Friday, October 21, 2022





Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has revealed that the new Brad Pitt movie based around the championship will start shooting on race weekends in the second half of 2023.

The timing suggests that November’s inaugural Las Vegas GP is likely to play a major role in the storyline.

On Friday Pitt, producer Jerry Bruckheimer, and director Joseph Kosinski met with F1 team bosses in Austin to give them some idea of their plans.

The filmmakers stressed that they see their production as the racing equivalent of Bruckheimer’s hugely popular Top Gun: Maverick.






AUSTIN, Texas — The door to Formula One’s hospitality building in the Circuit of the Americas paddock swung open and team principals from various F1 organizations poured out.

Was this the end of some secret meeting about Red Bull’s cost cap violation, which has been a hot topic this weekend? Perhaps a briefing to discuss some key developments in the sport?

Um, no. The team principals were meeting with Academy Award winner Brad Pitt, famed producer Jerry Bruckheimer and “Top Gun: Maverick” director Joseph Kosinski about their upcoming F1-themed film.

Pitt, 58, seems to have channeled enough of his inner Benjamin Button to be able to play a veteran F1 driver who comes out of retirement to compete alongside a rookie teammate. Seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton is listed as a co-producer of the film, which was acquired by Apple Studios.

The actor spent time observing activity in the Mercedes and McLaren garages and then wore a photo vest for the second practice session, watching the cars scream by from the pit wall.

Kosinski is said to be keen on replicating the “Top Gun” experience, which used real aircraft to provide a sense of authenticity. Don’t be surprised to see filming take place with actual F1 cars on some Grand Prix weekends in the near future.


David Yurman Petrvs signet rings: bee on right ring finger, scarab in left middle finger replacing tree ring.  Nothing on left ring finger since his personal signet ring during the L.A. premiere of Bullet Train in August.
























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