Neon is shining a light onAdam Driverwith a new poster for the upcoming biopicFerrari. Directed by Oscar nomineeMichael Mannand co-written by the lateTroy Kennedy Martin, the film intends to illuminate a point in automotive magnateEnzo Ferrari’s (Driver) life when everything comes crashing down around him. Depicting Driver in front of one of his vehicles with a dead serious look on his face while the headlights illuminate him, the new look is a harbinger of the events to come asEnzo Ferrari wrestles with a decaying marriage, bankruptcy, and the tension that comes with helming a team of racers in the Mille Miglia.
There’s an ominous air to the poster as the only thing lighting Ferrari against the black backdrop is the headlights of his flagship car. The racing giant’s story, adapted from the 1991 bookEnzo Ferrari — The Man, The Cars, The Races, The Machineby the lateBrock Yates, is not a pretty one for Ferrari or his wife Laura (Penélope Cruz) asit takes place in the Summer of 1957 following the loss of their son. While mending their broken hearts, Enzo decides to put the Ferrari brand on the lineat the Mille Miglia, a choice that ends in disaster when a malfunction in one of the company’s vehicles causes a fatal car crash deadly enough to bring the historic race to an end forever.Every violent detail of the crash will be depictedto further show the horror and gravity of the situation for Ferrari as he faces a massive legal battle for negligence.
Mannhas long wanted to makeFerraria realityand Driver gives him the Academy Award-nominated talent to make it magical. Driver best known for his role as Kylo Ren in the modernStar Warstrilogy, but he’s earned major awards consideration for impressive dramatic turns inBlacKkKlansmanandMarriage Story. Coupled with an excellent distributor in Neon,whom Mann praised as the perfect home for the filmwith strong independent releases likeTriangle of Sadness,Infinity Pool, andthis year’s Palme d’Or winner,Anatomy of a Fall, it’s shaping up to be a dream come true for the director. Critics who’ve seen the film on the festival circuit have thus far been positive about the passion project, which currentlysits at a 74% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
‘Ferrari’ Has a Strong Cast Around Adam Driver’s Racing Mogul
For as much as the film centers on Ferrari and his cars, Mann also places a ton of focus onhow he clashes with his wife Laura. The director has been effusive in his praise of Cruz as the Ferrari matriarch, previously saying thattheVolverstar linked with Laura on a “primordial level"and that she knew how best to portray her pain on a physical and emotional level. Part of her pain comes from her discovery of Enzo’s longtime affair with his mistressLina Lardi, played byShailene Woodley. The stellar supporting cast doesn’t stop there as2023’s Sexiest Man AlivePatrick Dempseyplays driverPiero TaruffialongsideJack O’Connell,Sarah Gadon,Gabriel Leone, andErik Haugen.
Ferrarihits theaters on Christmas Day. Readour full guide herefor everything you need to know about Mann’s latest film. Check out the new poster above.
Set in the summer of 1957, with Enzo Ferrari’s auto empire in crisis, the ex-racer turned entrepreneur pushes himself and his drivers to the edge as they launch into the Mille Miglia, a treacherous 1,000-mile race across Italy.
