Back when he first decided to “freshen up” the Transformers series with Transformers: Age of Extinction, director Michael Bay suggested that he could pass on the reins to a new director for the fifth and sixth instalments of the lucrative Hasbro franchise.
Despite near-universal negative reviews, Age of Extinction has proved popular with audiences, becoming the second Transformers movie to break a billion at the box office. However, it seems that Bay could be sticking to his original plan, telling USA Today that he’s ready to shift his focus elsewhere:
“There’s kind of a new chapter, a new direction in movies I want to make,” states Bay, who has made just one non-Transformers film, Pain & Gain, since first bringing the Robots in Disguise to the big screen in 2007. “I have a lot of stories to tell. And it’s about flexing new muscles.”
Would you be happy if Bay passed the series on to a new director, and who would you like to see taking over for Transformers 5, which is set for release some time in 2016.
Originally published August 12, 2014. Updated April 15, 2018.
