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December 12, 2001
Behind the Camera: Michael Bay, Roland Joffe, More
Pearl Harbor director Michael Bay is pumped to shoot Pain and Gain, a dark film about steroid-abusing bodybuilders who engage in a campaign of kidnapping, extortion, and murder in Florida.
The project will mark Bay's first for Paramount Pictures, which optioned a series of investigative articles written by Pete Collins for the Miami New Times about the Sun Gym gang. Much as they used steroids as a shortcut to rippling pecs and six-pack abs, the gang used crime as a shortcut to the high life of fast cars, flashy clothes, and strippers.
"I had been looking for a movie with the tone of Fargo for a long time, and even though this is violent, this story has that potential," said Bay, who also wanted to make a film with a modest budget after directing only expensive action films, such as The Rock and Armageddon.
"These guys are knuckleheads who get away with doing very bad things and committing very violent acts. They were greed-obsessed muscle-heads who could never be happy with what they had, always wanting more," Bay added.
The gang was finally caught after they murdered a couple, only to discover that they hadn't properly fleeced their assets and had murdered them for nothing.
Bay will likely direct a film before Pain and Gain. Possibilities include a Bad Boys sequel and the Warner Bros. project I Am Legend, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Behind the Camera: Michael Bay, Roland Joffe, More
Pearl Harbor director Michael Bay is pumped to shoot Pain and Gain, a dark film about steroid-abusing bodybuilders who engage in a campaign of kidnapping, extortion, and murder in Florida.
The project will mark Bay's first for Paramount Pictures, which optioned a series of investigative articles written by Pete Collins for the Miami New Times about the Sun Gym gang. Much as they used steroids as a shortcut to rippling pecs and six-pack abs, the gang used crime as a shortcut to the high life of fast cars, flashy clothes, and strippers.
"I had been looking for a movie with the tone of Fargo for a long time, and even though this is violent, this story has that potential," said Bay, who also wanted to make a film with a modest budget after directing only expensive action films, such as The Rock and Armageddon.
"These guys are knuckleheads who get away with doing very bad things and committing very violent acts. They were greed-obsessed muscle-heads who could never be happy with what they had, always wanting more," Bay added.
The gang was finally caught after they murdered a couple, only to discover that they hadn't properly fleeced their assets and had murdered them for nothing.
Bay will likely direct a film before Pain and Gain. Possibilities include a Bad Boys sequel and the Warner Bros. project I Am Legend, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
