'Transformers 5' Spoilers: Mark Wahlberg Confirms Michael Bay Directing 'Age of Extinction' Sequel? [VIDEO]

By Aisha Reese

Mark Wahlberg strongly hinted at the fact that Michael Bay will be coming back to direct Transformers 5 in a recent interview with Collider.

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Wahlberg was specifically asked if he had any details on the development of the film. The actor stated that he didn't know much, but inadvertently slipped that Bay is very much on board, despite all the rumors about him ditching the franchise that had been swirling about.

"I don't. Just that Akiva [Goldsman] and those guys are starting to write and break stories, and stuff like that," he said. "But [Michael] Bay is in Malta shooting Benghazi, and I'm in New Orleans shooting Deepwater. We'll get together when he gets back."

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The interviewer asked Wahlberg if he was certain that Bay would finally direct it, to which Wahlberg responded in the affirmative.

In a previous interview Wahlberg had confirmed that he will be returning for the sequel of Age of Extinction as Cade Yaeger. There has been no confirmation about the other actors, Nicola Peltz and Jack Reynor, coming back.

Meanwhile, the writers team for the Transformers 5 and its sequels has been expanding and the producers have enlisted some heavyweights.

The team will be led by Goldsman, and features Christina Hodson (The Fugitive), Lindsey Beer (Dig), Zak Penn (The Incredible Hulk), Jeff Pinker (Lost), Art Marcum and Matt Holloway (Iron Man), Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead), Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari (Ant-Man), Ken Nolan (Black Hawk Down) and Geneva Robertson-Dworet.