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Director Tapped For Next Transformers Spin-Off

March 26, 2021 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas

The Transformers franchise has a new film on the docket, with Angel Manuel Soto set to direct. THR reports that Soto, who is directing Blue Beetle for DC Films, will helm the new film on the blockbuster Paramount franchise. He will be directing from a script by Marco Ramirez (The Twilight Zone) and will plot details are being kept quiet, it is said to be a different story from the mainline franchise.

This would be the second Transformers film to divert from the main storyline. Bumblebee served as a prequel in 2018 to the main franchise and was the best-reviewed film in the series to date. A sequel to that film is also in the works with Joby Harold having written the script and Steve Caple Jr. (Creed II) directing. There is also an animated prequel set on Cybertron to be directed by Josh Cooley (Toy Story 4).

The Soto-directed spin-off is still in early development, with Paramount making a blind script commitment to the film.