Hollywood star Brad Pitt and Lewis Hamilton have announced their collaboration for an upcoming F1 movie. Brad Pitt has now been given special permission to “race” during the British Grand Prix at Silverstone in July.
The British Grand Prix is scheduled to take place later this year on 9th July. The British Grand Prix is the home of Formula 1 and hosted the first-ever Formula 1 Championship race in 1950. There was never a doubt that Brad Pitt’s untitled F1 movie would feature the Silverstone Circuit.
Will Brad Pitt be racing during the Silverstone Grand Prix?
In a sense, yes. Although Brad Pitt will not be racing in the actual Grand Prix race on Sunday, he will be part of the parade lap prior to the race start. Lewis Hamilton’s new movie production company, Dawn Apollo Films will be producing the movie. Hamilton wants to keep the movie as realistic as possible. It has also been reported that Brad Pitt will be racing alongside Lewis Hamilton during the parade lap.
“Watching Brad Pitt leading the field in the British Grand Prix will be an incredible and surreal moment for TV viewers and fans at Silverstone this July,” an insider told The Sun.
The “race” will reportedly put “billions of pounds of cars on the line,” in order to keep the film “as realistic as possible.”
It seems like the movie producers are taking a lot of inspiration from Top Gun: Maverick. The untitled F1 movie will be directed by Joseph Kosinsky who also directed ‘Top Gun: Maverick‘. All the shots in Top Gun: Maverick were filmed in a fighter jet with minimal graphics. It looks like the untitled F1 movie will be taking a similar approach for their movie as well.
Will Lewis Hamilton make an appearance in the movie?
Lewis Hamilton has not been cast in the movie. When asked about this, Hamilton said: “I don’t plan to be in it, no,” adding later: “It’s going to take us drivers to be involved in [filming the on-track action]. But we’re not actors … We don’t want this movie to be crap, which is probably why I won’t be part of it also.”
There are also some fan demands saying they want Tom Cruise to play Sergio Perez in the movie. Although this seems unlikely, it could be entertaining.
The plot of the movie is reportedly a veteran driver coming out of retirement to mentor a young and upcoming driver. The veteran driver will be played by Brad Pitt while the young driver will be played by Damson Idris.
Damson Idris is a black actor which has led some fans to think that the character played by Damson Idris will be based on Lewis Hamilton as he is the only black F1 driver on the grid.
There has been a lot of excitement from fans since the movie was announced. Unfortunately, the movie will not be releasing anytime in 2023.
With the shooting scheduled to start sometime in June, we can expect the movie to be released sometime in late 2024 or early 2025. But we could expect the title of the movie to be announced later this year.