Pink Bull was involved about being portrayed because the “villain” within the new Method 1 movie, co-producer Jerry Bruckheimer has revealed.
The upcoming F1 film has seen heavy involvement from the real-world paddock, with filming persevering with to happen on grand prix weekends, together with on the latest Mexico Metropolis Grand Prix the place star Brad Pitt was pictured waving to followers.
The automobiles used for the fictional APXGP characteristic F1 bodywork bolted to F2 equipment, with Mercedes having created the distinctive autos.
On account of this involvement, the black-and-gold automobiles characteristic Mercedes and AMG logos, one thing that led to rival groups, together with Pink Bull, fearing how they’d be portrayed within the manufacturing.
In dialog with outgoing Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei on the 2024 Investor Day occasion in New York, Bruckheimer mentioned: “The fascinating half is that, since we teamed up with Mercedes, the opposite groups mentioned ‘wait a second, this film goes to be about Mercedes and we’re going to look unhealthy’.
“Pink Bull mentioned ‘we’re going to be the villains’. It took us three years to persuade them that they weren’t going to be the villains and we lastly obtained to a spot the place all of the groups are actually leaning into us to essentially assist us.”
When the title of the movie was revealed in July, it was met with a blended response, with it branded as both alienating or a great piece of promoting by our writers.
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Requested why this simplistic titling was essential, Bruckheimer mentioned: “As a result of the best racing motion pictures had been Le Mans and Grand Prix, and now there’s going to be F1.”
F1 has a launch date of 25 June 2025 within the UK however particulars on the place the worldwide premiere will happen stay unconfirmed with Bruckheimer joking, “That’s up for dialogue.”
When Maffei mentioned, “I believed we had an thought. I believed I knew, however OK,” Bruckheimer added:
“I feel we’re going to point out it to the drivers and to the F1 groups in Monaco after which we’ll have premieres in New York, London and a bunch of different cities.
“Brad is actually invested on this film. He doesn’t love to do press however I feel we’ll take him on a world tour the place he’ll be glad to point out his efforts in driving and appearing on this film.”
