Transformers: The Last Knight is going to be hitting theaters next week, and there's been some extensive online debate about what story the film tell, and just how long it will take to tell it.

Recently it was rumored that Transformers 5 would run 3 hours long - a claim that Michael Bay came out and called false, stating that The Last Knight would be shorter than the last few installments of the series. As it turns out, that statement was only somewhat true, as Transformers: The Last Knight has now been confirmed to run 149 minutes - which is 2 hours and 29 minutes.

Screen Rant shared the Transformers 5 runtime from two different sources: first, the British Board of Film Classification had the 149-minute time, while IMDb has the film's time listed as 148 minutes.

For a frame of reference, here is how long all of Transformers movies have run (starting with the most recent). HINT: They've only gotten longer as the series has gone on:

Transformers: Age of Extinction - 2h 45min

Transformers: Dark of the Moon - 2h 34min

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - 2h 30min

Transformers - 2h 24min

In other words: little about Michael Bay's approach to these films has changed - including how long you have to sit through them.

Transformers: The Last Knight will be in theaters on June 21st. We'll keep you updated about its official runtime.

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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