Michael Bay To Quit Transformers

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Falcon01

Jun 19, 2009 - CDT 4:55 PM

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Michael Bay has made his last Transformers movie - the director is set to quit the action franchise because he has "had enough" of making big budget blockbusters.

But Bay, who is known for his explosive action sequences, is sick of receiving negative reviews from critics who dislike his movie-making style and is determined to move away from the genre.

He says, "It's easy to go shoot an art movie in a winery in the South of France. But people have no idea how hard it is to create something like Transformers. They (the critics) review me before they've even seen the movie."

And Bay admits that if film bosses give the go ahead for a third Transformers movie, they will have to find a different director.

He adds, "After the three and a half years I've spent making these movies, I feel like I've had enough of the Transformers world.

"I need to do something totally divergent, something without any explosions."

http://www.imdb.com/news/ni0839146/

John J. Puccio

Jun 19, 2009 - CDT 4:59 PM

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Promises, promises.

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Jun 19, 2009 - CDT 5:43 PM

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This same sort of info went around last week with Stephen Sommers and GI Joe. Only, he had been fired from the movie.

Paramount already has T3 lined up for 2011. That's two years, starting now. They aren't going to let him go that easy. Bay is just tired right now.

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Jun 19, 2009 - CDT 5:54 PM

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Paramount already has T3 lined up for 2011. That's two years, starting now. They aren't going to let him go that easy. Bay is just tired right now.

Maybe he's just going for a bigger payday.

JJ79

Jun 19, 2009 - CDT 6:16 PM

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He made $80 million on the first. If he makes $80 on the second, looking likely, why in the heck would he pass it up? I'd do just about anything for $80 mil.

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Jun 19, 2009 - CDT 6:23 PM

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I'm with you on that one. $80 million is insane.

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Jun 19, 2009 - CDT 7:29 PM

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The Rumour is that he was upset at the amount that he had to pay in Blu-Ray royalties to Sony for that lst film, and soon heard that the new film would be almost Triple from the last movie... Seriously it wouldn't surprise me