Michael Bay is returning to the Transformers franchise, but what happens to the crossover GIE Joe now?

Michael Bay He is ready to launch again. After moving away from Transformers Franchising following The last knight In 2017, the director who practically defined the series returned and not only as a producer.

According to Puck, Bay is actively developing a new one Transformers Paramount movies and has a writer Jordan Vandina (From Superman AND Animania) working on a script. Bay could actually direct this.

This is a big turn, considering that Bay once admitted that he has remained too long. While promoting Ambulance In 2022, Bay said: “I made too many. Steven Spielberg He said: “Just stop at the three.” And I said I would stop.

“The studio implored me to do a quarter, and then he also did a billion. And then I said I will stop here. And they implored me again. I should have stopped. They were fun to do.”

Now, after such a necessary break, Bay seems excited to take another crack in the saga of the robotic war, after the study obviously involved him to return again.

While the critics were not exactly in line to praise the shower on his films, the box office numbers speak for themselves. Also the “less success” directed by Baia Transformers The film has earned over $ 600 million globally. Compare it with Bumblebee, Rise of the Beastsor even Transformers oneEach of whom was better reviewed but was not up to that successful magic.

But Bay’s return brings complications, especially when it comes to the longtime GIE/Transformers crossover. With multiple transformers projects already in progress, according to what reported in total, there is a lot of juggling behind the scenes.

One of these projects is a live-action adaptation of Transformers one director Josh CooleyAnd yes, another is that long discussion crossover Gi joe. It is not clear whether that team-up is more a priority or just one of the numerous competition visions.

As Puck observes, “Josh Cooley … has just concluded an agreement to pursue a life socket. There is also a possible crossover GI Joe/Transformers in development and the study has two separate ideas in the early stages.”

Bay seems aware of the inheritance of the franchise and where it adapts to it. Reflecting on the original of 2007, he said: “The first was frightening. It was the technology that we didn’t know would have worked, and then he was very successful … he did more than [$709 million]There are many tickets for cinema and many people who have seen it. “

I was not a fan of most of the Transformers Movies that Bay has made and I can’t say that I am excited to see him return. I think I would prefer to see him jump in the Gi joe franchise that seeing him do another Transformers Movies. But the Paramount obviously hopes that he will make another transformers film that will be in cash for them.

There is no immediate deadline for these projects, the Paramount must only be in production on at least one of them by 2029 to maintain rights. We will just have to wait and see how all this goes.