[jim5cents]

Check the date on the Michael Bay announcement, it was from 2 years ago. Hollywood gossip.

In the entertainment world, "in talks with" means either a)someone asked someone about it and that director said, "eh, maybe", or b)the project is in limbo, and the studio has some columnist write a story about a favor of the month director/actor/producer/screenwriter showing interest in the project to remind the world that the project exists.