepticon faction to appear in these Transformers movies, but they certainly make a more impactful entrance (I’d already forgotten ...

This summer’s Transformers: Rise of the Beasts introduces a new breed of shape-shifting sentient robots: the Maximals, robots in disguise as animals instead of vehicles.

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts opens in theaters June 9. The film is written by Joby Harold and directed by Steven Caple Jr., with Michael Bay as producer.