Deadline reports sources say Paramount has brought Steven Spielberg back to focus on “all creative aspects” of the next live-action Transformers film alongside longtime producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, putting him in a role similar to the one he held during the franchise’s early years. Deadline first reported that sourcing, and a later Deadline post repeated the same report.
Other supplied coverage describes the movie as the eighth live-action Transformers installment. Variety referred to it as an eighth film in the works, and Entertainment Weekly called it the eighth entry in the franchise.
As for what “returning” means here, supplied summaries citing Deadline say Spielberg held a similar creative role on the first two Transformers films. DiscussingFilm described him as having had that role on the first two movies, and CinemaWireNews repeated the same comparison while citing Deadline.
Bay is part of the report too, but with a different level of certainty. Deadline said Bay is in early talks to return as director. Separately, The Cinesthetic, citing Page Six, noted that Bay directed the franchise’s first five films beginning with 2007’s Transformers. Based on the supplied evidence, Spielberg’s reported creative role is the clearest development here; Bay’s involvement remains a talks-stage possibility.
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