It feels like we've seen a heap of trailers for the new F1 movie — starring Brad Pitt, Damson Idris and Simone Ashley — or we could just be confusing it with the actual Grand Prix happening in Melbourne. Either way, we're here to tell you that the OFFICIAL trailer is finally here. Take a look:
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From the Brad Pitt and Damson Idris team up, to the epic racing scenes, it looks like fans will need to buckle up for an adrenaline rush.
Ahead of the trailer drop worldwide, we got the inside scoop at an exclusive event with director Joseph Kosinski, He spilled behind-the-scenes secrets — from the tech used in the film, to how Brad Pitt's natural driving skills surprised everyone.
Kosinski is no stranger to creating high-speed, heart-pounding cinematic experiences. From the futuristic light cycles of Tron: Legacy to the thunderous jets of Top Gun: Maverick, Kosinski has proven time and again that he has a "need for speed".
When asked about how he recreated the high speed and intense nature of the sport, the F1 director mentioned reaching out to Lewis Hamilton, who connected him with Toto Wolff — the team principal of Mercedes.
"I started talking with them about wanting to capture the speed of this sport, and it was actually Toto who came up with the idea of, rather than making a movie car fast enough to achieve these speeds, he said, 'Why don't you start with a race car and take a real race car and then work the cameras that you need into that."
So that's what Kosinki did. The F1 production team purchased six real race cars "and worked with Mercedes AMG, the Formula One team and their engineers to build real race cars that could carry our camera equipment, recorders and transmitters" to create authenticity.
But it wasn't just the cars, the actors immersed themselves in the reality of the sport too. "Every time you see Brad or Damson driving in this movie, they're driving on their own in one of these real race cars on a real F1 track. That's how we approached the making of this film."
Of course, capturing that level of authenticity on screen required a whole new approach to filming. Kosinski and his team didn’t just rely on traditional methods — they built an entirely new camera system to bring audiences as close to the action as possible. Drawing from his experience on Top Gun: Maverick, where viewers felt like they were right in the cockpit, he took the cameras used in Maverick and shrunk them down to a quarter of their original size. This made them small enough to mount directly onto the cars, allowing them to capture every high-speed moment up close.
He added: “So much research and technology and development went into just being able to roll a frame of footage, in addition to the training for the actors and the logistics of shooting at a real race. It was a lot of prep to be able to pull this off.”
But while the technical aspects are impressive, Kosinski stressed that at its heart, F1 is more than just a racing film. At its core, it’s about friendship, teamwork, sacrifice, and redemption. It just so happens to take place in the high-speed world of Formula One.
“If you’re a Formula One fan, you’re going to love this movie,” he said. “But even if you don’t know anything about F1, you’ll still connect with the story — and who knows, you might even leave wanting to watch a race or go to one yourself.”
Basically, whether you live for race weekends or couldn’t tell an F1 car from a go-kart, this film is still for you.
This article was originally published on BuzzFeed. Read the original story here.
Topics: Brad Pitt
Angeline Barion