Color this writer far from shocked.

Vulture is reporting that Michael Bay is in talks to come back and helm the fourth film in the Transformers franchise.

The outlet reports that the film will shoot following Bay’s next film, Pain And Gain, and that star Shia LaBeouf is likely to skip out on this project. Furthermore, the fifth film will likely shoot following the next one, but that has yet to be confirmed by anyone involved.

The project is set to get going likely next winter, so expect a lot of news on this project soon as Bay is almost confirmed for the project, those he wrote on his official site that he was still undecided.

Personally, while I’d like to see a fresh face take on this franchise, the series is only getting better (save for the weird drop in quality that was the second film), so hopefully this one could be the action film we’ve all been hoping for. Stranger things have happened, right?

[Source: Vulture via ComingSoon]