Transformers: The Last Knight Releases New 'Secret History' Teaser

05/09/2017 08:31 am EDT

It can be hard to give an entertaining history lesson, but Anthony Hopkins does just that in the newest teaser trailer for Transformers: The Last Knight.

In the minute-long promo, Sir Edmund Burton (Hopkins) begins telling the story of how the Transformers came to be. He goes on to discuss how the robotic beings affected our history, and how the two races were intertwined.

At one point, a transformer is seen with a group of Nazis, tearing apart the bad guys as they attempt to shoot it down. It's an awesome sequence, but does a great job of incorporating the transformers into human history.

Watch the full 'Secret History' trailer above!

Transformers: The Last Knight opens in theaters on June 21, 2017.

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Transformers: The Last Knight shatters the core myths of the Transformers franchise, and redefines what it means to be a hero. Humans and Transformers are at war, Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. Saving our world falls upon the shoulders of an unlikely alliance: Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg); Bumblebee; an English Lord (Sir Anthony Hopkins); and an Oxford Professor (Laura Haddock).

There comes a moment in everyone's life when we are called upon to make a difference. In Transformers: The Last Knight, the hunted will become heroes. Heroes will become villains. Only one world will survive: theirs, or ours.

Based on Hasbro's Transformers toy line, Transformers: The Last Knight is the fifth installment of the live-action Transformers film series, following directly after 2014's Transformers: Age of Extinction.

Transformers: The Last Knight is directed by Michael Bay, who has directed all five films in the series so far. Bay has stated that this will be his final film for the franchise.

Mark Wahlberg and Stanley Tucci will reprise their roles from Transformers: Age of Extinction. Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, and John Turturro reprise their roles for the first three Transformers movies. The film also stars Isabela Moner, Laura Haddock, Anthony Hopkins, Santiago Cabrera, Liam Garrigan, Jerrod Carmichael, and Mitch Pileggi.

Transformers: The Last Knight's voice cast includes Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime, John Goodman as Hound, and John DiMaggio as Crosshairs. Other transformers appearing the film include Bumblebee, Drift, Hot Rod, Cogman, Canopy, Sqweeks, Grimlock, Megatron, Barricade, Onslaught, Hooligan, and Mohawk.

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