ODEON Magazine May 2017 | Page 6

things you need to know about… Transformers: The Last Knight 1 2 3 5 Watch the trailer Transformers: The Last Knight opens on 23 June Baywatch The popular 80s/90s TV series gets a big-screen remake Twenty-eight years after they first slow- moed into our lives, the men and women of Baywatch are back for a big-screen adaptation that’s as funny as it is sunny. For those old enough to remember, this fabulous late 80s/early 90s TV series saw 31 MAY Watch the trailer ///FILM GOSSIP/// 6 odeon.co.uk David Hasselhoff ’s hunky Mitch Buchannon leading an elite team of US lifeguards. Stepping into The Hoff ’s famous red trunks for this big-budget reboot is real-life He-Man Dwayne Johnson, while teen dream Zac Efron takes on the role of Matt Brody. Splashing good fun! • Steven Spielberg will direct Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks in political thriller The Post 4  he Last Knight is the fifth T film in the Transformers series and a direct sequel to 2014’s Transformers: Age of Extinction.  Action maestro Michael Bay returns for a fifth time as director, while Mark Wahlberg (Patriots Day) is also back as mechanic Cade Yeager.  The plot sees Cade forming an alliance with Bumblebee as the Transformers vie with humanity for supremacy of planet Earth.  To date, the Transformers franchise has made an incredible $3.7 billion worldwide. Needless to say, Transformers 6 and 7 are already in the works. The Last Knight sees the introduction of a super-cute new Autobot named Squeeks.