Hollywood director Michael Bay on Monday said that he regrets not releasing his upcoming action flick 6 Underground in cinema halls as it will premiere on the online streaming platform Netflix later this month.
Bay said he believes it is important to keep pace with the arrival of streaming services. “You have regrets. But I do like big scale, big imagery only come from big cinema, I appreciate the big screen but the whole business has changed in the past three-four years. The Transformers director said. “And we have to get used to a new world.”
“People want to consume things in different ways. The movie-going experience in some way is sort of dying, which is sad,” Bay told reporters at the film’s press conference in Seoul, South Korea.
He praised Netflix for taking the risk with original film and not sequels. “Netflix was brave enough to give the money for 6 Underground and they are interested in doing new IPs, not a sequel.”
Bay said they have made a fun film and the audience should just “get a big TV” for a better experience.
The vigilante action film will have its world premiere in Seoul before its online release and the director said the team was “honoured” to present the film here for the first time.
Bay talked about the film’s six main protagonists. “It’s about six capable individuals. They are all damaged souls in some way or the other. They are looking for redemption so they fake their own death, they become ghosts.”
Starring Ryan Reynolds and Melanie Laurent, 6 Underground will premiere on 16 December on Netflix.