The first images from the filming of the film about Enzo Ferrari

Motorsport has been favored by cinema for around ten years. The duel between Niki Lauda and James Hunt for the title of world champion Formula 1 in 1976 was taken over by Ron Howard for "Rush" and the fight between Ford and Ferrari Asked 24 Hours of Le Mans 1966 was covered by James Mangold for “Le Mans 66” in 2019.

Another Hollywood film centers on the Italian manufacturer. Soberly called “Ferrari”, the work is being filmed this fall and should be released on cinema screens in 2023. The director, Michael Mann, based the screenplay on the book “Enzo Ferrari – The Man and the Machine” written by Brock Yates in 1991 in the form of a biography of the founder of the Maranello brand.

© STX Films

Michael Mann, to whom we owe recognized films like “The Sixth Sense”, “Heat” or the series “Two Cops in Miami”, decided to focus solely on the year 1957, a pivotal period for “He Commendatore.” The previous year, his son Dino Ferrari died at age 24 from Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a serious genetic disease. On the track, things don't get much better. Several of its pilots died in accidents.

“Enzo sees his company threatened with bankruptcy, Michael Mann further explains to the Première cinema magazine. At the same time, the future of his family is at stake because he leads a double life. He has a hidden wife and children, he lost his son, Dino. Love, sex, power struggle, money... The life of the Ferraris at that time was a bit like Verdi's Traviata! »

Two photos were shared on the Internet. We see the actor Adam Driver playing Enzo Ferrari, even though he was 20 years older than the interpreter of Kylo Ren in the Star Wars saga. In the casting, we will find the gentleman driver Patrick Dempsey in the shoes of the pilot Piero Taruffi. The famous Spanish actress Penélope Cruz will lend her features to Enzo Ferrari's wife, Laura Ferrari.

The life of Enzo Ferrari will also be highlighted by the Apple TV+ platform, which is planning a series for 2023. It will be written by Steven Knight, screenwriter of the Peaky Blinders series. The production of this series is entrusted to Stefano Sollima.

ALSO READ > The AUTO collector numberhebdo “Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans” is available