Michael Bay, director of the upcoming TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTICTION as well as the previous three films in the series, has released an official statement in response to recent rumours. It was supposedly reported that Bay had apologised for the first three TRANSFORMERS movies which, although they have a huge and appreciative fanbase, have been ripped into over the years by many film critics. Bay assures audiences that this is not the case:
‘It is a drag talking to reporters on sets. Why? Because often times they take your words and skew things to their liking? Then the crazy, lazy game of reporting on what other writers story’s reported me saying and then suddenly it becomes skewed Internet truth. So I waste my time to restate exactly what I did say, again.
No I did not ‘apologise’ for any TRANSFORMERS movies. I did not say I shot the last three movies “less cool” than the new fourth installment. I was talking specifically about camera style and tone, of the first movie compared to how I shot the new installment with a very big scale, cinematic style. I was very specific in saying the first TRANSFORMERS was shot in a ‘generic suburbia’ area, not trying to be cool with any cinematic flashes. I wanted it to feel like this could happen in any backyard in the United States.’
The director moves on to talk a bit about the fourth film itself and when we can expect to see the first teaser footage:
‘So that brings me to letting TRANSFORMERS fans know that we have completed our five and half month shoot. We got back from a month long shoot in China. My crew and I had a fantastic time shooting in Hong Kong and Mainland China. It was an amazing experience, and I love the country. My cast was absolutely fantastic, and a very fun group to work with. We are working hard cutting the movie right now. I think the first piece comes out for the Super Bowl and a teaser right after that.
And yes, I’m very excited about this new movie.
Michael’
Say what you want about Michael Bay and the TRANSFORMERS franchise, but the fact stands that there are a tremendous number of people who love them for the ridiculous robot action that they provide (maybe not so much REVENGE OF THE FALLEN). It looks like Bay is genuinely very proud of what he has done with AGE OF EXTINCTION and, with a new cast and the appearance of 1980s favourites the Dinobots, this could be the film to win people over to the robots in disguise’s big screen exploits.
What do you guys think? Are you excited?
TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION stars Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, Stanley Tucci and Kelsey Grammer. The Autobots wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of the Decpticons on 27th June 2014.
Source: ComicBookMovie.com
