Michael Bay Dot ComMichael Bay speaks to the Transformers Collectors’ Club
Rick Alvarez: How did making this film compare to the first? How did the fans reaction to the first film change what you did in the second film?
Michael Bay: The fans are very vocal and we listened. I worked very closely with the writers in order to dive more deeply into the mythology. We really looked for elements that have never been explored and we discovered some story lines that we wanted to elaborate. This is a coming of age story for Sam but we also wanted to delve much deeper into the personalities of the robots.… [ Read more ]
Michael Bay Handpicked ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’ Concept Cars
Last week, GM rolled out its brand new Camaro and Corvette Stingray designs that are going to double as Autobots for Michael Bay’s “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.”
As it turns out, Michael Bay personally selected concepts from GM’s design studio for the new film — a process that allowed him intimate access to some of GM’s most closely guarded plans. And that privilege was granted as a direct result of the trust he built with the company during his first “Transformers” installment.… [ Read more ]
Happy birthday Michael Bay
Nelson here…
Mike, from myself and everyone at the forums we would like to wish you a happy 44th birthday!!… [ Read more ]
'Friday the 19th' rakes in $42 million
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - What better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day than to watch college kids get slaughtered in a remake of ” Friday the 13th “?
The revival of the venerable slasher franchise easily took the No. 1 spot at the North American box office this weekend, setting a new record for a horror opening with estimated sales of $42.2 million, distributor Warner Bros . Pictures said on Sunday.
The old mark was held by ” The Grudge ” with a $39 million debut in 2004.… [ Read more ]
Transformers 'Revenge of the Fallen' HD trailers at Apple
Nelson here…
After about 500,000 downloads of the TF2 teaser, the server went down as there were too many simultaneous connections, hence the disappearance of the HD Quicktime trailers from the main page.
You can now download the HD trailers at Apple’s Quicktime site… [ Read more ].