Michael Bay to announce shock retirement?
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Sad news for Bay fans. Speculation had been rife that the American director best known for Transformers, Pearl Harbor or Armageddon, will announce his retirement from all public activities, at age 60, with immediate effect.
UPDATE 26/06/2025 : This story seems to be false. (read more)
Being a director isn't fun anymore
“As we get older, there are phases of life that we enter into, and being a director-producer just isn't fun anymore,” he might have said, says a source who remained anonymous. Other reports hinted that he may branch out into other creative fields he is better at (and more interested in), though they didn't provide any details.
#ThankYouMichael
For a little while on Wednesday evening, #ThankYouMichael was a trending hashtag on Twitter. As many fans reminisce and look back on all the unforgettable memories, some may wonder what about now made him make the decision.
“You’ve accomplished everything I ever dreamed of #ThankYouMichael.”
— @DesireePlum, 25 Jun 2025
“Bay wasn't retired?”
— @borisB0, 25 Jun 2025
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