Brad Pitt's F1 Movie Will Get a Sequel, Jerry Bruckheimer Confirms

Oscar-nominated racing blockbuster F1 is getting a sequel, shaper Jerry Bruckheimer has present confirmed.

Speaking to BBC News today, Bruckheimer confirmed helium was "working connected a sequel," though did not stock further item connected a filming docket oregon plans for a release. It's unknown, too, whether F1 prima Brad Pitt volition instrumentality for the 2nd film.

The speedy confirmation comes arsenic thing of a surprise, conscionable days aft executives from some F1 and Apple TV hinted astatine the anticipation of a F1 follow-up portion simultaneously suggesting that immoderate nationalist confirmation was inactive a twelvemonth away.

"Stay tuned," said Formula 1 brag Stefano Domenicali astatine an Apple TV property lawsuit past week. "We're going to archer you thing much successful the future. Never accidental never. But we request to digest much the occurrence of this movie due to the fact that it was thing unique. And if you privation to deliberation of a caller one, it has to beryllium really, very, precise good. Therefore, if this volition happen, it volition not beryllium for adjacent year. But possibly adjacent twelvemonth we're going to beryllium here, and hopefully we person thing much to announce."

Bruckheimer, who seemingly didn't get that memo, contiguous said helium planned to beryllium progressive again — including successful casting decisions. "I ne'er worked with Brad Pitt earlier and it's truly a thrill to enactment with Brad," helium added, without confirming whether the Fight Club, Ocean's 11 and Troy prima had yet been tempted backmost connected committee for the sequel.

Work connected F1 2, oregon immoderate it gets called, seems to inactive beryllium successful its aboriginal stages — and that's not surprising, considering the information that the archetypal F1 is inactive to spot retired its grant season. Released past summer, the movie earned $630 cardinal astatine the planetary container bureau and garnered 4 Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Film Editing, Best Sound and Best Visual Effects.

"F1: The Movie follows the sports movie playbook astir perfectly," IGN wrote successful its F1 movie review, "finding ways to beryllium conscionable that overmuch amended astatine astir each signifier of its 156-minute runtime – creating a ace amusive racecar flick successful the process that yet finds its mode to triumph lane."

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You tin scope Tom astatine [email protected] oregon find him connected Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social