{"id":5135,"date":"2012-06-07T14:11:27","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T21:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wakingideas.com\/blog\/?p=5135"},"modified":"2012-06-07T14:11:27","modified_gmt":"2012-06-07T21:11:27","slug":"transformers-4-will-be-michael-bays-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=5135","title":{"rendered":"Transformers 4 will be Michael Bay&#8217;s last"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wakingideas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/1920x1080-transformers-logos.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5138\" src=\"http:\/\/wakingideas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/1920x1080-transformers-logos.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/a>In an upcoming feature on the new <strong>Universal Studios<\/strong> ride, &#8220;<em><strong>Transformers: The Ride &#8211; 3D<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;, <a href=\"http:\/\/herocomplex.latimes.com\/2012\/06\/06\/transformers-the-ride-3d-even-impresses-disney-rivals\/\">Hero Complex<\/a>\u00a0 got an update on the fourth installment in <strong>Michael Bay&#8217;s Transformers<\/strong> franchise.<\/p>\n<p>In it came the mention of some redesigned robots (possibly the main <strong>Autobots<\/strong>, and finally the removal of <strong>Optimus Prime&#8217;s<\/strong> stupid flames), and\u00a0 reports that none of the original cast members will return, and a brief note on<strong> Michael Bay&#8217;s<\/strong> plan for the next movie.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><big>The director, by the way, says that the fourth film will include some redesign of the robots and an entirely new cast. He also said it will be his last and set the franchise up &#8220;for the next guy.&#8221;<\/big><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Although it has been said in the past that &#8220;this one is Michael Bay&#8217;s last&#8221; it is interesting to note the entire change up of the cast and possibly the bots themselves. Hopefully soon we can get some real reports and know whats going on once and for all.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED ARTICLE 7\/8\/12:<\/strong> <a title=\"Permalink to Michael Bay talks TRANSFORMERS 4 story, cast, and confirms lower budget\" href=\"http:\/\/wakingideas.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/michael-bay-talks-transformers-4-story-cast-and-confirms-lower-budget\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Michael Bay talks TRANSFORMERS 4 story, cast, and confirms lower budget<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nIn an upcoming feature on the new Universal Studios ride, &#8220;Transformers: The Ride &#8211; 3D&#8220;, Hero Complex\u00a0 got an update&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=5135\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Transformers 4 will be Michael Bay&#8217;s last&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-and-critics-corner","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Transformers 4 will be Michael Bay&#039;s last - The Cultured Nerd<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=5135\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Transformers 4 will be Michael Bay&#039;s last - The Cultured Nerd\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In an upcoming feature on the new Universal Studios ride, &#8220;Transformers: The Ride &#8211; 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