Michael Bay to co-produce pandemic-themed thriller 'Songbird'

Director Michael Bay is collaborating with producer am Goodman to back "Songbird", a thriller with pandemic as backdrop.

low-budget film will be directed by am Mason of "Into Dark" fame, who wrote script with Simon Boyes, reported Deline.

makers plan to begin production within five weeks, and it might be first film to shoot in city.

Casting is underway and remote training is being provided to actors.

But ne of participants can pinpoint how y plan to shoot a movie at a time when guilds are still compiling ir own safety protocols so that productions can resume.

film is set two years in future, where pandemic persists.

"Lockdowns have been rolled back and n reinstated and it becomes even more serious as virus continues to mutate. re is governmental conspiracy and paraia and how it impacts cast of characters who remain in lockdown," as per publication.

It is reported that re will never be people in room toger and social distancing rules will be carefully followed.

Scenes will be shot after crew has come in to prepare shots, and re won't be any scenes where actors eng fact to face.

Bay is producing alongside Goodman and Eben Davidson of Invisible Narratives, which is partnered with Catchlight Studios.

Im credit: AP