OVER THE COURSE of 16 years, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, producer of all seven Transformers movies, has had a front-row seat for one of the biggest franchises in Hollywood history, and has been able to chart its ups and downs, evolutions and — yes — transformations. “I couldn’t imagine anything going on this long, honestly,” he laughs. With Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts performing something of a soft reboot for the series, di Bonaventura sat down on Zoom with Empire to discuss the series with admirable candour.
TRANSFORMERS (2007)