(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Michael Bay has confirmed that he will return to direct the fifth installment in the Transformers franchise for Paramount. Bay broke the news to Rolling Stone, after months of speculation, while promoting his new war movie 13 Hours. This past spring, the studio announced it would be assembling a writers room to build its new Transformers universe that would include spin-off pics along new installments in the franchise. The room was overseen by Akiva Goldsman with the studio recently tapping Art Marcum and Matt Holloway (Iron Man) along with Ken Nolan (Black Hawk Down) to write the script.
Mark Wahlberg, who appeared in the last installment, is expected to return and Lorenzo di Bonaventura is producing. Insiders had expected that Bay would return to the franchise but the director has only now committed with his new movie almost out the door.
Bay directed Transformers: Age of Extinction, the fourth in the series and the first one without Shia Labeouf. It starred Mark Wahlberg, Jack Reynor and Nicola Peltz and, despite losing Labeouf, grossed more than $1 billion worldwide. Details behind the next pic are under wraps but sources have said Wahlberg is the only cast member from Age of Extinction expected to reprise his role.
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