After much speculation, Apple has finally sealed the deal onBrad Pitt’suntitled Formula 1 racing movie,Varietyreports. DirectorJoseph Kosinski, who is currentlyriding high on the successofTom Cruise’sTop Gun: Maverick,is set to direct.
This year Apple became the first studio to bag the Best Picture Oscar forCODAand since has been making moves to ramp up its movie library. Pitt will play a veteran driver who comes out of retirement in a bid to aid a younger rookie driver and the titans of the sport. The 58-years-old actor is around three years older than the eldest F1 driver in history,Louis Chiron, who was 55 years old.
The racing project marks Apple’s second project with Pitt. The streamer and actor are also collaborating on another untitled project by MCU’sSpider-Man trilogyfame directorJon Watts. Pitt will be joined by friend and co-actorGeorge Clooney, and they will be playing two lone-wolf fixers assigned to the same job.
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Long ago, Kosinski and Pitt tried to make another racing movie together calledGo Like Hell. Pitt would have played American automotive designer,Carroll Shelby. However, that plan never worked out. Nonetheless, a version of Shelby’s story was told in Netflix’sFord V Ferrari, with Academy Award winning actorMatt Damonportraying Shelby andChristian Baleplaying British driverKen Miles.
Pitt and Kosinski’s untitled project reunites the director with many from theMaverickteam. WriterEhren Krugeris penning the screenplay.Chad Omanof Jerry Bruckheimer Films returns to produce alongside Kosinski while Copper CEOPenni Thowserves as executive producer.
Also joining the racing project isSir Lewis Hamilton, the seven-time Formula 1 world champion who will produce along with Pitt’s Plan B banner. The world champion is no newbie to the movie business with credit likeCars 2,Cars 3,Zoolander 2,and even popped up as a video game character inCall of Duty: Infinite Warfare.
Recently, motorsport films and documentaries have proven to be profitable and huge successes on both the big and small screens. Amazon has announced its own exclusive series documenting the 2021 MotoGP season. Similarly, Netflix’sDrive to Survivedocumentary on Formula 1 is approaching its fourth series. Previously,Rush, starringChris HemsworthasJames HuntandDaniel BrühlasNiki Lauda, was a major hit grossing almost $100million at the box office.
There are no further details available for the untitled movie at the moment.
