Lewis Hamilton Details Apple's Role in F1 Movie's Realism
- The Formula One racing film "F1 The Movie," starring Brad Pitt and Damson Idris, premiered in theaters on June 27, 2025.
- Lewis Hamilton served as a producer and realist advisor, advocating for actors to spend time driving race cars to enhance authenticity.
- Apple Original Films produced the $200 million movie, using advanced camera technology to capture immersive racing scenes filmed at real F1 events.
- The film earned $25 million including early screenings, with projections of a $55 million opening weekend, and Hamilton said, "that wouldn't have been possible without Apple."
- The movie's release highlights growing collaboration between sports and tech companies, but some critics found the plot derivative and the acting average, suggesting mixed reception.
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Superstar Javier Bardem doesn't drive. In fact, he refuses to get behind the wheel. Nevertheless, he is currently starring in the movie 'F1', which is about Formula 1 racing. In this interview, which was originally published in The New York Times, he talks about postpartum depression, being overexposed in a bad way and about his great love, Penelope Cruz.
A few days after the release of F1: the film, starring Brad Pitt, the actor becomes the spotlight again, after it was known that the F1 racer, Max Verstappen, refused to film a scene with him.In the film starring Pitt, Kerry Condon and Damson Idris, the driver of the Red Bull team had a minimal turnout, unlike other colleagues. According to the media The Telegraph, in an article about how the real pilots watch the film, it was revealed that Vers…
Box Office: Brad Pitt's Apple Movie "F1" Gets a Flat Tire with $15 Mil Friday, Heads Toward $55 Mil Finish Line (Trailer) - Showbiz411
I don’t know why but the trades are all excited that Apple is having its biggest opening ever with “F1.” That’s nice, but the Brad Pitt race car movie isn’t a special flower or an art film. It’s a $200 million movie starring a Big Movie Star, and it’s in very wide release. The reality […] The post Box Office: Brad Pitt’s Apple Movie “F1” Gets a Flat Tire with $15 Mil Friday, Heads Toward $55 Mil Finish Line (Trailer) appeared first on Showbiz411.
‘F1’ Rundown: Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen and Every Formula One Racer in Brad Pitt’s Movie
“F1,” a Formula One racing film starring Brad Pitt, Damson Idris and several real-life drivers, arrives in theaters on Friday, June 27. In the Apple film, Pitt plays a retired Formula One driver, Sonny Hayes, who returns to racing to mentor and partner with a rookie teammate Joshua Pearce, played by Idris, for the fictional […]
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