The historic Ford versus Ferrari rivalry comes to a theater near you later this year, Disney announced Tuesday, with the film Ford vs Ferrari released in theaters across the United States this November.
The film, which has been in progress since the beginning of this decade, will focus on the famed Ford and Ferrari motorsports battle at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans. It was at this famous endurance race that Ford famously shocked the world with a 1-2-3 finish for the GT40, beating Ferrari at its own game.
James Mangold is the director, while the screenplay is the work of Jez and John-Henry Butterworth. The screenplay writer is best-known for his work with Edge of Tomorrow, Black Mass and Spectre. Mangold has been at the helm of many films, notable among them are Logan, Walk the Line and Cop Land.
Originally, Tom Cruise was set to portray Carroll Shelby in the movie, but Matt Damon assumed the role according to reports from 2018. Portraying Shelby’s friend and test driver Ken Miles will be Christian Bale, while Jon Bernthal, will play Lee Iacocca.
Otherwise, we don’t know much about the film. However, Mangold’s gritty directing style could pair well with the storyline that focuses on Ford’s overwhelming desire to show up the Italian marque.
Given a release date of Nov. 15, a trailer should drop this summer to begin the hype. Count us in for a theatrical tale of one of the grandest motorsports rivalries of the 20th century.
Glad to hear Tom Cruise is not playing the role of Carroll Shelby. He’s one actor whose ego gets the better of him; therefore I can only take so much of him.
Hi, FYI A 1st place winning trophy Carroll Shelby won driving the famous Maserati 450S at the SCCA Palm Springs Nov. 2-3, 1957 is going up for auction by RM Sotheby’s Hershey PA. this October 10-11. A very rare item that I thought you might like to check it out and pass along the auction information to anyone you think that might be interested in this great personal Shelby SCCA Trophy. Thanks.
Here is the link for you to look at the auction for the item:
https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/hf19