By Michael Fleming NEW YORK (Variety) – “Pearl Harbor” director Michael Bay is pumped to shoot “Pain and Gain,” a dark film about steroid-abusing bodybuilders who engage in a campaign of kidnapping, extortion and murder in Florida. The project will mark Bay’s first for Paramount Pictures, which optioned a series of investigative articles written by Pete Collins for the Miami New Times about the Sun Gym gang. Much as they used steroids as a shortcut to rippling pecs and six-pack abs, the gang used crime as a shortcut to the high life of fast cars, flashy clothes and strippers.

Hit Big Millions sold on debut day. The DVD and VHS releases of Michael Bay’s PEARL HARBOR have hit big in stores.

I just finished watching the “Pearl Harbor” DVDs. Real cool stuff