Michael Bay promises no 'goofiness' in 'Transformers: Age of Extinction'

Fans had lots of problems with the third installment in the Transformers movie series entitled Transformers: Dark of the Moon. As it turns out, director Michael Bay shares some of those sentiments and has promised fans that there will not be any "goofiness" in the upcoming fourth film, Transformers: Age of Extinction.

Yahoo! visited the set of Age of Extinction in Detroit and Bay told the site to expect a more focused film this time while admitting the problems with the last movie.

"I wanted the first Transformers to be very suburban and less cool," Bay said. "This is a much more cinematic one. I focused on keeping this one slick. There won't be any goofiness in this one. We went a bit too goofy [on the last one]."

The new film features an updated look for Optimus Prime, which is one of the many adjustments made from the first three movies to the fourth one. Despite the updates, Bay made sure to stress that Age of Extinction is another sequel, not a reboot:

"It feels like a new chapter, this movie," he said. "But it's not a reboot. This movie lives in the history of the Transformers movies, and this one starts three years after the last. It feels fresh."

Part of that continuity is evident in a sign that says "Remember Chicago," a reference to the massive conflict at the end of the third movie.

The cast of human beings has also changed dramatically, with Mark Wahlberg in the lead role as an inventor and father to teenage daughter Tessa (Nicola Peltz). He finds a Transformer and gets sucked into their war.

"The human element really attracted me," said Wahlberg, who took the part before he even read a script. "I had a great time working with him on Pain & Gain, and he asked me to come back, so I said, 'Absolutely.' The idea of playing a dad to a teenage girl - those are issues I'll be having to deal with sooner rather than later, whether I like it or not."