Published Oct 6, 2026, 11:20 AM EDT
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Before Optimus Prime and Megatron started flattening entire cities every few years, Steven Spielberg was one of the people who helped get Transformers onto the big screen in the first place. He has remained involved with the franchise ever since, but its next chapter is bringing him back alongside the man who turned giant robots beating seven shades out of each other into a multi-billion-dollar business.
Spielberg is officially on board to executive produce a new live-action Transformers movie, according to Deadline, with Michael Bay returning to direct. Bay is also producing alongside Spielberg, marking the filmmaker’s first time behind the camera on the franchise since 2017’s Transformers: The Last Knight.
The first film, almost 20 years ago, followed the bumbling teenager Sam Witwicky as he was unwittingly caught up in the war between the Autobots and Decepticons, with Bumblebee serving as his rather unusual first car. The movie was a massive box office smash and launched the franchise that we know today. It made a lot of money but it destroyed an impressive about of real estate too.
Spielberg’s connection to Transformers goes all the way back to the first live-action movie. His Amblin Entertainment describes him as one of the producers behind the 2007 film, with Bay directing Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Jon Voight and John Turturro. Bay directed the first five live-action movies before stepping away after The Last Knight. Travis Knight took over for Bumblebee, while Steven Caple Jr. directed Rise of the Beasts. Bay stayed involved as a producer, as did Spielberg.
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
The live-action Transformers franchise has been a huge success for Paramount, even if critics haven’t always been along for the ride. The seven movies released between 2007 and 2023 have earned more than $5.2 billion worldwide, with Michael Bay’s first five films accounting for the vast majority of that total. The high point came with Transformers: Dark of the Moon and Age of Extinction, which both sailed past $1.1 billion globally. Bay’s The Last Knight marked a downturn in 2017, earning $605 million against a massive budget, while Bumblebee followed with $468 million. The most recent live-action installment, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, made around $439 million worldwide in 2023.
The new Transformers movie does not yet have an official release date.
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