Michael Bay
American filmmaker
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| April 21 2025 | Bay was announced to direct and co-produce an adaptation of Out Run for Universal Pictures and Sega Sammy Group, with Sydney Sweeney also set to co-produce. |
| 2025 | Michael Bay releases 'We Are Storror', which receives a perfect 100% rating, marking a notable achievement in his filmmaking career. |
| 2025 | Scheduled release of Drop, directed by Christopher Landon, continuing his diverse film production portfolio. |
| 2025 | Michael Bay is set to be involved with We Are Storror |
| February 2025 | Bay was arrested after breaking into the Vatican. |
| 2024 | Michael Bay directs all 5 episodes of Born Evil: The Serial Killer and the Savior documentary series on Investigation Discovery |
| 2024 | Michael Bay plays a Porsche Driver in the film Bad Boys: Ride or Die |
| 2024 | Planned releases include A Quiet Place: Day One, Transformers One, and Apartment 7A, showcasing continued involvement in franchise and horror films. |
| October 7 2024 | Bay was set to direct the film Fast and Loose, with Chris Bremner and Eric Pearson writing the screenplay. |
| July 24 2024 | Michael Bay was reported to be developing a franchise based on the Skibidi Toilet web series created by Alexey Gerasimov, marking his potential entry into a viral internet animation project |
| July 11 2024 | Michael Bay was reported to be in negotiations to direct 'Barbaric', a fantasy series for Netflix, based on a Vault Comics title |
| 2023 | Returned to Transformers franchise with Transformers: Rise of the Beasts directed by Steven Caple Jr. |
| February 2023 | Michael Bay was hired to direct and executive produce an untitled action drama series for A&E Studios and Amazon Studios, expanding his work into television production. |
| 2022 | Michael Bay was featured in the Hulu documentary series 'Victoria's Secret: Angels and Demons', specifically in the episode 'Part Two: The Secret Friend' |
| 2022 | Michael Bay directed Ambulance |
| June 10 2022 | Legendary Pictures announced they would produce the Duke Nukem movie, replacing Bay and Cena's initial involvement, with Josh Hearld, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg's Counterbalance Entertainment taking over the project. |
| 2021 | Produced sequel A Quiet Place Part II and final installment of The Purge franchise, The Forever Purge. |
| 2020 | Michael Bay served as director of action sequences for the film 'Songbird', a pandemic-themed movie released during the COVID-19 period. |
| 2020 | Michael Bay appears as a Wedding MC in the film Bad Boys for Life |
| 2019 | Michael Bay directed 6 Underground |
| April 2019 | It was confirmed that a direct sequel to Transformers: The Last Knight was no longer in development. |
| March 2019 | Di Bonaventura confirmed in a Japan interview that sequels to both Bumblebee and The Last Knight were in development. |
| 2018 | Michael Bay begins producing Jack Ryan series on Amazon Video, which runs until 2023 |
| 2018 | Michael Bay begins producing The Purge television series on USA Network, which runs until 2019 |
| 2018 | Produced critically acclaimed horror film A Quiet Place directed by John Krasinski, alongside The First Purge and Bumblebee. |
| December 10 2018 | Producer Lorenzo Di Bonaventura announced in a Slash Film interview that further films in the Transformers series would continue, with planned changes in tone and style. |
| September 19 2018 | Michael Bay's production company Platinum Dunes announced plans to produce Holly Brix's home invasion script 'Happy Anniversary', with Bay set to produce the film. |
| August 21 2018 | Kornél Mundruczó takes over as director of 'Inherit the Earth', with his wife Kata Wéber writing a new script. The project is no longer associated with Platinum Dunes. |
| June 13 2018 | Michael Bay agreed to co-produce the thriller 'I Am Yours' alongside Ryan Belenzon, Jeffrey Gelber, and Tyler Perry, with no further developments reported since the initial announcement. |
| May 23 2018 | Paramount removed the Transformers: The Last Knight sequel from their release schedule. |
| April 11 2018 | Michael Bay signed on to produce the film adaptation of Cecil Castellucci's short story 'We Have Always Lived on Mars', retitled 'Life on Mars', with John Krasinski set to direct and produce the movie. |
| March 7 2018 | Michael Bay signed on to replace Steven Spielberg as the director of the Robopocalypse film adaptation. |
| February 2018 | DC Films approached Michael Bay about potentially directing the Lobo film, contingent on maintaining a budget under $200 Million, following the success of Deadpool |
| February 16 2018 | Hasbro's senior designer John Warder confirmed that plans for a sequel to Transformers: The Last Knight were postponed. |
| January 22 2018 | Michael Bay was reported to be producing a Duke Nukem movie through Platinum Dunes, with John Cena in talks to star as Duke Nukem, aiming for a Deadpool-style approach. |
| 2017 | Michael Bay served as executive producer of Transformers: The Last Knight |
| 2017 | Directed Transformers: The Last Knight, which received generally negative reviews and was the lowest-grossing worldwide in the Transformers franchise. |
| September 18 2017 | Zak Olkewicz is hired to write the script for the Time Salvager film adaptation. |
| June 2017 | Michael Bay discussed an unrealized sequel to The Rock, where the concept involved the character Mason being pursued by the government after escaping. |
| May 24 2017 | Andy Bellin is hired to write the script for the Drone Warrior biopic project. |
| May 23 2017 | Michael Bay received a hand-and-footprint ceremony at The TCL Chinese Theatre, with his English mastiff Rebel placing her paw in the cement alongside him. |
| 2016 | Michael Bay produces Billion Dollar Wreck documentary series on History channel |
| 2016 | Continued production of franchise sequels with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows and The Purge: Election Year. |
| 2016 | Michael Bay directed 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi |
| December 7 2016 | Mike Flanagan replaces Andrew Adamson as director and writes a new script for 'Inherit the Earth'. |
| October 29 2016 | Producer Andrew Form indicates no plans are underway for a third Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film, likely due to the second film's lower box office returns. |
| October 25 2016 | Michael Bay planned to produce an untitled thriller by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan through Platinum Dunes, with Michael Chaves set to direct. No further developments were reported after this initial announcement. |
| October 24 2016 | Michael Bay announced he would produce Alex R. Johnson's revenge thriller 'Northeast Kingdom', with Johnson set to direct the film. |
| May 20 2016 | Tyler Perry suggests that if a third Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film is made, his character Baxter Stockman would likely mutate into his fly form. |
| May 12 2016 | Michael Bay plans to produce a film based on Brett Velicovich's memoir 'Drone Warrior' for Paramount Pictures. |
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