Last week, writer-producerAkiva Goldsmanrevealed details about theTransformers writers roomhe is leading at Paramount, with his team officially starting work on franchise sequels and spinoffs today on the studio lot. We now have word that theTransformersbrain trust has added their final writer,Marvel’s DaredevilshowrunnerSteven S. DeKnight. It is believed that the first task for this group is to hatch a story forTransformers 5, which directorMichael Baywill shoot after he wraps on his true story Benghazi drama13 Hours.
Steven S. DeKnightjoinsRobert Kirkman(The Walking Dead),Art Marcum&Matt Holloway(Iron Man),Zak Penn(Pacific Rim 2),Jeff Pinkner(The Amazing Spider-Man 2),Andrew BarrerandGabriel Ferrari(Ant-Man),Christina Hodson,Lindsey Beer,Ken NolanandGeneva Robertson-Dorsett. All of these scribes will delve through the entireTransformersmythology laid out in the toys, the early TV shows and merchandise to come up with ideas for sequels or spinoffs. Each writer will come up with a treatment, and, pending approval from the studio,Akiva Goldsman, Hasbro’sBrian Goldner,Michael Bay, and producersLorenzo di Bonaventuraand Mark Vahradian, the writer will get the first crack to write the script.
There have been rumors that one of the projects being developed is an origin story set on the Autobots and Decepitcons' home planet of Cybertron and a revival of the animated series Beast Wars: Transformers, but that has not been confirmed. No details were given regardingTransformers 5, and it isn’t known ifTransformers: Age of ExtinctionstarsMark Wahlberg,Nicola PeltzandJack Reynorwill be back for the sequel. Aside from serving as showrunner on Netflix’sMarvel’s Daredevil,Steven S. DeKnightcreated Starz’s hitSpartacusTV series. He also wrote for and produced a number of shows such asBuffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel,SmallvilleandDollhouse.
