With the pandemic continuing to rage in many corners of the world, it feels perhaps a little too early to be making a movie about a similar situation. But such concerns do not trouble Michael Bay, who is producing Songbird, about a world where viral concerns are still very present. Now we know that Riverdale'sKJ Apa and Descendants' Sofia Carson will be the leads.
Adam Mason, who co-wrote the script with Simon Boyes, has already started the cameras cranking on the film, which has scored clearance from the various filmmaking unions.
Told from street level through the eyes of the characters, Songbird takes place two years into the future, as a lockdown has been re-implemented after a more serious virus continues to mutate. In a feeble attempt to keep the sickness contained, the city has been bisected into haves and have-nots. The story follows an essential worker (Apa) who has a rare immunity, a delivery man who delivers goods and hope throughout the city. Like the vast majority of the population, his girlfriend (Carson) is locked within her home, and the couple have no ability to physically be together. To be with the one he loves, he must overcome martial law, murderous vigilantes and a powerful, well-connected family, helmed by a matriarch (Demi Moore) who will stop at nothing to protect her family and maintain her way of life.
Bradley Whitford, Craig Robinson, Jenna Ortega, Paul Walter Hauser and Peter Stormare are all already in the cast, and the movie's rights will be up for sale once it has wrapped.