Cautions are down and fans are griping. Their many submissions to my inbox say they want drama. They want action. They want fits of aggression played out with 3,400-pound cars bumping and banging into each other. What they want is NASCAR as a Michael Bay production.
At the annual Nickelodeon upfront presentation last week, über-producer Michael Bay revealed details for Platinum Dunes' upcoming live-action "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" movie, including a new origin story for the half-shell heroes that is sure to raise the ire of diehard fans.
This time last year we saw a lot of excited articles about how "Inception" showed there was an audience for a smarter, more conceptual blockbuster. But hold the front page: Michael Bay is out to prove there's a bigger audience for brainless bombast and nonstop mayhem.
After her infamous Hitler remark, "Steven said, 'Fire her right now,' " Bay recalls
It is one of the most famous exchanges of dialogue in the history of movies.
The actress "had a hard time accepting" the "sex-driven role" on Transformers, he says
Gemma Arterton may be the favorite, Brooklyn Decker is possible, and Heidi Montag lobbies hard
Springwood teenagers Dean, Kris, Jesse, Nancy and Quentin are having trouble not sleeping: They're knocking back coffee, popping pills, anything to delay another date with their dream stalker (which may explain why these high school students look like college grads). When one of them does drop off, the bedsheets turn red.
They are some of the biggest names in Hollywood, but even Susan Sarandon, Ethan Hawke and Dustin Hoffman have had their fair share of casting calamities they would rather forget.
The 24-year-old Aussie actress brings her hippie free spirit to Hollywood
More robots and more action ensue in the second installment of the live action Transformers franchise. Opens June 24.
"A movie studio," Orson Welles once said, "is the best toy a boy ever had."
Earlier this year, Michael Bay told EW about the day that "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" (opening on Wednesday) nearly fell apart. It was Sunday, July 27, 2008.
Remember when the original Terminator -- Herr Schwarzenegger in the role that made him a movie star -- devastated an entire police station?
The kids are burning for "Twilight."
But Michael Bay admits LaBeouf – now facing a DUI rap – had been drinking earlier in the day
Highlights from the 2008 MTV movie awards, where "Transformers" took home the golden popcorn for movie of the year.
The music mogul says he's ready to take on Hollywood
Not many trailers have had the impact of the teaser for "Cloverfield," which debuted last summer attached to Michael Bay's "Transformers" bearing not so much as a title and the solitary credit "Produced by J.J. Abrams." (For some of us, it was the high point of the evening.)
The final day of testimony in Phil Spector's trial began dramatically, with the music producer's often-absent lead defense lawyer announcing that he was leaving the case.
Director Michael Bay has developed the perfect program for a film that can be made, and consumed, with no human interaction
The most expensive toy commercial ever made, "Transformers," Michael Bay's live-action film about the surprisingly durable Hasbro product line, is long, loud and altogether less than meets the eye.
General Motors said Monday it would offer qualified buyers zero-percent financing for three years with an additional $1,000 cash on select vehicles as it tries to boost sales at the end of the month.
Braving a merry mix of bodily fluids, depilatory torture, and a prostitute who's not what she seems, Steve Carell shines as a lovable lug struggling to get his swerve on. While "The 40 Year-Old Virgin's" vulgarity pushes the envelope, the star's aw-shucks earnestness keeps everything decent in this touching sex romp.
Love him or hate him -- there doesn't seem to be any middle ground -- Michael Bay's movies make big bucks. Even the nearly unwatchable "Pearl Harbor" made $198 million dollars. Action junkies, i.e. adolescent boys (Hollywood's favorite demographic), swarm to his films.
showbuzzupdated: Fri Jul 15 2005 14:09:00
Some big names in show business are getting behind some big "robots in disguise."
Start with a nice little battle-of-the-sexes romantic comedy, the kind favored by the likes of Frank Capra and Howard Hawks. Then dump in a whole lot of 21st-century action and ear-splitting gunplay, in the vein of Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay.
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