Paramount and Hasbro have found their writer for the next live-action Transformers movie. Jason Fuchs, best known for HBO’s Welcome to Derry, has been hired to pen the untitled film, with plot details being kept under wraps for now.
Fuchs is a strong choice to steer the franchise back into theaters. As a screenwriter, his films have grossed more than $1.9 billion at the global box office, with credits that include Wonder Woman, Pan, Ice Age: Continental Drift, and the spy comedy Argylle. He most recently co-created, co-showran, and executive produced the Welcome to Derry series, and he is currently writing a live-action My Hero Academia adaptation for Netflix and Legendary. He also has a deeper Transformers connection through Michael Bay, having once written a Lobo script that Bay was attached to direct. Fuchs has also just launched his own company, Five Ten Productions.
The producing lineup carries serious franchise weight. Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Mark Vahradian, Michael Bay, Tom DeSanto, and Don Murphy are all producing, with Steven Spielberg and Hasbro Entertainment executive producing.
This is one of several Transformers projects moving forward at once. Jurassic World writer Derek Connolly is separately writing the Transformers and G.I. Joe crossover movie, and Paramount is pushing the property back into live-action with more sequels beyond just the Fuchs film. That follows 2024’s animated Transformers One, which took the franchise in a different direction.
The new movie continues the story set up in 2023’s Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, which ended with Anthony Ramos’ Noah Diaz being recruited by G.I. Joe in a post-credits scene. Rise of the Beasts also brought the Beast Wars characters to the big screen, introduced the villain Unicron, and planted the seeds for that G.I. Joe link, giving Fuchs plenty of open threads to build from.
The franchise heads into this next chapter looking to rebuild momentum. Rise of the Beasts grossed $429 million worldwide, while Transformers One earned $128.7 million, the lowest total in the franchise’s history. Hiring a writer of Fuchs’ track record is Paramount’s clearest signal yet that it wants the Autobots and Decepticons back in the cultural conversation.
Sources:TheWrap, ScreenRant, ComicBook.com
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