10 Directors Who Could Take Over Transformers From Michael Bay

Matt Reeves already showed he could handle giant creatures causing havoc back when he directed Cloverfield in 2008, and from there he has proven to be one of the best in modern genre cinema.

His work on the Planet of the Apes movies has shown an exemplary mixture of entertaining blockbuster action and thoughtful commentary on humanity's relationship with the other, and though Let Me In may ultimately be inferior to its Swedish ancestor Let The Right One In it's still an effective horror film in its own right. Not exactly the career path you'd expect of the co-creator of Felicity.

Now Reeves is a long shot choice for Transformers 6 since he's currently busy preparing for a little movie called The Batman, but who's to say he couldn't take on a later instalment or one of the spin-offs? Regardless of when and how, Reeves' talents are perfectly attuned to righting the ship of Transformers. If he can make gripping and relatable characters out of apes, he could certainly do the same for giant robots.

He could bring in some genuine moral conflict between both the Autobots and Decepticons, as well as between humanity and Transformers in general. If there's anyone who can figure out how to mine some sympathy from the likes of Megatron, Matt Reeves is probably the guy.