Bay Is Quitting Transformers

Michael Bay is quitting the Transformers franchise after Revenge of the Fallen and the action genre in general. He is determined to move away from this area because he is sick of receiving negative reviews from critics who dislike his movie-making style. "It's easy to go shoot an art movie in a winery in the South of France," Mr. Bay says.

"But people have no idea how hard it is to create something like Transformers. They (the critics) review me before they've even seen the movie."

He also admits that if Transformers 3, which he previously pegged to July 4, 2012, is greenlit by Paramount Pictures, they will have to find a new helmer.

Adding, "After the three and a half years I've spent making these movies, I feel like I've had enough of the Transformers world. I need to do something totally divergent, something without any explosions."

Source: MovieTickets.com