Friday, July 24
With the massive success of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, a sequel was certain to follow. Director Michael Bay, who worked on the Transformers movies back-to-back, has already said he wants to do a different movie before he does another tour in the robotic world. But would a Transformers 3 get made without Bay? Transformers producer Lorenzo Di Bonaventura explained to IGN that a Bay-less sequel is possible:
As the producer I'd certainly love to see him back. I can't imagine Transformers without him. I guess the studio will see it sometime as such a big asset that they are forced to do it, but Michael has never intimated anything like that — the timing is the big question for him, not whether he is going to do it or not.
So it's less about Bay wanting to do another Transformers and more about whether Paramount wants to wait for him to be ready. Speaking of Transformers 3, isn't it time to bring out Unicron, the planet-morphing robot from the animated Transformers: The Movie?
Unicron worries me because it's so big that it dwarves emotion. It's so hard, because when you're working to that scale, it sort of becomes outside any kind of human reality you have. It's obviously a great character, and one that we're definitely going to talk about, but for me personally — and I'm not the only vote here — that one scares me. Because of its size, it becomes sort of impersonal when it gets to that scale.
I remember seeing the second Fantastic Four and Galactcus, and suddenly I was in another world and it took it away from the human characters. One of the tricky parts about Transformers is you've got these five-to-six foot things called humans, then you've got the 32-foot Transformers, then you come to Devastator and you've got 125-feet. You become increasingly small on a physical level, and I think that's true on a story level. I think if you go to Unicron, you're going to end up sacrificing your human characters. And for me that worries me because I like the human characters.
But isn't a giant robot planet perfect for the IMAX experience?:
Well, Devastator covered it from foot to top so I don't know what the hell else you'd do to tell you the truth. Don't get me wrong — Unicron is an obvious and great character, I just worry about it from the experience of the movie.
No matter if Unicron makes into Transformers 3, his voice won't, since alas, Orson Welles won't be available. So what would Di Bonaventura like to explore in the sequel?
I love the Mini-Cons actually — I think they're very cool.
Mini-Cons? The human-sized Transformers? Hmm, Transformers 3: Attack of the Mini-Cons lacks a little punch, but their history in the cartoon series Transformers: Armada is tied to Unicron, so maybe it's not such a bad idea after all.
Posted 7/24/2009 by Ryan
Related: Transformers: The Movie | Lorenzo di Bonaventura | Michael Bay | Transformers | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Transformers 3
Monday, July 6
Some people just can't catch a break. Take director Michael Bay, for instance. The oft-criticized director is hot off of a blockbuster opening, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, that saw the movie earn an estimated $201 million in its first five days, and he's already having to defend himself from another attack. This time, it's one of his "discoveries," actress Megan Fox, who played Mikaela Banes, love interest to Shia LaBeouf's Transformers character, Sam Witwicky, who is lobbing the criticism at Bay.
In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Fox complained about Bay making the actors go through unnecessary training and said that Transformers was about special effects and not acting. When asked to comment on Fox's statements, Bay said:
Well, that's Megan Fox for you. She says some very ridiculous things because she's 23 years old and she still has a lot of growing to do. You roll your eyes when you see statements like that and think, "Okay Megan, you can do whatever you want. I got it." But I 100% disagree with her.... Nobody in the world knew about Megan Fox until I found her and put her in Transformers.
Bay also mentioned that his films helped the careers of Will Smith, Ben Affleck, Martin Lawrence and LaBeouf. Despite defending his use of special effects, however, Bay said that he's looking to switch gears with his next project:
I've been talking to some big actors right now about something that is totally different. A small dark comedy, a true story, with actors just acting, no effects. I'm done with effects movies for now.
Next Showing: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is in theaters now
Posted 7/6/2009 by BrentJS
Related: Ben Affleck | Martin Lawrence | Megan Fox | Will Smith | Transformers: The Movie | Michael Bay | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Shia LaBeouf
Thursday, June 25
Since Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen opened yesterday, you might have been wondering what its star Shia LaBeouf's favorite movie is. Luckily for you, Reelz Channel has the answer in the new weekly series My Favorite Movie, where we go straight to the source and find out what Hollywood's best and brightest is really into. In fact, it turns out that despite his proclivity for big-budget blockbusters, LaBeouf's personal taste actually runs to more intimate fare.
Check back every Thursday, or on Reelz Channel television, for more of My Favorite Movie.
Posted 6/25/2009 by reelz
Related: Transformers: The Movie | Transformers | Transformers: The IMAX Experience | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Shia LaBeouf
Tuesday, June 16
The first Transformers movie had a good cast of robots, but given the enormous size of the Transformers universe it only featured a fraction of who it could have. Luckily, its sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen attempts to rectify this problem, adding a whole slew of new robots looking to save, or destroy, the world.
Want to know if your favorite Transformer will be featured? Check out the Transformers Robot Rundown to see which Decepticons made the cut. Or take a look at last week's Autobot rundown here.
Next Showing: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen heads to theaters June 24
Posted 6/16/2009 by reelz
Related: Megan Fox | Transformers: The Movie | Michael Bay | Transformers | Transformers: The IMAX Experience | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Shia LaBeouf
Thursday, June 11
The first Transformers movie had a good cast of robots, but given the enormous size of the Transformers universe it only featured a fraction of who it could have. Luckily, its sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen attempts to rectify this problem, adding a whole slew of new robots looking to save, or destroy, the world. Want to know if your favorite Transformer will be featured? Check out the Transformers Robot Rundown to see which Autobots made the cut and come back on Tuesday for the Decepticons.
Next Showing: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen heads to theaters June 24
Posted 6/11/2009 by reelz
Related: Megan Fox | Roberto Orci | Alex Kurtzman | Transformers: The Movie | Michael Bay | Transformers | Mark Ryan | Transformers: The IMAX Experience | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Shia LaBeouf