See Brad Pitt In First Teaser For F1

By Michelle McCue | July 7, 2024

Check out the first teaser trailer for F1 starring Brad Pitt. F1 will be distributed in theaters around the world and in IMAX® by Warner Bros. Pictures, opening only in theaters in North America on June 27, 2025 and internationally beginning 25 June 2025.

From Apple Original Films, F1 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.

Accompanied by the music of Queen, here’s a first look.

This is next level, MOVIE STAR, STEVE MCQUEEN quality! Add this to your must-sees of 2025!

Deadline first reported that the F1 package was snapped up by Apple for $130 million-$140 million, before above-the-line compensation. Joseph Kosinski (“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.

Read an excerpt form Deadline’s exclusive interview with the filmmakers:

DEADLINE: You embed yourselves at the racetracks and are shooting while races are happening. How does that ramp up pressure to get the shots you need first time?

KOSINSKI: Last year, at Silverstone, we had a scene we shot on the grid. I think we had something like nine minutes to shoot a one, or one-and-a-half-page dialogue scene with three actors. It’s like a pitstop. It really brings an intensity and everyone’s leaning forward in a way that maybe you wouldn’t on a normal shoot day on a soundstage, where you’ve got 10 hours to get right. Now, when you’ve got nine minutes, with all the actors you can just see the adrenaline going beforehand and you feel that in the performances.

DEADLINE: Jerry, Joe, you say that for the last half of the season, you’re covering nine races, which tracks will we see in the movie?

KOSINSKI: Daytona 24 hours, which is obviously not Formula 1, but it’s a race we shot that will make sense when people see the movie. Then we have: Silverstone, Hungary, Spa (Belgium), Monza (Italy), Zandfoort (Netherlands), Japan, Las Vegas, Abu Dhabi and Mexico City.

The star-studded cast also includes Academy Award nominee 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.

Joseph Kosinski (“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.

The film is 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.

Made in collaboration with Formula 1®, the new film is immersed in the exhilarating and cinematic world of F1, as filming takes place at races on the sport’s calendar.