- Film And TV
- 08 Jul 24
Brad Pitt, Damson Idris, Kerry Condon, Javier Bardem, Tobias Menzies, Sarah Niles, Kim Bodnia and Samson Kayo star in the film, which is billed for a summer 2025 release.
Apple Original Films have unveiled their newest production F1.
The film stars Brad Pitt as a former driver who returns to Formula 1, alongside Damson Idris as his teammate at APXGP, a fictional team on the grid. The feature is being shot during actual Grand Prix weekends as the team competes against the titans of the sport.
The star-studded cast also includes Irish Academy Award nominee and Tipperary native Kerry Condon, Academy Award winner Javier Bardem, and Emmy Award winner and Golden Globe Award nominee Tobias Menzies, Emmy Award nominee Sarah Niles, Kim Bodnia and Samson Kayo.
Following her Oscar-nominated work in The Banshees Of Inisherin, F1 will be Kerry Condon's first big follow-up since her nomination.
In F1, Condon is set to play the team’s Technical Director, overseeing the design and development of a cutting edge race car for a racer (Brad Pitt) who who comes out of retirement for one last hurrah of F1 glory.
Joseph Kosinski (who directed Top Gun: Maverick) directs and produces the feature alongside Jerry Bruckheimer and Chad Oman of Jerry Bruckheimer Films; Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner for Plan B Entertainment; and Lewis Hamilton under his Dawn Apollo Films banner.
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The film has been made in collaboration with Formula 1 and the F1 community, including the 10 F1 teams and their drivers, the FIA, and race promoters. Copper CEO Penni Thow serves as executive producer.
F1 will be distributed in theaters around the world opening only in theaters in North America on June 27, 2025 and internationally beginning 25 June 2025.
Watch the trailer for F1 below: