Did Brad Pitt’s Formula 1 Movie Just Lose Tens Of Millions Of Dollars?

Now that the strikes are over, several movies have returned to production. One of those movies, happily, is Brad Pitt’s Formula 1 film, where he stars as a race car driver alongside Damson Idris.

The Sun recently reported that a source close to the movie’s production revealed that they were forced to “axe tens of millions of pounds worth of footage,” leaving Pitt and Idris gutted. Let’s dive deeper into this claim.

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According to The Sun, the movie’s producers were forced to delete several scenes piling their loss up into the millions because of issues regarding the sponsors seen in the movie.

“It really is a nightmare for Brad and the team,” a source told The Sun. “A lot of events had been earmarked for filming throughout the year which would have helped reduce costs rather than having to recreate high-speed moments and wide shots. However, with all the sponsors changing it now makes the footage defunct. It’s gutting for Brad and Lewis who see this project as their baby.”

However, Jeff Sneider of The InSneider has come forward to say that the rumors aren’t true and that the film is still on track for its 2025 release. He revealed that the alleged scrapped footage is “usable“ since it was shot during the 2023 season.

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Shooting for the movie will continue into the next year, and will have Pitt and Idris drive real F1 cars on the Grand Prix tracks. The film’s director is “Top Gun Maverick’s” Joseph Kosinski.

Earlier this year, Brad Pitt shared inside details of the film with Sky News, saying of his own character, “I would be a guy who raced in the ’90s.

He has a horrible crash and kind of craps out and disappears and then is racing in other disciplines. Then his friend, played by Javier Bardem, is the team owner.”

Pitt continued: “They’re the last place team, they’re 21, 22 on the grid. They’ve never scored a point and they have a young phenom played by Damson Idris and he brings me in as kind of a Hail Mary and hijinks ensue. Tell you what’s amazing about it, you’ll see the cameras come out all over the car, the shots you’ve never seen speed, you’ve never seen G forces like this.”

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