New Michael Bay movie was once a project for Steven Spielberg.
There is also another Michael Bay movie in the works, 6 Underground, the plot of which is still being kept under-wraps.
Michael Bay has lined-up a couple of projects to direct post-Transformers. The Bad Boys and Armageddon helmer will take control of Robopocalypse and 6 Underground. The former is based on a 2011 novel by Daniel H. Wilson and was once a movie set to be directed by Steven Spielberg. He will stick on as a producer on the film, however. The new Michael Bay movie news comes from Variety.
Robopocalpyse is described as followed (from the source novel).
Not far into our future, the dazzling technology that runs our world turns against us. Controlled by a childlike?yet massively powerful?artificial intelligence known as Archos, the global network of machines on which our world has grown dependent suddenly becomes an implacable, deadly foe. At Zero Hour?the moment the robots attack?the human race is almost annihilated, but as its scattered remnants regroup, humanity for the first time unites in a determined effort to fight back. This is the oral history of that conflict, told by an international cast of survivors who experienced this long and bloody confrontation with the machines.
As for 6 Underground, well, that’s project’s plot is being kept well under-wraps, but it does boast a screenplay from Deadpool and Life writers Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese, so expect good things.
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“Throughout his career Michael Bay has been unparalleled in creating global theatrical events,” said David Ellison, Chief Executive Office of Skydance Media, who are backing 6 Underground. “We couldn’t be more thrilled to have this amazing team come together, bringing their unique style and vision to the movie.”
6 Underground will be the project to go-first, with a summer 2019 release already on the calendar.
More news on both as we get it.
