Explosive director Michael Bay is planning to let another director take the reigns of Transformers 5 after revealing he has “a lot of stories to tell.”

As Transformers: Age of Extinction crosses the $1 billion dollar mark at the worldwide box office, director Michael Bay has revealed that he’s ready to let go of the franchise and let another director take his place for Transformers 5.

After Transformers: Age of Extinction broke multiple box office records, it’s almost ironic that the director who has been quoted as loving this franchise is deciding to leave it behind. Despite dreadful reviews, Transformers‘ fourth outing at the theater looks to be the highest grossing movie of 2014.

During an article about his latest film, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Bay revealed that he’s not currently planning to direct Transformers 5. He was a producer on TMNT and the film ended up pulling in over $65 million this weekend and had a sequel confirmed just days later.

In the report from USA Today, Michael Bay says, “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.” He’s reportedly working on an elephant poaching documentary, which is said to be a passion project for the director.

During Transformers 4’s press rounds, the director revealed that he didn’t know if he’d return to direct a fifth Transformers, and he seemed to wonder where else he could take the franchise.

Speaking with Collider, the director said, “They are so fucking hard to make. They’re hard. 4,000 people worked on [Age of Extinction], and it’s every day for two years, seven days a week… How long can you do Transformers, you know what I’m saying? And after you see this movie, you think, ‘Well what the hell am I going to do next?’”

The director seems like he may be ready to test some new waters, but he’s so involved with his current franchises that we’re curious how he’ll make time for passion projects.

We’d actually like to see Michael Bay move on from Transformers, as his 2013 film Pain and Gain, also starring Mark Wahlberg, was a nice departure from his previous films.

Fans either love Bay’s films or despise them, so we’d be interested to see who he would bring in to replace him for Transformers 5. He’s very passionate about the project, but we imagine breathing any new life into the series would be worth the change.

Let us know if you think a new director could bring new life to the Transformers’ franchise and who you’d like to see take over the directing chair.