‘Such a Big Mistake on a Movie’: New Announcement for Big 2025 Summer Movie Event With Brad Pitt!

The first trailer for F1, the new feature film Top Gun: Maverick directed by Joseph Kosinski with Brad Pitt, was unveiled yesterday.

Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, who is already working on a successful sequel under the direction of Tom Cruise, the film is co-produced by Brad Pitt of his company Plan B Entertainment and seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton, in cooperation with the teams of the Mercedes team. . A partnership that allowed the film crew to have access to the paddock and circuits.

In F1, Brad Pitt plays an ex-race car driver who comes out of retirement to mentor a young driver, played by Damson Idris, in hopes of making it back to glory.

The scenes of the feature film were notably shot during the British Grand Prix at Silverstone in July 2023.

Is the budget 300 million dollars? According to the manufacturer, this is incorrect

In May 2024, it was reported that the film Joseph Kosinski It reached a record budget of 300 million dollars. The amount, which is explained by specialized sites with 140 million spent by Apple to take away the rights to the project, but also with wages. Brad Pitt Estimated at $30 million (in addition to starring, he’s also producing through his company Plan B Entertainment) and delayed until 2023 after a writers’ strike.

However, in a recent interview with the site Deadline, Jerry Bruckheimer It is against the budget. The producer claims that the feature film F1 Has a much lower budget – no exact figures – thanks in particular to tax cuts and partnerships with the F1 community.

“The actual budget is tens of millions of dollars less than what was announced. What people don’t realize is that, first of all, we’re shooting in places that offer tax breaks like England, much of Europe and Abu Dhabi. All of that cuts the budget plus we’ve collected More money for our car with sponsorship than some of the Formula 1 teams.

I have never experienced such a big mistake.

The producer adds:We can’t give you a number because it’s Apple’s money. But what we can say is that it is much less than reported.”

In turn, the director, who already owes us the successful films Oblivion and Top Gun 2, clarifies: “I’m used to seeing things go over budget for one reason or another, but I’ve never experienced such a big mistake on a film. I don’t know exactly where this number comes from…“

Therefore, the F1 budget will not be as high as announced, but still exceeds 200 million dollars, since Jerry Bruckheimer specifies that the budget is only a few tens of millions of dollars lower.

Filming continued despite the actors’ strike

There were also rumors about filming. But the producer also denied this and clarified that the director continued to make the film despite the actors’ strike. The director actually shot the car racing scenes with stuntmen and drivers.

“We never got anything back. It was a false rumor that was spread. Once the strike started, we focused on the cars and driving with the stuntmen, not the actors. We created a small department, cut our staff and everything to save. Money and then we kept walking and Shooting on all tracks.“

F1 Announced to hit our theaters on June 25, 2025. by feature film Brad PittDamson Idris, Javier Bardem, Kerry Condon and Tobias Menzies are expected to feature over an hour of footage in IMAX.

Meanwhile, Brad Pitt will be casting for John Watts’ thriller Wolves from September 18. The feature film marks his sixth collaboration with co-star George Clooney.