Last summer, Paramount and Hasbro put together a group of writers to come up with ideas forTransformers 5, along with future sequels and spinoffs, withMichael Bayslated to direct, despite stating thatTransformers: Age of Extinctionwould be his last movie in the franchise. Today, the director confirmed that he is coming back to directTransformers 5, claiming that this new project will, in fact, be his last time at the helm of aTransformersmovie. While no official story details have been given yet, a new profile onMichael Bayfrom Rolling Stone reveals some interesting new details.
During the magazine’s time with the filmmaker, they were on hand for a video conference call with Industrial Light and Magic, where the director was shown, “an underwater rendering of a crash-landed alien spaceship, then a new dump-truck Transformer with a cloak.” No specific details were given for either this alien spaceship or the dump-truck Transformer, but the director didn’t seem pleased with the images he was shown. It’s possible that this dump-truck could be Long Haul, a Decepticon who appeared inTransformers: Revenge of the FallenandTransformers: Dark of the Moon, but that character never had a cloak. It was confirmed in September thatTransformers 5will start production in June 2016, with Paramount eyeing a summer 2017release date.
We reported in November thatKen Nolanand the writing team ofArt Marcum&Matt Hollowaywill take over theTransformers 5writing duties fromAkiva Goldsman, who oversaw the writers room.Akiva Goldsmanwas originally set to writeTransformers 5himself, but he was brought on to oversee new writers rooms forG.I. Joe 3andMicronauts, making him unavailable to writeTransformers 5. It isn’t known how far along the new writers are on the script yet, or if this change will affect the June 2016 production start.
Thewriters roomlead byAkiva Goldsmanwas tasked this summer to come up with ideas forTransformers 5, along with future spinoffs and sequels. The writers room also includedSteven S. DeKnight(Daredevil),Robert Kirkman(The Walking Dead),Art Marcum&Matt Holloway(Iron Man),Zak Penn(Pacific Rim 2),Jeff Pinkner(The Amazing Spider-Man 2),Andrew BarrerandGabriel Ferrari(Ant-Man),Christina Hodson,Lindsey Beers,Ken NolanandGeneva Robertson-Dorsett.Michael Bayhelped oversee the writers room, along withSteven Spielberg, Hasbro’sBrian Goldnerand producersLorenzo di Bonaventuraand Mark Vahradian andDon Murphy.
Mark Wahlberghas also been confirmed to reprise hisTransformers: Age of Extinctionrole as Cade Yeager, but it isn’t known ifNicola PeltzandJack Reynorwill be back as Cade’s daughter Tessa, and her boyfriend Shane Dyson. There has also been a rumor thatTransformers 5will be the last movie featuringOptimus Prime. Hasbro also recently confirmed thatTransformers 6,Transformers 7andTransformers 8are happening, but no concrete release details were given. Another project developed in the writers room is an animated spinoff calledCybertron, written byAnt-ManwritersAndrew Barrer&Gabriel Ferrari. Do you have any theories about the crash-landed alien ship or the dump-truck Transformer inTransformers 5?
