Steven Caple Jr. In Talks To Helm Another ‘Transformers’; ‘Rise Of The Beasts’ Filmmaker On Reviving Franchise & That Cliffhanger – Crew Call Podcast
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: After the Transformers was gearing down, filmmaker Steven Caple Jr. was able to put gas back into the tank of the storied Paramount Hasbro movie franchise with Rise of the Beasts this weekend which opened to $171M worldwide, stealing the crown from Sony Animation’s strong Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
On today’s episode of Crew Call, Caple Jr. tells us he’s in talks for another Transformers sequel — and much of that involves that cliffhanger scene between Anthony Ramos and Michael Kelly.
There’s actually a comic-book that pertains to that potential future movie. Caple Jr. snuck that moment in the Beasts script, and hopefully that story comes to fruition.
Listen on. We also chat with Caple Jr. about making a sequel for a more diverse audience — a conceit that wasn’t in the script when he boarded.
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