Michael Bay to Direct “Operation Epic Fury” Movie for Universal

Of course he is.

Michael Bay is set to direct a film based on the recent high-risk military rescue mission involving downed U.S. pilots in Iran. Donald Trump must be ecstatic — and this isn’t even a Paramount film. It’s actually coming to us from Universal Pictures.

The film is being described as a large-scale, action-driven retelling of the real-world extraction — which is par for the course when it comes to Bay who seems to have real infatuation for military and emergency response storytelling.

The film centers on events during “Operation Epic Fury,” when an F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down in the Zagros Mountains. According to the report, both the pilot and weapons systems officer were successfully recovered in a complex U.S. military rescue operation carried out in hostile territory, an incident that quickly drew international attention.

The story is being adapted from an upcoming book by Mitchell Zuckoff, which will be published in 2027. Bay’s ‘13 Hours’ writers, a film which tackled the Benghazi debacle, will be adapting the book. Makes perfect sense.

Bay directed “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi” in 2016, which focused on the 2012 Benghazi attack and the American security contractors who fought to defend the U.S. diplomatic compound amid escalating violence.

Best known for making big-budget, high-concept action films, Bay has a style of filmmaking that can best be described as an assault to the senses; fast cutting, over stylization, slick cinematography and lots of explosions. He’s been attached to all sorts of projects these last five years, almost all of which still haven’t been shot.

Bay’s last film was 2022’s “Ambulance”. He also directed 2019’s “6 Underground” for Netflix. His most notable works include “Bad Boys,” “The Rock,” “Armageddon,” and “Transformers.” His best film, and it’s not even close, is 2014’s underseen “Pain and Gain.”