Apple Original Films has premiered the new ‘main’ trailer for the Brad Pitt-led F1 movie “F1” which hails from “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Only the Brave” director Joseph Kosinski. In the film, Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt) was Formula 1’s most promising phenom of the 1990s until an accident on the track nearly ended his career. Thirty years later, he’s a nomadic racer-for-hire when he’s approached by his former teammate Ruben Cervantes (Javier Bardem), owner of a struggling Formula 1 team named APXGP that is on the verge of collapse. Ruben convinces Sonny to come back to Formula 1 for one last shot at saving the team and being the best in the world. He’ll drive alongside Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris), the team’s hotshot rookie intent on setting his own pace. But as the engines roar, Sonny’s past catches up with him and he finds that in Formula 1, your teammate is your fiercest competition – and the road to redemption is not something you can travel alone. Oscar nominee Kerry Condon, Emmy winner Tobias Menzies, Emmy nominee Sarah Niles, Kim Bodnia and Samson Kayo co-star. Kosinski, Jerry Bruckheimer, Chad Oman, Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Sir Lewis Hamilton produce with Bruckheimer Films, Plan B Entertainment and Dawn Apollo Films backing for Apple Original Films. Warner Bros. Pictures will handle the theatrical and IMAX run which hits cinemas in North America on June 27th and internationally starts its rollout that week. https://www.darkhorizons.com/main-trailer-brad-pitt-in-f1/
Alt-F4 The Chris Hemsworth/Niki Lauda racing film saturated my interest in the subject for at least another decade. Not that it was bad, just not interested in turning left. I'm sure some people are crazy excited.
Saw this last night, visually it's impressive across the board. The racing sequences are thrilling and intense, they really make you feel like you're in the car. Story wise though it's packed with every sports cliche you can think of, the plot is pretty much the same as 1989's Major League but as a drama. Pitt's perfect as the failed golden boy looking for his last shot but man the characters are all paper thin. B- overall...
