Michael Bay's unrealized projects
During his career, American film director and producer Michael Bay has worked on a number of projects which never progressed beyond the pre-production stage under his direction.
[1] [2] [3] In August 2003, Bay was attached to direct the Revolution Studios adventure drama Do Not Go Gentle, about a scientist at the Smithsonian who realizes his lifelong dream of space travel.
[9] In December 2008, Platinum Dunes producer Bradley Fuller stated that the project had been put on hold due to similarities in conception with Twilight, a film which also contained a romance between human and vampire characters.
[10] On 8 April 2007, Bay, Chris Bender and JC Spink will produce the thriller Fiasco Heights, from a script by Kyle Ward through Platinum Dunes.
On 27 July 2007, Bay will direct Warner Bros' film adaptation of Whitley Strieber's 2012: The War for Souls, from a script by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci.
In 2008, Bay will produce a remake of The Birds through Platinum Dunes with Martin Campbell directing, Billy Ray and Peter Craig writing the screenplay, Naomi Watts as Melanie Daniels for Universal Pictures.
On 16 March 2010, Bay was set to produce the adaptation of Nick Spencer and illustrator Ronald Salas’ comic book series Existence 2.0 through his Platinum Dunes company with Miles Millar and Alfred Gough will write the screenplay and Paramount Pictures distributing the movie.
[22][23] On 27 April 2010, Bay and Platinum Dunes will produce former attorney George Mahaffey's screenplay Heatseekers, an action film about a young ex-military pilot who infiltrates a gang of aerial "pirates" working out of Bangkok and takes part in an elaborate tower heist using powered gliders and parachutes for Paramount Pictures.
On 24 May 2010, Bay and Platinum Dunes will produce the film adaptation of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child's novel Gideon's Sword for Paramount.
In February 2011, screenwriter Marti Noxon told Collider.com that plans for an imminent I Am Number Four sequel were shelved due to the disappointing performance of the first installment at the box office.
[29] In 2013, director D. J. Caruso was asked if there are any possibilities that The Power of Six will get a movie adaption, he replied: "There's been some talk in the past couple of months about trying to do something because there is this audience appetite out there [...].
[34] On 21 August 2018, Kornél Mundruczó replaced Flanagan as director with his wife Kata Wéber writing a new script and without Platinum Dunes' involvement.
[37] Michael Stahl-David,[38] Elizabeth Perkins,[39] Kristen Hager,[40] Kelsey Siepser,[40] Adria Arjona,[40] and Óscar Jaenada[40] were cast as the leads.
[46] On 6 March 2015, Project Almanac writers Andrew Deutschman and Jason Pagan will rewrite the script to be a school shooting and D’Alessandro will not direct the movie.
[56][57] On 4 September 2013, Bay will produce Jason Pagan and Andrew Stark's handheld-camera thriller Raindrop through Platinum Dunes for Paramount.
On 10 October 2013, Bay and Platinum Dunes will produce the film adaptation of Neal Bascomb's novel Sabotage, an action thriller about a scientist who exposes the Nazi's secret nuclear program.
On 29 August 2014, Bay and Warner Bros will produce Cosmic Motors film, based on Daniel Simon's concept art book from a script by Kyle Ward.
In June 2015, Bay will direct the film adaptation of Wesley Chu's first Time Salvager book with Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian producing.
On 25 October 2016, Bay will produce Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan's untitled thriller through Platinum Dunes, with Michael Chaves directing.
In June 2017, director Michael Bay discussed his idea for a follow-up to The Rock that never developed past the concept that Mason is chased by the government after escaping.
[74] On 10 June 2022, Legendary Pictures will produce the Duke Nukem movie with Josh Hearld, Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg’s Counterbalance Entertainment instead of Bay and Cena.
[82] In a March 2019 interview, while promoting Bumblebee in Japan, Di Bonaventura confirmed that sequels to both the solo movie and The Last Knight were in development.
