Paramount Pictures, Michael Bay and Lorenzo di Bonaventura are bringing on Akiva Goldsman to help expand the “Transformers” cinematic universe.

Deadline reports Goldsman would not be writing but assembling and overseeing a “writers room” to hatch an idea for how to tackle a two-part sequel in the film’s franchise in addition to potential spinoffs. Goldsman would likely join Bay, di Bonaventura and Steven Spielberg as producers.

It’s unknown if Bay will return to directing duties. He is currently in pre-production on his Benghazi thriller “13 Hours.”

The franchise is a huge priority for the studio with the most recent pic “Transformers: Age of Extinction” crossing the $1 billion worldwide box officer marker last year, making it the third film in the franchise to pass that milestone.

Goldsman isn’t a stranger to shaping box-office juggernauts having helped with tentpoles such as “I Am Legend,” “The Da Vinci Code” and most recently “Insurgent.”

He is repped by WME.

According to Deadline, The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman has signed on to help shape the future of the Transformers movie franchise. Back in March, Paramount Pictures unveiled plans to follow Disney and Warner Bros. into the territory of interconnected blockbuster universes, and plans to do it with their own toy-centric transplant to big screen cinema: Transformers.

Updates on the upcoming installment of the "Transformers" franchise reveal that it is currently between two directions as of the moment.

Mark Ryan spoke about the project during the "Wings and Wheel" convention in the United Kingdom. He explained that the film is undergoing dual directions. He said that the first will focus on Cade and Co. With that, fans predicted that "Transformers 5" will be centered around having the Autobots on earth. The franchise plans to reinvent the brand of the movie adaptations to focus more on the transformers, as opposed to the human character present.

The most previous installment titled "Transformers: Age of Extinction" featured Mark Wahlberg, instead of Shia Lebouf. Furthermore, Megan Fox was not also present. The movie features Nicole Peltz, as the daughter of Wahlberg's character. Fans also wondered about the future of the franchise after director Michael Bay left the project. However, it was reported by Collider that Paramount has gathered a stellar team led by Akiva Goldsman to work on the project. He will be joined by Zak Penn of "The Incredible Hulk," Jeff Pinker from "Lost," Art Marcum and Matt Holloway from "Iron Man," creator of "The Walking Dead" Robert Kirkman, Christina Hodson, Andrew Barrer, and Gabriel Ferrari of "Ant Man;" writers Lindsey Beer and Ken Nolan; and Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Steven S. DeKnight from the "Daredevil" TV series.


However, there are also rumors that hinted at the return of Michael Bay. During an interview with Collider a few months ago, Wahlberg replied, "Yes," when asked if he thinks Michael Bay will be returning to the franchise to direct the film. It was also reported that producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura mentioned the possible crossover with "G.I. Joe." This was speculated since there is currently an ongoing comic book series called "Transformers vs. G.I. Joe." Bonaventura stated, "I think later on that's a possibility but I don't think in the near future... It's not something we talk about either. There's a lot more story to be told in both cases. If at some moment we all think 'You know what? It's time to bring the two of them together' we'll do that, but I think they're strong enough to exist on their own."

Transformers 5 is expected to premiere in 2017.

"You're going to see a new Transformers movie coming from Hasbro and Paramount and Michael Bay and our other partners," Stephen J. Davis, President of Hasbro Studios and Entertainment and Licensing for Hasbro, told the audience at MIPJunior 2015. "In fact, we just finished -- as some of you may have read -- an incredible experience. We decided we wanted to plot out the next 10 years of the Transformers franchise, so we got together in a 3 month period of time...nine of some of the most creative writers I have ever worked with -- shepherded by Akiva Goldsman, who many of you may know won an Academy Award for A Beautiful Mind, and written a bunch of great movies. And they plotted out the next ten years of Transformers. Similarly we are doing the same in television and digital. So stay tuned Transformers 5 is on its way. ...And 6 and 7 and 8."