The live action Transformers film series has received negative to mixed reception, except for Bumblebee, which received positive reviews. The series has been distributed by Paramount Pictures, and DreamWorks Pictures worked on the first two films. A sixth film Bumblebee, directed by Travis Knight, was released in 2018, while a seventh film, Rise of the Beasts, directed by Steven Caple Jr. Michael Bay directed the first five live action films: Transformers (2007), Revenge of the Fallen (2009), Dark of the Moon (2011), Age of Extinction (2014), and The Last Knight (2017), and has served as a producer for subsequent films. Transformers is a series of science fiction action films based on the Transformers franchise of the 1980s.
