Michael Bay: Spielberg Told Me to Stop Making ‘Transformers’ Movies and ‘I Should’ve Stopped’
variety.comZack Sharf Michael Bay’s career is defined in part by his blockbuster “Transformers” movies, but the filmmaker recently admitted to Unilad UK (via IndieWire) that he should’ve stopped making them at a certain point.
Bay directed 2007’s “Transformers,” which grossed $709 million worldwide, and then returned for four sequels. Two follow-up films, “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” and “Transformers: Age of Extinction,” grossed over $1 billion worldwide.
According to Bay, even franchise executive producer Steven Spielberg told him to stop after the third movie.“I made too many of them,” Bay said. “Steven Spielberg said, ‘Just stop at three’.
And I said I’d stop. The studio begged me to do a fourth, and then that made a billion too. And then I said I’m gonna stop here.
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