Michael Bay and Mark Wahlberg Return

One thing that hasn’t changed since the first film in 2007 is its director; Michael Bay will once again be at the helm of the inspired-by-toys franchise. The creative driving force behind the Transformers movies looked to be moving away from the robots series early on, but was pulled back eventually for at least one more film. He even announced it in the most Michael Bay quote ever: “I'm doing Transformers"¦5 is it?”

Bay has convinced Mark Wahlberg to return for a sequel, despite the actor’s previously saying he doesn’t do sequels. After their collaboration in Pain & Gain, Wahlberg got the lead role for Age of Extinction, which he explained to the media isn’t a sequel for him, saying he “thought of it more as a stand-alone thing. I've never done a sequel.”

But then he did a sequel for Ted and now he’s back in Transformers. It’s still uncertain what exactly his character, Texan inventor Cade Yeager, will be doing in the fifth film, but he certainly won’t be the lead, as that role will go to a new cast member.