The two actors stepped out for the film's New York premiere earlier this week alongside costars Scarlett Johansson, Keegan-Michael Key and Steve Buscemi

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With "Transformers One" opening in theaters, director Josh Cooley hints at a possible trilogy: "There's definitely more story to tell"

After winning an Oscar for 'Toy Story 4,' the filmmaker took a gamble by leaving longtime home Pixar to helm a Transformers origin story. Within days, the pandemic hit, causing him to wonder, "Did I just make the worst decision of all time?

That figure beats out a slew of family movie previews including that of Paramount’s IF ($1.75M), The Garfield Movie ($2.3M), Trolls Band Together and even the live-action spinoff Transformers movie, Bumblebee which did $2.15M.

That’s where the characters find themselves in “Transformers One,” the animated origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron. Up to this point in the movie, the film’s leads have not been in the possession of the cogs needed to transform.

Josh Cooley's Transformers One has a shocking, yet emotive ending that sets up the new paths for Optimus Prime's Autobots and Megatron's Decepticons.