Transformers 4 Confirmed Surprise Suprise Michael Bay Directing!

So are we surprised? No. Are we shocked he’s back to direct film 4? No. Late last night Paramount Pictures have confirmed Transformers 4 will be made with a June 29, 2014 release date with Michael Bay directing and will be a reboot of the whole franchise too.

When you look at the income Michael Bay’s has brought to Paramount it was no surprise they would pursue the director to make more as the franchise is a cash cow for the studio. Michael Bay and Transformers franchise is a little like Peter Jackson and The Lord of The Rings scenario both film makers have been with the projects from the start and when talk of bringing new directors onboard didn’t sound positive so if your going to do it at all may as well as do it yourself!

The news first broke when the franchises producer Lorenzo DiBonaventura spoke to MTV who confirmed the news but also the news the film will be a reboot in similar lines to Marc Webb’s Amazing Spiderman, but who, what, the new film will contain they don’t know yet. The interview also solidified the confirmation that Pain And Gain will be Michael Bay’s next project.

“Yeah Michael’s gonna direct and it’ll be releasing in the summer of 2014. We’re excited and I think the challenge there is we really are gonna do a reboot, and what that’s gonna be we don’t even know yet.”

He was also asked about cast, returning cast and also about Jason Statham  been involved.

“Well I mean again it’s hybrid. It’s not the way—I’m not involved with Spider-Man but what I perceive Spider-Man to be is a redoing of the whole thing, [Transformers 4] is not. It’s an evolution. There’s still continuity that’s going on, and yet there’ll be a lot of new cast. Whether there’s anybody from the [original] cast, we don’t even know yet. But the truth is, it’s gonna be a whole new story. The characters that would certainly come along would be Optimus and Bumblebee I’m sure.

No, it’s so silly. We’ve gotta get a story first. You can’t pick characters until you have a story.”

If there’s any  returning characters we could see John Tuturro’s character returning instead of those (Shia LeBeouf, Megan Fox) some would love to see returning he could be the connection between the first three flicks going into the fourth one.  As for what ‘new’ we can expect i’m sure the internet will be flooded with gossip and rumours until something official comes which we know is a while yet with Pain And Gain first on the Agenda for Michael Bay. If you were going to get the Baymeister back  there had to be some compromise and this April he will finally get that personal project up and running which at the moment has Dwayne Johnson and Mark Whalberg connected.

Here is the official press release confirming everything

FIRST UP FOR THE PROLIFIC FILMMAKER IS “PAIN AND GAIN” STARRING MARK WAHLBERG AND DWAYNE “THE ROCK” JOHNSON, FOLLOWED BY A NEW INSTALLMENT IN THE HUGELY POPULAR “TRANSFORMERS ” FRANCHISE, TO BE RELEASED ON JUNE 29TH, 2014

HOLLYWOOD, CA (February 13, 2012) – Paramount Pictures announced today that director Michael Bay has signed a two-picture deal with the studio, which will commence this spring with the filming of “Pain and Gain,” and will be followed by the next installment in the hit “Transformers” franchise.

Based on a true story, “Pain and Gain” follows a group of bodybuilders who engaged in a campaign of kidnapping, extortion and murder in Florida. First told in an article from the Miami New Times, “Pain and Gain,” will be directed by Bay and will star Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Expected to begin production in early spring, the movie’s producers include Bay, Donald De Line and Ian Bryce.

Following “Pain and Gain,” Bay will bring audiences a new take on the “Transformers” franchise as he begins production on the fourth installment in the hit series of movies based on the best-selling Hasbro toyline. The third, and most recent installment of the franchise, “Transformers: Dark of the Moon,” is the fourth highest global grossing film of all time with 1.24 billion dollars of worldwide box office success. Directed by Bay, the movie will re-unite the filmmaking team from the hit franchise, including producers Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Don Murphy, Tom DeSanto and Ian Bryce; and executive producers Steven Spielberg, Bay, Brian Goldner and Mark Vahradian. Paramount Pictures will release the film on June 29th, 2014.

“Michael has been working on PAIN AND GAIN for a number of years but has patiently waited for the perfect casting to trigger a start,” said Adam Goodman, President of Paramount’s Film Group. “Clearly his patience has paid off as we couldn’t be more excited about this combo. His ion for this project is just awesome.”