>>106659478Its Hasbro realizing they have a hit, and putting out feelers into the memetwork to guage consumer reaction to all their options.
Or some studio guys who didn’tknow talking out their ass because nobody would care that they did it and the media taking them at their word because they’d be the guys announcing it if it was true.
Currently, Bayverse gets one final movie but it abandons the plot hook of TLK. Then Bumblebee reboot universe, likely still in the 80’s because the actress was kept on.