We first reported on a Michael Mann Ferrari movie all of the way back in 2015. At that time none other than Christian Bale was attached to the high profile project, but then he left the project shortly afterwards. Now, according to the trade blog Deadline, Hugh Jackman is in talks to join the film as Ferrari with Noomi Rapace coming on board to play the motor mogul’s wife Linda.
The film will be based on the book ‘Enzo Ferrari: The Man, The Cars, The Races‘ by Brock Yates, the official description for which we’ve posted below.
Genius? Tyrant? Powerbroker? Finally, the first thoroughly researched, fully detailed biography of one of the most powerful and enigmatic men of the 20th century–Enzo Ferrari. Brock Yates penetrated Ferrari’s inner circle and reveals everything from his bizarre relationship with his illegitimate son to his brilliant marketing of the famous Ferrari image. Fast, fun, scandalous, and informative, Enzo Ferrari more than lives up to its remarkable subject.
The film takes place in 1957, a year where passion, failure, success and death and life all collided.
According to Deadline, the filmmakers are looking for a summer 2018 start on the project, which Mann has been developing for 17 years…
More as we hear it.
