Michael Bay

What’s inside the shells of Michael Bay’s CG Ninja Turtles?

Not exploding strippers, although that would be a reasonable mistake. Nope, it’sjust four pretty boy actors in rather bulky mo-cap suits, complete with mo-cap shells. And I assume those guys in black around them are our first look at the evil Foot ninja, although with Bay you never really know. Whoever they are, I imagine…

Movies Rob Bricken May 9

Michael Bay’s TMNT features Megan Fox on a trampoline, obviously

First the good news; Megan Fox, who plays April O’Neil in the Michael Bay-produced Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, was seen wearing April’s iconic yellow on set! Sure, it was only a jacket, and Megan Fox looks nothing like any April otherwise, and… sorry. That’s not good news. I was just trying to brace you.…

Movies Rob Bricken May 8

Will Adam Baldwin steal Michael Bay’s post-apocalyptic show Last Ship?

Check out the first trailer for The Last Ship, the show about a deadly viral apocalypse from executive producer Michael Bay. TNT has officially greenlit this show about a single Navy vessel after the end of the world, airing in 2014. The Last Ship was originally a novel by William Brinkley about a single vessel…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 7

Michael Bay’s Ninja Turtles are Teenage Mutants again

After a long, hard-fought battle, common sense finally won a victory over Michael Bay when Paramount released the logo for their TMNT reboot movie at CinemaCon, which revealed the title to be Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and not merely Ninja Turtles as Michael Bay had previously announced. So, as insane as it may seem, the…

io9 Rob Bricken Apr 19

Transformers 4‘s Chinese cast members will be decided by reality show

If there’s three words that everybody associates with Michael Bay and his movies, those words are “commitment to quality.” Which is why it should surprise no one that four of Transformers 4’s cast members won’t be chosen by antiquated nonsense like auditions or talent, but instead by winning a Chinese reality show. As THR puts…

Movies Rob Bricken Apr 18

Michael Bay’s Teenage Mutant Ninjas Turtles will be motion-captured

Not that we imagined there was much likelihood of Michael Bay putting people in rubber suits for his TMNT movie, Deadline reveals that the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles flick will contain motion-captured actors, much like the Na’vi in James Cameron’s Avatar. We know this because Bay has just hired Alan Ritchson, who played Aquaman…

Movies Rob Bricken Mar 22

X-Files veteran plans show that sounds exactly like the X-Files

Long-time X-Files writer James Wong has a new show in the works titled Occult, about a crazy FBI agent who teams up with another FBI agent to investigate supernatural mysteries. It may sound a little familiar, admittedly, but there are a few differences. The male FBI agent, played by Josh Lucas, will be returning from…

Television Rob Bricken Mar 11

We will be spared the nightmare of Michael Bay’s TMNT until at least June 2014

If you believe in some sort of deity, it might be time to offer he/she/it/them a little prayer of thanks — Michael Bay’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, which as you’ll recall might not have turtles in it but will have Megan Fox, has been delayed yet again until June 6th, 2014. Additionally, while most…

io9 Rob Bricken Feb 28

11 Reasons We Hope the World Actually Ends Later Today

You know the deal: the world is ending today, Mayan Calendar, yadda yadda. You also know that it’s extremely unlikely the world will crack in two later today, and that’s a good thing, because the future looks pretty great. More Star Wars, Star Trek, Marvel movies, Doctor Who’s 50th, Adventure Time, Justice League, and everything…

io9 Rob Bricken Dec 21

Firefly’s Jayne joins the cast of Michael Bay’s postapocalyptic boat show

The planet is dying — and all that remains is a single U.S. Navy ship. Can the Last Crew on Earth salvage the future of the human race? That’s the premise of Michael Bay’s new post-apocalyptic show Last Ship. (We posted some huge, exclusive spoilers for this show here.) https://gizmodo.com/how-cheesy-will-michael-bays-post-apocalyptic-show-the-5950314 According to Deadline, Firefly and…

Television Meredith Woerner Oct 23

How cheesy will Michael Bay’s post-apocalyptic show The Last Ship be?

TNT is going into production on The Last Ship, a TV show based on William Brinkley’s 1989 novel about a U.S. Navy vessel that survives a global catastrophe. (In the book, it’s a nuclear war. But in the TV show, it’s something more complicated. Scroll all the way to the bottom to find out what.)…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Oct 9

Michael Bay’s leaked Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles script is full of bad ideas

Michael Bay’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has some more bad news. An alleged copy of an early draft of the script highlights all of the new changes Bay is hellbent on making to his Turtle movie. We already know that the Turtles are going to be from space and no longer teens, but the changes…

Movies Meredith Woerner Aug 29

The One Kickstarter I’d Support Is Michael Bay’s Bad Boys III Pitch

We gave up on Kickstarter a few months ago; too many unfulfilled orders of too many far-fetched concepts. It’s the internet’s biggest—and most expensive—letdown, to be honest. Unless, of course, it’s being used to help Michael Bay bring the Bad Boys franchise back with aliens and explosions and oh gawd why can’t this just be…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jul 29

Michael Bay’s Ninja Turtles shuts down. Are these turtles toast?

Michael Bay’s ridiculous Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot, that’s rumored to make the turtles alien non-mutants (and possibly not even teenagers anymore) has been canned. Paramount shut down the expensive production, perhaps due to the ridiculously expensive World War Z disaster we’re just learning the details of. Whatever the reason, the studio has shut down…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jun 15

How to Tell From a Trailer That a Movie Is Going to Suck

Right now, in the middle of summer movie season, it’s easy to get sensory overload. Big-budget movies are coming thick and fast, each of them trying to overwhelm us into opening our wallets. And the more movies you go to see, the more hyperactive trailers you’re going to see on the big screen. Is it…

Trailers Charlie Jane Anders May 16

Michael Bay and Conan O’Brien’s strange new scifi shows, revealed!

Both Michael Bay and Hollywood redhead Conan O’Brien are respectively pushing forward with some curious genre TV pitches. One sounds like a light-hearted alien affair; the other kills off half the planet in the pilot. Guess which one is Michael Bay’s? A new crop of cable shows currently in development just dropped over at Deadline.…

Television Meredith Woerner May 16

If Nick Park directed the Ninja Turtles, they’d be jolly chaps

We’ve gotten some clues about how Jonathan Liebesman and Michael Bay will tackle their rebooted Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but what if a different director got his or her hands on the heroes in a half-shell? That’s the subject of Draw2D2’s current set of pop culture mashups, and Andy Hunter delivers these Ninja Turtles filtered…

io9 Lauren Davis Apr 21

10 Ways Self-Hating Fans Make Genre Entertainment Worse

We love science fiction and fantasy with a pure, burning adoration. And our love of these genres helps make them better, because we support our favorite creators, create our own works and trade cool ideas. But sometimes, fandom has a dark side. Sometimes, fans can fall into self-loathing, and this can lead to some destructive…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Apr 17

Early reviews of Battleship are in: How does it live up to the Transformers legacy?

Every summer, there’s at least one huge-budget film that squanders $200 million or so on boring action, unfunny jokes, weird racial stereotypes and bloated special effects sequences. And apparently this summer, it’s officially Battleship. The “wet Transformers” movie has come out a whole month early in the U.K., which means that a rash of British…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Apr 12

Is this concept art really what the rebooted Ninja Turtles will look like?

So are Michael Bay’s Ninja Turtles really going to look sort of like his Transformers? Behold our first piece of concept art from the TMNT reboot — which looks, uh… interesting. It’s very blocky and stocky, with the same kind of chunky aesthetic that characterizes the Bayformers. On the other hand, it’s apparently the work…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 10

What’s inside the shells of Michael Bay’s CG Ninja Turtles?

Michael Bay’s TMNT features Megan Fox on a trampoline, obviously

Will Adam Baldwin steal Michael Bay’s post-apocalyptic show Last Ship?

Michael Bay’s Ninja Turtles are Teenage Mutants again

Transformers 4‘s Chinese cast members will be decided by reality show

Michael Bay’s Teenage Mutant Ninjas Turtles will be motion-captured

X-Files veteran plans show that sounds exactly like the X-Files

We will be spared the nightmare of Michael Bay’s TMNT until at least June 2014

11 Reasons We Hope the World Actually Ends Later Today

Firefly’s Jayne joins the cast of Michael Bay’s postapocalyptic boat show

How cheesy will Michael Bay’s post-apocalyptic show The Last Ship be?

Michael Bay’s leaked Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles script is full of bad ideas

The One Kickstarter I’d Support Is Michael Bay’s Bad Boys III Pitch

Michael Bay’s Ninja Turtles shuts down. Are these turtles toast?

How to Tell From a Trailer That a Movie Is Going to Suck

Michael Bay and Conan O’Brien’s strange new scifi shows, revealed!

If Nick Park directed the Ninja Turtles, they’d be jolly chaps

10 Ways Self-Hating Fans Make Genre Entertainment Worse

Early reviews of Battleship are in: How does it live up to the Transformers legacy?

Is this concept art really what the rebooted Ninja Turtles will look like?

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