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Brad Pitt will get behind the wheel for his newest movie.
The first trailer for the movie F1 debuted through the Components 1 British Grand Prix on Sunday, July 7.
In it, Pitt, 60, stars as a former driver “who returns to Components 1 at APXGP, a fictional workforce on the grid,” per a synopsis. The Oscar winner stars alongside Damson Idris, who performs his teammate, as they “compete in opposition to the titans of the game” through the Grand Prix.
F1 was filmed throughout this yr’s Grand Prix races, which started in March, and the movie will even characteristic 10 Components 1 groups and their drivers.
Together with Pitt and Idris, the solid additionally consists of Kerry Condon, Javier Bardem, Tobias Menzies, Sarah Niles, Kim Bodnia and Samson Kayo.
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The movie is directed by Joseph Kosinski, who beforehand directed 2022’s High Gun: Maverick, which starred Tom Cruise. Kosinski will even produce the movie alongside Pitt, Jerry Bruckheimer, Chad Oman, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner.
Seven-time Components 1 champion Lewis Hamilton additionally produced the film underneath his movie and TV manufacturing firm Daybreak Apollo Movies.
In an interview with GQ again in April, Hamilton, 39, revealed that he’s an enormous High Gun fan and requested Cruise to be part of High Gun 2 after they met again in 2014.
“I stated, ‘Dude, when you ever do High Gun 2… ‘I’ll even be a janitor — simply let me be in it,’ ” he stated within the interview. When High Gun: Maverick started filming in 2018, Hamilton was supplied a job as one of many pilots within the movie however was unable to as a consequence of scheduling points.
“Firstly, I hadn’t even had, like, an performing lesson,” he stated. “And I don’t need to be the one which lets this film down. Then, secondly, I simply actually didn’t have the time to dedicate to it. I keep in mind having to inform Joe and Tom — and it broke my coronary heart. After which I regretted it, naturally, after they confirmed me the film and it’s: ‘It may’ve been me!’ ”
F1 is in theaters and IMAX June 27, 2025.
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