According to various press outlets, the news on the digital street is that Michael Bay is in negotiations to direct another Transformers franchise movie.
And that’s movie news that Transformers fans are loving to hear.
We all know that Michael Bay was saying that Transformers: Dark of the Moon was his last foray into the digital world of Optimus Prime. And from all appearances, considering all the death and destruction he handed out in Dark of the Moon, he definitely came at it as if he was done with the franchise. And he hit us with some surprises with a few character “developments.”
I was convinced he was done. But millions and billions can sway one’s perspective. Even, I’m guessing, Michael Bay’s.
But what the media has indicated, is that their inside sources say that Bay is in negotiations.
But we also know that Bay was looking forward to something less technical than a CGI populated movie of huge alien robots.
Cue in his next project, titled Pain and Gain. Though even that movie has not sealed any deals with Bay yet.
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For certain things, I’m pretty lucky to be a fan of both sci-fi movies and NASCAR. In this case, something was triggered in my brain!
The other night my family came by for Thanksgiving and we popped in Transformers: Dark of the Moon in for the kids. And just last week, Tony Stewart won the 2011 Sprint Cup championship. And I’m wondering if Michael Bay wasn’t some kind of lucky charm for Tony Stewart? you’re probably wondering exactly how the heck I just connected the two?
Check it out:
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Only Michael Bay Said He was Done With Transformers!
For the last few years we know that Michael Bay has said that he was only working on a trilogy of films for the Transformers movie franchise that he kicked back into the limelight.
For fans of the franchise, it was a bit a dreary piece of news that he would only make three movies. He pulled the franchise out of the past and into mainframe CGI and 3D movies. And despite hard-core movie critics having field days with the franchise, movie fans spoke volumes with their money.
Transformers: ($709M); Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen ($836M); Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon ($1.11B). (Worldwide gross #’s)
And for Hasbro’s bucket of money, TF1 helped pull in over $400M in sales, TF2: $600M. Transformers 3 has helped boost 3rd quarter profits to $171M so far.
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TRANSFORMERS products on Amazon
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With how well the rerelease of The Lion King did in 3D over this last month in the movie theater, I had said previously it will only be a matter of time.
The Lion King on Amazon
As it is, I’ve heard-tell that Top Gun is coming back to theaters in 3D and I’ve seen some folk say that this particular movie lends itself nicely to 3D. (But I don’t know if they’re bribed studio shills or really fans of…)
But back when conjectured about the potential wave of new 3D movies being rereleases, I just didn’t realize how little time it would be before the onslaught.
Right now the plans are on the table from Disney to rerelease more animated features in 3D for public consumption.
Those 3D rereleases include Beauty and the Beast, Finding Nemo, Monsters, Inc. and The Little Mermaid in movie theaters nationwide.
The release dates for these movies are as follows:
· Beauty and the Beast – January 13, 2012
· Disney•Pixar’s Finding Nemo – September 14, 2012
· Disney•Pixar’s Monsters, Inc. – January 18, 2013
· Disney•Pixar’s Monsters University – June 21, 2013*
· The Little Mermaid – September 13, 2013
* Monsters University is the prequel to Monsters, Inc.
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If you haven’t noticed, the web is starting to go crazy with their favorite fixation, and that’s trashing on Michael Bay and on his Transformers: Dark of the Moon movie (AKA Transformers 3 or TF3).
As far as I can tell the fans of the Transformers 3 movie either don’t mind, didn’t notice or don’t care. But the critics of everything Michael Bay need something to keep themselves busy and are jumping all over this new bit about a re-used scene from The Island that was injected in Transformers 3 where the car chase scene with the black SVU’s were going after Sentinel Prime.
Apparently Bay has done this before in other scenes in other movies but right now this is being picked up and folks are running with this pretty fast.
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This week we have one of the more anticipated new movies coming out this summer, Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
TRANSFORMERS 3: DARK OF THE MOON cast ensemble
Transformers 3 was originally slated for a July 1st opening, but then they moved the date up to the 29th of June. After that, they recently inched the opening night up to 9p.m. the 28th in IMAX and 3D showings. I caught it last night and I think Transformers fans will help it rock the box office for this holiday weekend. You can check out my movie review of Transformers 3 to see my take on this fun summer film.
Other movies daring to open at the box office along with Michael Bay‘s Transformers is Larry Crowne, Monte Carlo, The Perfect Host, & Terri.
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Larry Crowne from Universal Pictures stars Tom Hanks & Julia Roberts about a middle-aged man going back to school to reinvent himself!
It’s directed (and co-written and co-produced) by the man himself, Tom Hanks. Need I say more? It’s a romantic comedy that may not squash the giant alien robots movie, but will be a nice option for those who aren’t interested in the other genre.
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This is a spoiler-free movie review from Bruce Simmons of Transformers: Dark of the Moon, aka Transformers 3 or TF3. This is a working man’s movie review where I don’t get special invites to sets or early screenings. I go to the theater with you. I experience it with you.
With that said…
This third installment of the Transformers film franchise was directed by Michael Bay and starred Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Josh Duhamel, John Turturro, Tyrese Gibson, Patrick Dempsey, Frances McDormand, Alan Tudyk, John Malkovich and a cadre of old and new faces in the rest of the cast. It’s distributed by Paramount Pictures.
I watched it in 3D in XD large format at my local Century 20 movie theater. It clocks in at 2 hours and 27 minutes, but it didn’t feel like it.
Initial Thoughts:
Transformers 3 was a well thought out Transformers story from both the human and robot sides of the movie. It felt like the franchise had matured to this point in time. Points in the movie were pulled from the history of the franchise and expounded upon. There was back-story to help present this movie and other details that didn’t seem to contradict anything from the previous two movies. Plus, I think dads will love taking the kids to see the movie (I’ll explain later) and the spots of humor injected into the story-line are well placed and not over done. I think Kids will love it .I think fans of the franchise will really enjoy it.
Paramount Pictures and the gang headed out to the Moscow Int Film Festival yesterday at the Pushkinsky Theatre for the Global Premiere of Transformers: Dark of the Moon. (AKA, Transformers 3)
Michael Bay
The talent that appeared at the global premiere included the man himself, Michael Bay plus cast members Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Shia LaBeouf, Patrick Dempsey, John Malkovich, Josh Duhamel and Tyrese Gibson.
Shia LaBeouf
Check out the red carpet pics plus some photo call images from the event. Photos provided by Getty Images!
Hope you enjoy!
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So if you were wondering, exactly how it happened, Megan Fox found herself fired from the Transformers film franchise after referring to Michael Bay, in an interview no less, as
“like Napoleon and he wants to create this insane, infamous mad-man reputation … he wants to be like Hitler on his sets, and he is.”
And hence, her career path, as chosen by her own words, has taken shape from there on out. Now she has to pay her penance and prove over the next few or several years that she can bounce back into the socially layered career of Hollywood and prove she will only mutter under her breath and not to interviewees.
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