In just 20 minutes, Steven Caple Jr set the world ablaze in an interview with Deadline. You can listen to it below, it is well worth the listen for any Transformers fan, but we will also discuss some key points.
We'll start with the big one since that's what everyone wants to know, it looks like there will indeed be a next film. Not only that, but Steven, the director of Rise of the Beasts, is in talks to direct it and he wants it to pick up on the big GI Joe tease. What's clear is that his vision is to fulfill the what was promised at the end of the movie with a crossover film. What is not clear is if that would replace a Transformers sequel that was said to be part of a "Unicron Trilogy" or if the next Transformers film is indeed that crossover.
He also says that he had 2 drafts of the "GI Joe" reveal scene. As many pointed out, the scene with the beaurocrat made it look a lot like Sector 7 was recruiting Noah, rather than GI Joe. Well, the scene was filmed in a way that it could be both and both versions (with either a Sector 7 reveal of a GI Joe reveal) were shown to test audiences. Obviously, you know which route they went with in the end, but this does explain a lot. It also further highlights that Paramount/Hasbro are not letting go of any aspect of the previous Bay movies which are always an option for returning.
There is a really good segment on Michael Bay, who did talk to Steven about what to look out for in the film. Fans will get a kick out of this, but Bay warned Steven of including emotional or character moments with the robots and just focus on action. This is due to the CG cost being so high regardless of what is happening, so it should be saved for big action moments, rather than reaction shots. Now that explains A LOT about Bay's films.
You can hear the talk at the following link:
https://deadline.com/2023/06/transforme ... 235415042/
