Michael Bay in Talks to Direct Next Transformers Film, Steven Spielberg Returning as Key Creative Producer

Michael Bay is reportedly in early conversations to direct the next Transformers movie following a successful meeting with Steven Spielberg, who is returning to produce the new installment.

Deadline reports that Spielberg has been appointed to "focus on all creative aspects" as a producer of the next live-action Transformers film, a role that he held on the first two Bay-directed films. As a result, Spielberg will spearhead the creative direction of the next film with the help of long-time producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura. Paramount has been courting Spielberg for a year to help lead the next Transformers film, and he finally agreed to do so after reading a script from Jason Fuchs, a writer who has contributed to the It films and Wonder Woman. Plot details are under wraps, but it's expected to be set in the modern day.

Paramount also courted Michael Bay for the last year, and he entered conversations to come aboard as director last week after …