Enzo Ferrari movie in the works with Christian Bale playing the legendary car magnate.
Christian Bale is to play the legendary Enzo Ferrari in a new biopic based on the Italian car magnate. The film will be directed by Michael Mann (Public Enemies, Collateral), and will be adapted from Brock Yates’ 1991 book “Enzo Ferrari: The Man, the Cars, the Races.”
There isn’t an official title for the film as yet, but two scripts are said to have been merged together, both adapted from the book; one by Troy Kennedy Martin (The Italian Job) and another by David Rayfield (Out of Africa).
Deadline, who broke the news say that the film takes place in 1957, a year where passion, failure, success and death and life all collided. They add that Mann and his team are also closing in on securing a female lead for the movie, which will be announced very soon.
Here’s a synopsis of the book from Google Books.
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.
Shooting on Mann’s movie is said to be scheduled to start shooting in the summer of 2016.
More news on the film as we get it.
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