Michael Bay had signed a deal with Disney for two movies, the first of them being The Rock (1996). He signed for two movies, because he was certain The Rock would be a financial failure coming out the same Summer as Independence Day (1996), Twister (1996) and Mission: Impossible (1996). He wanted to make sure he'd be tied down for one more film in case that happened, but once The Rock proved a success, Bay found himself in a predicament. He looked through every script Disney had, but none of them appealed to him. He did the same with the scripts Jerry Bruckheimer had with similar results. Bay set out with screenwriter Jonathan Hensleigh who he had worked with on The Rock and who Bay claims is a good writer for big ideas. Hensleigh had the idea that would end up becoming Armageddon. It was Joe Roth's idea to call the film Armageddon after Bay and Hensleigh pitched him the idea. Roth also decided at that time it would be Disney's biggest film of 1998.

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