Michael Bay Is Developing a Sci-Fi Film Inspired by a Donald Trump Dystopia
Hollywood is ready to cash in on people's fears of Donald Trump's presidency. Universal Pictures has just picked up the rights to a new film called Little America, which is described as a "futuristic adventure movie." Michael Bay will be helping develop the project as a producer and British filmmaker Rowan Athale (Wasteland) will direct from a script he wrote.
THR describes the film as being a "sci-fun" story rather than a "sci-fi" story. They go on to offer the following story description:
The tale is set in a dystopian future where a Donald Trump-like president has bankrupt America and China has called in its debts. The Asian giant now owns America and many Americans have immigrated to China looking for work.
In this new world, a former American Force Recon member is hired by a Chinese billionaire to go into an American ghetto and rescue his daughter. Sources have said it is in the tone of Escape From New York, the 1981 John Carpenter film that starred Kurt Russell.
It definitely sounds like an interesting premise, and it sounds like it could make for a great, entertaining movie. I don't know if any of you have seen Athale's movie Wasteland or not, but it's a pretty decent heist movie worth checking out. Athale seems like a talented filmmake,r and I'm curious to see how this next film of his turns out. Who knows, maybe it'll give Trump something more to tweet about.