After decades in the blockbuster business, Michael Bay is bringing his signature “Bayhem” to television. On Tuesday, reports revealed that Bae will be producing and directing a new, currently untitled TV series for Prime Video. The action drama project will mark Bay’s directorial debut for television. Created and written by TV writer Joe Barton, it will focus on an American bounty hunter operating south of the border who finds himself in a desperate fight for survival when the man they’ve been chasing gets them both in trouble with the Mexican cartel.
“I was inspired about 5 years ago to go around Costa Rica, with an ex-U.S. federal agent, surf every day, and live the good life,” Pai said of the project’s origins. “He supports his fun, laid-back lifestyle in Costa Rica by tracking down ‘Bad Gringos’ hiding out in South America.”
Barton added, “I couldn’t be more excited to be partnering with Michael Bay and Amazon to bring this exciting, action-packed show to the screen.”
What is Michael Bay’s next movie?
At the moment, Bay does not have a feature film lined up to direct. His two most recent projects are 2019 6 underground and 2022 Ambulance. The former film recently returned to the headlines in an unusual way, after it was revealed that Bey was accused of killing a pigeon during the film’s production in Rome, Italy. Pigeons are a protected species in Italy and the European Union, in the former of which there is a national law that makes it illegal to harm, kill or capture any wild bird. As a result, after an unnamed person who was on the set allegedly took a picture and reported the incident to the local authorities, a court case was opened.
Pai, as well as his legal team, have reportedly tried to get the case out of court on three occasions in the past year, but have yet to succeed. The director denies the allegations detourreport, saying he was “confident we will prevail when my day is in court”.
“I am a known animal lover and major animal activist,” Pai said in a statement to the outlet. “No animal involved in the production was harmed or injured. Or in any other production in which I worked
in the past thirty years.”
“We have clear video evidence,” Pai continued, “a large number of witnesses, and safety officers that exonerate us of these allegations. They disprove the only paparazzi image — which gives a false story.”
“The Italian authorities offered me an opportunity to settle this matter by paying a small fine, but I refused to do so because I would not plead guilty to harming an animal,” Pai added.
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