It was just a few weeks ago that Michael Bay told THR “nobody can get anything greenlit in this town anymore.” And yet, Bay, who hasn’t directed a film in four years, somehow got a studio to let him make a feature about a toilet.
In a world of viral memes and TikTok trends, Bay has taken the absurdity up a notch. The director behind “Transformers,” “The Rock” and and “Bad Boys” has started production on “Skibidi Toilet”.
The film, which is currently shooting at Invisible Narratives, is based on the viral 2023 video series that has both puzzled and entertained audiences worldwide.
For those not familiar, Skibidi Toilet started as a 2023 YouTube video by Alexey Gerasimov, featuring a head emerging from a toilet and singing, which somehow set the internet on fire. What followed was a series of quirky videos about a war between Toilets and Cyborgs, complete with explosions (naturally, this is where Michael Bay comes in). With no dialogue beyond the bizarre, the series somehow gained over 35 billion views and 110 million subscribers, capturing the imagination of Generation Alpha in particular.
Bay, known for redefining the art of blowing things up on screen, is the perfect match for this project—if “perfect” means throwing every ounce of his trademark bombast at something utterly inexplicable. He’s enlisted his usual team of high-caliber collaborators, including Academy Award-nominated production designer Jeffrey Beecroft (“Transformers,” “A Quiet Place”) and Oscar-winning VFX supervisor Rob Legato (“Titanic,” “Avatar”), so expect a visual spectacle—whether that’s a good thing or not.
Bay unleashed on Skibidi Toilet? That’s either going to be gloriously ridiculous or just plain ridiculous Is it for anyone over the age of 12? Can we expect 90 minutes of pure, unhinged chaos?
Bay’s last film (“Ambulance”) was shot in 2021, and while he does have a few projects “in development,” he’s probably tired of just sitting around doing nothing—and if that means directing a movie about a toilet, then goddammit, so be it.
The film had actually wrapped its six-month production in January 2026, and it’s been in post-production for the last eight months. Fincher is well known for taking his time in the editing room.