Entertainment in Brief

Michael Bay will be back for more Transformers. He tells Rolling Stone he will direct a fifth movie in the popular franchise, though he maintains, "[T]his is the last one. I have to pass the reins to someone else." The most recent Transformers film, Age of Extinction, was released in 2014. Bay's latest movie, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, is out next week...

Ellen DeGeneres is staying on daytime TV for at least a few more years. The Ellen DeGeneres Show has been renewed by NBC-owned TV stations, in cooperation with Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, through the summer of 2020. The future isn't as bright for Meredith Vieira -- her daytime program reportedly will end after two seasons this May, it was announced in a statement obtained by Variety...

Louis C.K. is bringing a new project to FX. He and Albert Brooks are collaborating on an animated comedy pilot which they'll write and lend their voices to, Deadline reports. No word yet on a premise. FX currently airs C.K.'s comedy Louie...

Timed to air during ABC's debut of The Bachelor Monday night, 20th Century Fox unveiled another cheeky TV spot for its upcoming R-rated action-comedy Deadpool. "You're probably thinking, 'My boyfriend said this is a superhero movie!'" says Ryan Reynolds, holding a rose while lounging in his character's head-to-toe red and black bodysuit. "Well, surprise: this is actually -- lucky you -- a love story," adding, "When your worst enemy is after your best girl, it's time to be a superhero." For her part, Morena Baccarin, who plays Deadpool's aforementioned squeeze, says, "I've played a lot of roles -- damsel in distress isn't one of them." The movie opens February 12...

Victoria Justice and Liv & Maddie actor Ryan McCartan have been cast in Fox's upcoming production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Justice will play Janet Weiss, and McCartan will play Brad Majors. As previously announced, Laverne Cox will star as Frank-N-Furter in the new version of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which will shoot this winter and air next fall...

Love, a new comedy series from Judd Apatow, will premiere February 19 on Netflix. The show's official description: "When a jaded Angeleno meets a nerdy guy, they may figure out this 'love' thing." Netflix released a teaser on Monday...

The fifth-season premiere of the Zooey Deschanel comedy New Girl airs Tuesday night at 8 p.m. Eastern time on Fox...