Steven Spielberg has taken on the task of helming the “Transformers” franchise amid development on Paramount Pictures’ eighth movie based on the IP.
\n\nHe will serve as an executive producer on “Transformers 8,” as he has on previous “Transformers” films, but also oversee all creative aspects of the live-action film working alongside Lorenzo di Bonaventura, insiders tell Variety. The intention is for Spielberg and di Bonaventura to produce a film with a similar tone to the earlier “Transformers” movies, which Spielberg had more involvement with.
\n\nNo director has been announced for the eighth film in the franchise and it is currently unknown what role longtime “Transformers” filmmaker Michael Bay might serve on the project.
\n\nFormer “Transformers” franchise star Shia LaBeouf will not return, though talks regarding other casting are still in the early stages. Other conversations about cast are premature.
\n\nSpielberg was one of the first meetings Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein took as newly-minted studio heads following the Paramount Skydance merger and the deal for Spielberg to return to the film franchise, which has grossed more than $5.4 billion in global box office revenue, alongside di Bonaventura has now come together. Spielberg collaborated on the first two “Transformers” films…
Original source: https://variety.com/