The 60-year-old filmmaker – who hasn’t had company illustration since leaving WME in 2022 – has inked a brand new cope with Inventive Artists Company, in response to The Hollywood Reporter.
Bay – who is thought for blockbusters together with Unhealthy Boys, The Rock, Armageddon, Pearl Harbor and 5 Transformers films – hasn’t directed a film because the 2022 crime thriller Ambulance, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Yayha Abdul-Mateen II.
Nevertheless, via his manufacturing firm Platinum Dunes, he has labored on monster franchise A Quiet Place, social horror franchise The Purge and The Texas Chainsaw Bloodbath remake.
Final yr, Michael pulled out of directing Quick and Free.
The director departed the motion film in August, amid artistic variations with lead star and producer Will Smith – who he first labored with on his debut function Unhealthy Boys in 1995 – simply months earlier than filming was as a result of start in October.
Based on Deadline, Michael needed extra emphasis on the motion parts of the movie, whereas King Richard star Will was eager to lean into the comedic moments.
The film will inform the story of a man who wakes up in Tijuana with no reminiscence.
He then slowly begins to recollect sure issues about his life, and involves the conclusion he has been residing a double-life – as an undercover CIA agent and against the law boss.
Will is producing the undertaking alongside Kelly McCormick and David Leitch for 87North.
Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber, Chris Bremner and Eric Pearson have penned the script.
Regardless of Michael’s departure from Quick and Free, he nonetheless has a busy time forward as he’s in negotiations with Paramount about making a brand new Transformers movie and he’s additionally engaged on OutRun, a online game adaptation which is able to star Sydney Sweeney.
The unique OutRun sport launched in 1986, and challenged gamers to dodge visitors and attain their vacation spot earlier than time runs out.
The sport pioneered a brand new style of driving video games, and spawned a number of different instalments, akin to OutRunners in 1993 and OutRun On-line Arcade in 2009.
He’s additionally set to collaborate with Cynthia Erivo on Saturation Level, a film adaptation of Adrian Tchaikovsky’s 2024 sci-fi novel of the identical title, for Common Footage.
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