Michael Bay Hasn't Committed To Directing TRANSFORMERS 5 Yet
Earlier this afternoon, I wrote an update about the state of the Transformers franchise, and for those who are too lazy or busy to read it, the important bullet points are as follows: the film franchise's writers room has finished pitching ideas, Steven Spielberg thinks there may be as many as five potential films to come out of it, Batman & Robin writer Akiva Goldsman now has enough material to begin writing Transformers 5 for star Mark Wahlberg, and a couple of Ant-Man writers are confirmed to be writing an animated prequel film.
One thing that's not confirmed, however, as I mentioned in my original piece, is the director of Transformers 5. Deadline and many others have been writing with near certainty that Michael Bay would come back to the helm one more time, but Bay himself has now taken to Twitter to clarify that he hasn't made up his mind yet:
Frankly, I really hope he stays far away from this sequel and moves on to other things. I'd much rather see him making films like Pain & Gain or even his upcoming 13 Hours thank a fifth movie in this now-disastrous franchise. He's been interested in making a movie about the illegal hunting of elephants, and with the big stir about Cecil the Lion recently, maybe now is the time for him to go off and make a film that actually has something to say instead of doing yet another of those godawful Transformers movies.