Michelle Yeoh and Pete Davidson have joined the cast for the upcoming seventh instalment in the Transformers franchise, ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.’

Yeoh will take on the voice of the Airazor character, and Davidson will voice Mirage, as previously announced Steven Caple Jr. will direct. Dominque Fishback and ‘In The Heights’ actor Anthony Ramos will also star.

Inspired by the popular 1990s Beast Wars property, the film will offer a 90s globetrotting adventure and introduce the Maximals and Terrorcons to the existing battle on earth between Autobots and Decepticons.

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Entertainment One, Hasbro’s entertainment studio, is executive producing, while Skydance is co-financing and executive producing. Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Michael Bay, Mark Vahradian and Duncan Henderson will produce.

The sequel is set for a June 9, 2023, release.