With his Transformers 4 gearing up to shoot in May, Michael Bay spoke with Forbes about what fans can expect to see on the big screen in the summer of 2014.
“Were going to start off smaller,” says Bay. “Theres a brand new cast. To freshen the franchise, weve redesigned everything from top to bottom. The history of the first three movies is still there. We start four years later and theres a reason why were meeting a new cast.”
Among the new cast are Mark Wahlberg and Jack Reynor, the former of whom also stars in Bay’s next, Pain & Gain, which hits theaters April 26.
“Mark is really excited about it and its a great redesign,” Bay continues. “I said that 3 was going to be my last one. Paramount was letting me do ‘Pain & Gain’ and the ‘Transformers’ ride was opening at Universal and it was bittersweet to think of passing it off. I wanted to set it up on a really sure footing and to bring someone else in on that, it would have been overwhelming.”
Although the plan is for Transformers 4 to offer a fresh start in a lot of ways, Bay is quick to point out that the sequel won’t be a reboot.
“We keep the ‘Transformers’ the way they were,” he says. “Its just four years later. Theres a reason the Transformers are redesigned. Were trying to broaden the franchise and give it more places to go.”
Transformers 4 hits theaters on June 27, 2014.
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