HONOLULU, Hawaii – Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay will begin filming an epic big-budget drama set around the Pearl Harbor bombing here early next year. Bay, who directed the 1998 blockbuster ‘Armageddon’ and ‘The Rock,’ and Bruckheimer, who produced the films, head the production team for the $100 million-plus ‘character-driven love story’ tentatively titled ‘Tennessee’ under Disney’s Touchstone moniker (Daily Variety, June 25). Randall Wallace, who won a screenwriting Oscar for ‘Braveheart,’ is the scribe.

While in Los Angeles, I got the chance to meet Michael at BayFilms. Click here to read about it and see some pictures.