Lewis Hamilton’s F1 film Producer makes bold claim of Red Bull’s FEAR over the project
Lewis Hamilton's F1 film caused fear amongst the teams on the grid especially Red Bull of being portrayed as the 'Villains'.
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Lewis Hamilton and Brad Pitt (via IMAGO), Red Bull Logo (in circle, via Red Bull)
The upcoming Formula 1 film directed by Lewis Hamilton and starring Brad Pitt continues to gain massive popularity. The film is set at an extreme budget as it would contain realistic scenarios of the APXGP team racing around the circuits in Formula 1. Hence, amidst the ongoing production, a member of the production team shared Red Bull’s fears surrounding the movie.
The Co-producer of Lewis Hamilton’s F1 film, Jerry Bruckheimer lifted the curtains on the matter. Following the media corporation’s collaboration with Mercedes in the production of the film, multiple teams were concerned. A majority of the people on the grid believed that Mercedes would be the hero in the movie and make the rest of the teams look bad.
The interesting part is that, since we teamed up with Mercedes, the other teams said wait a second, this movie is going to be about Mercedes and we’re going to look bad.
Jerry Bruckheimer said at the 2024 Investor Day event in New York
Red Bull was the most concerned team after all due to their ongoing rivalry with Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton. However, the production house patiently kept explaining to the team over three years regarding the script. Following the clarification, all the teams were on board for the shooting of the film and leaned in to help move the project in the right direction.
Red Bull said we’re going to be the villains. It took us three years to convince them that they weren’t going to be the villains and we finally got to a place where all the teams are really leaning into us to really help us.
Jerry Bruckheimer added
Red Bull feared it would be portrayed as a "villain" in the upcoming #F1 movie due to the involvement of Mercedeshttps://t.co/irmfXMnZo6
— Motorsport.com (@Motorsport) November 14, 2024
Jerry Bruckheimer also revealed the reason behind the simplistic title of the film
The film is set to be titled simply Formula 1 or F1 due to multiple reasons. Jerry Bruckheimer also revealed the thought process behind the naming of the film. Lewis Hamilton’s directed film took the sober approach because the greatest racing movies, such as Le Mans and Grand Prix were a monumental success. Hence, this meant that the naming wasn’t necessary for the success of the film.
Because the greatest racing movies were Le Mans and Grand Prix, and now there’s going to be F1.
Jerry Bruckheimer noted
The release date for the film comes closer as the production starts to gain some momentum. The film is supposed to be extremely realistic as Brad Pitt raced during a live race to capture realistic shots. Hence, Hamilton’s plans would also help propel the sport’s popularity to a greater audience in the world.
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