Transformers 4: Age of Extinction is just a few days away from it’s U.S. release, however, not everyone is as happy as we are about this news. Paramount pictures is facing a breach of contract lawsuit from their former commercial sponsorship partner, Beijing Pangu.
Beijing Pangu Investment Co, the owners of a dragon shaped hotel/mall in Beijing, has ended a sponsorship deal with Paramount pictures, regarding its role in the upcoming Transformers movie. The company has reportedly filed a lawsuit against Paramount for breach of contract.
Paramount has since released a statement to the press about the issue, reading:
“Pangu Plaza has a prominent placement in ‘Transformers 4’ and it looks beautiful on-screen. We regret that Pangu is not currently satisfied with certain aspects of our collaboration and are working to resolve its concerns.”
Transformers 4: Age of Extinction hits theaters in the U.S. on Friday June 27.
The Transformers production also ran into some trouble in Hong Kong during filming when Michael Bay was attacked on set, as he explained on his website:
"Hi, it’s Michael.
Yes, the story is being passed around is not all true! Yes, some drugged up guys were being belligerent asses to my crew for hours in the morning of our first shoot day in Hong Kong. One guy rolled metal carts into some of my actors trying to shake us down for thousands of dollars to not play his loud music or hit us with bricks.
Every vendor where we shot got paid a fair price for our inconvenience, but he wanted four times that amount. I personally told this man and his friends to forget it we were not going to let him extort us. He didn’t like that answer. So an hour later he came by my crew as we were shooting, carrying a long air conditioner unit. He walked right up to me and tried to smack my face, but I ducked threw the air unit on the floor and pushed him away. That’s when the security jumped on him. But it took seven big guys to subdue him. It was like a Zombie in Brad Pitt’s movie World War Z—he lifted seven guys up and tried to bite them. He actually bit into one of the guards Nike shoe, insane. Thank god it was an Air Max, the bubble popped, but the toe was saved.
Then it took fifteen Hong Kong cops in riot gear to deal with these punks. In all, four guys were arrested for assaulting the officers.
After that, we had a great day shooting here in Hong Kong."
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