Starz will be showing the premiere episode of its pirate series Black Sails at Comic-Con 2013 on Thursday, July 18th. There will be special guests (who they might be is yet to be announced). The series, which is a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic Treasure Island, centers on the adventures of Captain Flint, whose […]
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TNT Orders Michael Bay’s Post-apocalyptic Drama The Last Ship to Series!
TNT has ordered Michael Bay drama The Last Ship, starring Eric Dane, to series. The crew of the U.S.S. Nathan James survives a global catastrophe and the Navy destroyer’s crew must come to terms with the reality of their new circumstances. The order is for ten episodes to launch in 2014. Details follow the […]
Black Sails Poster & Trailer–Michael Bay and Starz May Just Have Another Winner!
The poster for Michael Bay’s Black sails (coming to Starz on January, 20/14) is a cool riff on the skull and crossbones flags flown by pirate ships. The first teaser trailer for the series (following the jump) is also pretty spiffy.
Pain & Gain: Mostly Pain; Not Much Gain!
Although Pain & Gain is based on a true story (the opening narration goes, ‘unfortunately, this is a true story’), Bay treats it as though it was some weird The Three Stooges Go on a Crime Spree filtered through a heightened color palette.
First Look: Black Sails–Starz’s Pirate Series!
Gore Verbinski made pirates big on the silver screen. Now Michael Bay and Starz hope to do the same for the small screen with Black Sails. The series is a kind of loose prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, with Luke Arnold playing the not-yet-legendary pirate, John Silver, and Clara Paget as the notorious […]
TNT Greenlights Pilot The Last Ship From Michael Bay!
It looks like post-apocalyptic TV shows are in the zeitgeist. TNT has greenlighted a pilot for The Last Ship , based on the novel by William Brinkley and executive produced by Michael Bay. The potential series would follow the crew of a naval destroyer coming to grips with being among the few survivors of […]
Michael Bay’s Treasure Island Prequel Gets Starz Treatment!
Michael bay is producing Black Sails, a prequel to Treasure Island, for Starz. Beginning twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic swashbuckler, Black Sails is expected to premiere in 2014. Full details from the official press release follow the jump.
Michelle Likes Transformers: Dark of the Moon!
I Am Number Four – A Little Romance, A Lot Of Action!
There are some producers whose stamp can be seen on a film regardless of who directed it [think Transformers – Steven Spielberg’s influence could be felt throughout, even above Michael Bay’s action sequences]. With I Am Number Four, it is Michael Bay’s influence that overrides D.J. Caruso’s direction in the final act – resulting in […]
Michael Bay speaks briefly on Transformers 3
MTV had caught up with director/producer Michael Bay to speak with him briefly about Transformers 3: Dark Of The Moon. Here is his comment about the story of the film: “We just have, I think, a better story. It’s epic and it happens in a city, so it’s more accessable because you recognize stuff; it’s […]
First Look: Michael Bay’s Transformers: Dark of the Moon!
Maybe it’s just me, but I get the feeling that 3-D was made expressly for Michael Bay movies…