Lewis Hamilton will shoot a Formula 1 movie with Brad Pitt

Formula 1 has always attracted Hollywood but never before has a driver been so involved in a film like Lewis Hamilton, who confirmed that he will make a film with Brad Pitt that will launch the Apple TV + platform, which just like Apple Original Films has won the Academy Award for Best Picture for Coda: Signs of the Heart.

The rumors about the film started this week when The Hollywood reporter detailed Hamilton’s deal with Apple TV + and actor-producer Brad Pitt.

Therefore, before the Azerbaijani Grand Prix and in contact with the press, Hamilton confirmed that he has already started working with the Hollywood star. The seven-time F1 champion also said he took a hands-on approach to manufacturing.

“It’s a really cool project,” Hamilton acknowledged with an excited laugh. “We are already working on the script, for example, I’m very involved in the script, which is fun, and I have fun with Brad, which is pretty epic … It’s really one of my responsibilities and something I take on is just making sure the cast and crew in the background are different, which I really highlighted in the beginning. “

Hamilton acknowledged that “it was difficult” because “if you watch all racing movies, you can’t necessarily say that all racing movies that have been made in the past have been spectacular.” “And that’s something we want to change,” she said. It’s really about showing how good this sport is“.

The British driver, who currently works with Mercedes despite being far from the results that led him to fight for the eighth title last year, stressed that the film they are preparing “is for people who have never seen (Formula 1 ) “. “And also to make sure we keep the royal legacy and the true racing spirit in the film and in the script, so that’s part of my role“, he detailed.

However, Hamilton’s F1 film will not feature any Formula 1 drivers as the star, even though the champion said he will need the services of some drivers and other experts to help bring the project to life, which should happen. next year, when it launches on the digital platform.

“We will need drivers, I’m sure, at some point. What I think is important is that it’s not my movie, it’s Formula 1, it’s for all of us, so there are a lot of people within this sport who We’re helping educate those who are trying to make this movie, so it’s going to include many, many people and there is already talk about how we’re going to capture the footage and get us drivers involved in this. But we are not actors. We don’t want it to be crap … that’s probably why I won’t be a part of it! We need good actors“, He made it clear for those who saw him a role in the film he will play with Pitt, that he will definitely be the protagonist. Will he conform?

While the film doesn’t have a title or release date yet, we know that the director will be Joseph Kosinski, the same as in Top Gun: Maverickwhile the production will be shared between Jerry Bruckheimer, Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment and Lewis Hamilton, who already has experience as a producer, since in 2018 he took care of the documentary The Game Changers.

As was known, the film will deal with it a retired driver who decides to race again (how did Michael Schumacher when he returned to Mercedes, shortly after his successful retirement from Ferrari?) and face a rookie and the big winners of the category.

Pitt, who frequently visits the paddocks and is a lover of motor racing and other sports, will play that role and his friend George Clooney could also be part of the project, although it is not known in what role.