Michael Bay Debunks "Jason Statham in TF4" Rumor

Posted by El Duque Jul 8, 2011 at 12:05am CDT 54,080 views

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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

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Comment by zodconvoy Jul 8, 2011

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.

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Comment by all_the_primes Jul 8, 2011

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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Comment by BATTOUSAIXD Jul 8, 2011

I have to agree as well, although I still want this storyline to continue, it is too early to confirm a new film. But we all know micheal bay isn't the most trustworthy person...

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Comment by Sunspot Jul 8, 2011

oh, thank god

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Comment by Doubledealer93 Jul 8, 2011

thank god! i just hope bay is not lying like he usually does :/

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Comment by User897 Jul 8, 2011

what i don't get is, why would bay be disspelling this rumor if he's no longer involved with transformers?

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Comment by NemesisMonkeySupreme Jul 8, 2011

User897 wrote:what i don't get is, why would bay be disspelling this rumor if he's no longer involved with transformers?

here is why:

Originally Posted by michaelbay
How bout, just enjoy the movie out right now.

Michael

because as with all things michael bay, all michael bay cares about is michael bay, if you're talking about TF4 you're not talking about TF3 which means you're not talking about him.

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Comment by Blackstreak Jul 8, 2011

I personally never put any hope in this rumor anyways. I'm w/ Michael on this one: enjoy the new one we got for a while. We can't be that anxious for the next movie that the hype on the 3rd one hasn't died down yet before rumors of the 4th. I think Jason's name came up only because of his relationship w/ Rosie anyways. To be honest, I can't see him doing the movie.

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Comment by Megatron Wolf Jul 8, 2011

wait i thought bay was done with transformers so why was he asked about it and how would he know?

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Comment by User897 Jul 8, 2011

That's what I just said as well. Mikey no likey attention going elsewhere.

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Comment by LiKwid Jul 8, 2011

User897 wrote:what i don't get is, why would bay be disspelling this rumor if he's no longer involved with transformers?

Nuff said.... :-?

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Comment by Gemini220 Jul 8, 2011

I can't see why Shia would walk away from all that money?!

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Comment by Cyberion Jul 8, 2011

THANK GOODNESS!!! This bit of news made me happy enough to throw a party!!! Now the nightmares of a black suited Statham stepping out of a Transforming Audi A8, can stop...

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Comment by leobreaker1977 Jul 8, 2011

"just enjoy this one" why because we are TF fans and we demand more! :APPLAUSE:

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Comment by Gemini220 Jul 8, 2011

I can see a 4th coming because of the way it ended. The never showed Dempsey's character after he was shocked and you know they always show the bad guy dead.

Also you still have Deceptagons around the world, the ones that were staging the piliers.

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Comment by Blackstreak Jul 8, 2011

Gemini220 wrote:I can see a 4th coming because of the way it ended. The never showed Dempsey's character after he was shocked and you know they always show the bad guy dead.

Also you still have Deceptagons around the world, the ones that were staging the piliers.

There are also other Decepticon leaders besides Megatron and Shockwave around too. Plenty of story left to tell. But I still don't see Jason Statham being in any of them.

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Comment by zodconvoy Jul 8, 2011

Gemini220 wrote:I can't see why Shia would walk away from all that money?!

He seems to have something few new actors have anymore: integrity and a sense of the craft. Now if only he had acting talent. :lol:

Megatron Wolf wrote:wait i thought bay was done with transformers so why was he asked about it and how would he know?

Because he isn't done yet. He's still doing the press stuff and hasn't been replaced yet.Just because he's not filming doesn't mean he's out. Plus, do you think everybody stops talking to each other afterwards? He's probably still talking to Don Murphy and Spielberg about DOTM. And whoever does get picked to replace him with probably talk to him about unused ideas from the first three. It's not like Terminator or Alien were every new director can reset the franchise when then hop on for their installment. Bay is stuck with this to a small degree until the end of this version of the franchise. Hell, for most Smallville and Superman Returns, Richard Donner was never left alone!

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Comment by Cyberion Jul 8, 2011

The way Sam clocked Dempsey with that pipe, I don't think he's coming back. At least, let's hope not. And yes, there is definitely plenty of story left to tell. Maybe we can get ARCEE back in the story line. It couldn't hurt to have a foxy female Autobot and an Evil Female Decepticon in the story line.

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Comment by juxtapose519 Jul 8, 2011

What I read:

"Stop talking about about Jason Statham and talk more about me and my great movie." - Michael Bay

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Comment by Marcdachamp Jul 8, 2011

I think he'd be a perfect fit. Michael Bay + crazy explosions + robots + Statham? He could play Chip Chase and it'd still be awesome.

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