Shia LaBeouf is Quitting Transformers Franchise, Talks About Reboot!

Shia LaBeouf is Quitting Transformers Franchise, Talks About Reboot!

The actor from the Transformers series confirms that he and director Michael Bay will leave the franchise after the upcoming third entry, touching a bit on a possible reboot in the process. Hit the jump to check it out!

By Jolt17 - Jun 09, 2011 11:06 PM EST
Filed Under: Transformers
Source: Cinema Blend

The Autobots, led by Optimus Prime, are back in action, taking on the evil Decepticons, who are determined to avenge their defeat in 2009’s Transformers Revenge of the Fallen. In this new movie, the Autobots and Decepticons become involved in a perilous space race between the U.S. and Russia, and once again human Sam Witwicky has to come to the aid of his robot friends. There’s new characters too, including a new villain in the form of Shockwave, a longtime "Transformers" character who rules Cybertron while the Autobots and Decepticons battle it out on Earth.




Talking to MTV during their movie awards and thanks to Cinema Blend who posted it, check out what the actor has to say right below:


"I'm not coming back to do another one."

And actually it sounds like if Paramount wants more (and come on, these things are a cash cow, they will), the whole thing may have to move on to a completely new bunch of filmmakers. Even Michael Bay may not be up for Transformers 4.

LaBeouf confirms, "I don't think Mike will either. It still is a hot property, I think, especially coming out of the third one. So I imagine they'll reboot it at some point with someone else."


He's throwing the word reboot around a little casually there. Just because Michael Bay leaves doesn't mean they have to reboot it. They can plug in some other director and, sorry Shia, pretty easily hire some other actor. People really only show up for the robots, he’s not exactly essential to the franchise.


It doesn't sound like he bears the franchise any particular ill-will though. He says he'll be there opening night to see the fourth one, if it happens, and he's pretty enthusiastic about the current movie Dark of the Moon, calling it 'our best movie.'


Follow the link below for the complete article right on the site. Anyway, what do you think of his statement? Sound off on the usual spot below.




With the cast of Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, John Turturro, Josh Duhamel and Tyrese Gibson as well as the voices of Peter Cullen and Leonard Nimoy, Transformers: Dark of the Moon will land on theaters on June 29, later this year!

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GreenieGobbie
GreenieGobbie - 6/10/2011, 12:53 AM
@Nephillim That's actually a very good example. lol! I hope this film turns out somewhat decent, if not then I don't mind a reboot, or a fourth follow up with a different cast and crew. I can't bear Michael Bay's take on Transformers, so hopefully I may be wrong when Dark of the Moon comes out, but I really don't have any high expectations.
Osiris
Osiris - 6/10/2011, 2:52 AM
I think lenord nemoy is doing a great job as megatron.
BobGarlen
BobGarlen - 6/10/2011, 3:33 AM
I'd like to see Neil Blompkamp, Jon Favreu or Doug Jones should get the reboot
PaulRom
PaulRom - 6/10/2011, 5:36 AM
I'll bet Grif's happy. :P
And yeah...what franchise WON'T be rebooted at some point? They'll probably get Indiana Jones or Star Wars next. D:
larusso
larusso - 6/10/2011, 5:46 AM
Hugo is megatron
InFamouslyCool
InFamouslyCool - 6/10/2011, 5:50 AM
those transformer movies are crap anyways. lol i don't blame him.
GeoTank
GeoTank - 6/10/2011, 6:05 AM
Give it the "jack Ryan" treatment, sam can be replaced, move on.
Show4God1
Show4God1 - 6/10/2011, 6:08 AM
Thank God he is gone! And hopfully Bay too.
larusso
larusso - 6/10/2011, 6:09 AM
i wish they'd make the transformers look a little less complicated like http://youtu.be/42tXAzlsH5Y. Oh and give bumblebee his [frick]ing larynx back!
CherryBomb
CherryBomb - 6/10/2011, 6:12 AM

Lol they're not gonna reboot it just because Shia left.
They'll just replace him.
Runefyst
Runefyst - 6/10/2011, 6:13 AM
I wish they were rebooting it. I havn't been a fan of Michael Bay's take on the franchise. I miss the Transformers being the CENTRAL characters of the story line and not some sidekick to Sam Witwicky. :P
larusso
larusso - 6/10/2011, 6:15 AM
i would be good to give them a bit more character, rather than just good robot and bad robot
larusso
larusso - 6/10/2011, 6:15 AM
*it would be good...
icebergslick
icebergslick - 6/10/2011, 6:19 AM
Best news I read all day!
BIGBMH
BIGBMH - 6/10/2011, 6:29 AM
Not a fan f Transformers, but if they do reboot, here's how they could get me interested.

DDD
DDD - 6/10/2011, 6:31 AM
Thank Goodness he's leaving!
DDD
DDD - 6/10/2011, 6:32 AM
RUNEFYST@, agree completely!
blueorangeny
blueorangeny - 6/10/2011, 7:14 AM
stop the [frick]ing press lol. homeboy doesn't like to make money I guess. Maybe he's waiting on Charlie's Angels 3. Funny, he acts like ahhhhh I'm good. We would all jump in if given the op to make a film at that scale. And why reboot? just kick'em both out and continue no need to reboot, hollywood's favorite word, reboot.

I should say that to a chic, bitch i'm going to reboot your ass. Maybe the word would catch on outside of hollywood.
VictorHugo
VictorHugo - 6/10/2011, 7:16 AM
Osiris:

Leonard Nimoy is voicing another robot, Sentinel Prime.
BigCrupZilla
BigCrupZilla - 6/10/2011, 7:29 AM
hell, just stick g.i.joe in there and reboot both franchises! Mo money, mo money, mo money!
profamagoole
profamagoole - 6/10/2011, 7:30 AM
@ grif -
spot-on as always lol
TheLight
TheLight - 6/10/2011, 7:45 AM
Shia's cool but chances are he'll get replaced and the explosions will continue.
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 6/10/2011, 8:04 AM
HONESTLY 3 IS A GOOD NUMBER AND THE "IT" NUMBER FOR ANY DIRECTOR, YOU DO A FORTH ONE AND PEOPLE START SAYING "THAT'S ALL THIS GUY CAN DO"..DIRECTORS WANNA HAVE A FRIGG'N VARIETY. YOU KEEP DOING THE SAME STUFF ALL THE TIME AND IT BECOMES STAGNANT, THE DIRECTOR GETS STAGNANT..AND THE ART SUFFERS. JUST LIKE FAV STEPPING OUT OF IRON MAN, THE FRANCHISE IS A CASH COW..BETTER TO ALLOW FRESH EYES AND VISION TO SHOW US SOMETHING NEW BECAUSE SPOONING US THE SAME STUFF EVERY SUMMER WILL EVENTUALLY GET OLD. I'D LOVE TO SEE PAUL VERHOVEN DO TRANSFORMERS..BRUTAL, FUNNY, SERIOUS, AND A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF SPECIAL EFFECTS..I LIKE THAT GUY
comicNERD1031
comicNERD1031 - 6/10/2011, 8:16 AM
i believe that its tru that bay wont return. usaully after three it flobs(if their lucky three will do good) and without shia in there they would have to reboot the franchise because even though the Bots are the main guys its shia that carries the story. it would be nearly impossable to continue this story line without shia.
MikeZ
MikeZ - 6/10/2011, 8:22 AM
The franchise is coming off the rails. For real. Something tells me that if this is the last one, and Shia is quitting afterwards, then no one's heart was clearly into this at all. And despite whatever "good" stuff was in Transformers 3, there's gonna be a thousand other faux-pas.

Plus, you know a franchise is in trouble when some of the stars - notably Shia - are committing famewhore activities (he was acting drunk in public).

Like I, and many others said, it's reboot time. GUNSMITH does bring up a good point, pull a James Bond and recast the characters, but continue on. Because from what I read about novel, it's clearly not over. Maybe we can have Unicron.

Oh, and we do NOT need to go dark. The first film was great because it was like a Steven Spielberg film on adrenaline (i.e. whimsical, but intense). They took that away, and we had a standard Michael Bay, "America, [frick] Yeah!" political agenda film.
sonofsamadams
sonofsamadams - 6/10/2011, 8:40 AM
Don't blame the guy. He doesn't wanna be known as 'the guy from that weak franchise' for the rest of his life. The first one was awesome, the second one sucked balls, and the third i'm not too sure about, but i doubt it'll be better than the first.
marvel72
marvel72 - 6/10/2011, 9:14 AM
reboot the franchise with jj abrams as the director.
batman001
batman001 - 6/10/2011, 9:27 AM
this reminds of iron man 3 which is getting made with a different director which they can here with a possible transformers 4 and both are hot probity right now
plasticman
plasticman - 6/10/2011, 9:35 AM
I would love to see another great action director have their take on Transformers (no, not you, Joel Schumacher). There is a lot of story line that has been untouched that could be very interesting.

Things I would like to see in future Transformers movies:
1. Dinobots that have been on Earth for millions of years rediscovered and brought back to life.
2. An old timer filling up at a gas station in the desert, a semi pulls up, transforms, the guy drops a toothpick out of his mouth and Optimus shields the guy from harm and the old timer says "Thanks, Mack." (Get it...Mack Trucks...ha ha ha)
3. Devastator done right, along with a few other giants like Omega Supreme or Fortress Maximus.
4. Unicron and more story on Cybertron
naterator
naterator - 6/10/2011, 9:38 AM
no more reboots.....have some sense of creativity hollywood....goood gaaaaawwwwddddd......

just kill shias character and make it to where the transformers have to find another human to serve his purpose if any.
BrotherQStark
BrotherQStark - 6/10/2011, 9:42 AM
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