Transformers 5 Is Happening...Just Not Yet.
Eager not to let the Age of Extinction be, well, the age of extinction, Hasbro has some good news and some bad news: Good news! There will be another Transformers movie! Bad news! It won’t be until 2017.
For some that might be a bit of a relief given the bloated, unnecessarily convoluted machinations of Trans4ormers however eager to press ahead with the franchise Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner revealed that the toy brand and Paramount are planning a release year for Transformers 5 or Trans5ers…or not.
While this contradicts previous reports from last year, where Paramount slated the next sequel in the blockbuster franchise for 2016. However producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura later said that this information was inaccurate, which lead to rumblings of development issues.
However, Goldner says that the team is actively working on Transformers 5 for 2017 and building a new cinematic universe. Akiva Goldsman has been brought on to lead a group of writers in forming a strategy around the property moving forward.
At the moment little is known about the project. Given the poor reception of Age of Extinction, Michael Bay is unlikely to return as he said previously that he has other projects he wants to focus on. However, that doesn’t mean Wahlberg is entirely out of the picture.
If Bay holds true to his promise, than that means they need to start looking soon for someone to replace him, and the treatment Goldsman and his team are crafting is the first step in convincing someone to take the helm.