Tag: Transformers 4

Mark Wahlberg In Talks With Michael Bay To Star In ‘Transformers 4’

by Shawn Madden

Word is that Mark Wahlberg (Ted) may be “having early conversations” with Michael Bay that would set the actor to star in the next installment in the Transformers movie series. But besides that they don’t have too many details regarding the role minus that the story would “revolve around an adult star (the part being discussed with Wahlberg) and his teenage child.”

The idea would be that the child would then grow to be the focus of further entries in the series. Earlier this week there were two roles revealed for the film, one being a female high school student and the second being her race car driving boyfriend. Could this be the role that was mention? Guess we’ll find out soon with production set to begin on the film pretty soon. I actually don’t mind having an actor like Wahlberg on board with this film at all. He’s a fantastic actor and could really bring something fresh to the franchise. What may also help seal the deal is the fact that Wahlberg and Bay just finished working together on the body bulding flick Pain And Gain, but of course only time will tell as far as this one goes.

Source: Twitch

Michael Bay Responds To Hugo Weaving’s Comments About ‘Transformers’ Franchise

by Shawn Madden

The quite popular Hugo Weaving, who voiced Megatron in all three of the Transformers, recently commented on the franchise in an interview. Well, let’s just say it wasn’t the most positive of comments. The actor stated the following:

“That’s a weird job for me because it honestly was a two-hour voice job, initially. I was doing a play and I actually didn’t have time, anyway. It was one of the only things I’ve ever done where I had no knowledge of it, I didn’t care about it, I didn’t think about it. They wanted me to do it. In one way, I regret that bit. I don’t regret doing it, but I very rarely do something if it’s meaningless. It was meaningless to me, honestly. I don’t mean that in any nasty way. I did it. It was a two-hour voice job, while I was doing other things.”

Earlier today Michael Bay chose to give a response. While Bay doesn’t name any names…it’s pretty obvious who it’s directed towards.

“Do you ever get sick of actors that make $15 million a picture, or even $200,000 for voiceover work that took a brisk one hour and 43 minutes to complete, and then complain about their jobs? With all the problems facing our world today, do these grumbling thespians really think people reading the news actually care about trivial complaints that their job wasn’t “artistic enough” or “fulfilling enough”? I guess The Hollywood Reporter thinks so.

What happened to people who had integrity, who did a job, got paid for their hard work, and just smiled afterward? Be happy you even have a job – let alone a job that pays you more than 98% of the people in America.

I have a wonderful idea for all those whiners: They can give their “unhappy job money” to a wonderful Elephant Rescue. It’s the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Africa. I will match the funds they donate.”

So, I am going to just go ahead and assume that we will not be getting Megatron as the villain in the next Transformers flick.

Source: MichaelBay.com

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

by Shawn Madden

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?

The Fourth ‘Transformers’ Movie May Feature A Whole New Cast Of Robots

by Shawn Madden

Today at the UBS Best Of Americas 2012 Conference Hasbro President Brian Goldner discussed plans for the fourth installment in the highly successful Transformers film franchise. Due to the drop in toy sales between movies due to recurring cast of robots Goldnew stated that “Transformers 4 will have a new cast of [robot] characters and it will be a story revolving around these new characters.”

While this doesn’t exactly mean that won’t be seeing the return of Optimus Prime and Bumblebee in the sequel to Transformers: Dark Of The Moon we should expect characters such as Ratchet and such to take the bench. What’s a Transformers movie without Optimus? Oh, wait they did that in the 80’s. Does this mean Sideswipe won’t be back and getting more screen time? Well, damn it. Could we finally see the Dinobots this time around? It has been rumored for quite some time now that they were trying to find a way to introduce the bots into the movies. Is there an Autobot or Decepticon that you would like to see introduced in the fourth installment in the film franchise?

Source: Bleeding Cool

Is This The First Poster For ‘Transformers 4’?

by Shawn Madden

Cine1 has just posted an image that they are claiming to be a provisional poster for ‘Transformers 4’.

Could this be fake and fan-made? Sure. It totally could be.

Wait…has this movie even started production? No? Then why the hell am I posting this? Because this site actually has been reliable in the past and with San Diego Comic-Con less than a month away. Why wouldn’t Paramount start advertising now? Especially when their movies come out a year after the dates they originally set. I kid I kid. Kind of.

Well anyway…here it is!

Honestly as great as some of those fan posters are…this kind of looks real. And even though its not that great i’m a huge Transformers fan in general so I love everything TF related….except ‘Revenge Of The Fallen’. One of the only movies I refuse to ever see a second time. But ‘Dark Of The Moon’ was great and fun. I’m definitely looking forward to a fourth film. More Sideswipe please?