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by **Cyberion** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 9:51 pm

Oh Geez no. Transporter with a transforming car? Are they going to come up with an Audi A8 transformer for him? Geez. It's TRANSFORMER not TRANSPORTER. LOL!!!

News Credits: 1 · by **T-Macksimus** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 12:07 am

What waste of freaking life came up with such a Primus-forsaken, ass-backwards ridiculous rumor as this???

...and who the heck is actually buying into this junk?? I could swallow 2 cans of alphabet soup and sh** out a better rumor than this!! :BANG_HEAD:

by **SKYWARPED_128** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 4:49 am

I'm not so sure it'd work.

Jason Statham is all about machismo and 80's style action movies. TF is all about the robots and CGI. He'd be vying with TF's for the role of the hero.

Shia worked as a protagonist in Bay's TF movies because he's the hapless kid. The role of the hero and warriors are left to the Autobots. Sure, Josh Duhamel and Tyrese Gibson were supposed to be the macho hero types, but they didn't steal the limelight from the Autobots.

To my mind at least, the biggest technical problem with a live action TF movie is the need of a human protagonist, without said protagonist being given too much importance or more emphasis than the Transformers. IMO, Statham is too much a a screen presence to fit into a TF movie without clashing with the TF's in terms of importance.

by **Cyberion** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 4:59 am

This is true. I can imagine Statham complaining about being second fiddle to a "Bunch of Robots". The only way it might work is if he plays the role that Duhammel played in the three movies and they found some new "hapless kid" to be the main human character. Wasn't that how it was in the G1 cartoon series (Hapless kid as main character)? I doubt this rumor is true. DOTM only came out last week end. Give it a few years of peace and quiet before the Decepticons and their new "human allies" start working on some plan to bring Megatron back or whatever it may be.

by **Bleak5170** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 8:28 am

vegetacron wrote:I don't care if they get Weird Al Yankovic to play Sam/Spike.

Yeah but then who would play Wreck-Gar?

As for Statham, while he has been in some terrible movies, I like him. He'd certainly be a massive change from Shia. I could definitely see the franchise taking a much darker turn with him in the lead role. And if anything, the movies would become even more testosterone-heavy and action-crammed.

by **Cyberion** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 8:51 am

The only role that makes sense for Statham to play is as the Military guy (Duhammel's character or something similar). Statham isn't a "hapless kid". They could eliminate the "hapless kid" character, but Statham easily fills a military guy role. What would make the whole thing screwy and make almost everyone cringe is if they make his "Car/transformer" an Audi A8 or BMW 7 series. EVERYONE would be howling "OH NO" at that.

by **SKYWARPED_128** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 10:54 pm

Cyber_Tek wrote:The only role that makes sense for Statham to play is as the Military guy (Duhammel's character or something similar). Statham isn't a "hapless kid". They could eliminate the "hapless kid" character, but Statham easily fills a military guy role. What would make the whole thing screwy and make almost everyone cringe is if they make his "Car/transformer" an Audi A8 or BMW 7 series. EVERYONE would be howling "OH NO" at that.

I could almost see the new director having fun with a Transporter homage/parody by pairing him with an Audi or BMW in a scene, with him in a black suit and leather driving gloves.

News Credits: 67 · by **El Duque** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 12:02 am

Sorry Statham fans, but it sounds like any hope you may have placed in the "Jason Statham in TF4" rumor has been lost. Director Michael Bay caught wind of the rumor, and has promptly put it to rest. He posted the following in his Shoot for the Edit forum:

Originally Posted by michaelbay
No completely false. No 4 th Transformers movie even exists right now. Thus no one is being considered at this time. How bout, just enjoy the movie out right now.

Michael

News Credits: 3 · by **zodconvoy** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 12:14 am

michealbay wrote:How bout, just enjoy the movie out right now.

I have to agree with Bay right now (and possibly for the first time ever) that we need to see and appreciate the movie that came out a week ago before looking 2 years into the future.

by **all_the_primes** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 12:21 am

zodconvoy wrote:
michealbay wrote:How bout, just enjoy the movie out right now.

I have to agree with Bay right now (and possibly for the first time ever) that we need to see and appreciate the movie that came out a week ago before looking 2 years into the future.

Ditto

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