After a month long shoot in China, director Michael Bay took to his official website earlier today to announce the completion of principal photography on Transformers: Age of Extinction. While only a few paragraphs, it was mostly smiles and gracious words about the country he shot his film in, as well as a promise that a Super Bowl TV spot may be on the horizon.
“We are working hard cutting the movie right now,” Bay said. “I think the first piece comes out for the Super Bowl and a teaser right after that.”
Bay also took a moment to correct what he views as a twisting of his words or a misrepresentation therein when the rumor started that Bay apologized for previous Transformersfilms. Instead, Bay emphasized that he was intentionally shooting Transformers: Age of Extinctionin a cooler way, as it will be less grounded in general “suburbia” like Sam Witwicky’s (Shia LaBeouf) story was in the first film.
Transformers: Age of Extinctionstars Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Stanely Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, Sophia Myles, and Li Bingbing; it opens June 27, 2014. Full letter to the fans below.
It is a drag talking to reporters on sets. Why? Because often times they take your words and skew things to their liking. Then the crazy, lazy game of reporting on what other writers story’s reported me saying and suddenly it becomes skewed Internet truth. So I waste my time to restate exactly what I did say, again.No I did not ‘apologize’ for any Transformers movies. I did not say I shot the last three movies “less cool” than the new fourth installment. I was talking specifically about camera style and tone, of the first movie compared to how I shot the new installment with a very big scale, cinematic style. I was very specific in saying the first Transformers was shot in a ‘generic suburbia’ area, not trying to be cool with any cinematic flashes. I wanted it to feel like this could happen in any backyard in the United States.So that brings me to letting Transformers fans know that we have completed our five and half month shoot. We got back from a month long shoot in China. My crew and I had a fantastic time shooting in Hong Kong and Mainland China. It was an amazing experience, and I love the country. My cast was absolutely fantastic, and a very fun group to work with. We are working hard cutting the movie right now. I think the first piece comes out for the Super Bowl and a teaser right after that.And yes, I’m very excited about this new movie.Michael