Michael Bay has suggested he will not be at the helm for the next Transformers film - the fifth in the franchise.

Speaking to USA Today, the helmsman revealed he could step down from the director’s chair, saying: “There’s kind of a new chapter, a new direction in movies I want to make.

“I have a lot of stories to tell. And it’s about flexing new muscles.”

[related]Bay has directed all four of the films so far, including the massively successful fourth movie, Transformers: Age Of Extinction, which featured a new lead in Mark Wahlberg.

The director - who was also behind the camera for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot - said back in April that he considered the fourth instalment the first in a new trilogy.

So far there is no word on who might direct Transformers 5.