New ‘Transformers’ Animated Short ‘Optimus Prime: Awakening’ Heads to Theaters – Film News in Brief

“The Transformers: The Movie” is returning to theaters internationally from Sept. 17 to 22 for the animated feature’s 40th anniversary. To celebrate, there will be a new animated short “Optimus Prime: Awakening,” to play after the original 1986 film.  The 12-minute feature follows the original film’s storyline and serves as a “love letter to the…