Will Smith & Michael Bay Clash Over New Movie as 1 Departs Project

Netflix‘s upcoming action comedy thriller Fast and Loose has finally received a brand new update regarding the current development of its pre-production. After nearly a year since the project was first announced, the movie has now encountered a creative setback involving its lead star Will Smith and director Michael Bay.

“It follows 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,” reads the movie’s initial description.

Michael Bay exits Netflix’s Will Smith movie

According to Deadline, Bay has officially decided to exit Netflix’s Fast and Loose movie, after reportedly failing to reach an agreement with Smith over the movie’s direction. The outlet claimed that the filmmaker wants the movie to deliver more action, while the Oscar-winning actor believes that they should lean more into its comedic aspect. This would have been the latest collaboration between Smith and Bay, after previously working on the first two Bad Boys movies.

Netflix is already looking for a new director, ahead of its planned production start date in October. The screenplay was written by Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber, Chris Bremner, and Eric Pearson. It is produced by Smith for Westbrook Studios, along with Kelly McCormick and David Leitch for 87North.

At the moment, Bay is working on multiple projects, including producing a live-action Skibidi Toilet movie, and potentially directing another Transformers movie. It was also recently reported that he’s collaborating with Euphoria star Sydney Sweeney on the upcoming live-action film adaptation of OutRun, based on one of Sega‘s popular arcade video game series.

(Source: Deadline)

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