Michael Bay Exits Will Smith Netflix Action Movie "Fast and Loose"
Netflix is back to searching for a director for "Fast and Loose," after Michael Bay and Will Smith were unable to bridge creative differences and Bay exited the project.
"Fast and Loose" stars Smith as a man who wakes up in Tijuana with no memories. As he pieces together his past, he learns he's been living two lives: one as a crime kingpin and the other as an undercover CIA agent.
The script was written by Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber, Chris Bremner, and Eric Pearson.
The film has action as well as comic moments, but Bay wanted more emphasis on the former while Smith wanted to lean into the latter. They are looking to shoot in October, and Netflix will lock in a new filmmaker to keep things on track.
Bay has plenty else to do. He is discussing with Paramount a return to the Transformers fold with a new version of that tentpole, and he's also percolating at Universal OutRun, an adaptation of the video game that is a star vehicle for Sydney Sweeney.
Jayson Rothwell is scripting with Bay and Brad Fuller producing with Sweeney.
A reunion between Bay and Smith was significant because their stars launched together with 1995's "Bad Boys." That film was Bay's film directing debut, and it was the vehicle that provided the first glimpse of how well Smith would fare as a charismatic action star.
"Fast and Loose" is being produced by Smith's Westbrook Studios and Kelly McCormick and David Leitch for 87North.
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