Michael Bay Confirms He’s Directing TRANSFORMERS 5 and It Will Be His Last
Just in case you were wondering… Yes, Michael Bay is directing Transformers 5. It’s been rumored in the past, but nothing has really been made official until now. While talking to Rolling Stone about his upcoming action thriller 13 Hours, Bay confirms that he’ll step back into the directing chair.
Bay has been involved with a lot of films, and he’s currently in post-production on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 as a producer. While talking to the magazine, he said:
“‘I’m doing Transformers ... 5, is it?" Bay says, temporarily losing track. He shakes his head. ‘I’ve taken on a lot of work.’”
The last time he talked about it, he wasn’t committed. I never had any doubt that Bay would come back to direct Transformers 5. I really wish he’d pass it off to someone else. I like it when he makes other movies outside of the franchise. But maybe he’s got something better up his sleeve this time around. He does go on to say that this will be his last one, but we’ve heard that before!
“Transformers, I still have a great time. It’s fun to do a movie that 100 million people will see. But this is the last one. I have to pass the reins to someone else.”
Transformers 5 will be the start of a whole cinematic universe that Paramount Pictures plans on developing. They’ve plotted out the next ten years of the franchise!
Akiva Goldsman is leading a team of writers to bring these films to life. The writers that are a part of this team include Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari (Ant-Man), who will script the animated film. Then there's The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman, Art Marcum and Matt Holloway (Iron Man), Jeff Pinkner (Lost), Zak Penn (X-Men: The Last Stand, The Incredible Hulk), Ken Nolan (Black Hawk Down), Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Christina Hodson (Black List), Steven DeKnight (Daredevil), and Lindsey Beer, who is a science major at Stanford, who has also written original specs for sci-fi and fantasy stories.
Hopefully these writers turn out better stories and scripts than what Bay has used for his Transformers films in the past.