According to Variety, Paramount Studios has engaged Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes for a first-look deal from which both sides hope to benefit.  The studio that first brought us Friday the 13th and the production company that remade it seems like a natural fit, according to Bay, whom Variety quotes:  "We offer a valuable service to the studio, especially with all this turmoil going on in the business right now, in that we do things cheaply, and we've had a lot of success with it.  Through the first two 'Transformers' films, I've gotten to know the studio very well, and I've got a good rhythm with them. I'm excited about this."

But will the fans benefit from it?  Many, myself included, have questioned Platinum Dunes for plundering iconic characters and plumping them down in  remakes that are slick, vapid and uninspired, nowhere comparable to the seminal originals.  We'll have to wait and see how Mr. Autobot's company deals with this newly acquired wealth.