Will Smith Action Pic ‘Fast And Loose’ Taps ‘King Ivory’ Director John Swab To Helm; Jerry Bruckheimer Boards Project As Producer

Will Smith revives Fast and Loose on Netflix

Will Smith’s Netflix film Fast and Loose gains a new director as the star pushes forward with a major Paramount deal.

Will Smith Action Pic ‘Fast And Loose’ Taps ‘King Ivory’ Director John Swab To Helm; Jerry Bruckheimer Boards Project As Producer

EXCLUSIVE: One of the more sought-after open directing assignments in recent memory looks to have found its director to man the ship, as Deadline is hearing John Swab has been tapped to helm the Netflix thriller Fast and Loose starring Will Smith. Sources also tell Deadline that Smith will reunite with his Bad Boys producer […]

Will Smith's Fast and Loose back on track with new director

Will Smith's new Netflix movie Fast and Loose is back on track with a new director after Michael Bay exited the project with John Swab signing up to take over.

Fast And Loose | Will Smith chooses Michael Bay replacement

Once intended to be a Bad Boys reunion, Fast And Loose saw Will Smith and Michael Bay have a falling out. Now, a new director’s been chosen. Almost exactly one month after reports of Will Smith and Michael Bay having a bit of a fall out over the action comedy, Fast And Loose, a replacement director has been found. The filmmaker who’ll take over from Bay is one John Swab, according to Deadline. Hailing from Oklahoma, Swab’s something of a special…

Will Smith's "Fast & Loose" Gets A New Director

A month after filmmaker Michael Bay exited the Will Smith-led action thriller “Fast and Loose” at Netflix, rising filmmaker John Swab (“King Ivory,” “Candy Land”) has reportedly landed the directing gig. In early August it was reported that Bay and Smith were unable to bridge creative differences on the project. Tone appeared to be the issue with Bay wanting it to be more an action film and Smith more a comedy. Smith plays a man who wakes up in …