Adam Driver is nearly unrecognizable in the first trailer for Michael Mann’s upcoming biopic “Ferrari,” where he suits up to play Italian sports car entrepreneur Enzo Ferrari. Driver stars alongside Penelope Cruz as Ferrari’s wife Laura Ferrari and Shailene Woodley as his mistress Lina Lardi. “Ferrari” will premiere at Venice Film Festival this year and is looking for a U.S. distributor. Also starring in the film is Patrick Dempsey as fellow racecar driver Piero Taruffi, Jack O’Connell as racer Peter Collins, Sarah Gadon as Linda Christian and Gabriel Leone as driver Alfonso de Portago. “Ferrari” is set in 1957, prior to the infamous Mille Miglia race during which de Portago’s Ferrari racecar blew a tire and he and nine spectators died in a crash. Ferrari himself and the tire manufacturer were charged with manslaughter, but the case was later dismissed. Most of the film was shot in Brescia, Italy, where the real Mille Miglia race took place. As the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes rage on, Mann is proud that his film has no ties to the major studios. The director told Variety in an August cover story, “The origins of the movie and the content of the screenplay and the movie that you saw do not fit into the kind of film that would be embraced by the conventional studio system. It’s truly appropriate that it is an independent film being distributed by Neon, a very independent distributor.” The “Ferrari” screenplay was adapted by Mann and the late Troy Kennedy-Martin from Brock Yate’s 1991 biography “Enzo Ferrari — The Man, The Cars, The Races, The Machine.” Watch the trailer below. https://variety.com/2023/film/news/ferrari-trailer-adam-driver-michael-mann-1235659622/
I am in, Adam Driver is really taking on some good roles...................and Penelope Cruz, yes please
He's been in a lot of stuff I've yet to see, but when your worst movies are Star Wars stuff and a Scorsese flick, you're alright as an actor.
Enzo Ferrari must have been a tortured soul to cheat on Penelope Cruz with Shailene Woodley. No disrespect to Shailene…..I’m sure there’s thousands of men who’d rank her as a ten. But Penelope’s dial goes to eleven.
I was also like, did I read that, right? here's another Dial 11 women anecdote. I had to look up Shailene. Turns out, she and Aaron Rodgers were a thing; but she ended the relationship, because he wasn't paying enough attention to her. Compare that to prime Jessica's affect on Romo.
I noticed the production company was Neon, and when I think of Michael Mann I think of neon lights reflected off wet pavement as a car zooms by.
why is driver playing him with a bad russian accent? has anyone read the book? is his character an anti-hero or villain? of the few articles i've seen the most recent touch on how he was a fascist.
