Vari­ety are report­ing that Para­mount Pic­tures and Dream­works  are plan­ning to release the Trans­form­ers sequel on June 26th 2009, though this may of course be sub­ject to change — espe­cially with the writer’s strike dilemma.

The arti­cle also spec­u­lates that Michael Bay will return to direct — he is in the final stages of nego­ti­a­tion. There are also high expec­ta­tions con­cern­ing Spielberg’s involve­ment with the sequel, espe­cially con­sid­er­ing his close work with the project and his ongo­ing work­ing rela­tion­ship with Shia LaBeouf (see Indi­ana Jones 4).