Bay Vs. del Toro - Battle of the Giant Robots

Bay Vs. del Toro

At CinemaCon director Michael Bay, who was promoting his latest film, Pain & Gain spoke to the theater owners that “there have been quite a few “rip-off” robot movies and that audiences know better”. Blunt assault to Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming Pacific Rim?

Well, when del Toro hear that statement from Bay through The Hollywood Reporter he said that:

“We are far, far, far away from that in a very willing fashion, for good or bad, this is my movie. This is my universe and my creation, and I do not create through comparison."

"There is an operatic quality to Pacific Rim in terms of size and scope, del Toro says. In the film, the robots are as tall as 25-story buildings - much larger than the Autobots of Bay's franchise -- and they take on invading alien monsters."

"The fights don't occur in well-lit, super cool, car commercial-looking environments. They occur in the middle of a raging sea storm or in a savage snowstorm. They happen in a universe that is incredibly saturated."

Now you may be expecting some sort of word fight between the two, but Michael Bay upon hearing the words of Guillermo del Toro, replied through his blog and end the problem in the making:

“Well today, Hollywood Reporter stated that I was in a feud with Guillermo del Toro and his Pacific Rim. Absolutely to the contrary.

I was talking about another movie, at another studio that will remain nameless, while I spoke at CinemaCon in Vegas this Monday.

I love how reporters put false words in people's mouths without doing their proper research. Well 'cause of that sloppy reporting, I thought Guillermo was mad at me, and he thought I was mad at him. We both exchanged calls today and realized nobody was mad at anybody except we were both mad at that reporter!

Michael”  

So that’s that.

Watch both movies, Pacific Rim is coming out this summer and you can expect the new trilogy of the Transformers franchise, the first, Transformers 4 is schedule to hit theaters on the summer of next year.

Pacific Rim

When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju started rising from the sea, a gigantic war breaks out to save Humanity and its resources from possible annihilation. To stop these monsters and win the war, a special type of weapon is developed, the Jaegers, massive robots that are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are connected in a neural bridge. TheJaeger can fight one on one with the Kaiju since they are of the same size and power, but not even they are proving to be powerful enough to stop the relentlessKaiju from taking over the world and wipe out Humanity. On the verge of certain defeat, the allied forces defending mankind have but little choice but to turn to two of the most unlikely heroes on the force, an untested trainee Mako Moriplayed by Rinko Kikuchi and Raleigh Becket a washed up former pilot, played by Charlie Hunnam. Both of them (Rinko and Raleigh) are teamed to drive the legendary but apparently completely obsolete Jaeger from the past. The two unlikely heroes became the last hope for mankind as they alone fight the Kaijufor the future of all Humanity.

Directing the movie is the brilliant director Guillermo del Toro, who brought us both Hellboy movies and Pan's Labyrinth. Starring in this anticipated film are Charlie Hunnam from Sons of Anarchy, Ron Perlman from Hellboy, Idris Elba from Luther, Charlie Day from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Clifton Collins Jr. from Star Trek, Robert Maillet fromSherlock Holmes, Rinko Kikuchi from The Brothers Bloom, Heather Doerksen fromBattlestar Galactica and Brad William Henke from Justified. The movie is due to arrive at theaters on the 12th of July of this summer.

Transformers 4

“As humanity picks up the pieces, following the conclusion of Transformers: Dark Of The Moon, Autobots and Decepticons have all but vanished from the face of the planet. However, a group of powerful, ingenious businessman and scientists attempt to learn from past Transformer incursions and push the boundaries of technology beyond what they can control – all while an ancient, powerful Transformer menace sets Earth in his crosshairs. The epic adventure and battle between good and evil, freedom and enslavement ensues."

Director Michael Bay confirmed last November that actor Mark Wahlberg had signed to be part of this new movie, actor Shia LaBeouf had signed out, giving the chance to the almost unknown 21 year old. born in Ireland actor Jack Reynor. Mark Wahlberg said that this new movie will be very different from the others.

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