The reunion of two of Hollywood’s largest egos should wait, as Michael Bay and Will Smith have formally parted methods on the brand new Netflix movie, Quick and Free. Bay was set to direct the brand new motion comedy that stars Smith, which might have been a Unhealthy Boys reunion so to talk, as Bay directed the Contemporary Prince within the first two films within the franchise, however opted out of getting something to do with the 2 most up-to-date movies aside from showing in a short cameo.
Per Deadline, the break up comes after “inventive variations” led to Bay’s departure from the film, that means Netflix is now on the hunt for a brand new director for Quick and Free, which is slated to start manufacturing in October. Smith remains to be on board to star within the flick, which is penned by Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber, Chris Bremner and Eric Pearson.
Phrase has it that Smith needed to lean into the movie’s extra comedic components, whereas Bay, in fact, needed to place the emphasis on the motion. Issues lastly got here to a head on Wednesday, because the director realized life’s too quick to argue, and he stated farewell to the mission. There is no phrase but on whether or not Netflix has anybody else in thoughts, nor have there been any further casting bulletins. There’s additionally no telling if Bay’s departure will throw the manufacturing off its schedule, or if it can handle to maintain its October begin date.
What Is ‘Quick and Free’ About?
Produced by Smith’s manufacturing firm Westbrook Studios along with 87 North, Quick and Free stars Smith as a person left for useless who wakes up in Tijuana with a extreme case of reminiscence loss. As he begins to piece collectively the clues to his id, he realizes he is been dwelling a double life – one as a strong crime lord, and the opposite as an undercover CIA operative. Discuss a battle of curiosity, proper?
No stranger to motion comedies, the movie sounds proper up Smith’s alley, as he is managed to search out success with the style over time because of not solely the Unhealthy Boys franchise, however films like Suicide Squad, the Males In Black sequence, and Vivid (we do not care what critics say, that one was nice). Hopefully a brand new director might be discovered that can be capable of stability Smith’s want for comedy with a pleasant serving to of motion to make Quick and Free every part it may be, as a result of, actually, it feels like a fairly good premise.
As for Bay, he’ll be simply tremendous. Along with eyeballing a return to the Transformers franchise at Paramount, he is additionally acquired a live-action model of the hit Sega arcade online game OutRun within the works with Sydney Sweeney set to star.
We’ll have extra information on Quick and Free because it turns into accessible, however within the meantime, if you wish to relive all of the enjoyable of Bay and Smith’s first collaboration collectively, 1995’s Unhealthy Boys is at present accessible to hire or buy on all VOD platforms.
Unhealthy Boys
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1996 – 1995
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BBC One
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Alex Norton
Malky ‘Tissue’ Mulhernen
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Freddie Boardley
Fraser Hood
