Apple's Brad Pit motorsport movie now named 'F1'

The Apple Original movie about Formula 1 racing and starring Brad Pitt now has a name. Unsurprisingly, it's called "F1."

Apple has been working on a film based on the motor sport Formula 1 for a few years. While there's a lot already known about the movie, there wasn't an official title for it until Friday.

Confirmed by the official account of Formula 1 on X, the film is teased under the name "F1," the commonly-used shorthand for the racing series. The tweet also confirms Brad Pitt as its star.

A teaser image states that it will be hitting theaters in Summer 2025, and that it has been filmed for Imax. Apple previously announced that the film would be released globally on June 27, 2025.

It is unknown when it will arrive on Apple TV+, but it is likely after the theatrical release.

Finally, official.

Brad Pitt stars in F1, coming to cinemas Summer 2025.

Sneak Peek this Sunday at the Formula 1 British Grand Prix.#F1 #F1Movie pic.twitter.com/vH83qj72Qm
— Formula 1 (@F1) July 5, 2024

Pitt stars as a former driver returning to Formula 1, alongside Damson Idris as his teammate. The cast also includes Kerry Condon, Javier Bardem, Tobias Menzies, Sarah Niles, Kim Bodnia, and Samson Kayo.

Unusually for a movie production, it was filmed during actual Grand Prix weekends, with real-world teams competing.

Joseph Kosinski is directing and producing the film alongside Jerry Bruckheimer and Chad Oman for Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Pitt, Dede Garner and Jeremy Kleiner for Plan B, and seven-time F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton for Dawn Apollo Films.

Formula 1 collaborated on the film with Apple Original Films and Warner Bros.

8 Comments

AniMill 192 comments · 4 Years

About 4 months ago

Joseph Kosinski gives me hope it’ll be fun and cool.

sflagel 864 comments · 11 Years

Jerry Bruckheimer…hmm. Let’s watch it, and then watch “Rush”, again.

M68000 868 comments · 7 Years

The vast amount of general public cannot relate to F1 racing. F1 is for millionaires and multi millionaires. Whereas the general public has played many of the most popular sports, F1 is in some other dimension with its multi million dollar cars and ultra exclusive atmosphere.

Also, When you see those races on tv, are they really that interesting? I don’t think so. Except
for the Monaco location and track, are they really that interesting? They could be great to watch in person assuming you don’t mind dropping a couple thousand dollars for tickets and travel. I’ve seen IMSA races and other things on tv that compete well with F1. The IMSA cars are arguably nicer looking.

Oh, let’s not forget that there seems to be one driver who somehow wins most of the races… not good for keeping fan interest.

ralphie 129 comments · 5 Years

M68000 said:

The vast amount of general public cannot relate to F1 racing. F1 is for millionaires and multi millionaires. Whereas the general public has played many of the most popular sports, F1 is in some other dimension with its multi million dollar cars and ultra exclusive atmosphere.

Also, When you see those races on tv, are they really that interesting? I don’t think so. Except
for the Monaco location and track, are they really that interesting? They could be great to watch in person assuming you don’t mind dropping a couple thousand dollars for tickets and travel. I’ve seen IMSA races and other things on tv that compete well with F1. The IMSA cars are arguably nicer looking.

Oh, let’s not forget that there seems to be one driver who somehow wins most of the races… not good for keeping fan interest.

Unsurprisingly, there are many of us that fit that demographic and do attend the races in person. We go mainly for the social aspect, and just watch the races on the big screen in the paddock club while eating caviar and drinking champagne. The F1 movie will have little interest to us, as we live the lifestyle. The movie is targeted at the peons that don’t get to experience it first hand, for €20 in a theater.

Marvin 15335 comments · 18 Years

M68000 said:

The vast amount of general public cannot relate to F1 racing. F1 is for millionaires and multi millionaires. Whereas the general public has played many of the most popular sports, F1 is in some other dimension with its multi million dollar cars and ultra exclusive atmosphere.

Also, When you see those races on tv, are they really that interesting?

Some people appreciate the skill in the racing. The races are quite boring to watch from outside but are interesting to watch from inside the car where it gives a much better impression of the speed (over 300km/h, 186mph):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQaAaMaFxBE

When there are near misses like this, the reaction times have to be pretty good:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNrmjiBckpw

Rally racing looks more intense but is slower than F1:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3_ABh1Oguc

Maybe F1 could get some tips from movie directors on how to make the races look more interesting with the camera angles. Attaching some cameras to the car/cockpit for Apple Vision Pro would give a good impression of the speed.