Fast & Loose (Michael Bay, 2026)

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Michael Bay is reuniting with Will Smith, taking over from David Leitch to direct a project the actor has been developing for Netflix for some time.

It’s exciting to finally see an announcement for a movie project (one that’s actually happening), but it’s a bit disheartening that Smith seems "forced" to return to Netflix. This comes after his less-than-satisfying experience with *Six Underground*—not artistically, of course (that’s a given), but because, as someone who thrives on audience connection, Smith wasn’t fulfilled by just hearing "we got X number of views," which felt too abstract.

This confirms that streaming platforms have become the last haven for original blockbusters that aren’t part of an established IP. Also, the plot of this film is almost comically outlandish, as if conceived by a wild AI:

“*Fast and Loose* follows a man who wakes up in Tijuana with no memory. As he pieces together his past, he learns he’s been living a double life: one as a crime kingpin and the other as an undercover CIA agent.”

The screenwriting team doesn’t inspire much confidence. It includes four writers: Jon & Erich Hoeber (*Red 1 & 2*, *The Meg 1 & 2*, *Battleship*, *Transformers: Rise of the Beasts*), Chris Bremner (*Bad Boys 3 & 4*), and Eric Pearson (*Thor: Ragnarok*, *Godzilla vs. Kong*, *Black Widow*, *Transformers One*). But all these movies had rather mediocre direction.

However, Michael Bay has a knack for turning questionable material into cinematic gold.