As he gears up for the release of his latest directorial effort Transformers: Age of Extinction, not to mention the live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot, which has him attached as producer, it seems that Michael Bay could now be turning his attention towards another franchise in the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion.
According to Transformers News Center (via KDramaStars), Bay responded to a question about his future projects by stating that, “I don’t know if you are familiar with Evangelion but that’s one movie that I want to direct”, before smiling when asked if development on an NGE movie might be underway.
Written and directed by Hideaki Anno, Neon Genesis Evanelion is an apoclayptic mecha anime that ran for 26 episodes between 1995 and 1996 and centres on a teenage pilot of a bio-mechanical fighting machine (an Evangelion) as he battles monstrous creatures known as Angels. The series spawned several animated films, as well as a rebooted anime movie series entitled Rebuild of Evangelion.
Originally published May 29, 2014. Updated April 12, 2018.
