Michael Bay is enlisting for an Operation Epic Fury film, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
The Common Footage movie relies on the true story of April’s rescue of two downed American pilots in Iran after their F-15E Strike Eagle was struck down throughout the USA’ assault on the nation. It’s primarily based on Mitchell Zuckoff’s forthcoming e book in regards to the rescue mission, which arrives by way of Harper Collins in 2027.
Bay will direct and produce with Erwin Stoff and Scott Gardenhour.
The filmmaker is thought for working with the U.S. army on earlier initiatives, consulting with it on films akin to The Rock, Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, Transformers and 13 Hours: The Secret Troopers of Benghazi. The latter movie was primarily based on a e book by Zuckoff, the journalist and professor of communications at Boston College.
Bay’s films have grossed greater than $10 billion on the world field workplace. He was most not too long ago in theaters with the 2022 crime thriller Ambulance starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Yayha Abdul-Mateen II. He’s recognized for 2 Dangerous Boys films and Ache & Achieve. Although he has not directed a characteristic since 2022, he’s additionally energetic as a producer by way of his Platinum Dunes, the place he produces the Quiet Place films and the Purge franchise.
Bay is repped by CAA, Vary and Hanson Jacobson. Stoff is repped by CAA and Hanson Jacobson. Gardenhour is repped by Loeb. Zuckoff is repped by 3 Arts.
Deadline first reported the information.
