Transformers Reboot In The Works With Two Separate Movies
By Emily Bell
James Vanderbilt (yes, of the 19th century gilt family) has a nice balance of producing and writing credits to his name, and there's a definite genre theme throughout all of his projects: horror. Zodiac, Slender Man, the 2018 remake of Suspiria – Vanderbilt definitely has a natural inclination to the dark and upsetting. On the flip side, he also wrote and produced for both of Sony's Amazing Spider-Man films starring Andrew Garfield, so Vanderbilt has certainly been around the superheroic blockbuster neighborhood before.
If Vanderbilt is meant to bring to the Transformers franchise the suspense, then Joby Harold is definitely meant to bring the action. He's done more production work than screenplay writing, but that doesn't mean this is his first time putting pen to paper. Harold's major production credits are for big-scale punch-and-shoot-em-ups like The Edge of Tomorrow, Robin Hood, and, as a particular jewel in his CV, John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum.
Both men have some highs and lows in their filmographies, but the good stuff is very strong indeed. Each are apparently working on separate films, so while we might expect Harold's script to hew closer to what we're used to seeing out of the Transformers franchise with big, sweeping action, what exactly does Vanderbilt's entail? Is a more dark, cerebral Transformers on the distant horizon? The Transformers as a race are on the brink of extinction after a centuries-long war — but we've never gotten to really see that war on the big screen, and this screenwriter's potential certainly begs for it.
