--- description: Michael Bay dishes on how he took Transformers: Age of Extinction to a whole new level of blockbuster. title: Michael Bay On How He Somehow Made the New Transformers Even More Bombastic image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb491565dae0c76c7/69869981f983e7796804e95f/transformers-still001.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Michael Bay Talks _Transformers: Age of Extinction_ by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 26, 2014 8:59 PM CUT  Optimus Prime readies for battle in Transformers: Age of Extinction Optimus Prime readies for battle in Transformers: Age of ExtinctionParamount by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 26, 2014 8:59 PM CUT How do you improve on a franchise that boasts some of the most bombastic, complex, and explosion-filled blockbusters of all time? You go bigger. At least that’s what Michael Bay is doing for the newest installment of the _Transformers_ series. Along with a remixed cast that trades in Shia LaBeouf for Mark Wahlberg and Kelsey Grammer, Bay promises more screen time with the Autobots. The scope of the film will also broaden to encompass locations ranging from the heartland of America to the vertical playground of Hong Kong’s skyscrapers. And if the star studded cast and exotic locals didn’t persuade you, well, there’s always the Dinobots. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2928608/michael-bay-transformers-age-of-extinction/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2928608/michael-bay-transformers-age-of-extinction/"},"headline":"Michael Bay Talks Transformers: Age of Extinction","datePublished":"2014-06-26T20:59:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:39:32.447Z","description":"Michael Bay looks to build a better blockbuster.","url":"https://time.com/2928608/michael-bay-transformers-age-of-extinction/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb491565dae0c76c7/69869981f983e7796804e95f/transformers-still001.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb491565dae0c76c7/69869981f983e7796804e95f/transformers-still001.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Michael Bay Talks Transformers: Age of Extinction","caption":"Michael Bay Talks Transformers: Age of Extinction","creditText":"Paramount","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2928608/michael-bay-transformers-age-of-extinction/","name":"Michael Bay Talks Transformers: Age of Extinction"}}]}] ```