Michael Bay is going from Transformers: Age Of Extinction to a true story, 13 Hours...
With over $1bn in the bank and counting for its latest outing, Transformershas once again proven itself the most critic-proof movie franchise on the planet (well, outside of Pirates Of The Caribbean). Transformers: Age Of Extinction's gross to date is $1.08bn, slightly down on Transformers: Dark Of The Moon, but still more than enough to reward the investment in it. The DVD and Blu-ray release is yet to come as well.
Michael Bay had hinted that he wouldn't direct another Transformersfilm after Age Of Extinction, and at the very least, it looks like he's after a smaller-sized production again. He made Pain Of Gain between the last two Transformersfilms, and it might be he's on the lookout for something of that ilk once more.
The Hollywood Reporter reckons he's opting for 13 Hours as his next project, too. Based on Mitchell Zuckoff's book of the same name, it tells the story of what happened on September 11th 2012, when terrorists attacked a CIA station in Benghazi, and the US State Department Special Mission compound nearby.
The book covers the account of six American security operators who attempted to repel the attacks, and their actions are described as "extraordinary acts of courage and heroism." The book - and film - charts what happened across the 13 hours of the attack.
Chuck Hogan (who penned the script for Ben Affleck's The Town) has adapted what happened for the screen, and Paramount Pictures - for some time Michael Bay's home studio - is backing the project. It'd reportedly cost around $30-40m to make, and would be Bay's first political drama. He is currently said to be in negotiations to direct.
More news on 13 Hours as we hear it.
THR.
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