BUMBLEBEE Trailer and Featurette Don’t miss the new BUMBLEBEE trailer and featurette! The film, directed by Travis Knight (Kubo and the Two Strings), stars Hailee Steinfeld, Justin Theroux, Angela Bassett, Kenneth Choi, John Ortiz, and John Cena. BUMBLEBEE will be released in theaters on December 21. On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld), on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns this is no ordinary, yellow VW bug.