Biography films are a fascinating genre that depict the lives of real people, often with dramatic and artistic flair. They can inspire us, educate us, entertain us, and challenge us to think about the world in new ways. Some of the most acclaimed and influential films of all time belong to this genre, and they span across different eras, cultures, and themes.
In this article, we will rank the 10 best biography films of all time, after the release of Oppenheimer in 2023. Oppenheimer is a biographical film directed by Christopher Nolan, starring Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American scientist who led the development of the atomic bomb during World War II. The film has been praised for its stunning cinematography, complex narrative, and powerful performances. It is widely considered to be one of the best films of 2023, and a masterpiece of biographical cinema.
But what are the other films...
In this article, we will rank the 10 best biography films of all time, after the release of Oppenheimer in 2023. Oppenheimer is a biographical film directed by Christopher Nolan, starring Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American scientist who led the development of the atomic bomb during World War II. The film has been praised for its stunning cinematography, complex narrative, and powerful performances. It is widely considered to be one of the best films of 2023, and a masterpiece of biographical cinema.
But what are the other films...
- 7/28/2023
- by amalprasadappu
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An attempt to revive the Hasbro franchise is a careless fumble put together without a hint of effort or interest
During his tenure as chairman of the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, industrialist Lee Iacocca declared the small hunk of land off the coast of New Jersey a “symbol of reality” to Lady Liberty’s “symbol of hope”. A fitting gesture, then, that Ellis Island should be obliterated as collateral damage in the first hour of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, in light of its deafening disregard for anything in the general galaxy of real.
As obligatory human Noah Diaz stumbles through a cosmic clash between opposing hunks of dinged-up CGI, he briefly questions the need of alien robots to disguise themselves as Earth-faring vehicles. His perfectly valid thoughts are hand-waved away by Mirage – voiced by Pete Davidson, saying things like “yo!” – with the instruction not to worry about it.
During his tenure as chairman of the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, industrialist Lee Iacocca declared the small hunk of land off the coast of New Jersey a “symbol of reality” to Lady Liberty’s “symbol of hope”. A fitting gesture, then, that Ellis Island should be obliterated as collateral damage in the first hour of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, in light of its deafening disregard for anything in the general galaxy of real.
As obligatory human Noah Diaz stumbles through a cosmic clash between opposing hunks of dinged-up CGI, he briefly questions the need of alien robots to disguise themselves as Earth-faring vehicles. His perfectly valid thoughts are hand-waved away by Mirage – voiced by Pete Davidson, saying things like “yo!” – with the instruction not to worry about it.
- 6/6/2023
- by Charles Bramesco
- The Guardian - Film News
Few actors are defined by the word “badass” the way that Jon Bernthal is. From playing the tragic villain Shane Walsh on “The Walking Dead” to the Marvel Cinematic Universe‘s version of the brutal Frank Castle in “The Punisher,” right down to roles where he isn’t cracking heads—his eerily spot-on portrayal of Lee Iacocca in “Ford v Ferrari,” for example—Bernthal exudes an endless cool and charisma, while still looking like he could take on anyone in the room if he needed to.
Continue reading Jon Bernthal Talks ‘King Richard,’ How To Reboot ‘The Punisher’ & What Makes A Great Coach [The Fourth Wall Podcast] at The Playlist.
Continue reading Jon Bernthal Talks ‘King Richard,’ How To Reboot ‘The Punisher’ & What Makes A Great Coach [The Fourth Wall Podcast] at The Playlist.
- 12/2/2021
- by Griffin Schiller
- The Playlist
If you’re looking for someone to throw a punch or take on a zombie horde, well, Jon Bernthal’s probably your guy. But when you’re looking for an actor who can credibly serve-and-volley, he might not spring to mind.
That was the dilemma facing “King Richard” director Reinaldo Marcus Green when he was looking for someone to portray Rick Macci, the tennis coach who took a chance on a young Venus and Serena Williams. Bernthal has made a career playing tough guys, such as gritty Marvel antihero Frank Castle or “The Walking Dead’s” Shane Walsh. When looking for an actor to play Tony Soprano’s father for “The Many Saints of Newark,” Bernthal, who has broken his nose more than a dozen times, made perfect sense. But to play the happily square Macci, he wasn’t an obvious fit. Imagine casting the Punisher as Ned Flanders.
“He...
That was the dilemma facing “King Richard” director Reinaldo Marcus Green when he was looking for someone to portray Rick Macci, the tennis coach who took a chance on a young Venus and Serena Williams. Bernthal has made a career playing tough guys, such as gritty Marvel antihero Frank Castle or “The Walking Dead’s” Shane Walsh. When looking for an actor to play Tony Soprano’s father for “The Many Saints of Newark,” Bernthal, who has broken his nose more than a dozen times, made perfect sense. But to play the happily square Macci, he wasn’t an obvious fit. Imagine casting the Punisher as Ned Flanders.
“He...
- 11/12/2021
- by Jenelle Riley
- Variety Film + TV
Jon Bernthal, Josh Charles and Jamie Hector have been tapped as the leads of HBO’s We Own This City limited series, from The Wire’s EP David Simon and producer George Pelecanos. Reinaldo Marcus Green (Monsters and Men) is set to direct and executive produce the series, based on Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton’s book We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops and Corruption. Production is set to begin in July.
The six-hour limited series chronicles the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force — and the corruption and moral collapse that befell an American city in which the policies of drug prohibition and mass arrest were championed at the expense of actual police work.
Bernthal plays Sgt. Wayne Jenkins of the Baltimore Police Department, perhaps the central figure in the sprawling federal corruption case that centered on the agency’s Gun Trace Task Force,...
The six-hour limited series chronicles the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force — and the corruption and moral collapse that befell an American city in which the policies of drug prohibition and mass arrest were championed at the expense of actual police work.
Bernthal plays Sgt. Wayne Jenkins of the Baltimore Police Department, perhaps the central figure in the sprawling federal corruption case that centered on the agency’s Gun Trace Task Force,...
- 5/19/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
After driving “Thunder Road” for decades, Bruce Springsteen is taking a detour on Madison Avenue.
The musician known as “The Boss” will command two minutes of commercial time in Super Bowl Lv Sunday night, all part of a mammoth Jeep ad meant to reflect a national mood of coming together after four years of politics and polarization. The spot does something else, too: It ends a decade-long quest by one of the industry’s most colorful marketing executives to convince the iconic artist behind stirring songs like “Born in the U.S.A.,” “Growing Up” and “The Rising” to do something he has never done before — align himself with an advertiser.
The commercial is designed to spur viewers to mend the various rifts that have erupted in the nation in recent years. “We just have to remember the very soil we stand on is common ground,” Springsteen says as he holds forth...
The musician known as “The Boss” will command two minutes of commercial time in Super Bowl Lv Sunday night, all part of a mammoth Jeep ad meant to reflect a national mood of coming together after four years of politics and polarization. The spot does something else, too: It ends a decade-long quest by one of the industry’s most colorful marketing executives to convince the iconic artist behind stirring songs like “Born in the U.S.A.,” “Growing Up” and “The Rising” to do something he has never done before — align himself with an advertiser.
The commercial is designed to spur viewers to mend the various rifts that have erupted in the nation in recent years. “We just have to remember the very soil we stand on is common ground,” Springsteen says as he holds forth...
- 2/7/2021
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies and many more at Trailers From Hell. And watch your speed, unless you want to be breaking news.
2019’s Ford v Ferrari is a gearhead’s movie. A speed freak’s movie. A Ford man’s movie. Keep your Chevys in the garage and your Found-On-Road-Dead jokes to yourself while the Shelby Ford GT40 screams down the straightaway like a rocket. The film is based on the effort of designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles to rudely knock Ferrari off its throne at Le Mans. Henry Ford II and Lee Iacocca made it a grudge match to embarrass Enzo Ferrari after he flipped them off in a failed buyout.
The film stars Matt Damon and Christian Bale, which means it was halfway to success from the green flag. It got quite a lot of...
2019’s Ford v Ferrari is a gearhead’s movie. A speed freak’s movie. A Ford man’s movie. Keep your Chevys in the garage and your Found-On-Road-Dead jokes to yourself while the Shelby Ford GT40 screams down the straightaway like a rocket. The film is based on the effort of designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles to rudely knock Ferrari off its throne at Le Mans. Henry Ford II and Lee Iacocca made it a grudge match to embarrass Enzo Ferrari after he flipped them off in a failed buyout.
The film stars Matt Damon and Christian Bale, which means it was halfway to success from the green flag. It got quite a lot of...
- 10/7/2020
- by Randy Fuller
- Trailers from Hell
In today’s film news roundup, Jon Bernthal is cast in “King Richard,” FilmFreeway sets a Toronto Film Festival deal and “Phoenix, Oregon” gets distribution.
Casting
Jon Bernthal is in talks to star as tennis coach Rick Macci in Warner Bros.’ “King Richard” opposite Will Smith.
Reinaldo Marcus Green is directing the drama, written by Zach Baylin, about Richard Williams helping daughters Venus and Serena Williams to become tennis stars. Smith plays Richard Williams, who enlisted Macci to train the daughters — to be played by Saniyya Sidney and Demi Singleton — when they were 9 and 10 years old.
“King Richard” is produced by Tim White, Trevor White and James Lassiter with Allan Mandelbaum, Jada Pinkett Smith and Caleeb Pinkett as executive producers. Warner Bros. has set the film for a Nov. 25 release.
Bernthal portrayed Lee Iacocca in “Ford v Ferrari” and is starring in “The Sopranos” prequel “The Many Saints of Newark.
Casting
Jon Bernthal is in talks to star as tennis coach Rick Macci in Warner Bros.’ “King Richard” opposite Will Smith.
Reinaldo Marcus Green is directing the drama, written by Zach Baylin, about Richard Williams helping daughters Venus and Serena Williams to become tennis stars. Smith plays Richard Williams, who enlisted Macci to train the daughters — to be played by Saniyya Sidney and Demi Singleton — when they were 9 and 10 years old.
“King Richard” is produced by Tim White, Trevor White and James Lassiter with Allan Mandelbaum, Jada Pinkett Smith and Caleeb Pinkett as executive producers. Warner Bros. has set the film for a Nov. 25 release.
Bernthal portrayed Lee Iacocca in “Ford v Ferrari” and is starring in “The Sopranos” prequel “The Many Saints of Newark.
- 1/17/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Jon Bernthal is in negotiations to star as coach Rick Macci in King Richard, the Reinaldo Marcus Green-directed Warner Bros drama about how Richard Williams guided his prodigal tennis playing daughters Venus and Serena from the Compton courts to preeminence in the sport. Will Smith plays Richard Williams; Saniyya Sidney and Demi Singleton were just set as young Venus and Serena Williams, and Aunjanue Ellis will play their mom, Brandi Williams. Zach Baylin wrote the script.
Coming off his role as Lee Iacocca in the Best Picture nominated Ford V Ferrari, Bernthal will play the famed tennis coach who made a deal with Richard Williams to train his daughters, this after watching them at the tender ages of nine and 10 and immediately seeing the potential for speed, power and competitiveness the precocious girls brought to the courts. It was Macci’s task to hone and polish that talent...
Coming off his role as Lee Iacocca in the Best Picture nominated Ford V Ferrari, Bernthal will play the famed tennis coach who made a deal with Richard Williams to train his daughters, this after watching them at the tender ages of nine and 10 and immediately seeing the potential for speed, power and competitiveness the precocious girls brought to the courts. It was Macci’s task to hone and polish that talent...
- 1/16/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Based on the real-life friendship between Ken Miles and Carroll Shelby, Ford v Ferrari unfolds deeply within the racing culture of the mid-1960s. Egged on by future Chrysler head Lee Iacocca, Henry Ford commits to an expensive attempt to defeat the Ferrari racing team at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans race. Shelby, an engineer and former racer, works with Miles to develop and test the GT40. Ford v Ferrari is the fifth collaboration between director James Mangold and cinematographer Phedon Papamichael. Christian Bale stars as Miles and Matt Damon as Carroll Shelby. Other performers include Tracy Letts (Henry […]...
- 12/10/2019
- by Daniel Eagan
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Based on the real-life friendship between Ken Miles and Carroll Shelby, Ford v Ferrari unfolds deeply within the racing culture of the mid-1960s. Egged on by future Chrysler head Lee Iacocca, Henry Ford commits to an expensive attempt to defeat the Ferrari racing team at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans race. Shelby, an engineer and former racer, works with Miles to develop and test the GT40. Ford v Ferrari is the fifth collaboration between director James Mangold and cinematographer Phedon Papamichael. Christian Bale stars as Miles and Matt Damon as Carroll Shelby. Other performers include Tracy Letts (Henry […]...
- 12/10/2019
- by Daniel Eagan
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
The thrill of driving a car at high speeds is one that many share. At the same time, the sport of auto racing is hard to compelling depict on screen. Car chases are a cinematic staple, but that’s a completely different beast. More often than not, racing movies focus as much on the humans as the machines. In the case of the new film Ford v Ferrari, there’s a strong balance between the two elements. Featuring some incredible technical work below the line, as well as a surprising sense of fun, this flick has more to offer than most other outings of this ilk. I’ve been pondering this one for over a month, hence waiting until the day of release to write about it, but the more I think on it, the more I find myself liking it. The film is a sports drama, centered on a...
- 11/15/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Racing drama “Ford v Ferrari” sped to $2.1 million on Thursday night, while Sony’s “Charlie’s Angels” reboot pulled in a modest $900,000.
The earnings for “Ford v Ferrari” are in the same range as “Terminator: Dark Fate,” which took in $2.4 million on its way to a $29 million debut on Nov. 1-3 for Paramount.
“Ford v Ferrari” is expected to win the weekend handily with as much as $20 million at 3,528 venues in North America. The Disney-Fox film follows an eccentric team of American engineers and designers, led by automotive visionary Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and his British driver, Ken Miles (Christian Bale), who are dispatched by Henry Ford II and Lee Iacocca to build a new vehicle to defeat the dominant Ferrari at the 1966 Le Mans world championship in France.
“Ford v Ferrari,” directed by James Mangold and produced by Chernin Entertainment, has generated 91% on Rotten Tomatoes. The film, which has a $100 million price tag,...
The earnings for “Ford v Ferrari” are in the same range as “Terminator: Dark Fate,” which took in $2.4 million on its way to a $29 million debut on Nov. 1-3 for Paramount.
“Ford v Ferrari” is expected to win the weekend handily with as much as $20 million at 3,528 venues in North America. The Disney-Fox film follows an eccentric team of American engineers and designers, led by automotive visionary Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and his British driver, Ken Miles (Christian Bale), who are dispatched by Henry Ford II and Lee Iacocca to build a new vehicle to defeat the dominant Ferrari at the 1966 Le Mans world championship in France.
“Ford v Ferrari,” directed by James Mangold and produced by Chernin Entertainment, has generated 91% on Rotten Tomatoes. The film, which has a $100 million price tag,...
- 11/15/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Matt Damon as racing car builder Carroll Shelby and Christian Bale as driver Ken Miles in Ford V Ferra Ri. Photo courtesy of Fox Studios.
Ford V Ferrari tells the unlikely but true story of the Ford Motor Company, the American maker of family cars, challenging Ferrari, the legendary Italian sports car maker, in one of the most difficult races in Europe, the 24-hour Le Mans, in the golden era of racing cars. But you don’t have to be a racing fan or a gear-head to enjoy this thrilling tale, since it is really about the people behind (and in) the cars, bonds of friendship and the struggle of underdogs, a tale set in the era of American know-how and individualism, as two men set out to snatch glory from the reigning king of racing.
It isn’t really Henry Ford II, the head of Ford Motor Company and grandson of the founder,...
Ford V Ferrari tells the unlikely but true story of the Ford Motor Company, the American maker of family cars, challenging Ferrari, the legendary Italian sports car maker, in one of the most difficult races in Europe, the 24-hour Le Mans, in the golden era of racing cars. But you don’t have to be a racing fan or a gear-head to enjoy this thrilling tale, since it is really about the people behind (and in) the cars, bonds of friendship and the struggle of underdogs, a tale set in the era of American know-how and individualism, as two men set out to snatch glory from the reigning king of racing.
It isn’t really Henry Ford II, the head of Ford Motor Company and grandson of the founder,...
- 11/15/2019
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Legendary automobile designer Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) teams up with legendary race-car driver Ken Miles (Christian Bale) to defeat an epic foe, as brought to thrilling life in Ford v Ferrari. Based on a true story, the dramatic thriller unfolds primarily through the keen eyes of the designer and the driver as they prepare under deadline pressure for a 24-hour endurance contest, pitting the Ford Motor Company, guided by Henry Ford II (Tracy Letts) and Lee Iacocca (Jon Bernthal), against...
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- 11/14/2019
- by affiliates@fandango.com
- Fandango
Christian Bale and Matt Damon try to put the pedal to the metal in James Mangold’s racing drama.
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You have to really get invested in a story that essentially boils down to “boys and their toys” if you intend to fully enjoy Ford v Ferrari, director James Mangold’s old school drama about real-life racing champs Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and Ken Miles (Christian Bale). The pair bonded as friends and innovators to create a car--bankrolled by the Ford Motor Company--that was meant to best the formidable fleet of Enzo Ferrari at the punishing 24-hour Le Mans race in France.
Working from a script by Jez and John-Henry Butterworth (Edge of Tomorrow) along with Jason Keller (Escape Plan), Mangold crafts something formidable himself: a two-and-a-half-hour character drama in sync with his previous character studies, such as Walk the Line and even the superb Wolverine send-off Logan.
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You have to really get invested in a story that essentially boils down to “boys and their toys” if you intend to fully enjoy Ford v Ferrari, director James Mangold’s old school drama about real-life racing champs Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and Ken Miles (Christian Bale). The pair bonded as friends and innovators to create a car--bankrolled by the Ford Motor Company--that was meant to best the formidable fleet of Enzo Ferrari at the punishing 24-hour Le Mans race in France.
Working from a script by Jez and John-Henry Butterworth (Edge of Tomorrow) along with Jason Keller (Escape Plan), Mangold crafts something formidable himself: a two-and-a-half-hour character drama in sync with his previous character studies, such as Walk the Line and even the superb Wolverine send-off Logan.
- 11/12/2019
- Den of Geek
Previously reviewed at Tiff 2019. Plot: The year is 1966 and Ford sales are in the toilet. Company VP Lee Iacocca (Jon Bernthal) launches a plan to buy Ferrari, only to be double-crossed at the last minute, leading to permanent bad blood between the auto giants, and Ford’s obsession with building a race car that can outperform a Ferrari. The battleground? The 1966 24 Hours of…...
- 11/11/2019
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Take a look at more footage from the feature "Ford v Ferrari" (aka "Le Mans '66"), directed by James Mangold ("Logan"), starring Matt Damon, Christian Bale ("Batman Begins"), Caitriona Balfe ("Outlander"), Jon Bernthal ("The Punisher"), Tracy Letts, Josh Lucas, Noah Jupe, Remo Girone and Ray McKinnon, opening November 15, 2019:
"...an eccentric, determined team of American engineers and designers, led by automotive visionary 'Carroll Shelby' and his Brit driver, 'Ken Miles'...
"...are dispatched by 'Henry Ford II' and 'Lee Iacocca' with the mission of building the 'Ford GT40', a new racing car with the potential to defeat the perennially dominant 'Ferrari 'racing team at the 1966 '24 Hours of Le Mans' race in France..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Ford v Ferrari"...
"...an eccentric, determined team of American engineers and designers, led by automotive visionary 'Carroll Shelby' and his Brit driver, 'Ken Miles'...
"...are dispatched by 'Henry Ford II' and 'Lee Iacocca' with the mission of building the 'Ford GT40', a new racing car with the potential to defeat the perennially dominant 'Ferrari 'racing team at the 1966 '24 Hours of Le Mans' race in France..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Ford v Ferrari"...
- 10/28/2019
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
In today’s film news roundup, early estimates are in for “Ford v Ferrari” and “Charlie’s Angels,” Jenn Murray receives an honor and the documentary “Human Nature” gets distribution.
Early Tracking
Disney-Fox’s “Ford v Ferrari,” starring Christian Bale and Matt Damon, is heading for a North American launch in the $23 million to $27 million range, early estimates showed Thursday.
“Ford v Ferrari” premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and will be released by Disney on Nov. 15. Critics have been impressed with a current 88% “fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Bale and Damon will both campaign in the lead actor category for awards for their work. “Ford v Ferrari” follows an eccentric team of American engineers and designers, led by automotive visionary Carroll Shelby (Damon) and his British driver, Ken Miles (Bale), who are dispatched by Henry Ford II and Lee Iacocca to build an entirely new vehicle...
Early Tracking
Disney-Fox’s “Ford v Ferrari,” starring Christian Bale and Matt Damon, is heading for a North American launch in the $23 million to $27 million range, early estimates showed Thursday.
“Ford v Ferrari” premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and will be released by Disney on Nov. 15. Critics have been impressed with a current 88% “fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Bale and Damon will both campaign in the lead actor category for awards for their work. “Ford v Ferrari” follows an eccentric team of American engineers and designers, led by automotive visionary Carroll Shelby (Damon) and his British driver, Ken Miles (Bale), who are dispatched by Henry Ford II and Lee Iacocca to build an entirely new vehicle...
- 10/25/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Christian Bale and Matt Damon will both campaign in the lead actor category for awards for their work in Fox’s upcoming “Ford v Ferrari,” Variety has learned.
“Ford v Ferrari” follows an eccentric, determined team of American engineers and designers, led by automotive visionary Carroll Shelby (Damon) and his British driver, Ken Miles (Bale), who are dispatched by Henry Ford II and Lee Iacocca to build an entirely new vehicle with the potential to finally defeat the perennially dominant Ferrari at the 1966 Le Mans World Championship in France. “Ford v Ferrari” premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and will be released by Disney on Nov. 15.
Bale has been nominated for four Academy Awards and won in the supporting category for “The Fighter.” He was nominated for “The Big Short,” “Vice” and “American Hustle.”
Damon has been nominated for five Academy Awards and won one for original screenplay for “Good Will Hunting.
“Ford v Ferrari” follows an eccentric, determined team of American engineers and designers, led by automotive visionary Carroll Shelby (Damon) and his British driver, Ken Miles (Bale), who are dispatched by Henry Ford II and Lee Iacocca to build an entirely new vehicle with the potential to finally defeat the perennially dominant Ferrari at the 1966 Le Mans World Championship in France. “Ford v Ferrari” premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and will be released by Disney on Nov. 15.
Bale has been nominated for four Academy Awards and won in the supporting category for “The Fighter.” He was nominated for “The Big Short,” “Vice” and “American Hustle.”
Damon has been nominated for five Academy Awards and won one for original screenplay for “Good Will Hunting.
- 10/22/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
"Ford v Ferrari" (aka "Le Mans '66") is the racing feature, directed by James Mangold ("Logan"), starring Matt Damon, Christian Bale ("Batman Begins"), Caitriona Balfe ("Outlander"), Jon Bernthal ("The Punisher"), Tracy Letts, Josh Lucas, Noah Jupe, Remo Girone and Ray McKinnon, opening November 15, 2019:
"...an eccentric, determined team of American engineers and designers, led by automotive visionary 'Carroll Shelby' and his Brit driver, 'Ken Miles'...
"...are dispatched by 'Henry Ford II' and 'Lee Iacocca' with the mission of building the 'Ford GT40', a new racing car with the potential to defeat the perennially dominant 'Ferrari 'racing team at the 1966 '24 Hours of Le Mans' race in France..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Ford v Ferrari"...
"...an eccentric, determined team of American engineers and designers, led by automotive visionary 'Carroll Shelby' and his Brit driver, 'Ken Miles'...
"...are dispatched by 'Henry Ford II' and 'Lee Iacocca' with the mission of building the 'Ford GT40', a new racing car with the potential to defeat the perennially dominant 'Ferrari 'racing team at the 1966 '24 Hours of Le Mans' race in France..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Ford v Ferrari"...
- 10/18/2019
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Matt Damon and Christian Bale attempt to upheave the race car industry in the new trailer for Ford v Ferrari, a retelling of the Ford Motor Company’s efforts to end Enzo Ferrari’s racing stranglehold in 1966.
The James Mangold-directed film – which premiered at the Telluride Film Festival and recently screened at Toronto International Film Festival – is “based on the remarkable true story of the visionary American car designer Carroll Shelby (Damon) and the fearless British-born driver Ken Miles (Bale), who together battled corporate interference, the laws of physics,...
The James Mangold-directed film – which premiered at the Telluride Film Festival and recently screened at Toronto International Film Festival – is “based on the remarkable true story of the visionary American car designer Carroll Shelby (Damon) and the fearless British-born driver Ken Miles (Bale), who together battled corporate interference, the laws of physics,...
- 9/15/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
"Ford hates guys like us, because we're different." 20th Century Fox has launched the second official trailer for Ford v. Ferrari, the latest from James Mangold (who last made the kick ass Logan in 2017). This premiered at the Telluride and Toronto Film Festivals to very positive reviews aplenty, calling it a "visual and sonic spectacle". The film follows an eccentric, determined team of American engineers and designers, led by automotive visionary Carroll Shelby and British driver Ken Miles, who are sent by Henry Ford II and Lee Iacocca with the mission of building from scratch an entirely new car with the potential to finally defeat the perennially dominant Ferrari at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans race in France. Starring Matt Damon as Shelby, Christian Bale as Miles, with Tracy Letts as Henry Ford II, plus an ensemble cast including Jon Bernthal, Caitriona Balfe, Josh Lucas, Noah Jupe, JJ Feild, Ray McKinnon,...
- 9/15/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
James Mangold’s Ford v Ferrari is, in a word, sturdy. It’s the kind of airtight drama that could never be called groundbreaking or even original. But it offers ample pleasures in performance—from stars Matt Damon and Christian Bale—and design. While it could be a bit nastier, this is unquestionably intense grade-a Hollywood entertainment. The racing sequences are genuinely thrilling, and even the boardroom and back-office battles are compelling.
While the story itself—the Ford Motor Company hires auto racing legend Carroll Shelby (Damon) and brash driver Ken Miles (Bale) in an attempt at taking down Ferrari’s dominance at the legendary Le Mans—will be new to some audiences, the structure is undoubtedly familiar. That is an issue, especially at 152 minutes. But Mangold and screenwriters Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, and Jason Keller keep this baby humming–there’s little time to ponder structural issues when we...
While the story itself—the Ford Motor Company hires auto racing legend Carroll Shelby (Damon) and brash driver Ken Miles (Bale) in an attempt at taking down Ferrari’s dominance at the legendary Le Mans—will be new to some audiences, the structure is undoubtedly familiar. That is an issue, especially at 152 minutes. But Mangold and screenwriters Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, and Jason Keller keep this baby humming–there’s little time to ponder structural issues when we...
- 9/11/2019
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
The 46th annual Telluride Film Festival got underway Friday afternoon in roaring fashion with the world premiere of director James Mangold’s supercharged, terrifically entertaining Ford v Ferrari. It’s the tale of two combative, distinctly different but eccentric car artists and car makers, played by Matt Damon and Christian Bale, who take on the task of bringing supremacy to Ford Motor Co. with the fastest car on the tracks at the biggest race of the year, the 24 hours of Le Mans.
If ever there was one this is a true movie movie — a muscular, fast-paced, character-driven, bigger-than-life true story that has all the stuff I love about the craft of moviemaking. It is Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid on the race track.
Like Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, it pits two big male movie stars against each other and delivers on every cylinder, an old fashioned example of a pure crowd-pleaser that in my opinion should appeal just as much to moviegoers as it will to Academy members who appreciate the craft of movies on a large scale, those that only belong on the biggest screen possible. That’s Ford v Ferrari.
I predict not only will this become a huge word-of-mouth box office hit for Fox and Disney (which now owns the studio and will be distributing in November in time for the holdiay season), it should also handily figure in numerous categories at the Oscars including Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, Film Editing, Cinematography, both Sound categories, and a few acting nods.
The big question is whether strategists try to split the two leading actors into two categories — a likely scenario with Damon in lead, and Bale just great again in a meaty supporting role as the wildcat, hugely talented driver Ford hates but Damon knows can bring home a win if anyone can in the seemingly impossible race to beat Ferrari at its own game, this after being spurned by the Italian automaker when the Detroit giant tried to take them over. The head of Ford then, in the mid 1960s when this all happened, was Henry Ford II, and he is played to the hilt by Tracy Letts, another cast member deserving of a supporting actor nomination if you ask me.
This ought to be catnip for the Academy because it represents big screen moviemaking at its best. Jon Bernthal is also excellent as a younger Lee Iacocca and Josh Lucas is the guy you love to hate as a goody two-shoes corporate suit trying to impress his boss. Catriona Balfe is also very fine as Bale’s wife, and their scenes together with their son (Noah Jupe) have a real poignancy to them.
A project that has been kicking around for the better part of a decade, Mangold and his writers cracked it and make it work on all levels, from the sensational edge-of-the-seat driving sequences to the human factor of which it never loses sight. With every film, this writer-director reminds me more of one of the greats like Howard Hawks, who could excel in just about every genre and always changed things up knowing the story was king, not genre. Mangold seems to do it all, from drama (Girl Interrupted) to thriller (Identity), musical biopic (Walk the Line), action comedy (Knight and Day), Westerns (3:10 to Yuma) and sci-fi Western elegies like the Oscar-nominated Logan which was the perfect finale for Wolverine which he also directed.
In brief remarks before the film screened for the first time at the festival’s “Patrons Screening” today (which also included media members). Mangold explained this was the first time he had been to the Telluride festival since Walk the Line in 2004. He recalled seeing Philip Seymour Hoffman, who touched his hand and simply said “Beautiful, beautiful” after seeing that movie here. Then he went to a restaurant and sat with Roger Ebert, who had championed his first film, the indie Heavy. It all just reminded him of past friendships — in these cases two people now gone.
“I’m saying all this to get around to the fact that they have race cars playing in the promos making it look like the film might be all about race cars,” he said. “But to me this movie is all about friendship, and friends who we meet as we make things. And that’s how I connected to it more than anything.”
Indeed, even though they were sometimes at loggerheads, Damon’s character Carroll Shelby and Bale’s British race car driver Ken Miles were above all friends, ultimately united in this unique and challenging quest to show off the fastest car in the world and fight all the corporate suits along the way. It is a story that really has it all in so many ways. The Telluride audience seemed to be with it all the way too, and word among those exiting was clearly two thumbs up — a great start to the festival.
Disney which now controls Fox and their movies (recently reportedly tearing up most of the development slate) knows not to mess with this one and has kept the same November 15 release date always planned. The Mouse House knows they have a winner, even if it is a Fox movie all the way. In fact, former Fox distribution president Chris Aronson told me months ago when he was still at the studio and before the merger was finaized that Ford v Ferrari was a winner.
He was right. It is.
If ever there was one this is a true movie movie — a muscular, fast-paced, character-driven, bigger-than-life true story that has all the stuff I love about the craft of moviemaking. It is Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid on the race track.
Like Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, it pits two big male movie stars against each other and delivers on every cylinder, an old fashioned example of a pure crowd-pleaser that in my opinion should appeal just as much to moviegoers as it will to Academy members who appreciate the craft of movies on a large scale, those that only belong on the biggest screen possible. That’s Ford v Ferrari.
I predict not only will this become a huge word-of-mouth box office hit for Fox and Disney (which now owns the studio and will be distributing in November in time for the holdiay season), it should also handily figure in numerous categories at the Oscars including Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, Film Editing, Cinematography, both Sound categories, and a few acting nods.
The big question is whether strategists try to split the two leading actors into two categories — a likely scenario with Damon in lead, and Bale just great again in a meaty supporting role as the wildcat, hugely talented driver Ford hates but Damon knows can bring home a win if anyone can in the seemingly impossible race to beat Ferrari at its own game, this after being spurned by the Italian automaker when the Detroit giant tried to take them over. The head of Ford then, in the mid 1960s when this all happened, was Henry Ford II, and he is played to the hilt by Tracy Letts, another cast member deserving of a supporting actor nomination if you ask me.
This ought to be catnip for the Academy because it represents big screen moviemaking at its best. Jon Bernthal is also excellent as a younger Lee Iacocca and Josh Lucas is the guy you love to hate as a goody two-shoes corporate suit trying to impress his boss. Catriona Balfe is also very fine as Bale’s wife, and their scenes together with their son (Noah Jupe) have a real poignancy to them.
A project that has been kicking around for the better part of a decade, Mangold and his writers cracked it and make it work on all levels, from the sensational edge-of-the-seat driving sequences to the human factor of which it never loses sight. With every film, this writer-director reminds me more of one of the greats like Howard Hawks, who could excel in just about every genre and always changed things up knowing the story was king, not genre. Mangold seems to do it all, from drama (Girl Interrupted) to thriller (Identity), musical biopic (Walk the Line), action comedy (Knight and Day), Westerns (3:10 to Yuma) and sci-fi Western elegies like the Oscar-nominated Logan which was the perfect finale for Wolverine which he also directed.
In brief remarks before the film screened for the first time at the festival’s “Patrons Screening” today (which also included media members). Mangold explained this was the first time he had been to the Telluride festival since Walk the Line in 2004. He recalled seeing Philip Seymour Hoffman, who touched his hand and simply said “Beautiful, beautiful” after seeing that movie here. Then he went to a restaurant and sat with Roger Ebert, who had championed his first film, the indie Heavy. It all just reminded him of past friendships — in these cases two people now gone.
“I’m saying all this to get around to the fact that they have race cars playing in the promos making it look like the film might be all about race cars,” he said. “But to me this movie is all about friendship, and friends who we meet as we make things. And that’s how I connected to it more than anything.”
Indeed, even though they were sometimes at loggerheads, Damon’s character Carroll Shelby and Bale’s British race car driver Ken Miles were above all friends, ultimately united in this unique and challenging quest to show off the fastest car in the world and fight all the corporate suits along the way. It is a story that really has it all in so many ways. The Telluride audience seemed to be with it all the way too, and word among those exiting was clearly two thumbs up — a great start to the festival.
Disney which now controls Fox and their movies (recently reportedly tearing up most of the development slate) knows not to mess with this one and has kept the same November 15 release date always planned. The Mouse House knows they have a winner, even if it is a Fox movie all the way. In fact, former Fox distribution president Chris Aronson told me months ago when he was still at the studio and before the merger was finaized that Ford v Ferrari was a winner.
He was right. It is.
- 8/31/2019
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Awards contenders “Just Mercy” and “Ford v Ferrari” have been selected for showings at the Hamptons International Film Festival.
Legal drama “Just Mercy,” starring Michael B. Jordan, will be the opening night film on Oct. 10 at Guild Hall. “Just Mercy” is based on the case of Walter McMillan, an African-American death-row prisoner who was exonerated in 1993 after being convicted five years earlier for a 1986 murder in Alabama. Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, took on McMillan’s cause in 1988 in his first case as an attorney.
Jordan stars as Stevenson while Jamie Foxx portrays McMillan in the Warner Bros.’ film. The cast includes Brie Larson, Tim Blake Nelson, Rafe Spall, Rob Morgan and O’Shea Jackson, Jr. Destin Daniel Cretton directed from his adaptation of Stevenson’s memoir. “Just Mercy” will premiere at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival and open in limited release on Dec.
Legal drama “Just Mercy,” starring Michael B. Jordan, will be the opening night film on Oct. 10 at Guild Hall. “Just Mercy” is based on the case of Walter McMillan, an African-American death-row prisoner who was exonerated in 1993 after being convicted five years earlier for a 1986 murder in Alabama. Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, took on McMillan’s cause in 1988 in his first case as an attorney.
Jordan stars as Stevenson while Jamie Foxx portrays McMillan in the Warner Bros.’ film. The cast includes Brie Larson, Tim Blake Nelson, Rafe Spall, Rob Morgan and O’Shea Jackson, Jr. Destin Daniel Cretton directed from his adaptation of Stevenson’s memoir. “Just Mercy” will premiere at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival and open in limited release on Dec.
- 8/23/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Former Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca has died at the age of 94 in Bel Air, California. Two former Chrysler executives who worked with him, Bud Liebler and Bob Lutz, said they were told of Iacocca’s death on Tuesday by a close associate of Iacocca’s family. Liebler was the company’s former spokesman, while Lutz was formerly […]
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- 7/3/2019
- by Eileen Nguyen
- Uinterview
If you feel the need for speed come Nov. 15, “Ford v. Ferrari” at the very least should get your engine going.
The year is 1966. Ford Motor Company executive Lee Iacocca (Jon Bernthal) and Henry Ford II (Tracey Letts) are on a mission to build a revolutionary American car that can overtake Italy’s Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France. He recruits two men for the job — U.S. visionary designer Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and daredevil British-born racer Kevin Miles (Christian Bale).
The two innovators would fight off corporate meddlers, defy the laws of physics and struggle with their own personal foibles as they race the clock to build the revolutionary Ford GT40. Besides the thrill of watching fast-paced action on the big screen, moviegoers will get to see two great actors buddy up for the first time in a film. The two Oscar winners — Damon...
The year is 1966. Ford Motor Company executive Lee Iacocca (Jon Bernthal) and Henry Ford II (Tracey Letts) are on a mission to build a revolutionary American car that can overtake Italy’s Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France. He recruits two men for the job — U.S. visionary designer Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and daredevil British-born racer Kevin Miles (Christian Bale).
The two innovators would fight off corporate meddlers, defy the laws of physics and struggle with their own personal foibles as they race the clock to build the revolutionary Ford GT40. Besides the thrill of watching fast-paced action on the big screen, moviegoers will get to see two great actors buddy up for the first time in a film. The two Oscar winners — Damon...
- 6/3/2019
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
"What's it take? "It takes somethin' money can't buy." 20th Century Fox has debuted the first trailer for the new racing historical thriller Ford v. Ferrari, the next film from James Mangold (who last brought us the kick ass Logan in 2017). The film has gone under a few other working titles, including Go Like Hell, but it's officially titled Ford v. Ferrari and hits theaters in November. The film follows an eccentric, determined team of American engineers and designers, led by automotive visionary Carroll Shelby and British driver Ken Miles, who are sent by Henry Ford II and Lee Iacocca with the mission of building from scratch an entirely new automobile with the potential to finally defeat the perennially dominant Ferrari at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans race in France. Starring Matt Damon as Shelby, Christian Bale as Miles, with Tracy Letts as Henry Ford II, plus an ensemble cast including Jon Bernthal,...
- 6/3/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Richard Jordan Aug 16, 2019
Christian Bale and Matt Damon lend serious star power to James Mangold's explosive racing drama, Ford v Ferrari.
James Mangold has made more than a few movies about tough guys in tough situations going the distance. Be it Johnny Cash in Walk the Line, Christian Bale's rancher in 3:10 to Yuma, or the goshdarn Wolverine himself in Logan, it's a theme present in many of his best movies. And now it's hitting the race track in Ford v Ferrari, a new high-octane racing drama that's based on a true story. One which reunites him with Bale and also teams him with Matt Damon, no less. Here is what you need to know.
Ford v Ferrari Trailer
Feel the need for speed when American engineering meets British gusto.
Video of Ford v Ferrari | Official Trailer [HD] | 20th Century Fox Ford v Ferrari Cast
The film of course stars...
Christian Bale and Matt Damon lend serious star power to James Mangold's explosive racing drama, Ford v Ferrari.
James Mangold has made more than a few movies about tough guys in tough situations going the distance. Be it Johnny Cash in Walk the Line, Christian Bale's rancher in 3:10 to Yuma, or the goshdarn Wolverine himself in Logan, it's a theme present in many of his best movies. And now it's hitting the race track in Ford v Ferrari, a new high-octane racing drama that's based on a true story. One which reunites him with Bale and also teams him with Matt Damon, no less. Here is what you need to know.
Ford v Ferrari Trailer
Feel the need for speed when American engineering meets British gusto.
Video of Ford v Ferrari | Official Trailer [HD] | 20th Century Fox Ford v Ferrari Cast
The film of course stars...
- 6/3/2019
- Den of Geek
Christian Bale and Matt Damon are out to burn rubber in the first full trailer for 20th Century Fox’s upcoming film, “Ford v Ferrari.”
Based on the true story of the visionary American car designer Carroll Shelby (Damon) and the fearless British-born driver Kevin Miles (Bale), the film follows the two as they build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966. On the road to completion, Shelby and Miles battled corporate interference, the laws of physics and their own personal demons.
Also Read: Christian Bale, Matt Damon Take the Wheel of Classic Cars in 'Ford v Ferrari' First Look (Photos)
In the trailer, which was released late Sunday, Shelby is approached by Ford executive Lee Iacocca, who asks what it would take if Henry Ford had wanted to build the greatest race car the world has ever seen…...
Based on the true story of the visionary American car designer Carroll Shelby (Damon) and the fearless British-born driver Kevin Miles (Bale), the film follows the two as they build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966. On the road to completion, Shelby and Miles battled corporate interference, the laws of physics and their own personal demons.
Also Read: Christian Bale, Matt Damon Take the Wheel of Classic Cars in 'Ford v Ferrari' First Look (Photos)
In the trailer, which was released late Sunday, Shelby is approached by Ford executive Lee Iacocca, who asks what it would take if Henry Ford had wanted to build the greatest race car the world has ever seen…...
- 6/3/2019
- by Rosemary Rossi
- The Wrap
20th Century Fox Vice Chairman Emma Watts ended Fox’s part of the Disney session with the first trailer of James Mangold’s Ford v. Ferrari.
The trailer open’s on Christian Bale’s cocky race car driver Ken Miles who is with his son at sunset at a racetrack: “Look there, there’s a perfect light.”
Matt Damon’s Carroll Shelby is asked by Jon Bernthal’s Lee Iacocca “to build the greatest sports car ever”
“It’s not about speed, it’s about survival,” said Shelby, “You need a car that’s better than anything Enzo Ferrari comes up with.”
Miles tells Shelby, “You think these guys will let you build the car you want, the way you want it?”
Lots of vrroom here, all played against the Rolling Stones’ “Gimmie Shelter” in the trailer.
Walt Disney Studios President of Production followed the trailer and so wowed, he...
The trailer open’s on Christian Bale’s cocky race car driver Ken Miles who is with his son at sunset at a racetrack: “Look there, there’s a perfect light.”
Matt Damon’s Carroll Shelby is asked by Jon Bernthal’s Lee Iacocca “to build the greatest sports car ever”
“It’s not about speed, it’s about survival,” said Shelby, “You need a car that’s better than anything Enzo Ferrari comes up with.”
Miles tells Shelby, “You think these guys will let you build the car you want, the way you want it?”
Lots of vrroom here, all played against the Rolling Stones’ “Gimmie Shelter” in the trailer.
Walt Disney Studios President of Production followed the trailer and so wowed, he...
- 4/3/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, “Trial by Fire” and “The Harvesters” get U.S. distribution deals and the Ford vs. Ferrari movie, starring Christian Bale and Matt Damon, gets an awards season release.
Acquisitions
Roadside Attractions has acquired U.S. rights to true-crime drama “Trial By Fire,” starring Jack O’Connell and Laura Dern.
Roadside, which announced the deal Monday, will release the film on May 17. The film is directed by Edward Zwick and adapted by Geoffrey Fletcher, who won an Academy award for “Precious,” from David Grann’s article originally published in The New Yorker in 2009.
“Trial by Fire” had its world premiere at the 2018 Telluride Film Festival, and is produced by Zwick, Allyn Stewart, Kipp Nelson and Alex Soros. Executive producers are Kathryn Dean and Marshall Herskovitz. Soros, the son of billionaire George Soros, financed the project.
“Trial by Fire” centers on the unlikely bond between an...
Acquisitions
Roadside Attractions has acquired U.S. rights to true-crime drama “Trial By Fire,” starring Jack O’Connell and Laura Dern.
Roadside, which announced the deal Monday, will release the film on May 17. The film is directed by Edward Zwick and adapted by Geoffrey Fletcher, who won an Academy award for “Precious,” from David Grann’s article originally published in The New Yorker in 2009.
“Trial by Fire” had its world premiere at the 2018 Telluride Film Festival, and is produced by Zwick, Allyn Stewart, Kipp Nelson and Alex Soros. Executive producers are Kathryn Dean and Marshall Herskovitz. Soros, the son of billionaire George Soros, financed the project.
“Trial by Fire” centers on the unlikely bond between an...
- 2/25/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Joseph Baxter Feb 18, 2019
Netflix has confirmed The Punisher’s recent second season run will serve as the Marvel vigilante show’s last.
The Punisher has officially fielded his final mission over at Netflix!
In a bit of news that falls in the category of the inevitable, a report by Deadline has confirmed that the streaming giant’s slow-but-steady purge of its once-glorious “Street Level” theater of the canonical Marvel Cinematic Universe has marked its point of termination, with – in one heartbreaking fell swoop – the confirmed cancellation of The Punisher after two seasons, and Jessica Jones, which will still roll out its third season sometime later this year. As Netflix tells the trade:
“Marvel’s The Punisher will not return for a third season on Netflix. Showrunner Steve Lightfoot, the terrific crew, and exceptional cast including star Jon Bernthal, delivered an acclaimed and compelling series for fans, and we are proud...
Netflix has confirmed The Punisher’s recent second season run will serve as the Marvel vigilante show’s last.
The Punisher has officially fielded his final mission over at Netflix!
In a bit of news that falls in the category of the inevitable, a report by Deadline has confirmed that the streaming giant’s slow-but-steady purge of its once-glorious “Street Level” theater of the canonical Marvel Cinematic Universe has marked its point of termination, with – in one heartbreaking fell swoop – the confirmed cancellation of The Punisher after two seasons, and Jessica Jones, which will still roll out its third season sometime later this year. As Netflix tells the trade:
“Marvel’s The Punisher will not return for a third season on Netflix. Showrunner Steve Lightfoot, the terrific crew, and exceptional cast including star Jon Bernthal, delivered an acclaimed and compelling series for fans, and we are proud...
- 2/18/2019
- Den of Geek
James Mangold’s untitled Ford vs. Ferrari film is revving up its cast.
Josh Lucas is boarding the movie as Ford executive Leo Beebe, joining the previously announced cast of Christian Bale and Matt Damon. Jon Bernthal is playing Lee Iacocca, and Tracy Letts will portray Henry Ford II.
Mangold, who recently directed “Logan,” is helming from a script by Jez and John-Henry Butterworth (“Edge of Tomorrow”).
The film follows an eccentric, determined team of American engineers and designers, led by automotive visionary Carroll Shelby (Damon) and his British driver, Ken Miles (Bale), who are dispatched by Henry Ford II and Iacocca with the mission of building from scratch an entirely new automobile with the potential to finally defeat the perennially dominant Ferrari at the 1966 Le Mans World Championship in France.
Chernin Entertainment is producing and Steve Asbell is overseeing for the studio.
Lucas currently plays a young Kevin Costner...
Josh Lucas is boarding the movie as Ford executive Leo Beebe, joining the previously announced cast of Christian Bale and Matt Damon. Jon Bernthal is playing Lee Iacocca, and Tracy Letts will portray Henry Ford II.
Mangold, who recently directed “Logan,” is helming from a script by Jez and John-Henry Butterworth (“Edge of Tomorrow”).
The film follows an eccentric, determined team of American engineers and designers, led by automotive visionary Carroll Shelby (Damon) and his British driver, Ken Miles (Bale), who are dispatched by Henry Ford II and Iacocca with the mission of building from scratch an entirely new automobile with the potential to finally defeat the perennially dominant Ferrari at the 1966 Le Mans World Championship in France.
Chernin Entertainment is producing and Steve Asbell is overseeing for the studio.
Lucas currently plays a young Kevin Costner...
- 7/26/2018
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
Tracy Letts will play Henry Ford II in Fox’s untitled Ford vs. Ferrari movie, starring Matt Damon and Christian Bale.
“Logan” director James Mangold is helming from a script by screenwriters Jez and John-Henry Butterworth (“Edge of Tomorrow”).
The film follows an eccentric, determined team of American engineers and designers, led by automotive visionary Carroll Shelby (Damon) and his British driver, Ken Miles (Bale), who are dispatched by Ford Motor Company chief Henry Ford II and Lee Iacocca on the Ford GT40 mission — building from scratch an entirely new automobile with the potential to finally defeat the perennially dominant Ferrari at the 1966 Le Mans world championship in France.
The initiative was created partly in response to Henry Ford II’s lengthy negotiations with Enzo Ferrari to buy Ferrari in order to expand Ford’s presence in motorsport in general and at Le Mans. Negotiations collapsed in 1963 due to disputes...
“Logan” director James Mangold is helming from a script by screenwriters Jez and John-Henry Butterworth (“Edge of Tomorrow”).
The film follows an eccentric, determined team of American engineers and designers, led by automotive visionary Carroll Shelby (Damon) and his British driver, Ken Miles (Bale), who are dispatched by Ford Motor Company chief Henry Ford II and Lee Iacocca on the Ford GT40 mission — building from scratch an entirely new automobile with the potential to finally defeat the perennially dominant Ferrari at the 1966 Le Mans world championship in France.
The initiative was created partly in response to Henry Ford II’s lengthy negotiations with Enzo Ferrari to buy Ferrari in order to expand Ford’s presence in motorsport in general and at Le Mans. Negotiations collapsed in 1963 due to disputes...
- 7/23/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Fox has dated its untitled Ford vs. Ferrari movie, starring Matt Damon and Christian Bale, for June 28, 2019.
“Logan” director James Mangold is helming from a script by screenwriters Jez and John-Henry Butterworth (“Edge of Tomorrow”).
The film follows an eccentric, determined team of American engineers and designers, led by automotive visionary Carroll Shelby (Damon) and his British driver, Ken Miles (Bale), who are dispatched by Henry Ford II and Lee Iacocca with the mission of building from scratch an entirely new automobile with the potential to finally defeat the perennially dominant Ferrari at the 1966 Le Mans World Championship in France.
Caitriona Balfe will portray Miles’ wife and Noah Jupe will play their son. Jon Bernthal has been in talks to portray Iacocca. Chernin Entertainment is producing.
Two other titles are already dated for June 28, 2019 — Universal’s “Cowboy Ninja Viking,” starring Chris Pratt, and Paramount’s “Limited Partners,” starring Tiffany Haddish.
“Logan” director James Mangold is helming from a script by screenwriters Jez and John-Henry Butterworth (“Edge of Tomorrow”).
The film follows an eccentric, determined team of American engineers and designers, led by automotive visionary Carroll Shelby (Damon) and his British driver, Ken Miles (Bale), who are dispatched by Henry Ford II and Lee Iacocca with the mission of building from scratch an entirely new automobile with the potential to finally defeat the perennially dominant Ferrari at the 1966 Le Mans World Championship in France.
Caitriona Balfe will portray Miles’ wife and Noah Jupe will play their son. Jon Bernthal has been in talks to portray Iacocca. Chernin Entertainment is producing.
Two other titles are already dated for June 28, 2019 — Universal’s “Cowboy Ninja Viking,” starring Chris Pratt, and Paramount’s “Limited Partners,” starring Tiffany Haddish.
- 6/23/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
The Punisher star Jon Bernthal is in negotiations to join Matt Damon and Christian Bale in Fox’s upcoming Ford vs. Ferrari movie. The movie is based on A.J. Baime’s 2010 book Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans, and it's being directed by James Mangold (Logan).
The story follows an "eccentric, determined team of American engineers and designers, led by automotive visionary Carroll Shelby (Damon) and his British driver, Ken Miles (Bale), who are dispatched by Henry Ford II and Iacocca with the mission of building from scratch an entirely new automobile with the potential to finally defeat the perennially dominant Ferrari at the 1966 Le Mans World Championship in France."
Bernthal will take on the role of Lee Iacocca, who spearheaded the development of the Ford Mustang. The car debuted in 1964 and it became Ford's most successful launch since the Model A.
The story follows an "eccentric, determined team of American engineers and designers, led by automotive visionary Carroll Shelby (Damon) and his British driver, Ken Miles (Bale), who are dispatched by Henry Ford II and Iacocca with the mission of building from scratch an entirely new automobile with the potential to finally defeat the perennially dominant Ferrari at the 1966 Le Mans World Championship in France."
Bernthal will take on the role of Lee Iacocca, who spearheaded the development of the Ford Mustang. The car debuted in 1964 and it became Ford's most successful launch since the Model A.
- 6/14/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
“The Punisher” star Jon Bernthal is in negotiations to join Matt Damon and Christian Bale in Fox’s untitled Ford vs. Ferrari movie.
If the deal goes through, Bernthal will play Lee Iacocca, who spearheaded development of the Ford Mustang. The car debuted in 1964 and became the automaker’s most successful launch since the Model A.
“Logan” director James Mangold is helming from a script by screenwriters Jez and John-Henry Butterworth (“Edge of Tomorrow”). The film is based on A.J. Baime’s 2010 book “Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans.”
The film follows an eccentric, determined team of American engineers and designers, led by automotive visionary Carroll Shelby (Damon) and his British driver, Ken Miles (Bale), who are dispatched by Henry Ford II and Iacocca with the mission of building from scratch an entirely new automobile with the potential to finally defeat...
If the deal goes through, Bernthal will play Lee Iacocca, who spearheaded development of the Ford Mustang. The car debuted in 1964 and became the automaker’s most successful launch since the Model A.
“Logan” director James Mangold is helming from a script by screenwriters Jez and John-Henry Butterworth (“Edge of Tomorrow”). The film is based on A.J. Baime’s 2010 book “Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans.”
The film follows an eccentric, determined team of American engineers and designers, led by automotive visionary Carroll Shelby (Damon) and his British driver, Ken Miles (Bale), who are dispatched by Henry Ford II and Iacocca with the mission of building from scratch an entirely new automobile with the potential to finally defeat...
- 6/12/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Jon Bernthal is negotiating to join Matt Damon and Christian Bale in Ford V. Ferrari, the James Mangold-directed Fox drama about the battle between the two premiere car makers to win Le Mans in 1966. Bernthal is in talks to play Lee Iacocca, a key marketing exec at Ford during the 60s and later a symbol of the resilience of the American auto industry when he headed Chrysler.
Bernthal is currently shooting the second season of his Netflix series The Punisher. He has most recently seen on the bigscreen in the films The Wolf Of Wall Street, The Accountant, Baby Driver and Wind River, with a sequel to The Accountant on the drawing board at Warner Bros. He did not as expected take a turn in the Neil Armstrong space film First Man, bowing out of the Damien Chazelle-directed film due to a family emergency. They are working out...
Bernthal is currently shooting the second season of his Netflix series The Punisher. He has most recently seen on the bigscreen in the films The Wolf Of Wall Street, The Accountant, Baby Driver and Wind River, with a sequel to The Accountant on the drawing board at Warner Bros. He did not as expected take a turn in the Neil Armstrong space film First Man, bowing out of the Damien Chazelle-directed film due to a family emergency. They are working out...
- 6/12/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Director Michael Mann is revving the engines on his film project Ferrari again, and he's looking to cast Hugh Jackman, hot off the success of Logan, and Noomi Rapace (Prometheus) in the leads. The two actors are currently in talks to join the project, and if they do join, Jackman will take on the role of Enzo Ferrari and Rapace will play his estranged wife, Linda.
According to Deadline, the relationship between these two characters plays a big part of the story that Mann is setting out to tell, that relationship is described as being "as fiery and combustible as the race cars that Ferrari designed."
There's a long history behind this Ferrari film project which Mann started developing 17 years ago with the late director Sydney Pollack. Christian Bale was most recently set to star in the movie, but he decided to drop out due to health concerns after he started putting on weight.
According to Deadline, the relationship between these two characters plays a big part of the story that Mann is setting out to tell, that relationship is described as being "as fiery and combustible as the race cars that Ferrari designed."
There's a long history behind this Ferrari film project which Mann started developing 17 years ago with the late director Sydney Pollack. Christian Bale was most recently set to star in the movie, but he decided to drop out due to health concerns after he started putting on weight.
- 3/9/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Many of us, during this election cycle, have found us switching from live TV to our Netflix queues in search of escapism. But because the two people currently running for president of the United States have been in the public eye for decades, there’s always a danger that you might be reminded, on-screen or through some clever joke, that November 8 is coming.
By the numbers, odds are pretty good that between the two candidates, the one you’ll see will be Donald Trump. According to IMDb, since 1981 Donald Trump has made over 230 film and television appearances — 219 as “Self” and 20 as an actor usually playing “Donald Trump,” though there may be some overlap between the two.
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This includes talk shows and news programs, but it’s still more than Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, who has 196 listed appearances as “Self,...
By the numbers, odds are pretty good that between the two candidates, the one you’ll see will be Donald Trump. According to IMDb, since 1981 Donald Trump has made over 230 film and television appearances — 219 as “Self” and 20 as an actor usually playing “Donald Trump,” though there may be some overlap between the two.
Read More: Donald Trump: By Roasting Him, We May Have Validated Him
This includes talk shows and news programs, but it’s still more than Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, who has 196 listed appearances as “Self,...
- 10/19/2016
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
How could you ever one up a cult classic about adorable creatures that transform into hilarious terrifying monsters if you feed them after midnight? Take them to New York. At least that was the thinking behind the conceit of “Gremlins 2: The New Batch.” An old promotional video, starring the film’s technically impressive “Brain Gremlin” hawks the sequel as the greatest money-making enterprise since the original.
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Brain Gremlin spins around in his large leather chair like the power hungry executive he is, and addresses the audience head on. “I’m here to handle the delicate arrangements of getting ‘Gremlins ‘ into the video marketplace. Oh, you humans may try, but it takes someone like me who really understands the nuances, the subtleties, the je ne sais quois,” he growls.
This...
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Brain Gremlin spins around in his large leather chair like the power hungry executive he is, and addresses the audience head on. “I’m here to handle the delicate arrangements of getting ‘Gremlins ‘ into the video marketplace. Oh, you humans may try, but it takes someone like me who really understands the nuances, the subtleties, the je ne sais quois,” he growls.
This...
- 6/21/2016
- by Sarah Colvin
- Indiewire
Nigel Sinclair and Guy East’s La-based company are commencing world sales on the Tribeca Film Festival documentary selection.
The White Horse Pictures co-founders plan to bring on a sales partner to co-ordinate the Us sale of David Gelb’s film, set to receive its world premiere in the New York festival’s Spotlight section next month.
A Faster Horse tells the story of the Ford Mustang and follows the team entrusted with creating the 2015 model 50 years after the iconic car’s original release.
The film includes footage from Mustang clubs, race tracks, assembly lines and the company’s inner workings. Mark Monroe wrote the screenplay.
White Horse CEO Sinclair produces alongside Glen Zipper, the former head of documentaries at Spitfire Pictures with whom Sinclair and East collaborated when they ran Exclusive Media. East and Nicholas Ferrall are executive producers.
“We are delighted that David Gelb’s film, which celebrates one of the greatest pieces of Americana...
The White Horse Pictures co-founders plan to bring on a sales partner to co-ordinate the Us sale of David Gelb’s film, set to receive its world premiere in the New York festival’s Spotlight section next month.
A Faster Horse tells the story of the Ford Mustang and follows the team entrusted with creating the 2015 model 50 years after the iconic car’s original release.
The film includes footage from Mustang clubs, race tracks, assembly lines and the company’s inner workings. Mark Monroe wrote the screenplay.
White Horse CEO Sinclair produces alongside Glen Zipper, the former head of documentaries at Spitfire Pictures with whom Sinclair and East collaborated when they ran Exclusive Media. East and Nicholas Ferrall are executive producers.
“We are delighted that David Gelb’s film, which celebrates one of the greatest pieces of Americana...
- 3/5/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
American automotive icon Lee Iacocca turned 90 this year, and he did it in big style at his Bel Air, California birthday bash.A son of Italian immigrants, Mr. Iacocca began working at Ford Motor Company as an engineer in 1946 and eventually became president of Ford from 1970 to 1978.His work in redesigning the classic Ford Mustang, which debuted at the New York World’s Fair in 1964, was hailed as an industry game-changer. He was also the man credited with saving Chrysler from bankruptcy, becoming CEO of the flailing car company in 1979. His business acumen and resurrection of a […]...
- 12/4/2014
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
Mad Men is one of the most celebrated programs in television history and helped to refine AMC as a network dedicated to quality scripted storytelling. Unlike other much-anticipated TV returns this year, such as HBO’s Game of Thrones, fans of the series have little to chew on. Without much in the way of clips, ads or interviews with the cast, most of what will transpire at the office of Sterling Cooper & Partners is a mystery to viewers.
That insistence to avoid spoilers is closely tied to the tight-lipped sensibility of the show’s creator, Matthew Weiner. Weiner first broke through as a writer on Becker and received two Emmy nominations for his work on the last three seasons of The Sopranos. His work on the HBO show, which became a television milestone before the age of the “spoiler alert,” made him interested in staying mum on what happens on Mad Men,...
That insistence to avoid spoilers is closely tied to the tight-lipped sensibility of the show’s creator, Matthew Weiner. Weiner first broke through as a writer on Becker and received two Emmy nominations for his work on the last three seasons of The Sopranos. His work on the HBO show, which became a television milestone before the age of the “spoiler alert,” made him interested in staying mum on what happens on Mad Men,...
- 4/4/2014
- by Jordan Adler
- We Got This Covered
Over four years ago, Brad Pitt was said to be circling Go Like Hell, a racing drama based on the book of the same name by A.J. Baime. However, he fell away from the project and went on to other films. But now it sounds like Pitt is interested again after Tom Cruise and his Oblivion director Joseph Kosinski decided to pick up the project that caught Michael Mann's interest years ago. THR has word that Pitt is being courted to join Cruise in the story about how Henry Ford II, with the help of a young visionary named Lee Iacocca and racing champ turned engineer, Carroll Shelby, concocted a plan to reinvent the Ford company. Read on! Cruise is developing the project with Kosinski as a starring vehicle for himself to play Ford, but it's not clear if Pitt would play Iacocca or Shelby in this film. It...
- 12/19/2013
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Brad Pitt is looking to team up with Tom Cruise in a new film being directed by Tron: Legacy and Oblivion director Joseph Kosinski, called Go Like Hell.
The film is a racing drama that tells the story of the battle between Ford and Ferrari for dominance in the sports car marketplace. It's based on the book Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and their Battle For Speed and Glory at Le Mans, by A.J. Blaine, which recaps Ford’s challenge to Ferrari with a car designed Carroll Shelby.
This would be the first time that Pitt and Cruise have been in a film together since 1994's Interview with a Vampire. They made a great team back then, and I imagine they will make a great team in this new film.
Pitt was already attached to star in the project once before, back in 2009 when Michael Mann on board to direct it.
The film is a racing drama that tells the story of the battle between Ford and Ferrari for dominance in the sports car marketplace. It's based on the book Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and their Battle For Speed and Glory at Le Mans, by A.J. Blaine, which recaps Ford’s challenge to Ferrari with a car designed Carroll Shelby.
This would be the first time that Pitt and Cruise have been in a film together since 1994's Interview with a Vampire. They made a great team back then, and I imagine they will make a great team in this new film.
Pitt was already attached to star in the project once before, back in 2009 when Michael Mann on board to direct it.
- 12/19/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Brad Pitt might reunite with Tom Cruise for the first time since 1994′s Interview With A Vampire. It looks like Fox is really going after Pitt to star alongside Cruise in the racing drama Go Like Hell, based on A.J. Baime’s book Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari and Their Battle For Speed and Glory at Le Mans.
Oblivion director Joseph Kosinski will direct Go Like Hell, while Cruise is set to play Caroll Shelby.
Based on A.J. Baime’s book Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, And Their Battle For Speed And Glory At Le Mans, the story follows “the decision by Henry Ford II to go against Enzo Ferrari’s dominance on the Le Mans track in 1966. Ford challenged Ferrari with a car designed by racer-turned-car designer Carroll Shelby. It plays out like The Right Stuff on the race track as Ford was able to turn around...
Oblivion director Joseph Kosinski will direct Go Like Hell, while Cruise is set to play Caroll Shelby.
Based on A.J. Baime’s book Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, And Their Battle For Speed And Glory At Le Mans, the story follows “the decision by Henry Ford II to go against Enzo Ferrari’s dominance on the Le Mans track in 1966. Ford challenged Ferrari with a car designed by racer-turned-car designer Carroll Shelby. It plays out like The Right Stuff on the race track as Ford was able to turn around...
- 12/19/2013
- by Laura Frances
- LRMonline.com
The last time that Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise starred in a film together it was 1994′s Interview with the Vampire. Now, nearly 10 years later, it seems as if the two Hollywood titans want to reteam for Joseph Kosinski’s Go Like Hell. Pitt was actually circling the project back in 2009, when Michael Mann was in the director’s seat, and since then he’s kept his interest in the project.
The racing film, based on A.J. Baime’s novel Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans, is set up at Fox and has Cruise set for the lead role of car designer Carroll Shelby. It will focus on the competition between Ford and Enzo Ferrari, “which culminated at the 1966 Le Mans race.”
Check out the full plot synopsis below:
By the early 1960s, Ford Motor Company, built to bring automobile transportation to the masses,...
The racing film, based on A.J. Baime’s novel Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans, is set up at Fox and has Cruise set for the lead role of car designer Carroll Shelby. It will focus on the competition between Ford and Enzo Ferrari, “which culminated at the 1966 Le Mans race.”
Check out the full plot synopsis below:
By the early 1960s, Ford Motor Company, built to bring automobile transportation to the masses,...
- 12/19/2013
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
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