TRANSFORMERS 4 Is Completely ‘Redesigned’ Says Michael Bay


Love them or hate them, the Transformers movies have earned loads of money, with Dark of the Moon being #5 on the all-time chart. Despite the third one seemingly being the last movie with Michael Bay as the director, the explosion-friendly director has decided to push forward with numero four. By this point I’m not quite sure any words will assuage the fears of the hardcore Bay-haters, but it’d be a shame if we didn’t give the man a chance to clear his name.  He recently spoke to Forbes and said this about the new flick:

We’re going to start off smaller. There’s a brand new cast. To freshen the franchise we’ve redesigned everything from top to bottom. The history of the first three movies is still there, we start four years later and there’s a reason why we’re meeting a new cast.

Mark is really excited about it and it’s a great redesign. I said that 3 [which grossed $1.1 billion] was going to be my last one. Paramount was letting me do Pain & Gain and the Transformers ride was opening at Universal and it was bittersweet to think of passing it off. I wanted to set it up on a really sure footing and to bring someone else in on that, it would have been overwhelming.

And in case you were wondering if it’ll be a direct sequel or not…

No, that’s wrong. We keep the Transformers the way they were, it’s just four years later. There’s a reason the Transformers are redesigned. We’re trying to broaden the franchise and give it more places to go.

So what do you think about all this? After hearing how great Dark of the Moon was going to be and seeing what it was, I’m not sure I can trust any words said.

The movie will be released next year on June 27th. 

Source: Forbes