Michael Bay was set to exit the Transformers franchise after the third instalment, but was tempted back by Paramount to direct the fourth after being promised he could reboot the series, somewhat, and was even offered the opportunity to helm Pain and Gain first as a deal-sweetener. It worked out gangbusters for everyone (except viewers, […]
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‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ sequel in the works
August 12, 2014 
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Following a shocking – shocking! – $65 million opening weekend ($70 million AUD) at the American box office, Paramount has quickly announced a sequel to their surprise hit Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. According to Deadline, Michael Bay will once again produce under his Platinum Dunes banner, while screenwriters Josh Appelbaum & Andre Nemec will return […]
Continue reading‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’ grosses $1 billion at the box office
August 4, 2014 0 Comments
Transformers: Age of Extinction has become the 19th film to crack the billion dollar milestone at the worldwide box office, surpassing The Dark Knight this weekend to take the 18th place on the overall chart. The Michael Bay picture has so far grossed $241 million in North America, which is significantly less than the three […]
Continue reading‘Transformers 5’ dated for 2017 (maybe)
April 7, 2014 0 Comments
In news that should surprise no one and depress most, a fifth Transformers movie is being considered for 2017. Transformers World got their hands on some leaked concept art for Michael Bay’s upcoming fourth instalment, Age of Extinction, which included a placeholder logo for its sequel. That’s about as deep as the scoop gets, though […]
Continue readingThe ‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’ trailer has Dinobots, prominent American flags
March 5, 2014 0 Comments
The full-length trailer for Transformers: Age of Extinction has arrived, promising pretty much the same stuff we got from its three predecessors. Despite jettisoning the cast of the original trilogy and transplanting them with Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz and Jack Reynor, Age of Extinction looks like business as usual from Michael Bay. The presence of screenwriter Ehren Kruger (who scripted […]
Continue readingPoster Debut: Transformers 4 – Age of Extinction
September 5, 2013 0 Comments
The official subtitle of Transformers 4 has been revealed on its very sandy teaser poster. It’s been christened: Age of Extinction. This title – and the general fossilised nature of the one-sheet – seems to confirm those rumours that Dinobots would share the screen with the Autobots and Decepticons this time around. Great news for […]
Continue readingThe winner takes it all – Pain & Gain review
August 8, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo August 8, 2013 Michael Bay, burdened with glorious purpose, pours his everything into Pain & Gain; the closest thing to an indie-spirited passion project he will likely ever make. It tells the true tale of three bodybuilders who kidnapped a fellow patron of their Sun Gym haunt and tortured him until he […]
Continue readingKelsey Grammer to play villain in Transformers 4
May 2, 2013 0 Comments
Frasier Crane, friend of the Decepticons. Kelsey Grammer has been cast as the human baddie in Michael Bay’s Transformers 4, Deadline reports. Though details are under wraps, he will reportedly play a “counter intelligence guy” called Harold Attinger. The pic will also feature fellow series newcomers Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Nicola Peltz, and Jack Raynor. Scripted […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Pain & Gain (Red Band)
March 27, 2013 0 Comments
A new trailer for Michael Bay’s (relatively) low budget black comedy Pain & Gain has arrived online. This one shows off its gorier aspects, hence the Red Band. Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson star in the flick as ‘roided-up gym junkies who get tangled up in a blackmail scheme. It’s based on a fantastically compelling true story […]
Continue readingInterview: Michael Biehn (The Victim)
March 19, 2013 4 Comments
By Simon Miraudo March 19, 2013 Michael Biehn – formerly Kyle Reese in The Terminator and Corporal Hicks in Aliens – steps behind the camera for The Victim, an ultra-trashy, Grindhouse-inspired horror flick with low morals, short skirts, and a genuinely nifty twist ending. Shot in less than 12 days (and only put into production because the […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Pain & Gain
December 20, 2012 0 Comments
See Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson in all their brawny glory in the trailer for Michael Bay’s black comedy Pain & Gain. Wahlberg and Johnson star in the flick as ‘roided-up gym junkies who get tangled up in a blackmail scheme. You may not believe it after watching the trailer, but it’s based on a true […]
Continue readingAussie Brenton Thwaites cast in Transformers 4
December 14, 2012 0 Comments
For those concerned Michael Bay’s fourth Transformers flick wouldn’t have gorgeous teenagers to lust over, calm those nerves! Australian Brenton Thwaites (Home and Away) and Nicola Peltz (The Last Airbender) have scored plum roles in the feature. According to Twitch, Peltz will play Mark Wahlberg’s daughter in the flick, while Thwaites will appear as her biker boyfriend. Radical! […]
Continue readingPoster Debut: Pain & Gain
December 12, 2012 0 Comments
We’ve got our first look at Dwayne Johnson and Mark Wahlberg in Michael Bay’s (relatively) low-budget black comedy Pain & Gain in this new poster. The two of them star as ‘roided-up gym junkies who get tangled up in a blackmail scheme. Inspired by a true story, Bay spent just $22 million on the making of the […]
Continue readingMark Wahlberg really will star in Transformers 4
November 9, 2012 0 Comments
It was rumoured months ago, but Michael Bay denied it. Now, Bay and Paramount Pictures have announced Mark Wahlberg will indeed star in Transformers 4. Wahlberg worked with Bay on his (relatively) small budget black comedy Pain and Gain. It seems the experience was a positive one for the both of them. “Mark is awesome. We had […]
Continue readingMark Wahlberg in talks with Michael Bay for Transformers 4
October 24, 2012 0 Comments
Mark Wahlberg is in very (very) early talks with Michael Bay regarding Transformers 4, Twitch reports. Twitch notes the preliminary nature of their chats, but the site has been reliable on casting scoops in the past. It was revealed last week that a teenage girl would be the focus of the new instalment, as opposed to Shia […]
Continue readingMichael Bay is sick of his actors complaining about Transformers
October 19, 2012 2 Comments
Brace yourselves, because you are about to read something that positions Michael Bay as both reasonable and perhaps even respectable. Earlier this week, Hugo Weaving revealed that he is yet to see any of the Transformers movies in which he provided the voice of Megatron, and that he considered the gig “meaningless.” He is now the […]
Continue readingPoster Debut: Pain & Gain
September 24, 2012 0 Comments
Michael Bay‘s upcoming action-comedy Pain & Gain gets a poster and the fascination continues regarding this mysterious ‘low-budget’ effort from the grand auteur of chaos cinema. For years Bay has spoken of returning to his roots to make a small film and it seems the reality of this bizarre project is getting closer and closer. Pain […]
Continue readingThe top 10 director burns
August 17, 2012 0 Comments
The top 10 director burns. By Simon Miraudo. There’s nothing like a good old fashioned filmmaker feud! The ever-opinionated David Cronenberg, hot on the Cosmopolis publicity trail, recently told NextMovie he had no interest in ever making a superhero movie. Then he began criticising Christopher Nolan‘s Batman flicks (“they’re mostly boring), and anyone who branded them […]
Continue readingAnthony Mackie in talks for Captain America: The Winter Soldier
July 18, 2012 2 Comments
Anthony Mackie is in negotiations to star as Falcon in the upcoming Captain America sequel, according to The Hollywood Reporter. After coming to everyone’s attention with his role in The Hurt Locker, Mackie has several high profile films on his slate including Michael Bay‘s upcoming low-budget black comedy Pain & Gain. By the time Captain […]
Continue readingMichael Bay cutting budget of Transformers 4
June 25, 2012 0 Comments
Michael Bay has informed the L.A. Times of his plans for the fourth instalment of the Transformers franchise. Bay confirmed that the original cast are gone, and that Shia LaBeouf‘s character Sam Witwicky will not be-recast. He also assures us it’s not a reboot; the “story” from the original trilogy will inform the future adventures, but he’s embarking […]
Continue readingTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie gets release date
March 14, 2012 0 Comments
Paramount has set a date (sorta) for their upcoming live-action/CGI hybrid Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, so get ready to mark your calendars: Christmas, 2013. Jonathan Liebesman (Battle Los Angeles) will direct the film, which is being set up by Michael Bay‘s production company Platinum Dunes. It would be the fifth movie based on the comic book […]
Continue readingOuija movie revived by massive budget cut
March 7, 2012 0 Comments
Universal resurrects Ouija after major budget cuts from $100 million down to $5 million, Deadline reports. The film version of the popular Hasbro board game was one slated as a Pirates of the Caribbean scale production shepherded by Michael Bay, directed by McG, and written by Tron: Legacy scribes Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. Coming in at […]
Continue readingAnthony Mackie in talks for Michael Bay’s Pain and Gain
February 24, 2012 0 Comments
Anthony Mackie (Half Nelson, The Hurt Locker) is in negotiations to star opposite Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson in Michael Bay‘s crime caper Pain and Gain. According to Variety, Mackie would play the third lead in the picture. Said to be a relatively smaller budget exercise for Bay – at least, smaller than the presumed budget of his […]
Continue readingMichael Bay to helm Transformers 4
February 14, 2012 0 Comments
Hardly the most exciting or surprising news, but at least now it’s official. Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura confirmed at Toy Fair 2012 that Michael Bay will indeed return to direct the fourth instalment of the Transformers series. Speaking to MTV, di Bonaventura said “Michael’s going to direct, and it’ll be [released] in the summer of 2014”. Bay […]
Continue readingEd Harris to reteam with Michael Bay for Pain and Gain?
February 3, 2012 0 Comments
The Rock star Ed Harris might reunite with director Michael Bay for Pain and Gain, Vulture reports. Ironically, Dwayne Johnson – aka The Rock – is already set to star in the pic, which has been nicknamed “Michael Bay’s Fargo”. Said to be a relatively smaller budget exercise for Bay, it is based on a true story in […]
Continue readingMichael Bay in talks for Transformers 4
December 8, 2011 0 Comments
Big budget blockbuster aficionado Michael Bay is reported to be in final negotiations to direct a new Transformers film, according to Vulture. The directorial king of explosions and clichéd plotlines is said to be heading back for the fourth film in the ultra successful franchise. Although details are being kept on the down low for […]
Continue readingSpielberg and Bay in discussions for Transformers 4; Statham eyed as star
October 18, 2011 2 Comments
File this one under ‘no duh‘. Hasbro wants more Transformers films and is in ‘active discussions’ with Paramount, director Michael Bay and producer Steven Spielberg about getting to work on a fourth instalment. According to The Hollywood Reporter – who captured Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner’s conference call regarding their third-quarter earnings (augmented by the billion […]
Continue readingCloverfield director ventures into The Twilight Zone
October 17, 2011 0 Comments
Warner Brothers has chosen Matt Reeves to direct the new film adaptation of The Twilight Zone television series, Deadline reports. Only two weeks ago it was revealed that the studio was considering such big names as Christopher Nolan, Alfonso Cuaron, David Yates and Michael Bay, but it seems Reeves (Let Me In and Cloverfield) has […]
Continue readingChristopher Nolan and Michael Bay wanted for The Twilight Zone
October 5, 2011 0 Comments
Warner Brothers has Christopher Nolan, Michael Bay, Alfonso Cuaron, David Yates and Rupert Wyatt in their sights to enter The Twilight Zone, Variety reports. The studio is moving forward with the reboot of the much-loved television series, which ran from 1959 to 1964. In 1983, The Twilight Zone got the big screen treatment, in which four […]
Continue readingThe underbot – Real Steel review
October 3, 2011 1 Comment
Real Steel – Starring Hugh Jackman, Dakota Goyo and Evangeline Lilly. Directed by Shawn Levy. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. At the end of this decade, everything will be pretty much the same as it is now, with two gargantuan exceptions: 12-foot-tall boxing robots will become our primary source of entertainment, and, if Hugh Jackman’s […]
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