10 Directors Who Could Take Over Transformers From Michael Bay

10. Dan Trachtenberg

Dan Trachtenberg is a relatively new face on the movie scene, but in that small amount of time he's shown he has exactly the right kind of talent to direct a large-scale science fiction film.

Most will have first come to know Trachtenberg for his fan film Portal: No Escape, which was an effective demonstration for how the mechanics of Portal could be translated to film but also of Trachtenberg's directorial skill. He soon followed that up by directing 10 Cloverfield Lane, which showcased his talent for small-scale sci-fi but with a climax that promised he could deliver large-scale too, and most recently he helmed the "Playtest" episode of the third season of Black Mirror.

All of Trachtenberg's work has shown an affinity for speculative sci-fi, and to see an element of that brought to a series lacking in that kind of depth like Transformers would be an interesting prospect.

It would be a test for the director to enlargen the scale of his vision and make something as consistently grand as the third act of 10 Cloverfield Lane, but equally he could bring something more scaled-down and streamlined than the overblown bombast Bay has kept the franchise stuck in.

However he would decide to handle it, a pair of fresh eyes like Trachtenberg would certainly bring something different to the table.