Michael Bay Talks About The Fourth Transformers Film And Why He Decided To Return

It’s undeniable that the Transformers movies are fun as hell to watch. I’ve been a die-hard ‘former fan since I got my first toy back in the mid-80’s and I am one of the fans who does enjoy Micheal Bay’s films. Well, minus Revenge Of The Fallen which I pretty much have just blocked out from my mind.

And love them or hate them they have gone on to be some of the highest grossing films of all time so it’s a no brainer that we would see a fourth entry in the franchise. Michael Bay had stated that Dark Of The Moon was going to be his final time at bat with the Autobots and Decepticons but to many peoples surprise signed on to direct the currently untitled fourth film. He recently spoke on his reasons for returning to helm the fourth film with The Huffington Post.

“I thought I was done, then the ride came out and the two-and-a-half-hour lines. And then you’re thinking, ‘Oh my God, someone’s going to take this over?’ And you start doing a lot of soul-searching… I’m thinking that if I do this last one, we set it on a new footing and we change a lot of things, but we keep the history of the three in place. But we broaden it so it can be set up and be carried on — it would have a better chance for survival, I guess… The bottom line is, when you go to Universal Studios and you have the two-and-a-half-hour line, it’s hard to give it up. You birth a baby and you want to carry it on.”

After stating that this fourth chapter would “probably” (let’s just say right now that he will probably be back) be his last one, he also seemingly reveals that those previous rumors of a whole new start for the franchise may not be entirely true.

“We’re basically taking from the history of where it was, or where we left it in Chicago, and we’re going to carry it on from there.”

I’m actually glad that they’re not going the sort-of reboot route with this one and hope we get something bigger this time around and hopefully more screen time for some of the fan favorite Autobots. No more Megatron please. Who would you guys likes to see as the villain in the next ‘formers flick?