Brad Pitt’s upcoming Formula 1 film, co-produced by seven-time F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton, is about to be essentially the most real-life racing movie ever made.
Directed by Joseph Kosinski, recognized for Top Gun: Maverick, the movie will hit theatres on June 27, 2025.
The movie follows Sonny Hayes, performed by Pitt, a veteran driver making a comeback to F1 after years away from the grid. Alongside Hayes is rookie sensation Joshua Pearce, portrayed by British actor, Damson Idris.
Oscar-winner Javier Bardem takes on the function of a struggling workforce principal for the fictional APX GP workforce. The storyline blends underdog drama, thrills, and romance, creating an enticing narrative not dissimilar to real-life racing.
REAL LIFE VS MAKE-BELIEVE IN FORMULA 1 MOVIE
Filmed throughout precise Grand Prix weekends at circuits like Silverstone and Yas Marina, the manufacturing integrates real-world racing with Hollywood storytelling.
Pitt and Idris drove modified Formula 2 automobiles geared up with superior cameras to seize high-speed motion.
The APX GP workforce even had its personal storage and pit wall at races, seamlessly mixing into the F1 paddock whereas a whole bunch of followers remained unaware that a Hollywood celebrity was lapping on monitor.
Pitt and Idris had months of coaching.
Hamilton performed a pivotal function in shaping the script and guaranteeing its realism.
Speaking to ESPN, Hamilton stated, “Watching Brad drive round at speeds over 180 miles an hour was actually spectacular to see as a result of it’s not one thing you may simply be taught in a single day.
Hamilton advised Time magazine that he was predicting box-office success.
“It’s going to blow away something that’s ever been carried out in Formula One earlier than.
“I don’t suppose we set out for it to be, like, an Oscar-winning film…the objective is to make folks really feel good, to carry folks in, to encourage folks.
“We want you to leave the cinema and be like, ‘Wow, that was freaking wicked,” he stated.
SNEAK PREVIEW OF THE LATEST TRAILER
The F1 drivers received to observe the most recent trailer for the Formula 1 film earlier this week. Their reactions say all of it.
With its distinctive mix of real-world racing, professional storytelling, and Hamilton’s insider information of F1, this film redefines motorsport cinema.
WATCH the most recent trailer for the film.
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