After directing five “Transformers” films from the original in 2007 to “Transformers: The Last Knight” in 2017, filmmaker Michael Bay stepped back from the franchise to pursue other projects. In the near decade since, neither he nor the “Transformers” franchise reached the box-office success of those films. Bay went on to “6 Underground” which went […]

Now, Puck News reports that Bay is developing a new “Transformers” movie at Paramount Pictures, one that he intends to direct:

“Bay approached the studio last year to come back as a hands-on producer and possibly director, and he’s got writer Jordan VanDina (“Animaniacs,” “Dodgeball 2″) working on a script. It’s one of five or so Transformers projects in development that David Ellison and Skydance will inherit if/when the Paramount sale closes.”