And Best Picture Goes To ... TRANSFORMERS 4?! Paramount Wants Academy To Consider It

And Best Picture Goes To ... TRANSFORMERS 4?! Paramount Wants Academy To Consider It

Paramount Pictures has begun Oscar campaigns for some of their 2014 films. Surprisingly, their "For Your Consideration" ad for Michael Bay's Transformers: Age of Extinction is asking members of the Academy to consider the film for Best Picture.

By nailbiter111 - Dec 07, 2014 02:12 AM EST
Source: Paramount Pictures

Paramount, have you been hitting the eggnog a little too hard this holiday season? In 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science expanded the number of films in its Best Picture Of The Year category from five to 10, but for Transformers: Age of Extinction to be considered, the category would need to expand so much so it would resemble Santa's naughty list. Even though the odds aren't in Paramount's favor that hasn't stopped them from issuing a "For Your Consideration" campaign that asks members of the Academy to consider Michael Bay's latest Transformers film in the Best Picture Of The Year category.

The studio also launched "For Your Consideration" campaigns for Noah, Hercules, Men, Women & Children, Interstellar, The Gambler and Selma. Almost all of those films are being pushed in the Best Picture Of The Year category as well, except for Brett Ratner's Hercules. For that film, Paramount only wants members of the Academy to consider Hercules score, which was composed by Fernando Velázquez.

Realistically, the chances of Michael Bay's Transformers: Age of Extinction being a Best Picture Of The Year nominee at the 87th Annual Academy Awards is more like one out of a million. So I'm telling you there's a chance... YEAH!

Which 2014 film do you think deserves Best Picture Of The Year?

TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION - The film begins after an epic battle that left a great city torn, but with the world saved. As humanity picks up the pieces, a shadowy group reveals itself in an attempt to control the direction of history… while an ancient, powerful new menace sets Earth in its crosshairs. With help from a new cast of humans, Optimus Prime and the Autobots rise to meet their most fearsome challenge yet. In an incredible adventure, they are swept up in a war of good and evil, ultimately leading to a climactic battle across the world.

TRANSFORMERS 4 will be directed by Michael Bay, from a script written by Ehren Kruger. The cast includes: Mark Wahlberg, Kelsey Grammar, Nicola Peltz, Stanley Tucci and Jack Reynor.
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TheEpicJuicebox
TheEpicJuicebox - 12/7/2014, 2:16 AM
I WAS looking foward to this film solely because of the dinobots but after watching that two hour cringe-fest I felt as if I had to five myself to keep watching think that maybe it would get better, of course it didn't and I left the theatre in dissapointment. If you want an example of a franchise killer this is it. I however did like lockdown but he was annihilated much like my childhood
Deschain99
Deschain99 - 12/7/2014, 2:20 AM
Best Picture Of The Year

WTF!
Kurne
Kurne - 12/7/2014, 2:23 AM
"And Best Picture Goes To ... TRANSFORMERS 4?! Paramount Wants Academy To Consider It"

Deschain99
Deschain99 - 12/7/2014, 2:23 AM
Some of us just dream big I guess.
Kurne
Kurne - 12/7/2014, 2:24 AM
Jesus.





Fine. Sony can push TASM 2 if they want.
loki668
loki668 - 12/7/2014, 2:26 AM
And, yet, Noah will win. Why? I don't know.
SoundWave
SoundWave - 12/7/2014, 2:26 AM
THE BEST MOVIE OF 2014!!!!
kylo0607
kylo0607 - 12/7/2014, 2:29 AM
What??? April Fool's got early...
Superheromoviefan
Superheromoviefan - 12/7/2014, 2:32 AM
Paramount Pictures have just lost evey credibility they might had. Right now they are at the same level with Westboro Baptist Church. Because of them mankind has made one step behind. We just lost years of evolution. Congratulations Paramount, you just gave the chance for other species to surpass us.
Lozzy
Lozzy - 12/7/2014, 2:35 AM
LOL, this is some great trolling by Paramount.
Kurne
Kurne - 12/7/2014, 2:36 AM
'"For Your Consideration".... Michael Bay..... Transformers........ Best Picture Of The Year.....'

themidnightking
themidnightking - 12/7/2014, 2:40 AM
If this gets nominated, I will pay each and every one of you 1000 dollars. Quote it. Screeshot it. Spread it around.
Kurne
Kurne - 12/7/2014, 2:41 AM
@nailbiter111

Chef? I loved it (good on Favreau), but I wouldn't consider it here.
BloodyHell
BloodyHell - 12/7/2014, 2:51 AM
This is ridiculous. The movie was meh at best.
Kurne
Kurne - 12/7/2014, 2:55 AM
"This is ridiculous. The movie was meh at best."


JasonBlue
JasonBlue - 12/7/2014, 3:04 AM
They mistook the Academy Awards for the Razzies
Selonian
Selonian - 12/7/2014, 3:08 AM
Age of Extinction is a masterpiece comparing to Revenge of the Fallen and Dark of the Moon.

Nickk
Nickk - 12/7/2014, 3:08 AM
i would have rather have a brazzer film then transformers 4
Floke
Floke - 12/7/2014, 3:15 AM
What?! That would be like pitching Shawshank Redemption for Best Visual Effects!

Floke
Floke - 12/7/2014, 3:18 AM
And the winner is... Noah! Boom goes the dynamite
OscorpEmployeeo
OscorpEmployeeo - 12/7/2014, 3:18 AM
It's the special effects award they want, but omitting the other categories would be seen as admitting defeat.
NeoBaggins
NeoBaggins - 12/7/2014, 3:20 AM
NOAH was a weird movie. Not what I expected with the rock monsters.
Floke
Floke - 12/7/2014, 3:21 AM
And the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature goes to... Danielle Steel!
ZeoTV
ZeoTV - 12/7/2014, 3:21 AM
@Jollem you need better taste in movies there is no way TASM 2 is a better movie than Cap:TWS
mbembet
mbembet - 12/7/2014, 3:21 AM
i'm glad they did this, oscar is always a joke after all. Kurosawa, Kubrick, Hitchcock had never won oscar.
amxt
amxt - 12/7/2014, 3:27 AM
There is quite obviously a very bad drug problem within Paramount.
Humperdink
Humperdink - 12/7/2014, 3:34 AM
Age of Extinction is a masterpiece comparing to Revenge of the Fallen and Dark of the Moon.


I couldn't see any difference between those movies.
Demiurge
Demiurge - 12/7/2014, 3:38 AM
'Whatever Explosions 4' 3D for best picture. Yeah. I can totally see it. But that's probably because I'm smashed on PCP right now. Just like the ¨Paramount bigwigs...
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