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Michael Bay Pirate Series Picked Up By Starz 3 weeks ago

Michael Bay is setting sail on a new adventure with Starz. The cable network has given a straight-to-series greenlight for Bay's small...

By Tim Kenneally

Michael Bay: 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Fans Need to 'Chill'

March 20, 2012 By Tim Kenneally 9 weeks ago

"Transformers" director Michael Bay reacts to fan outrage over his suggestion that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will be from "an alien race" in his film

Jonathan Liebesman in Talks to Direct 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'

February 14, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 14 weeks ago

Jonathan Liebesman, who directed the upcoming "Wrath of the Titans," worked with producer Michael Bay on the 2006 "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning"

Michael Bay Directing Next 'Transformers' Film

February 13, 2012 By Brent Lang 14 weeks ago

Paramount signs action maestro to two picture deal that will include "Pain and Gain" with Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

'Ouija' Gets a Different Spirit From 'Buffy' Writer Marti Noxon

November 30, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 25 weeks ago

Noxon is taking the seance-game adaptation from bombastic epic to scary

'Transformers 3' Scores $13.5M 1st Night at the Box Office

June 28, 2011 By Daniel Frankel & Joshua L. Weinstein 47 weeks ago

Solid opening, which included sneaks and midnight shows, beat "Transformers 1" ($8.8M) but fell below the second installment ($16.6M)

Review: 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon' Can't Get It Up

June 28, 2011 By Alonso Duralde 47 weeks ago

I can't think of a film quite so vividly focused on the Problem in Daddy’s Pants, yet it is joyless and decidedly impotent

Michael Bay Working to Prop Up 3D Ahead of ‘Transformers 3’ Release

June 22, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 48 weeks ago

The director is on the campaign trail for the flagging format

Michael Bay on Megan Fox's 'Transformers' Axing: Spielberg Ordered the Hit

June 20, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 48 weeks ago

Executive producer demanded the actress be fired after she compared her boss to Hitler

3D's Last Hope: Spielberg, Scorsese and Bay

June 9, 2011 By Brent Lang 50 weeks ago

Post-"Avatar," the technology has lost its wow factor, but a group of A-list directors could reverse the flailing box-office technology trend

'X-Men' Producer: 'There's Too Much 3D Right Now'

June 4, 2011 By Steve Pond 51 weeks ago

Lauren Shuler Donner was among the tentpole producers taking shots at the format Saturday at the Produced By conference

'Transformers: Dark of the Moon' Release Date Moved Up to June

May 20, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Studio tentpole will hit theaters three days earlier than originally planned

As Premium VOD Readies for Flight, Studios Face the Fallout

April 20, 2011 By Daniel Frankel & Brent Lang 1 year ago

As the controversial premium VOD plan kicks off Thursday, studios are hoping for a longterm payoff. But in the short term, they have nothing but headaches

Cameron, Jackson, Bay, 20 Others Join NATO in Blasting Early VOD

April 20, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Directors, producers slam studios' deal with DirecTV to release movies that are still in theaters

Did WME's John Fogelman Jump Before Being Pushed? (Updated)

March 10, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein & Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

What's behind the top agent's sudden, unexplained exit from WME? "He felt like there was no place for him," says one insider

Taylor Lautner Gets 8-Figures to Star in Untitled Spy Thriller

January 11, 2011 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Blake Lively, Jennifer Lawrence and "Harry Potter" star Emma Watson are in contention to play the heartthrob's love interest in "Incarceron"

McG in Talks to Direct 'Ouija' for Universal & Hasbro

January 4, 2011 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz ("Tron: Legacy") wrote the supernatural action-adventure movie

AFI, City of Hope, Call of Duty Spread the Red Carpet Thin

November 5, 2010 By Mikey Glazer 1 year ago

Just a few of the partygoers: Anne Hathaway, Jamie Lee Curtis, Neil Portnow, Michael Bay, Jake Gyllenhaal, Molly Sims, Matthew Morrison, Glee, James Franco, Danny Boyle, Jeff Bridges ...

Reported 'Transformers 3' Title a Nod to Pink Floyd?

October 6, 2010 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Fan site reveals that part three will be called "The Dark of the Moon"

Extra Seriously Injured on 'Transformers 3' Set

September 2, 2010 By Brent Lang & Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Production during the last day of shooting in Chicago reportedly put on hold

Toronto Film Festival Adds Shawn Ku's Drama 'Beautiful Boy'

August 4, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Star Alan Tudyk talks about his role in Michael Bay's "Transformers 3"

Michael Bay Leads Another Alien Invasion at Paramount

July 27, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Studio picks up a pitch involving extraterrestrials from rookie writer Bobby Glickert

Michael Bay's Institute Fires Up 'Hansel and Gretel' in 3D

July 19, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Scott Gardenhour will produce the live-action adaptation with Kalliope Films' Kira Madallo Sesay

Good Morning Hollywood, June 11: Black Marketing

June 11, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Movie marketing goes under the microscope, while “Red Dawn” isn’t ready to come up quite yet

Callbacks: Garner, Nolte Join 'Arthur' Remake; 'Transformers 3' Gets a Bad Robot

June 10, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Universal moves its "Battleship"; WB's "Dark Knight" sequel eyes March start date; John August in talks to write "Monsterpocalypse"

Sir Ben Wants to Be in 'Transformers 3'

June 2, 2010 By Lisa Horowitz 1 year ago

"George Lopez Show" offers the Oscar winner a chance to audition for Michael Bay

Look How Huntington-Whitely Was Confirmed for 'Transformers 3'

June 1, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Victoria's Secret video congratulates model on landing the lead female role in Paramount's big-budget sequel