Believe it or not, production is looking to kick off within just five weeks on a pandemic thriller titled Songbird, Deadline reports today, with Michael Bay on board as producer.
The film, being directed by “Into the Dark” filmmaker Adam Mason, is looking to shoot in Los Angeles during the current lockdown, seemingly against all odds and current protocols. But the article notes that social distancing guidelines will be followed by the production, with actors never sharing the same space. Reportedly, these plans have been given the green light.
The article also refers to Songbird as a “taut thriller” and compares it to Paranormal Activity and Cloverfield, which suggests a possible found footage element at play here.
“It takes place two years in the future. The pandemic has not gone away. Lockdowns have been rolled back and then reinstated and it becomes even more serious as the virus continues to mutate,” Deadline details the plot.
Mason wrote the script with Simon Boyes (Misconduct).
Adam Goodman’s Invisible Narratives is producing with Bay.