Michael Bay is set to direct the sci-fi thriller
The Island for Dreamworks, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The deal came about after Dreamworks bought the rights to
The Island from writer Caspian Treadwell-Owen. The sci-fi thriller is being described as a cross between
The Fugitive and
The Matrix. Specifics of the plot are being closely guarded.
Bay last directed
Bad Boys II starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence for Columbia Pictures.