Apple’s Untitled F1 Film Starring Brad Pitt to Start Filming at British Grand Prix

Apple’s as-yet untitled film based mostly on the Components 1 championship is about to start filming on the British Grand Prix 2023, which can happen from July 7 to July 9 on the Silverstone Circuit in England. The movie stars Brad Pitt as Sonny Hayes, a former driver returning to the game, and also will function Damson Idris who performs the youthful teammate of Hayes. The movie is being directed by Joseph Kosinski (Prime Gun: Maverick), with seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton producing, alongside Hollywood veteran Jerry Bruckheimer.

Preparations for the beginning of filming have been seen on the Silverstone Circuit forward of the beginning of Grand Prix actions, with a bit of the pitlane devoted to the fictional APXGP staff that’s being featured within the movie. APXGP is a fictional eleventh staff on the grid, and is predicated on the present Mercedes F1 staff, with a considerably related livery and sponsor logos. This might be anticipated, on condition that producer Lewis Hamilton has lengthy been related to the Mercedes staff, and has gained six out of his seven F1 world championship victories with Mercedes.

“I’ve seen all of the footage of digicam positions [we will use],” mentioned Hamilton to formula1.com. “I’ve frolicked with Joe (Kosinski) attempting to ensure we have the perfect positions,” continued the seven-time world champion.

Filming for the film with the APXGP automobile on observe is anticipated to happen in between observe periods for the F1 British Grand Prix 2023 and any assist sequence race periods. Moreover, it is anticipated that the Apple movie crews will movie footage of the particular British Grand Prix itself, for use within the unnamed film.

Components 1 has embraced leisure media’s function within the sport in latest occasions, significantly after the success of Netflix’s Drive to Survive docu-series, which introduced renewed curiosity within the sport worldwide. Though Apple’s movie doesn’t have a launch date but, it’s anticipated to have a theatrical run earlier than finally coming onto the Apple TV+ streaming platform.