Ferrari – Adam Driver, Penelope Cruz, Michael Mann

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From Deadline: We can reveal that Oscar nominee Adam Driver, Oscar winner Penélope Cruz and Emmy nominee Shailene Woodley are newly aboard for the big-budget biopic of racing mogul Enzo Ferrari.

Star Wars and House Of Gucci actor Driver is replacing Hugh Jackman in the title role while Parallel Mothers star Cruz will play Enzo’s wife Laura. Big Little Lies star Woodley will play mistress Lina Lardi. I wonder why Hugh dropped out?

-Shooting starts this May in Italy in Modena and Emilia-Romagna. Statement from Mann:  “Being able to have these wonderfully talented artists, actors Adam Driver, Penélope Cruz and Shailene Woodley, bring to life these unique characters on location in Modena and the Emilia-Romagna is a vision fulfilled.”

From Deadline: The movie, which Mann has been working on for two decades, is set during the summer of 1957. Ex-racecar driver, Ferrari, is in crisis. Bankruptcy stalks the company he and his wife, Laura, built from nothing ten years earlier. Their tempestuous marriage struggles with the mourning for one son and the acknowledgement of another. He decides to counter his losses by rolling the dice on one race – 1,000 miles across Italy, the iconic Mille Miglia.

-The script was written by Troy Kennedy Martin (The Italian Job) and Mann also based it on Brock Yates’ book Enzo Ferrari-The Man and the Machine.

Thoughts? I’ve seen complaints from some Driver fans about him doing another Oscar baity project or another biopic set in Italy.

Source: https://deadline.com/2022/02/adam-driver-penelope-cruz-shailene-woodley-ferrari-michael-mann-1234929563/

• This topic was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by LA26.
• This topic was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by Chris Beachum.

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[LA26 Joined: Apr 3rd, 2021 Topics: 28 Posts: 2786 View Predictions]

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More info on the script from THR:

Mann will direct from a script he co-wrote with Troy Kennedy Martin (The Italian Job).

The project adapts Brock Yates’ 1991 book Enzo Ferrari: The Man, The Cars, The Races, The Machine, which details the rise of the auto mogul.

Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/adam-driver-penelope-cruz-shailene-woodley-michael-mann-ferrari-1235089925/

I wonder why Jackman dropped out. It wasn’t that long ago that he had signed on for it (June 2020) and I don’t think he’s doing another project now. I’m a Driver fan but I’m not looking forward to hearing him do an Italian accent again.

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[vinny Joined: May 20th, 2011 Topics: 26 Posts: 22783 View Predictions]

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LA26 wrote:

The script was written by Troy Kennedy Martin (The Italian Job)

This is the only part that worries me. His scripts aren’t great. Only good one was The Sweeney in my opinion.

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[JV Joined: Dec 31st, 2019 Topics: 9 Posts: 5260 View Predictions]

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1957… Enzo Ferrari was 59 years old.

They cast a 38 year old actor.

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[m_butterfly Joined: Feb 3rd, 2021 Topics: 0 Posts: 253 View Predictions]

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Another movie about italians where no actual italian plays an italian.

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[Minuscule Joined: Apr 16th, 2021 Topics: 0 Posts: 38 View Predictions]

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Enzo Ferrari looked like this (guy on the left) at the time the movie is taking place. I hope they don’t do accents at least.

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[storminthedark Joined: Jul 13th, 2020 Topics: 1 Posts: 415 View Predictions]

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Odd choice for Driver to take imo off the heels of the reception to House of Gucci. It’s not like he was particularly praised for that and I thought he’d be taking more interesting projects like White Noise than this, he seems very miscast here.

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[Vicki Leekx Joined: Aug 3rd, 2019 Topics: 3 Posts: 1881 View Predictions]

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I know they’re trying badly to make Driver happen but I’m not a fan of this casting. I’d prefer to see Stefano Accorsi in the role

FYC:

Zar Amir Ebrahimi - Holy Spider (Best Actress)
Ana de Armas, Julianne Nicholson - Blonde (Best Actress, Supporting Actress)
Samantha Morton - She Said (Best Supporting Actress)
Kerry Condon - The Banshees of Inisherin (Best Supporting Actress)

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[LA26 Joined: Apr 3rd, 2021 Topics: 28 Posts: 2786 View Predictions]

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Vicki Leekx wrote:

I know they’re trying badly to make Driver happen but I’m not a fan of this casting. I’d prefer to see Stefano Accorsi in the role

I saw a comment on social media about how Driver seemed to prioritize checking off  working with famous directors over anything else in a film. I think he’s a great actor but his casting is odd. IMO, he was miscast in HoG and it’s obvious Ridley cast him in it because they enjoyed working together on The Last Duel.

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LA26 wrote:

I saw a comment on social media about how Driver seemed to prioritize checking off working with famous directors over anything else in a film. I think he’s a great actor but his casting is odd. IMO, he was miscast in HoG and it’s obvious Ridley cast him in it because they enjoyed working together on The Last Duel.

The material in Gucci is lackluster if we’re going to be honest.

FYC:
Best Director: Edgar Wright, Guillermo Del Toro, Jane Campion
Best Picture: Nightmare Alley, The Power of the Dog
Best Actress: Kristen Stewart, Thomasin McKenzie, Rooney Mara, Tessa Thompson
Best Actor: Benedict Cumberbatch, Bradley Cooper
Best S. Actress: Cate Blanchett, Diana Rigg, Anya Taylor Joy
Best S. Actor: Kodi Smit McPhee, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins

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[LA26 Joined: Apr 3rd, 2021 Topics: 28 Posts: 2786 View Predictions]

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Elsa Korr wrote:

The material in Gucci is lackluster if we’re going to be honest.

Yeah, the script is terrible and I was always skeptical of the film’s reception because the screenwriter-Roberto Bentivegna-is a first-timer.

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[Lydia 3rd Oscar TAR Joined: Sep 22nd, 2011 Topics: 36 Posts: 1501 View Predictions]

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There must be like at least 10 Italian actors who can play Enzo. I like the casting of Penelope and Shailene.

Italian actors:

Raoul Bova
Luca Argentero
Riccardo Scamarcio
Giulio Berruti
Dario Oliviero
Raffaello Balzo

2023 Oscar
Best Picture: Holy Spider
Best Director: Decision to Leave
Best Actress: Cate Blanchett
Best Actor: Brendan Fraser
Best Supporting Actress: Olivia de Leon
Best Supporting Actor: Ke Huy Quan

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[MysticMagix Joined: Feb 23rd, 2017 Topics: 4 Posts: 1375 View Predictions]

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adam driver is the most monotone actor ive ever seen. so dry with his delivery in everything. i believe he will have makeup and stuff which i guess is his oscar push but i just dont like him as an actor. hugh>

A little bit of Magic never hurt anybody.

~ MYSTIC

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[LA26 Joined: Apr 3rd, 2021 Topics: 28 Posts: 2786 View Predictions]

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Pre-production for #Ferrari has begun in Modena, Italy! As of “Tuesday (Feb 22) dir. Michael Mann & actor (stunt coord/stunt driver) Robert Nagle” arrived “in the city together with other staff members called to produce the film dedicated to the life of Enzo Ferrari”-tvqui.it pic.twitter.com/bQaA5kF6ue

— Adam Driver Central (@adamdrivercentl) February 26, 2022

I like Adam but he is so miscast for this movie. He’s too young and isn’t at the age the real Enzo was during the period the film takes place. It feels like he signed up for it just to check off working with another famous director.

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[RIDLEY SCOTT Joined: Dec 12th, 2020 Topics: 104 Posts: 2915 View Predictions]

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He is too young for this and I love Michael Mann. I loved him in THE LAST DUEL. He could be perfect as The Main Villain in GLADIATOR 2. For this movie, Enzo was 59 years old so Tom Cruise or Johnny Depp or Robert Downey Jr are perfect

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