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Patrick Dempsey Recalls Getting Yelled at by Michael Bay on 'Transformers 3' Set (VIDEO)
Patrick Dempsey was apparently new to the Michael Bay experience when he started working on 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon.' He told David Letterman on 'Late Show' (Weeknights, 11:35PM ET on CBS) that he was given pointers by Shia LaBeouf on how to avoid getting yelled at by the director."Shia told me never get in his eyeline, always stay behind him," Dempsey said. "So I always put my chair right behind his, so I could see what he was up to and be one step ahead of him."
This worked out pretty well, until one day Dempsey rounded a corner after lunch and got right into Bay's eyeline. "He went off on me for a few minutes," Dempsey admitted, before quickly qualifying his statements by adding, "it's not a bad thing."
Shia LaBeouf Talks About Riling Up Michael Bay on Set With Pranks (VIDEO)
While we'd love to be insulted by Don Rickles during one of his sets, we're not so sure getting yelled at by Michael Bay on one of his sets would be a comparably enjoyable experience. Nevertheless, Shia LaBeouf equated the two on 'Late Show' (Weeknights, 11:35PM ET on CBS).He said "it's a dream to get screamed at by Bay" for the interns that come on set. LaBeouf used the word "aggressive" several times to describe Bay's now notorious off-screen antics.
But that didn't keep LaBeouf and others from tampering with Bay's stuff just to trigger that yelling tendency of his. One prank had them replacing his health drinks with cigarette butts and other things to rile him up just to watch him freak out and go into "megaphone time."
Imagine's Howard, Grazer Make 'Great Escape' to Reality TV
More high-profile Hollywood A-listers are jumping on the reality bandwagon. Just last week director Michael Bay announced he was working on a reality series called 'One Way Out,' and now Ron Howard and Brian Grazer are mounting an action-adventure reality show for TNT.Called 'The Great Escape,' the series will challenge contestants to escape from big-screen-inspired situations. According to The Hollywood Reporter, each week teams of ordinary people will be dropped off, blindfolded, in different extreme environments -- lost in the desert, trapped in the mountains, locked in a prison or marooned on an island -- and they'll have to rely on their everyday skills and experiences to escape and win cash rewards.
Michael Bay Finds His 'Way' to Realty TV Series
Not content with wreaking havoc on the big screen, Michael Bay is making a foray into television with a reality TV adventure series called 'One Way Out.'The director of 'The Rock,' 'Armageddon' and three 'Transformer' movies (No. 3 is in pre-production and is due out next year) is teaming with 'Top Chef' producers Magical Elves to create a series that co-producers Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz say will take the reality adventure genre to the next level.
If more '80s cartoons were given to movie directors
With childhood animated icons such as Transformers and G.I.Joe getting the movie treatment (sadly done by Michael Bay), Atom Films put together an animated montage of hypothetical '80s characters (cartoon and otherwise) if they were redone by current directors. I think the sketch would have a little more impact if they did it live-action for each segment rather than animated, but I could be in the minority opinion.
I'm not sure which one is my favorite. The Smurfs done by Peter Jackson is certainly up there. Teddy Ruxpin by Wes Anderson is also a hoot. There are a few that aren't mentioned in the video that I think should have been mentioned:
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Strawberry Shortcake
Which franchises have I forgotten? And which directors do you think can cover these franchises? Which directors would piss on the memory of them and utterly obliterate them?
Video is after the jump.
Transformers movie now has more ties to the cartoon
While the first Transformers movie was, in my opinion, several different kinds of suck, I give props to Michael Bay and company for doing one good move (and quite possibly the only one) with regards to the sequel. Frank Welker will be doing the voice of Soundwave. For those who are unaware, Welker did the voice of the same character in the 1980's cartoon. He'll be joining Peter Cullen (the voice of Optimus Prime) as one of the only two voices from that series that is involved with the movie franchise.While I have less hope for the sequel then I did for the original, I do recall Soundwave's eerie metallic voice back when I used to watch that cartoon, and cannot help but think that it would be appropriate for a giant robot bad guy in any series about giant robots. Now if only Michael Bay would make other good decisions to go along this one and not continue to screw up one of my favorite childhood icons.
Rainn Wilson: action star - VIDEO
It just has a ring to it, don't you think? I doubt that we'll see Rainn bulking up Stallone-style to save the world with a knife and his guile, but he did just land a role in Michael Bay's Transformers 2. It doesn't really get more action movie than that. Wilson will play a college professor to Shia LaBeouf's Sam. It will be interesting to see how much, if any, Schrute makes it into the character.
But wait, there's more. Fans of the gone but not forgotten Las Vegas will be happy to learn that Josh Duhamel will be returning for the sequel. And fans of ridiculously hot girls will be happy to know that FHM's Sexiest Woman In The World, Megan Fox, is also returning. A warning, that FHM link is safe for my workplace, but might not be for yours. If you can't wait for Bay to finish all of those CGI sequences to get your Rainn fix, you can also catch him this summer in The Rocker as a failed drummer who gets a second chance at fame. That one also features Teddy Geiger (Love Monkey), and the trailer is after the jump.
Transformers 2?
Both Toon Zone and ICv2 have written of a supposed Entertainment Tonight report that there will be a sequel to the recently-released Transformers movie (which has already been a line of toys, several animated TV series, a comic book and a feature-length animated film).
However, my scan of the ET site has not brought up anything of the sort, and while a couple articles from other sites do allude to the possibility of a sequel, I see nothing that could be construed as an official announcement.
Two new Transformers movie trailers - VIDEO
There are two new Transformers movie trailers on YouTube. The live action movie comes out on July 4th- it's directed by Michael Bay, who does a lot of horror films but also big blockbusters like Armageddon and Pearl Harbor.The trailers are short and fast and it's kind-of hard to see what's happening, but basically mechanical-looking monsters are chasing people and crushing cars. The trailers reveal that the movie is about the Autobots protecting the humans from the Decepticons, who have apparently come here to exterminate us (they're like Cylons!).
I watched both trailers (they're super short) and I had two thoughts: 1) Awesome!, and 2) This is going to be dumb. It looks cool but it also looks just slightly stupid, as fake machines are chasing people down the street and whatnot. Of course, I will still plop down my $10 to go see it in the theater because, where else would you see such a thing?
Check out both videos after the jump (the second one is best) and tell me what you think in comments.
Transformers fans, meet the new Megatron
More designs are slipping out of the Transformers characters that will appear in next summer's movie, directed by Michael Bay. This guy managed to get some drawings of evil leader Megatron and... there's no other way to say this except his mouth looks like an A-Hole (also a little like Predator, I guess). IWatchStuff guy says, "I absolutely hate it as a Transformer design, but love it as the alien rapist in anime porn." Hilarious. What do you think of Megatron 2007?
While the new design seems like a little bit much, the original design looks like he has a gigantic penis. Original box art is after the jump.
Transformers trailer now on YouTube -- VIDEO!
Finally! An actual, legitimate trailer for Michael Bay's Transformers movie is now on YouTube. The trailer really doesn't show any Transformers-- just the shadow of what might be Megatron. But, the weird part is that they're on Mars. Are the Transformers even from Mars? I sure don't remember that detail from my childhood. I watched a lot of Transformers in my time (with three brothers, Barbie loses out) and I thought it was all on Earth. Anyway, it'll wet your appetite for a movie that doesn't even come out until July 4, 2007. The trailer hits theaters next week with the premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean.The video is embedded after the jump:
Previously on Cinematical: X-Men 3, Transformers, and the Miami Vice trailer
Ian McKellan is ready for X-Men 4.- Michael Bay talks about all those Transformers rumors.
- Looks like the Friday The 13th prequel isn't going to happen yet after all.
- Everyone has a bone to pick with The Da Vinci Code.
- Check out the Miami Vice trailer.
Big names attached to Transformers movie
According to IGN Filmforce, the cast list is shaping up for the
live-action Transformers movies. Stars including Michael Clarke Duncan, Jon Voight, Josh Duhamel, Bernie Mac, Tyrese,
John Turturro (wha?) and others have reportedly signed on to the project, which will be directed by Michael Bay
(Armageddon, Pearl Harbor).I still don't understand how they're going to do a live-action version of cars and airplanes turning into robots.
[Via The Hollywood News]
Casting call for Transformers movie
Are you a car that turns into a robot? Or, are
you a robot that turns into a plane? If so, there could be a place for you in the new Transformers movie. OK,
not really. According to Comic Book Movie website,
several roles are still up for grabs. I think they're smaller roles because, for example, I don't see Optimus Prime on
the list. Michael Bay (Armageddon, Pearl Harbor) is the director.The live action film is currently in pre-production and is scheduled for release on July 4, 2007.
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