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Michael Bay might be ready to blow up robots, again.

According to Puck’s Matt Belloni, the pyrotechnic prince of Hollywood carnage is quietly developing a new ‘Transformers’ movie at Paramount, with plans to direct.

That’s the same Michael Bay who swore he was done with the franchise after ‘The Last Knight’ sputtered out in 2017 with a franchise-low (by Bay standards) $600M haul. That film—loud, incoherent, and Shia LaBeouf–less—was supposed to be his farewell ride. Paramount was just as ready to move on, mostly because Bay’s paychecks had ballooned to absurd heights.
However, time changes everything. The franchise has sputtered in his absence, and Bay, facing diminishing returns post-Transformers, recently went on record lamenting how difficult it’s become to get movies greenlit. So, as Belloni reports, Bay circled back to Paramount last year with a pitch to rejoin the franchise as director and producer. He’s already tapped “Cocaine Bear” screenwriter Jordan VanDina to script what may become his directorial comeback...

Michael Bay To Direct New ‘Transformers' Movie
 
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