Transformers' spinoff, Bumblebee, set to create a big buzz

A 4-meter-high sculpture of a bee was displayed at a promotional event in Beijing on Dec 14 for Bumblebee, a spinoff from the Transformers series to be released in China on Friday.

The film is set in 1987, when its other protagonist, Charlie Watson, saves a robotic bumblebee that has lost its memory. They join forces to fight the Decepticons, a common enemy.

"This is a story about the relationship between Bumblebee and Watson - these two lost, lonely, broken souls who find each other, heal each other and make each other complete. It's about how they define each other, and how Bumblebee grows and evolves - physically and emotionally," says Travis Knight, the film's director.