Michael Bay is Producing a New Pandemic Thriller That Will Shoot in Los Angeles During The Lockdown
Michael Bay is teaming up with former Paramount Pictures production chief Adam Goodman to produce a new pandemic thriller titled Songbird.
The film is described as a thriller in the spirit of Paranormal Activity and Cloverfield. The story “takes place two years in the future. The pandemic has not gone away. Lockdowns have been rolled back and then reinstated and it becomes even more serious as the virus continues to mutate.”
It’s said that there are no supernatural elements involved, but there “is governmental conspiracy and paranoia and how it impacts the cast of characters who remain in lockdown.”
The film is set to start shooing in five weeks and will shoot in Los Angeles during the lockdown. This will be the first film to shoot in the city since the coronavirus hit. Casting for the film is underway now.
The film will be directed by Adam Mason (Into The Dark), who wrote the script with Simon Boyes (Misconduct). They are said to be providing remote training for the actors. There are no details on how the filmmakers plan to shoot a movie at a time when the guilds are still compiling their own safety protocols so that production can resume. But, according to the report, the filmmakers behind Songbird “have screened their plans by the guilds, and they are good to go.”
It’s going to be interesting to see how this movie turns out, especially with it being shot during L.A.’s continued lockdown.
Source: Deadline