På trods af at ’Transformers’ franchisen lider af dårlig kritik, ja så tjener filmene stadig penge. Det gjorde spin-off historien ’Bumblebee’ også, og som modtog den indtil videre bedste bunke af anmeldelser samlet set. Men selvom ’Bumblebee’ var et slags ”reboot” af franchisen, så er man ikke parat til at ødelægge det narrativ som Michael Bay i gennem fem film har sat op. Ikke hvis man spørger filmseriens producer Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, der har været med fra start af. Til det japanske filmmedie Cinema (via Movieweb) udtalte han således:
“We are already working on two projects and both have scripts under development. One is the latest in the main family series following the events of Transformers: The Last Knight and the other is a sequel to Bumblebee. So, we are thinking of films where Optimus Prime and Bumblebee will be the buddies, but when Optimus and Bumblebee are the movies of the protagonists … how human beings get involved in their drama In the first place, the size is different between human beings and theirs …. It’s a worrying point (laughs).”
Fans af de første fem film var noget utilfreds over spin-off filmen, da den efter deres mening indeholdt for lidt action. Denne klage vil Boneventura gerne tage til efterretning, når det kommer til ’Transformers 6’. Til filmsitet Collider udtaler han:
“Several lessons have come out of this [Bumblebee]. One is that we have the freedom to tell almost any story. The other is that, how strongly the audience identified with the strength of character and emotion. I know the next Transformer, our attempt anyway, is to sort of do a fusion of Bumblebee and the Bay movies…a little more Bayhem. And a little bit more of the character falling in love within the emotional dynamic of the movie. One of the things I want to do – and I hope we pull it off – is, we did it with Bumblebee because he’s so cute and he’s so accessible, but he can’t talk. I think the more human we can make these characters, the more people are going to like them.”
Det lader til, at selvom Michael Bay ikke længere instruere den næste film i række, ja så vil hans ånd i den grad leve videre. Så gør dig klar til mere smadder, hvis du ellers er fan.