Michael Bay responds to an alleged 'Transformers 4' script leak as Mark Wahlberg promises change
What direction will the director and the star push the franchise for the new film?
Besides, we all know what the new film will be about, right? Big robots and Bayhem, pure and simple.
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I'm not sure if any of you bothered reading the details about the allegedly leaked script for "Transformers 4" over the weekend, but I tried. I say "tried" because about halfway through a summary of the supposed document, my brain crawled out of my head, horrified and furious, and attacked me to try and exact some revenge.
I am used to the idea that the "Transformers" mythology is completely incomprehensible, but even by the standards set by the totally deranged second film in the series, the synopsis that several people printed as real today is nonsense. That reads as pure fan fiction, nerdy on a level that would make Michael Bay's skin crawl. My guess, not knowing for sure what screenwriter Ehren Kruger and Bay are up to, is that they're going to try to reach out to an audience more akin to fans of the "Fast and Furious" franchise, leaving behind the wacky family stuff from the first three films. He's working with Mark Wahlberg this time, who he just directed in "Pain and Gain," and simply by switching the focus from Shia LeBeouf to Wahlberg as the lead, he's clearly indicating that this is more of a traditional action movie approach.
"Some Internet sites this morning reported that some document recovery guy has found a legitimate 120 page script of Transformers 4. I can absolutely 100 percent say this is completely false. The only two people in the world that have our unfinished script are Kruger and myself. Also we are only up to page 70 in our T4 script. Maybe this guy has a cartoon or something else – but definitely not our movie!"
Bay could have easily dismissed this without volunteering specifics, but him mentioning how far they are to the page makes me think this entire thing is a case of overzealous fans playing "Here's What I Want To See In The Next 'Transformers' Movie". Happens all the time on franchise films like this, and over the years, I have learned that "Transformers" fans in particular are very rabid about what flavor of incoherent silliness about giant robots they are willing to accept. As a non-fan, I can tell you that there are whole stretches of "Transformers: The Movie," the animated film, that make no sense whatsoever, but fans seem to love those moments anyway.
When Wahlberg spoke with Coming Soon about the film, he referred to it as "the most important role of my career," and it sounds like he's actively involved in the development process, which means we'll see him front and center in the film. I think it's going to be a while before we start hearing official plot details, and it's a safe bet they'll be working on the script non-stop from now until May, when the film starts production.
"Transformers 4" should be in theaters on June 27, 2014.
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December 17, 2012 at 8:18PM EST Reply to CommentI don't think he meant that this was "the most important role of my career". That quote is the second part of a sentence where he says that he doesn't see this role as a simple money-motivated job.
He basically says that he sees EVERY role as "the most important role of my career".
potty break My take is that it's the most important role of his career because it's the first one his kids are interested in.
December 17, 2012 at 8:30PM ESTmdoc
December 17, 2012 at 9:35PM EST Reply to CommentI didn't read the script but allow me to take a guess, "The Autobots race against time to recover the Cybertronian relic before it falls into the wrong hands".
Joshua
December 18, 2012 at 1:26AM EST Reply to CommentI don't think Bay is breaking from the "family stuff" when its still about a father, his daughter and her boyfriend.
Still wouldn't be surprising, considering EVERY-SINGLE-FILM-TODAY is about family.
Remember when movies used to suggest we could be and do anything...
...not just become parents?
Paul S
December 18, 2012 at 7:41AM EST Reply to CommentHopefully, Pacific Rim will make Bay raise the bar ( a little bit!)
Steve Hopefully Transformers didn't lower the bar on what Pacific Rim could be.
December 18, 2012 at 1:49PM EST