--- description: Which he also said about Transformers 3 and Transformers 4 title: Michael Bay Claims 'Transformers 5' Will Be His 'Last One' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta9bf9738e3d1efd9/6988778b196cf40791039af7/gettyimages-494302092.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Michael Bay Claims _Transformers 5_ Will Be His 'Last One'  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jan 5, 2016 2:24 PM CUT  Director Michael Bay attends the 4th Annual Australians In Film Awards, Benefit Dinner and Gala at The InterContinental Hotel on October 25, 2015 in Century City, California. Director Michael Bay attends the 4th Annual Australians In Film Awards, Benefit Dinner and Gala at The InterContinental Hotel on October 25, 2015 in Century City, California.Paul Archuleta—FilmMagic  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jan 5, 2016 2:24 PM CUT Those Autobots just keep pulling him back in. Michael Bay confirmed that he will return for _Transformers 5_ despite claiming that he would never revisit the franchise. “I’m doing _Transformers …_ 5, is it?” he said in an [interview](http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/features/13-hours-can-michael-bay-pull-off-a-gritty-movie-about-benghazi-20160104?page=5 "undefined") with _Rolling Stone._ “_Transformers,_ I still have a great time. It’s fun to do a movie that 100 million people will see. But this is the last one. I have to pass the reins to someone else.” He added: “\[I\]t’s time to move on. One more.” Take Bay’s word with a healthy dose of skepticism. The director claimed to be finished with the blockbuster series after the third film, _Transformers: Dark of the Moon_, and the fourth film, _Transformers: Age of Extinction._ And yet he’s back in the directors’ chair for a fifth installment, with Mark Wahlberg returning as his star. Bay is branching out though: His gritty film _13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi_ about the security team that defended the U.S. consulate in Libya hits theaters on Jan. 15. \[[_Rolling Stone_](http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/features/13-hours-can-michael-bay-pull-off-a-gritty-movie-about-benghazi-20160104?page=5 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4167428/michael-bay-transformers-5-last-one/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4167428/michael-bay-transformers-5-last-one/"},"headline":"Michael Bay Claims Transformers 5 Will Be His 'Last One'","datePublished":"2016-01-05T14:24:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:46:44.476Z","description":"Which he also said about Transformers 3 and Transformers 4","url":"https://time.com/4167428/michael-bay-transformers-5-last-one/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta9bf9738e3d1efd9/6988778b196cf40791039af7/gettyimages-494302092.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta9bf9738e3d1efd9/6988778b196cf40791039af7/gettyimages-494302092.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"4th Annual Australians In Film - Awards Benefit Dinner And Gala - Arrivals","caption":"4th Annual Australians In Film - Awards Benefit Dinner And Gala - Arrivals","creditText":"Paul Archuleta—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4167428/michael-bay-transformers-5-last-one/","name":"Michael Bay Claims Transformers 5 Will Be His 'Last One'"}}]}] ```