Steven Spielberg to Oversee ‘Transformers’ Franchise With Eighth Movie in the Works at Paramount Pictures

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Steven Spielberg has taken on the task of helming the “Transformers” franchise amid development on Paramount Pictures’ eighth movie based on the IP.

He will serve as an executive producer on “Transformers 8,” as he has on previous “Transformers” films, but also oversee all creative aspects of the live-action film working alongside Lorenzo di Bonaventura, insiders tell Variety. The intention is for Spielberg and di Bonaventura to produce a film with a similar tone to the earlier “Transformers” movies, which Spielberg had more involvement with.

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