Apr
9

Regarding Rosemary's Baby…

Nelson here…

There have been recent rumors made up for the sake of generating news. One of them being that Michael Bay’s production company is remaking “Rosemary’s Baby” and/or “The Birds.”

Michael has addressed the rumors in the forums:

“No just a bad rumor. Not true at all. The same can be said for the Birds - we never considered that remake for Platinum Dunes.”

Mar
24

Michael Bay on 3D

From Deadline via the LA Times:

I shoot complicated stuff, I put real elements into action scenes and honestly, I am not sold right now on the conversion process…. Right now, it looks like fake 3-D, with layers that are very apparent. You go to the screening room, you are hoping to be thrilled, and you’re thinking, huh, this kind of sucks. People can say what they want about my movies, but they are technically precise, and if this isn’t going to be excellent, I don’t want to do it. And it is my choice…. I’m used to having the A-team working on my films, and I’m going to hand it over to the D-team, have it shipped to India and hope for the best? This conversion process is always going to be inferior to shooting in real 3-D. Studios might be willing to sacrifice the look and use the gimmick to make $3 more a ticket, but I’m not.

Mar
22

Transformers 3 Update From Michael Bay

Hey, it’s been a long time since I’ve posted. Just been a little busy.

Transformers 3 has been going very well. We are going to shoot in LA, Chicago, Washington DC, Florida, Texas, Africa, Moscow, and China. On the talent front, we just locked in Frances McDormand and John Malkovich. Both amazing actors I’ve always wanted to work with. We also just got Ken Jeong, he is the super funny actor stuck in the trunk from “Hangover” and the Doctor from “Knocked Up.”

We start shooting pre-shoots in about one month.

I also was at a Ferrari charity event this week raising money for a hospital being built by Ferrari in Haiti. I announced that night the newest Autobot to join Transformers: the Ferrari 458 Italia.

I also want to thank everyone on this site that donated to the Make -A-Wish charity. We raised $20,000 which I will personally be matching. This is a great charity where they make wishes come true for kids who are very ill. We have had many Kids from Make-A-Wish visit us on our Transformers sets and this time we will be posting video of their visits on Transformers 3.

Michael Bay

Mar
20

Michael Bay Acknowledged For His Long-standing Friendship With Ferrari

From the Ferrari web site:

Los Angeles, March 19 - Ferrari has raised $601,000 for relief efforts in Haiti by the CMMB (Catholic Medical Mission Board) and the William J. Clinton Foundation. At a gala event held last night, Ferrari, the world’s leading luxury brand, auctioned the first Ferrari 458 Italia to arrive in the United States for $530,000. Party was hosted by Piero Ferrari, Deputy Chairman, Amedeo Felisa, worldwide CEO of the company, and Marco Mattiacci, the newly appointed North America CEO.

Director and Ferrari collector Michael Bay was acknowledged for his long-standing friendship with the company.

Mar
8

New Nightmare On Elm Street Trailer

Feb
28

The Sound of Transformers "Revenge of the Fallen"

Feb
26

TF3 Update & Haiti

Hello everyone,

Busy scouting - Chicago, Detroit, and Washington D.C. for Transformers last week. Things are going well. The script is feeling very different from the other two. I ended my scout down in Miami this weekend to load my plane with 14 Florida Surgeons, specialists in various fields and flew them down to Haiti. We then returned with a planeload of a team of exhausted Miami Fire rescue. It is proving very difficult for these volunteers to get back home.

They say the news hardly gives the true scope of what really happened. They really feel about 500,000 probably died. One of the worst stories I heard from people down there - because of the huge lack of education in Haiti – when the earthquake struck – everyone ran inside buildings most likely to their graves. The state of Florida is really pulling their weight in this massive effort. Here some pics:

Michael

Miami Rescue down in Haiti for a week, coming home.

Rescue Team coming home

4500x blocking a Russian transport plane that looks old

Trauma Surgeon

Nationally known eye surgeon

Feb
26

TF3D

Nelson here…

Last night Bay appeared on Starz’s In The House” and had some things to say about TF

Pain & Gain or TF3:

“The true story is we went to Vegas to celebrate ['Revenge of the Fallen'] crossing the $400 million mark domestic. I said I’m excited to do my small little movie. They said, well we’re here to talk about that. I’ve become friends with these guys that run Paramount and they [told me,] ‘We’re going to get fired if we don’t have a 2011 franchise,’ so I’m like you can’t let these guys down. “The economy’s been so rough, it’s kind of important. When you say yes to movie like this you automatically give 3000 people jobs. 1000 for the toys. 2000 for the filmmaking. I’m going to put [the small film] on hold and do it right after ['Transformers 3'].”

On TF3:

“You can’t just rehash the old,” he explained. “We’re adding a lot of new elements. We’re adding new characters. We’re adding a lot of twists.”

On TF3 & 3D:

“It’s a process we’re testing with some ‘Transformers’ scenes,” he said. “How successful it is with my movie in terms of a lot of real stuff coming out of the frame, real dirt, real complicated little particles coming towards the lens, because hopefully that process will work. I’ve seen some tests that look great on other movies. I just want to see how it looks on my footage.”

Source: MTV

Feb
25

Chicago & Moscow Here We Come!

Nelson here…

Spoke with Michael today and got some little info on TF3: there will be big action sequences shot in Chicago and Moscow this time around.

Also, Mike will match the amount raised by the TF2 DVD/Blu-ray sales for the Make A Wish Foundation.

Stay tuned.

Feb
25

Michael Bay on Encore's "In the House"

Nelson here…

Michael will be featured on Encore’s “In the House” with Peter Gruber and Peter Bart on February 25. Check your local TV listings.

Click on the image below to view Michael Bay’s interview featured on “In The House.”

Source: Starz

Thanks to Andrea R.

Source: M&C

Feb
17

Happy Birthday Michael Bay

Nelson here….

On behalf of all fans I would like to wish Michael a happy birthday!

To wish him a happy birthday, do so here.

Feb
12

Michael Bay's Super Bowl Charity Party Raises More Than $200,000

The 2nd annual Big Game Big Give invitation-only fundraiser benefiting The Giving Back Fund raised more than $200,000 for charity on Super Saturday, the night before Super Bowl in Miami.

With the help of host Transformers director Michael Bay, and his beautiful waterfront estate as its backdrop, over 350 celebrities, athletes and business leaders united for philanthropy. The spectacular event was produced by MMG, an event-marketing agency based in Miami and New York, and was voted the number one Super Bowl party on ESPN’s party report.

The elite crowd toasted Michael Bay alongside The Giving Back Fund’s Founder and President, Marc Pollick, while enjoying a pairing menu created by Jonathan Eismann’s Pacific Time restaurant and Dewar’s Signature cocktails. Guests included:

Adam Sandler (Grown Ups)
Adam Goodman (President, Paramount Pictures)
Alan Dershowitz (Renowned Attorney)
Amobi Okoye (Houston Texans)
Amaury Nolasco (Prison Break)
Brad Penny (St Louis Cardinals)
AnnaLynne McCord (90210)
Brandon Fields (Miami Dolphins)
Beau Flynn (Producer)
Calais Campbell (Arizona Cardinals)
Chace Crawford (Gossip Girls)
Dan Carpenter (Miami Dolphins)
Chris Rock (Grown Ups)
Duane Brown (Houston Texans)
David Spade (Grown Ups)
David Robb (CEO, Utopia)
Ed Razek (CEO, Victoria’s Secret)
Ed Westwick (Gossip Girls)
Jim Gray (Sportscaster)
Ken Brenner (CEO, LegacyDirect)
Gavin Degraw (Musician)
Ken Dorsey (NFL Legend)
Jessica Szohr (Gossip Girls)
La’Roi Glover (NFL Legend)
Jim Palotta (co-owner,Boston Celtics)
Sam Madison (NFL Legend)
Joanna Krupa (Supermodel)
Larry Fitzgerald (Arizona Cardinals)
Karina Smirnoff (Dancing With The Stars)
Marcus Allen (NFL Legend)
Katie Cassidy (90210)
Mark Sanchez (New York Jets)
Kellan Lutz (Twilight)
Marvin Jones (NFL Legend)
Kevin James (Grown Ups)
Mitch Richmond (NBA Legend)
Leigh Steinberg (Sports Agent)
Phillip Buchanon (Detroit Lions)
Michael Bay (Director)
Rita LeBlanc (New Orleans Saints, VP, Owner)
Ryan Steelberg (CEO, BAT)
Rob Moore (Chairman, Paramount Pictures)
Trevor Donovan (90120)
Sabby Piscitelli (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

Source: GivingBack.Org

Feb
2

'Revenge of The Fallen' Nominated for Best Sound Mixing

Nelson here…

The Oscar Nominations were announced this morning in which ‘Revenge of The Fallen’ got a nomination for Best Sound Mixing.

Congrats to Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Geoffrey Patterson, and the whole team.

Photos courtesy of Greg P. Russell.

Jan
28

Vanity Fair Lists Hollywood's Top Moneymakers

Nelson here…

Congrats to Michael. He takes the #1 spot on Vanity Fair’s Top Moneymakers.

Michael Bay, director and producer of the blockbuster Transformers series, beat mogul Steven Spielberg to top Vanity Fair’s inaugural list of Hollywood’s Top 40 Moneymakers, which the magazine releases on Tuesday. Bay pulled in $125 million last year, according to the magazine, ahead of Spielberg ($85 million), action director Roland Emmerich ($70 million), Avatar auteur James Cameron ($50 million), and Todd Phillips, producer of The Hangover ($44 million). The magazine limits its list to film-industry creatives: producers, directors, and stars.

Source: Vanity Fair

Jan
20

A Day With Michael Bay in Tokyo

Part 1

Part 2

Jan
15

Bay on Transformers 3

From the LATimes blog:

“There will be a nice crescendo ending,” Bay said. “It gets much more into the robot character. The last time you kind of met a few of the robots; this time you’re gonna get a much cooler landscape.”

Dec
31

Revenge of The Fallen Top DVD of 2009

Nelson here…

ROTF was the best selling DVD/Blu-ray of 2009.

May you have a Happy New Year!

Dec
16

Our Stimulus Package

Update: thanks to all who replied. As of this moment we are no longer are taking any more applications.

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Nelson here…

We are looking for the best Pre-viz animators to help build the team for Transformers 3. Maya expertise is a must.

Dec
9

Victoria's Secret "A Thousand Fantasies"

Soundtrack: Merchant of Death by Ramin Djawadi

Oct
29

Revenge of Fallen: Biggest-Selling Blu-ray Disc Release and Top-Selling DVD of 2009

As expected, “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” the year’s No. 1 movie, gave the home entertainment business a badly needed boost last week, selling and renting as though it was still the halcyon days of the early 2000s, when consumer spending on DVD was going up by the double digits year after year.

The Paramount Home Entertainment release hit stores Oct. 20 and within a week had become the top-selling home entertainment release of the year, with first-week sales of 7.5 million units, according to Home Media Magazine market research.

The sequel also became the biggest-selling Blu-ray Disc release of 2009, with first-week sales of 1.2 million units.

“Transformers” also takes the cake for day one sales, having moved 2 million discs its first day in stores, 500,000 of them on the high-definition Blu-ray Disc format.

“It’s certainly an encouraging sign for the business,” said veteran industry analyst Tom Adams. He added that the strong Blu-ray Disc sales count is particularly good news “because if the business is going to turn around it’s going to be because Blu-ray starts performing, and this is certainly an indicator that Blu-ray is starting to play its role and help stabilize the business.”

“Transformers” easily debuted at No. 1 on all three charts: the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert sales chart, Home Media Magazine’s rental chart, and the Nielsen VideoScan Blu-ray Disc sales chart.

Source: THR

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