As most of you know, Iâm in Las Vegas covering ShoWest 2009. For those not familiar with the convention, itâs where all the movie theater owners and operators get together to showcase the advances in projectors, concessions stands, and itâs also where a lot of the movie studios show their upcoming films to the people that are going to show them to audiences around the world. Basically, itâs where the big wigs come to wine and dine each other.
Anyway, tonight is the closing night and itâs where they give out all the awards. One of the winners was director Michael Bay as he won the Vanguard Award for Excellence in Filmmaking
So before getting to the stage, Michael came by the press room to answer a few questions. Since many of us were curious about 3-D and Transformers 3, those were the first few questions. Here are some of the highlights of the 7 minute press conference:
· Says he has nothing to do with The Birds remake
· Calls 3-D âa gimmickâ
· Is not considering a 3-D Transformers 3
· Says when Paramount announced a 2011 release date for Transformers 3 they were playing âstudio gamesâ and maybe using Transformers as a way of holding that date
· When I asked if heâs definitely doing Transformers 3, he said letâs wait and see how 2 does
· Talks about whatâs better in Transformers Revenge of the Fallen
· Says the budget for second Transformers was 200 million and that he came in 4 million under budget. Said they are using extra money on more effects
· Talks about the IMAX footage â says itâs much easier to shoot than stereoscopic
· Explains whatâs the most challenging of the special effects
· Talks about why ShoWest is important and explains why you need to see his films in a movie theater
And with that, you can watch what Michael had to say. Iâm sorry the sound isnât as good as it normally is, but he was far away from where I was sitting and nowhere near my microphone. Finally, if you missed my article of all the new movie posters at ShoWest click here, and here is my report after seeing footage from âTron 2â! Also, Iâm on Twitter.
Michael Bay â ShoWest 2009