Commercials and music video helmer Sam Bayer has been hired to direct Fiasco Heights at Universal, a thriller which will be produced under Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes banner.
It’s a project we spoke about last April when Kyle Ward’s film noir esque spec script was picked up – centering on a notorious hitman who teams with a failed private investigator in search of a missing women and an invaulable briefcase.
It was a plot I remarked you could tick off every cliche from the “briefcase” genre in an instant, though I love film noir… probably my favourite genre so I eat this stuff for breakfast
Bayer who is also attached to remake the 1987 horror movie Near Dark for Platinum Dunes (if it ever gets made), is responsible for the famous music video to Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit and more recently Green Day’s Boulveard of Broken Dreams.
His impressive resume also lists vids for Justin Timberlake, Metallica, Sheryl Crow and The Smashing Pumpkins among many others.
source – the hollywood reporter
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Sam Bayer is a great director when it comes to the music videos he’s made. He’s got a dynamic grasp of visuals so I’d say that the issue would be whether the script and story are much cop.