In case you haven’t heard, there’s a new one Formula 1 feature films with participation Brad Pitt will hit theaters in the future, but this year we’ll see an “11th team” take part in certain F1 events to curate content on the track in and between real, legal racing cars. Zoom on the track.
A thread from journalist Will Buxton kicked off a lot of online Discourses about Pitt’s new movie:
The notion that Pitt and the production team would be able to join the 11th F1 team didn’t work out with many lingering on Twitter, especially considering the fact that there have been much about scandals about the difficulties of being in F1 — like Andretti Global facing one obstacle after another when joining a team in F1, or IndyCar driver Colton Herta not accumulating enough super points license to compete in this sport. The fact that Pitt shows up and is only allowed to race sounds extremely sketchy and is also a slap in the face to a lot of people trying to join the sport for non-cinematic purposes.
Since then, we’ve gotten a better understanding of the movie that will be directed by Top Gun: Maverick‘s Joseph Kosinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. Instead of true F1 racing, Road & Track reportPitt will join F1-alike car. That could mean a modified single-base seat, racing in Formula 2 or Formula 3 or a super modified F1 machine. Looks like Pitt isn’t really on the right track with any of the other cars either; instead, the crew just wanted to collect footage of Pitt on an actual racetrack, during weekend races filled with grandstands, to add a little more realism to the project.
However, I have to be honest: this movie looks to be visually appealing. Kosinski’s team spent time developing the “smallest moveable 6k camera ever” for Top Gun: Maverick, and that technology will be deployed in the single-seat cockpit to provide close-up and highly detailed footage of Pitt actually driving the vehicle.
The car itself has been designed by the Mercedes F1 team, and seven-time racer champion Lewis Hamilton is regularly consulting on the project with the aim of making it the most accurate racing movie ever. now. CD driver contacted an F1 spokesperson, who confirmed that Pitt “wouldn’t race against anyone”, but left Pitt behind the wheel to do some stunning in-car footage on the laps alone will certainly contribute a lot to the atmosphere of the movie.
I was skeptical of this whole effort, but These details have me interested. Most motorsport movies have some pretty silly plot lines to justify the high drama of the action on the track, but even if Pitt’s movie falls victim to that script influence, We can still look forward to some great movies. Opening-like action sequences.
