Michael Bay Talks Transformers 3, 4 and 5?

Hmmm, I think all 3 movies will be a huge succes. (probably the 3rd movie will be the best at the box office) But I'm not sure what to think about even more movies. Just like Spiderman and Shrek ....

I would expect this comment. They want this to be a runaway franchise just like Sony and Marvel want Spiderman to be a runaway franchise. Think about how much work has gone into setting up the movie as it is. We've been following the movie's development since 2003 ... just imagine someone like Tom DeSanto who has been working on the Transformers movie concept for 5, 6 or maybe even 7 years already. There's a lot of time and money that has gone into just the first movie, so I'm not surprised at all to see them want to make a multi-movie franchise out of Transformers. Good luck to them!

Trilogies aren't all that bad. I approve of the original Alien one, Spider-Man and Star Wars. But I can see this will share the same fate of any sequel franchise, the director will get changed and fuck up the film (so says the audience) don't believe me? Ask the ones who hated Return of the The Jedi and X3.

I'd dont think that there should be 5. Keep it at 3 or 4 than make a TV show. Otherwise its going to be the next Star Wars or Aliens. The first 3 were great but the ones after were just OK. Hell for all we know there might not even be a third movie. And what if Bay gets kicked and a new director is used? Its never a good idea to look that far ahead without know what the begining holds instore.

it will make it there because of the fans. if we enjoy the movie and they do good at the box office and all that stuff, then we will definitely see atleast 5..hopefully. i wont see much use of the humans after a couple movies, so it better all be more robot ass whooping.

Great googa-booga, five movies?! Man, that would kick ass! !

can we please just have 3 movies of TF! I dont want this to end up like Star wars or Rocky. because I only perfer trilogies in movies.

While a trilogy would be best, 4 and 5 are possible if the sequels (should they arise) do well enough. Just as long as they do them right and they are enjoyable.

Also I have to agree with a previous comment on the characters. Adding only a few characters at a time would be best to avoid the character development problems G1 had.

I just think it's sad/funny how a one-liner off the cuff comment can be taken so ridiculously out of context. Bay saying that if 2 & 3 do well - which aren't even confirmed at this point - that he'd probably want to do 4 & 5 as well is NOT him "talking" about anything. He's stating the obvious. Every studio/director/writer/etc. hopes that they can turn their work into a career spanning franchise - it doesn't mean it will happen or that there are even concrete plans to do so. And as we know, most franchises never pass 3 movies, and when they do, they usually just keep going downhill anyway.

Guys, James Bond is on part 23 or 24, suffered numerous cast and crew changes over the years and still 75% of them are great.

(Goldeneye being the last good bond film, I haven't seen Casino Royale yet)