‘F1’ Teaser: Brad Pitt & The ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Director Go Full Throttle Formula One This Summer [Super Bowl]

The director of “Top Gun: Maverick” wants to bring the high-intensity velocity of that viscerally bracing aviation film to the world of Formula One. But instead of Tom Cruise, he’s got Brad Pitt as his start this time. Not too shabby. So if anyone can pull it off, it seems like filmmaker Joseph Kosinski can do it with “F1,” an expensive and ambitious production from Apple Original Films and distributed by Warner Bros.

 “F1” stars Academy Award winner Brad Pitt as a former driver who returns to Formula 1, alongside Damson Idris as his teammate at APXGP, a fictional team on the grid.

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The star-studded cast includes Academy Award nominee Kerry Condon, Academy Award winner Javier Bardem, Emmy Award winner Tobias Menzies, Emmy Award nominee Sarah Niles, Kim Bodnia and Samson Kayo.

“F1” will be released on June 27, 2025. You can watch the trailer below.

Here’s the synopsis:

Joseph Kosinski (“Top Gun: Maverick”) directs and produces the feature alongside Jerry Bruckheimer and Chad Oman of Jerry Bruckheimer Films; Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner for Plan B Entertainment; and Lewis Hamilton under his Dawn Apollo Films banner. The film is made in collaboration with Formula 1® and the F1 community, including the 10 F1 teams and their drivers, the FIA, and race promoters. Copper CEO Penni Thow serves as executive producer.

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“F1” will be distributed in theaters around the world and IMAX by Warner Bros. Pictures, opening only in theaters in North America on June 27, 2025, and internationally beginning on June 25, 2025. Made in collaboration with Formula 1, the new film is immersed in the exhilarating and cinematic world of F1, as filming takes place at races on the sport’s calendar.