Back in December, there was talk that Michael Bay would be returning to direct Transformers 4 , but the explosion-loving director didn’t seem so sure at the time. Now it’s official.
Bay announced over on his website that he will, in fact, be returning to direct Transformers 4 as part of a two-picture deal with Paramount Pictures. Additionally, Bay revealed that Paramount is aiming for a June 2014 release date for the film.
Don’t expect Transformers 4 to be exactly like the previous films, and not just because Shia LeBouf is apparently “adamant” about not doing another Transformers film; producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura told MTV that Transformers 4 will be a reboot of the franchise–or, as he puts it, an evolution.
“I think the challenge there is that we are really going to do a reboot and what that’s going to be, we don’t even know yet,” di Bonaventura told MTV News.
“Again, it’s a hybrid because it’s a funny thing. I’m not involved with ‘Spider-Man,’ but what I perceive ‘Spider-Man’ to be is just a redoing of the whole thing. [‘Transformers’ is] not. It’s an evolution. There’s still continuity that’s going on, yet there will be a lot of new cast,” he said. “Whether there’s anybody from the first cast, we don’t even know yet. The trust is it’s going to be a whole new story. The characters that would certainly come along are Optimus and Bumblebee, I’m sure.”
Before Michael Bay can get started on Transformers 4 , he’s working on ‘ Pain and Gain ‘, starring Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson. The film, based on a true story, tells the tale of a group of bodybuilders who take to using their muscle to kidnap, torture, and murder.