Couple of days ago, we brought you the news of Chinese Brand Product Placement on Transformers: Age Of Extinction. But that’s not all Mr. Rob Moore; a Top Executive at Paramount Pictures had to say. The full interview video is now available online at M1905.
Rob Moore states that Paramount Pictures would love to produce Transformers 5 and 6, however they are waiting to see the success of Transformers: Age Of Extinction first. Mr. Moore also said that they changed the mind of Director Michael Bay (who previously said Transformers: Dark Of The Moon is his last Transformers movie) by giving him a new Challenge. Mr. Bay was given the opportunity to film at locations never before done for a Hollywood movie and with a brand new set of Cast members including Chinese actors.
Regarding Chinese actors, Rob Moore says that they brought in superstar Han Geng. His popularity may boost the success of TF4 for the Asian region. Li Bingbing is another Asian actress who will play a vital role in the upcoming movie. Four newcomers were also included (who won the reality show) and they had the pleasure of working with veteran Hollywood actors such as Mark Wahlberg and Stanley Tucci.
Locations were selected by Chinese Officials who suggested places to shoot when the TF: AOE crew presented them with what they need for specific scenes.
You can watch the full Interview at M1905.
EnerJohn
It makes sense for them to wait and see how AOE does…I get it. But at the same time, I can't help but wounder when I hear news like this, is the movie (AOE) that bad already??? Like they know it sucks?
tokuformers
believe will make more than $ 1.400
Transformers 4 will surpass the last or even avengers.
tokuformers
believe will make more than $ 1.400
Transformers 4 will surpass the last or even avengers.
Stepper
If TF4 only make 700 million in China & USA,imagine taking consideration whole wide world,how much will it be??
tokuformers
Transformers 4 will surpass the last or even avengers.
BeeOtch217
Long? Product Placement? It a Michael Bay TF movie! lol!
Bad Spark
It's not cynicism at all; he's basically saying one film at a time, a philosophy that Jeff Abrams and Chris Nolan swear by (Nolan was leery of doing TDKR because the third film is often the "jump the shark" installment). Plus, they don't even know if Bay will be back. Look at how nervous the Star Trek camp is about Abrams moving to Star Wars and possibly handing in his walking papers for future Trek installments.
Diminishing returns is a reality sequels and spinoffs eventually face (and TV series, when was the last time you got excited for a show's TENTH season), the more recent X-Men movies didn't quite bring in the same kind of numbers as the first two. Three films is like five seasons in a TV series: the prospect of "jumping the shark" starts to become a very real possibility, and yes, optimism does get a little bit more cautious. Now you gotta be able to answer the burning question: "why should save and quit my current playthrough of Halo, Call of Duty, or Mass Effect and go to the multiplex, which will gouge the crap out of me, when I can just as easily wait for the DVD, which I can get for a steal at Amazon Marketplace?" Instead of giving a real answer to this question, Movie Theater owners have employed stopgap pricing and forced studios to use 3D (because that worked sooo well in the 70s) and overpriced marketing campaigns that triple a film's budget, bringing us to the sorry state where a film can make 300 million USD and still "lose money" or "barely break even" at the box office.
Do I think that this will do well enough for a fifth installment? Yes. Even if the USBO performance doesn't set the world on fire (and quaternary entries usually don't), there's all those Asian and Japanese ticket sales, and the DVDs (where the real money is made half the time). So the odds of this new trilogy being realized are fairly good.
But after the "second trilogy" is over, then it needs a vacation from the big screen for a while. This is a franchise that works in cycles, like Bond, X-Men, Star Trek, Star Wars, etc, the core fanbase can keep it alive, but everyone else occasionally needs time to miss it.
Wow, long post with a lot of product placement, sorry about that.
SarahbumblebeeM
I kinda think as long as the movie profits they should continue making the movies! I know me for one and very excited to watch number 4 . Just wish michael bay would put more female tf in the movies
Pharoid
The audacity of hope….
Stepper
More or less this TF4 maybe Bay's last TF movie,sure hope there is next director whom can continue this franchise.
Incepticon
Likely because then it would mean a guarantee that TF5 & TF6 would never, ever, ever, ever happen. Ever.
Autovolt 127
Why should you be worried?
Muramasa
Don't they always look at how much money is made anyway?
Krueger
And I fully expect Michael Bay to be back in the driving seat. We all need to face it: Michael Bay is directing another Transformers trilogy. Not happy about it myself, but that's the way it’s going to be. At least for the next six or seven years.
tokuformers
this movie will make 700 million only in china and usa.
HeroicC300
I want to see a true reboot at some point, but at the same time I want to see the Michael Bay films end definitively; in a way where they cannot be continued.
I also want the reboot to have some of the craziness that makes some of the stories so much fun.
O.Supreme
DoTM made 1Billion, and that was without all the Chinese actors. Pirates 4 and Iron Man 3 (the latest of each franchise, and arguably the worst) still made over 1 Billion each. Even though AoE will nto have scenes exclusively shot for the Chinese market , having plenty or representation in this film will push it over 1 Billion almost assuredly.
cappeca
That's a given. If they said it depended on TF4 being a GOOD movie, I'd be worried.
SilverOptimus
Oh, no need to say sorry. You didn’t do anything wrong.
BeeOtch217
Oh, OK, sorry.