What is the status of a sequel to F1? Joseph Kosinski gives an update
One of the year’s biggest hits at the theaters was Brad Pitt’s ode to the Formula 1 racing world in F1: The Movie, which was directed by Joseph Kosinski. Similar to Kosinski’s work on Top Gun: Maverick, audiences were able to experience the movie in an incredibly immersive style, with the IMAX premium screens showcasing the racing sequences in a way that nearly put viewers in the driving seats. F1 became a massive success for Apple Studios and would see a second run on the IMAX screens, which gave the film a boost in sales.
The film would earn around $631 million globally. So, the question is…when will a sequel be moving forward? Director Joseph Kosinski recently spoke with Deadline, where he was asked about the status of a follow-up (where it has even been teased that he would reunite with Tom Cruise for a possible Days of Thunder crossover). Kosinski explained,
I personally would love to see what other adventures Sonny Hayes has in his future. I’d love to see what’s happened with the APXGP team and Joshua Pearce, and see how his career goes, so I would love to be able to tell another chapter in that story and it’s something we just started kinda dreaming about and it’s fun to be in this stage of imagining what that might be.”
Our own Chris Bumbray loved F1, saying the film “might rank as one of the most awe-inspiring works of pure spectacle seen on the big screen in years.” He continued, “While some may thumb their nose at the fact that it’s deliberately telling a familiar story, it can’t be denied that F1 is an absolute rollercoaster ride of a movie, and – like Sinners – helps make the case for theatres still being essential to a particular kind of filmmaking. Hopefully, this is the blockbuster hit it deserves to be.”
Pitt stars as Sonny Hayes, a racer who was once the most promising phenom in the ’90s until an accident on the track derailed his career. Thirty years later, his former teammate Ruben Cervantes (Javier Bardem) convinces him to come back and drive alongside hotshot rookie Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris) for one last chance to be the best in the world. Sonny’s past catches up with him, and he finds that the road to redemption is not something you can travel alone.
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