Theatrical Transformers VR Experience Being Developed By Michael Bay

If you have ever wanted to experience the intense, action-packed world of Transformers for yourself, then you will soon get the chance. The franchise’s fifth installment is set to hit theaters next year with Transformers: The Last Knight, and Michael Bay wants to celebrate the release in a big way. The director is teaming up with IMAX to create a theatrical VR experience of Transformers fans.

Recently, Collider had a chance to speak with the director during a set visit, and Bay dished a few details about the unprecedented VR gag. The director confirmed the Transformers VR experience would be done with IMAX and ILM. Fans of the Transformers franchise will be excited to hear that the video will contain an original story, and it will run about nine minutes or so.

When it comes to the original story aspect, Bay had a bit to say about the VR experience and its protagonist. “What’s sort of fun about that is the size, you’ve got little ones and we got this great character called Cogman who’s a psychopath,” he said.

“He’s a proper like butler, he’s a headmaster, so it goes back to the comics. They kind ofrip off heads and they become that. So he’s this proper, great looking sociopath, he’s a psycho, but he’s very polite. And he’s like this big [uses his hands to show us the height], and it’s cool just as a test. You see him riding in a car, and behind you, over here and you can just — it’s so much fun.