Michael Bay is setting the record straight about the runtime forTransformers: The Last Knight. Rumors have been shuffling around the web lately, claiming thatBay’s Transformers 5was going to run over three hours in length, which is a lot for any movie. But that’s really A LOT of Transformers. I don’t care how big of a fan you are, three hours is a marathon of patience. There’s only so many times you’re able to watch stuff blow up and Mark Wahlberg run around looking busy and annoyed (quite possibly something he picked up from the George Costanza school of acting). But three hours is only 15 minutes longer thanAge of Extinction, which was not loved by very many people, and probably could have been a good 45 minutes shorter.
So are we getting aTitaniclengthTransformers: The Last Knight? Apparently those peskyGodfatherrunning times have gotten to Bay and he decided that it was time to address the running time forThe Last Knight. Bay took to hisTwitteraccount to explain.
“Reports of The Last Knight being over 3hrs is wrong. It’s shorter than the last 3 movies by a lot.”
Transformers fans rejoice! You will not be forced to watch 3 hours worth of movie while shifting in your seat to keep your butt from going numb. Nobody ever accused theTransformers franchiseof having lower run times, the shortest being 2007’sTransformersat 2 hours and 24 minutes. If you were interested in watching a marathon screening of the previous 4 movies it would take roughly 600 minutes or 10 hours to complete. I don’t know if I would recommend a 10 hour marathon of anything to anyone, much less aTransformersmovie.
Special notice, Bay only mentioned thatThe Last Knightwould be shorter than the previous 3 movies. Does this mean that it will be slightly longer than 2007’sTransformers? This would placeThe Last Knightin the ballpark of between 2 hours and 24 minutes and 2 hours and 30 minutes. So don’t worry, you’ll get plenty ofThe Last Knight, which will probably be needed to figure out what the hell is going on in thelatest installment of the franchise. Another interesting note is that this will be Bay’s last time at the helm for theTransformersfranchise.
Transformers: The Last Knightopen on June 21st, 2017 and is the fifth installment in the series directed by Bay. SinceOptimus Primehas been gone, a war has broken out between the Transformers and the humans. To save the world, Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg) must form an alliance with Bumblebee, an English Lord named Sir Edmund Burton (Anthony Hopkins), and a professor named Vivian Wembly (Laura Haddock) who need to learn the secrets of why the Transformers keep coming back to earth. ABumblebeespin-off will followThe Last Knightwith a release date of June 8th. 2018.
