Brad Pitt during qualifying ahead of the Formula 1 British Grand Prix at Silverstone Circuit in Northampton, Great Britain on July 6, 2024. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
The suspense around the name of Brad Pitt’s previously untitled Formula One movie, being filmed at racetracks around the world for release in cinemas next June, ended on Friday with the announcement that it will be called… F1.
The official teaser was released Sunday before the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, where filming took place.
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The film is being made with the cooperation of teams and drivers. It is directed by Joseph Kosinski, whose Top Gun: Maverick grossed $1.49 billion worldwide, and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.
It will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures in cinemas and IMAX.
The plot sees Pitt, who is 60 years old, star as a former driver making a Formula One comeback alongside Damson Idris, who plays his rookie teammate at the fictional APXGP team.
Josef Kosinski, film director of the F1 movie by Apple Studios and Bruckheimer Films, Brad Pitt, representing the fictional driver Sonny Hayes, Apex APXGP, portrait Damson Idris, representing the fictional driver Joshua Pearce, Apex APXGP, portrait during the Formula 1 Aramco British Grand Prix from 6th to 9th July of 2023. On the Silverstone Circuit, in Silverstone, United Kingdom. (Gongora/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Pitt has been putting in laps on the track by filming at tracks in Europe, the Middle East and the Americas and with seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton offering advice as a co-producer.
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