EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures and director Michael Bay are teaming up to tell the heroic true story behind the recent rescue mission to save two downed pilots behind enemy lines in Iran. Sources tell Deadline, Bay is developing an upcoming feature film chronicling the extraordinary heroism of the two U.S. warfighters rescued after their F-15E Strike Eagle was downed during Operation Epic Fury in Iran. The film will be based on the upcoming book by Mitchell Zuckoff, which will be Published by Harper Collins in 2027.
In early April 2026, a month after Operation Epic Fury began, the U.S. military launched
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