Ferrari (2023)

[Darth Marcus]

Christian Bale and Michael Mann Steer Ferrari Biopic

Christian Bale and Michael Mann Steer Ferrari Biopic
BY SILAS LESNICK ON AUGUST 20, 2015

Christian Bale has signed on to headline Michael Mann’s long-gestating Enzo Ferrari biopic

In the planning stages for more than a decade, four time Academy Award nominated director Michael Mann’s Enzo Ferrari biopic appears to finally be moving forward. Deadline today brings word that the film, simply titled, Ferrari, has found its leading man in Academy Award winner Christian Bale. According to the outlet, Ferrari is now looking for buyers with the plan being to shoot next summer.

Enzo Ferrari’s bio on the official Ferrari website is listed as follows:

Enzo Ferrari was born in Modena on February 18th 1898 and died on August 14th 1988. He devoted his entire life to designing and building sports cars and, of course, to the track. Having been made an official Alfa Romeo driver in 1924, within five years he had gone on to found the Scuderia Ferrari on Viale Trento Trieste in Modena which assisted mostly gentlemen drivers in racing their cars.

In 1938, Enzo Ferrari was appointed head of Alfa Corse but quit the position in 1939 to set up his own company, Auto Avio Costruzioni, which operated out of the old Scuderia buildings.

Ferrari has garnered over 5,000 victories on the world’s tracks and roads, becoming a modern-day legend in the process. In order to meet growing market demand, Enzo Ferrari sold the Fiat Group a 50% stake in the company in 1969, a figure that rose to 90% in 1988.

Bale, who recently starred in Ridley Scott’s Biblical epic, Exodus: Gods and Kings, previously worked with Mann on 2009’s Public Enemies. Mann followed that film up with his recent Blackhat, starring Chris Hemsworth, which was released in theaters earlier this year.

It is noted that Ferrari is close to locking a female lead as well, so check back soon for updates as they become available.

[klauswhereareyou]

They're still going to let Mann make a movie after Blackhat made 10 bucks....I kid. Hope he gets a good script going this time. All his films since Collateral have been weak in the script department.

[AaronJ]

Oh YES!

YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!


Prediction: Bale will win another Best Actor statuette for this. Count on it.

[Pounder]

Bale
Mann

[MrBlonde]

[klauswhereareyou]

Am I the only one who actually liked Blackhat?

[Pounder]

Originally Posted by klauswhereareyou

Am I the only one who actually liked Blackhat?

Nope. I thought it was great.

[jabbercash]

Sounds awesome

[Canada]

Bale Mann Enzo Ferrari

[StingingVelvet]

I'll watch anything Mann makes, though wow does that not sound like my thing.

[Monterey Jack]

Shoot on film or GTFO.

[cynatnite]

Christian Bale never fails to disappoint in his movies. This could be a really good collaboration with him and Mann.

[Ultra_Violence]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

Shoot on film or GTFO.

I agree for something like this he needs to shoot on film. There isn't anything wrong with digital filmmaking it's just Mann's last couple of films have looked good but could have been a lot, lot better.

[imsounoriginal]

Hell yeah, I'll be there day one.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by Ultra_Violence

I agree for something like this he needs to shoot on film. There isn't anything wrong with digital filmmaking it's just Mann's last couple of films have looked good but could have been a lot, lot better.

I'd prefer film, too. I just don't think it will happen. Sadly.

[principehomura]

Originally Posted by klauswhereareyou

Am I the only one who actually liked Blackhat?

Nope, best movie of the year so far

But I'm not thrilled on the subject here. No though guy, no metropolis by the sea, no shootings

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by principehomura

Nope, best movie of the year so far

But I'm not thrilled on the subject here. No though guy, no metropolis by the sea, no shootings

Racing deaths, personal tragedy, a man who defined an entire age of his endeavors? What more do you want? I mean, come on:

[Mrdamron]

Nice. Mann + Bale should be a winner. Besides, how can a film about Ferrari move slowly(the common Mann complaint)?

[principehomura]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

Racing deaths, personal tragedy, a man who defined an entire age of his endeavors? What more do you want? I mean, come on:

OK, deal. But I'll miss shootings.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by principehomura

OK, deal. But I'll miss shootings.

It's Mann. There may be shootings, whether they make sense or not.