Hugh Jackman in talks to play Enzo Ferrari In Michael Mann’s Ferrari

Academy Award nominee Hugh Jackman may be heading to the racetrack! Jackman is in talks to play the iconic Ferrari chief Enzo Ferrari in an upcoming Michael Mann film that is due to start filming in Spring 2021.

The film, tentatively titled simply Enzo Ferrari will take place in 1957, a year which saw the Italian company skating financial disaster, while its founder came under attack from the Vatican after a crash involving one of his cars at that year’s Mille Miglia road race. Along with those incidents, Ferrari lost his son, Dino, to muscular dystrophy at the age of 24.

In an interview with the website Deadline.com, Mann, stated,

“The real power of this piece is in the emotionally charged lives of these people in complex, extreme circumstances. In addition, there is the explosive power and lethal beauty of racing. It has a great drama at its core and that’s why Ferrari stayed with me.”


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