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?

For at least one generation of "Transformers" fans, the death of Optimus Prime in the 1986 animated feature "The Transformers: The Movie" was a formative moviegoing experience, if not a fully traumatic one.

"Transformers One" director Josh Cooley channeled his inner kid for the film's big moments, from old-school cameos to an "awesome" post-credits scene.