Some big news here from Page Six, which reports that Michael Bay is in talks to return to the Transformers franchise to direct a new movie in the big-budget series. The outlet says that multiple sources have told them the same news. There’s also an article over at Deadline.
There is also additional news that Steven Spielberg is potentially coming on board as the lead creative producer on the project, along with longtime producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura. The trade outletsays that Mark Vahradian, Don Murphy, Tom DeSanto and Hasbro will also produce.
$4.4 billion in ticket sales were generated from Bay’s five films in the series, with the first three taking over $1 billion each. The new film will be based on a script by Jason Fuchs.
More as we get it.
