F1 Accelerates Off The Starting Grid As The New Trailer Sees The Green Light
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Directed by Joseph Kosinski and starring Brad Pitt. The Formula One movie, F1, will be released globally this summer. Watch the new trailer here.
Warner Bros. has released the new trailer for its highly anticipated Formula One feature film, “F1,” starring Brad Pitt. Directed by Joseph Kosinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Plan B Entertainment. Dawn Apollo Films, owned by seven-time F1 world champion Sir Lewis Hamilton, is developing the film. Warner Bros. plans to release it globally in theatres with a release date of June 27th in North America, and starting June 25th internationally. In collaboration with Formula 1®, this film immerses viewers in the exhilarating and cinematic world of F1, featuring filming at various races on the sport’s calendar.
PREMISE
The feature film follows a racing team during actual Grand Prix weekends as they compete against the giants of the sport. Sonny Hayes, played by Brad Pitt, is a Formula One driver who raced in the 1990s. After suffering a terrible crash, he is forced to retire from Formula One and explore other racing disciplines. A friend and Formula One team owner, Ruben, portrayed by Javier Bardem, reaches out to Hayes, asking him to come out of retirement to mentor rookie prodigy Joshua “Noah” Pearce, played by Damson Idris, for the Apex Grand Prix team (APXGP).
BEHIND THE CAMERAS
Kosinski (“Top Gun: Maverick”) directs and produces the feature alongside Jerry Bruckheimer and Chad Oman of Jerry Bruckheimer Films. And Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner for Plan B Entertainment. And Lewis Hamilton under his Dawn Apollo Films banner. The film has been produced in partnership with Formula 1® and the F1 community, encompassing the 10 F1 teams, their drivers, the FIA, and race promoters. Academy Award-nominee Ehren Kruger (“Top Gun: Maverick”) writes the screenplay. Copper CEO Penni Thow serves as executive producer.
The wide theatrical release will also include IMAX® theatres. The crystal-clear images, coupled with IMAX’s customized theatre geometry. And powerful digital audio, creates a unique environment that will make audiences feel as if they are in the movie.
APPLE ORIGINAL FILMS
Momentum around the Apple Original Films slate has continued to grow since the debut of Apple TV+ four years ago. In addition to Apple making history as the first streaming service to land the Academy Award for Best Picture with “CODA.” Apple Original Film “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse” also recently earned the Academy Award for Best Animated Short. And “Killers of the Flower Moon” landed 10 historic Oscar nominations, including Best Picture.
An upcoming Jon Watts thriller starring Academy Award winners George Clooney and Brad Pitt will both produce under Clooney’s Smokehouse Pictures and Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment. “The Instigators,” a heist-gone-wrong film starring Matt Damon and Casey Affleck for director Doug Liman. “Blitz,” from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Sir Steve McQueen, and more.
F1 will launch globally on June 27th.
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