Michael Bay in talks to direct Will Smith’s Netflix action movie fast and loose, hollywood reporter Confirmed.
fast and loose It focuses on a crime boss who loses his memory after an attack and gradually learns that he is leading a double life as a CIA agent.
The film has been in development since before Smith infamously slapped Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars. THR It was previously reported that David Leitch exited the project a week before the Academy Awards telecast to begin production autumn guyan action comedy starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, released in May by Universal Pictures.
Bay directed Smith’s 1995 action comedy bad boys and its 2003 sequel. Smith and Martin Lawrence recently reprised their roles in the series in the latest sequel, Bad Boys: Ride or Diewhich Sony releases in theaters in June. The film helped revive Smith’s status as an in-demand movie star following the Oscar buzz.
shortly after publishing Bad Boys: Ride or DieThe global box office exceeded US$400 million, THR Smith is reportedly in talks to star in Sony’s sci-fi feature resistor. At the time, the director had not yet been involved in the project to adapt author Daniel Suarez’s 2014 novel influx.
Smith’s other recent championships include the 2022 liberation and 2021 king richardthe latter of which won him his first Oscar.
Bay’s most recent project as director is the 2022 Universal film ambulancestarring Jake Gyllenhaal and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. Bezos directs Netflix’s Ryan Reynolds-led action film 6 underground Aired on streaming in 2019.
deadline was the first to report Bay’s involvement.
