{"id":5423,"date":"2012-07-08T14:04:01","date_gmt":"2012-07-08T21:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wakingideas.com\/blog\/?p=5423"},"modified":"2012-07-08T14:04:01","modified_gmt":"2012-07-08T21:04:01","slug":"michael-bay-talks-transformers-4-story-cast-and-confirms-lower-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=5423","title":{"rendered":"Michael Bay talks TRANSFORMERS 4 story, cast, and confirms lower budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wakingideas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/transformers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5424\" src=\"http:\/\/wakingideas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/transformers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1915\" height=\"1009\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Recently while talking with LA Times&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/herocomplex.latimes.com\/2012\/06\/21\/transformers-4-michael-bay-purges-stars-may-go-into-space\/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;dlvrit=63378\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hero Complex<\/a>, <strong>Michael Bay<\/strong> discussed the 4th entry of his highly successful <strong><em>Transformers<\/em> <\/strong>movies, which he confirmed will indeed be his last.<\/p>\n<p>In the interview he also confirmed that it will feature some robot (not stating if it will be the <strong>Autobots<\/strong> or <strong>Decepticons<\/strong>) redesigns and will feature an entirely different cast from the last 3 movies, but will indeed still continue the story.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s not a reboot, that\u2019s maybe the wrong word,<\/em><em>\u201cI don\u2019t want to say reboot because then people will think we\u2019re doing a Spider-Man and starting from the beginning. We\u2019re not. We\u2019re taking the story that you\u2019ve seen \u2014 the story we\u2019ve told in three movies already \u2014 and we\u2019re taking it in a new direction. But we\u2019re leaving those three as the history. It all still counts. I met with the writer before I went off to do \u2018Pain and Gain\u2019 and we talked about a bunch of ideas. We let that simmer for a bit. He\u2019s been thinking about stuff and now we\u2019re getting back together next week to see what we\u2019ve got and to see if it gels.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Concerning the new story, <strong>Michael Bay<\/strong> did drop some hints that it may feature a bigger departure from Earth than seen previously.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI think so, yeah, a little,<\/em><em> That feels like the way to go, doesn\u2019t it? I want to go a little off but I don\u2019t want to go too sci-fi. I still want to keep it grounded.That\u2019s what works in these movies, that\u2019s what makes it accessible.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And Bay also revealed that the budget will likely be decreased this time around.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be less, actually, <\/em><em>Our mandate is to cut about $30 million.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So with <strong>Michael Ba<\/strong>y changing the designs, the cast, and cutting the budget, it makes one wonder what exactly they have planned for the next installment. I know fans are clamoring for <strong>Unicron<\/strong>, but with <strong>Bay<\/strong> stating hes going for a lower budget, its hard to see that in the cards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently while talking with LA Times&#8217; Hero Complex, Michael Bay discussed the 4th entry of his highly successful Transformers movies, which he confirmed will indeed be his last. 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