Michael Bay Dot ComMichael Bay to shoot select scenes of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen with IMAX cameras
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 30 /CNW/ - IMAX Corporation (NASDAQ: IMAX - News; TSX: IMX - News), DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures today announced that director Michael Bay will shoot key sequences of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen with IMAX(R) cameras. Bay will integrate the IMAX footage with state of the art CGI to create an unprecedented look and feel for the highly anticipated sequel to last year’s box office hit, Transformers. As previously announced, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen will be released to IMAX(R) theatres simultaneously with the movie’s wide release on June 26, 2009.… [ Read more ]
ET: Behind the scenes at Michael Bay's 'Revenge of the Fallen' New Mexico set
Check out this video clip of Entertainment Tonight going behind the scenes at Holloman AFB and White Sands Missle Range. Click on the link below.
Science meets Michael Bay
Remember when Armageddon was criticized by fanboys and wannabe scientist for it’s over-the-top inaccuracies?
Meet Mary D’Souza from the University of Quuensland School of Engineering.
She is a PH.D student from Australia who won an international prize for her ingeniuos plan to prevent an asteroid from hitting Planet Earth.
Her solution: cover Apophis—a small planet that’s expected to pass close to Earth—in a Mylar sheet.
Just in case you forgot, one of the scientists in Armageddon suggest using Mylar to possibly have solar radiation push the asteroid of it’s path.… [ Read more ]
Haute Living magazine: Behind the Camera
Here’s a snippet from an article on Michael Bay featured in Haute Living magazine.
He is only in Miami for one week, so his dogs-bullmastiffs named for characters in his films-are not with him this trip. The pampered dogs generally travel everywhere with the star director, and even have their own chauffeur to take them from Bay’s Los Angeles home to his office, but given the short duration of this trip, they wait faithfully for him in L.A. But he explains that they generally love his house on shining Miami waterways and do their best to defend it.… [ Read more ]
Transformers 2: Tanker and car explosions
Be sure to watch these clips in high quality.
Note: to view the high quality clips you must click on either of the following links and click “watch in high quality.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwkW5Ud-08
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3RREEBw5wk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIC-ZxiKXoc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSWk_9-VJIs… [ Read more ]