Michael Bay attends the Los Angeles Premiere of Columbia Pictures’ ‘Bad Boys: Ride Or Die’ at the TCL Chinese Theater on May 30, 2024 in Hollywood, California. Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for Sony Pictures.
Preview:
- Michael Bay is developing a new based-on-truth military movie.
- It’ll follow the recent mission to rescue down pilots during Operation Epic Fury in Iran.
- Universal is backing the project.
Michael Bay clearly enjoys working on military movies. And he’s rarely more in his wheelhouse than when he’s directing something that combines US forces’ heroism with true-life stories, such as Transform… er, okay, maybe something more along the lines of ‘13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi’ or ‘Pearl Harbor.’
“When everything went wrong, six men had the courage to do what was right.”
Release Date: Jan 15, 2016
Run Time: 2 hr 24 min
Budget: $50,000,000
Deadline reports that Bay has found his latest blend of the two, as he’s developing a movie based on a recent rescue mission that took place during the early days of America’s Operation Epic Fury campaign in Iran.
It has landed at Universal where Bay has a production deal.
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(L to R) Producer Brad Fischer, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Director/Producer Michael Bay, Eiza González and Jake Gyllenhaal attend Universal Pictures ‘Ambulance’ Premiere at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, CA on Monday, April 4, 2022. Photo: Alex J. Berliner/ABImages.
The new film will follow the extraordinary heroism of the two U.S. airmen rescued after their F-15E Strike Eagle was downed in early April during Operation Epic Fury.
We don’t yet know who is writing the script, but it’ll be based on the upcoming book by Mitchell Zuckoff, which HarperCollins will publish in 2027.
Fighter pilot rescue movie: Michael Bay talks
Michael Bay on the set of ’13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi’.
Photo: Christian Black/© 2015 Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved.
Here’s Bay on why he decided to take on the movie:
“I’ve had an amazing partnership over my 30-year career working with the Department of War and amazing U.S. military members. In my film ‘13 Hours,’ no rescue force answered the call for help. This film is about everyone who answered the call in one of the most complex, intricate and high-stakes operations in recent history. It celebrates the true heroism and unwavering dedication of our service members.”
Mark Wahlberg in ‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’. Photo: Paramount.
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