An upcoming Transformers movie will not be another installment in the live-action Micheal Bay series. Instead, it will be a new animated title produced by Paramount Pictures and Hasbro's eOne entertainment studio.
The film will reportedly be a prequel, one that takes place on Cybertron instead of Earth. It will still see Optimus Prime as the main character, however, and will revolve around his relationship with his arch-nemesis, Megatron.
Paramount and Hasbro have hired Josh Cooley to helm the project as its director. Cooley made a directorial name for himself with Toy Story 4, for which he won his second Oscar. He earned his first for penning the script of Inside Out.
That said, Cooley won't be writing the script for this upcoming Transformers movie. For that, Paramount and Hasbro have instead hired Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari — the two writers behind Ant-Man and the Wasp.
Since the coronavirus cost them so much money, Paramount and Hasbro have apparently fast-tracked the film, the idea being that it's easier to produce and release a big animated picture under the rules of social distancing than a live-action title. Despite this, however, the movie is still in the early stages of development and thus does not have a release date or voice cast attached yet.
Source: Deadline