F1 director Joseph Kosinski has admitted that his upcoming Formulation One film can be very completely different with Tom Cruise behind the wheel as an alternative of Brad Pitt. The filmmaker, who beforehand collaborated with Cruise on Oblivion and High Gun: Maverick, began creating the racing film with producer Jerry Bruckheimer whereas they have been nonetheless in post-production on the stunt-filled High Gun sequel, however as an alternative of teaming up with Cruise once more, they put Pitt within the driver’s seat. When requested to contemplate the choice route, Kosinski informed GQ:
“Tom all the time pushes it to the restrict, however on the identical time is tremendous succesful and really expert. They each have the pure expertise for driving. However yeah, I might see Tom perhaps scaring us somewhat bit extra.”
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Graham Kelly, an action-vehicle supervisor on F1, who has expertise working with Cruise on the Mission: Unimaginable franchise, concurred with Kosinski. “We would have had a crash,” he quipped. “Tom pushes it to the restrict. I imply actually to the restrict. That terrifies me. I imply, I’ve completed a great deal of Mission: Unimaginables with Tom and it is essentially the most tense expertise for somebody like me, constructing vehicles for him, doing stunts with him. Whereas Brad listens, and he is aware of his skills, and I feel he’d be the primary to say, ‘Yeah, I am not going to try this.'”
Apparently, Kosinski almost teamed up with Cruise and Pitt on one other auto-racing romp, as he developed an early model of Ford v Ferrari titled Go Like Hell, based mostly on a 2009 e book by A.J. Baime, with each actors connected to star. Nonetheless, the undertaking in the end fell by means of, because the price range proposed to the studio was thought of too steep. James Mangold ended up taking the recent seat, directing the model that made it to the massive display in 2019, with Matt Damon and Christian Bale within the lead roles of Carroll Shelby and Ken Miles, respectively.
How Does ‘F1’ Differ to ‘High Gun: Maverick’?
Comparisons will be drawn between Kosinski’s F1 and High Gun: Maverick, provided that the director has reunited with a number of individuals from his High Gun crew, together with Bruckheimer and author Ehren Kruger, and they’re each big-budget blockbusters that prioritize sensible results over CGI. There are additionally some similarities between jet fighter pilots and sports activities automobile drivers, with Kosinski beforehand noting, “They’re rock stars of their very own universe. And clearly, they each have a necessity for pace.” Nonetheless, he additionally highlighted the important thing variations:
“On High Gun, we have been off on an plane provider 100 miles off the coast. This film we shot in entrance of an viewers of 400,000 individuals. Usually, I had just a few minutes to shoot a scene as a result of we have been really taking pictures it at the true dwell occasion. There was a stage-play-esque vibe to this the place we needed to be very well-prepared, however execute within the second and solely get just a few takes at a scene.”
The ultimate trailer for F1 supplied an exhilarating teaser of the movie’s compelling racing footage and its central redemption story, following Pitt’s Sonny Hayes, a retired Formulation One driver who returns to the observe to mentor a hotshot rookie. Kosinski will possible be hoping to duplicate the hypersonic run of High Gun: Maverick, as that film ended up grossing almost $1.5 billion on the worldwide field workplace. Solely time will inform, however F1 is now rapidly dashing as much as its debut in theaters and IMAX in North America on June 27, and its worldwide launch on June 25.
Supply: GQ Journal
F1
- Launch Date
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June 27, 2025
- Director
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Joseph Kosinski
- Writers
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Ehren Kruger