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Michael Bay has confirmed that he was attacked on the set of his new film Transformers: Age of Extinction in a new blog post posted to his website.

The 48-year-old director also clarified the reports going around about what went down on the Hong Kong set.

“Yes, the story is being passed around is not all true!” Michael wrote. “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,” he added. “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,” Michael continued. “After that, we had a great day shooting here in Hong Kong.”

Glad everyone is safe after the scary incident!

UPDATE: The man who attacked Michael was reportedly wielding an air conditioner. Michael “ducked and wrested the air conditioner from his attacker, preventing what could have been a serious accident.”

Director Michael Bay was reportedly attacked on the set of his upcoming film Transformers 4 earlier in the day while filming in Hong Kong, China, Reuters reports.

A police statement given to the publication said that two brothers approached Michael and demanded HK$100,000 ($12,900). No reason was given as to why the brothers asked for that amount from Michael.

A discussion happened, and then the older brother attacked Michael, before attacking police officers. Both brothers were arrested.

Michael sustained injuries to the right side of his face, but refused medical attention.

We send our thoughts to Michael for a speedy recovery and hope he is doing okay!

Chinese actress Li Bingbing has joined the cast of the highly anticipated film Transformers 4!

“I am excited to have Li Bingbing join our cast and to be shooting portions of the movie in her native China. I have always aspired to work with the best actors and this cast is especially exciting now with the addition of Li,” director Michael Bay said in a statement.

Also starring in the flick are Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, and Jack Reynor.

Pictured inside: Mark keeping a low profile as he takes a stroll on Saturday afternoon (May 18) in Beverly Hills, Calif.

A few days earlier, the 41-year-old actor was spotted on set of his latest film 2 Guns with co-star Denzel Washington

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Chris Pine, Alice Eve, and Zachary Quinto walk the red carpet at the 2013 CinemaCon Off and Running: Gala Opening Night Presentation on Monday (April 15) at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nev.

The co-stars were in attendance with fellow castmate John Cho and writer/producer Damon Lindelof to present new footage from their film Star Trek Into Darkness during the Paramount Pictures presentation for the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners.

No footage was shown of Benedict Cumberbatch‘s new character, who Chris reportedly referred to as a terrorist. “We saw what happened today in Boston and terrorism is unfortunately a part of our lives,” Chris said during the presentation.

Also pictured: Director Michael Bay, who was on hand to talk about his new film Pain & Gain.

FYI: Chris is wearing a Z Zegna suit. Alice is wearing an Amen top and skirt with Manolo Blahnik for Holmes & Yang shoes.

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Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson sandwich in director Michael Bay at the premiere of their new film Pain & Gain on Thursday (April 11) in Miami Beach, Fla.

The guys returned to where they shot the film to premiere their new action flick alongside co-stars Anthony Mackie, Ed Harris, Tony Shalhoub, Rob Corddry, and Ken Jeong.

Pain & Gain is about a trio of bodybuilders (Wahlberg, Johnson, and Mackie) in Florida who get caught up in an extortion ring and a kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong. The film opens on April 26.

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The cast of the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film has been revealed, according to Deadline.

Alan Ritchson (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire) will be playing Raphael, Pete Ploszek (Parks and Recreation) will be playing Leonardo, Jeremy Howard (Breaking Bad) will be playing Donatello, and Noel Fisher (Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, Shameless) will be playing Michaelangelo.

In producer Michael Bay‘s reboot of the franchise, aliens invade Earth and inadvertently spawn a quartet of mutated reptile warriors, the Ninja Turtles, who rise up against them to defend the world.

Megan Fox will be playing the female lead in the flick.

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Megan Fox will be reuniting with her Transformers director Michael Bay for a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot!

“TMNT: we are bringing Megan Fox back into the family!” Michael, who is producing the film, wrote on his blog.

Here’s the new film’s synopsis: Aliens invade Earth and inadvertently spawn a quartet of mutated reptile warriors, the Ninja Turtles, who rise up against them to defend the world.

Megan exited the Transformers series after she and Michael got into a disagreement, which led to her publicly calling him “a nightmare to work for”.

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