Tom Holland + Austin Butler: the star duo for the film about one of the most famous car races

After the global success of Spider-Man: No Way Home ($1.9 billion by the end of 2021), Tom Holland starred in Uncharted. And that’s it. Between wanting to slow down and adapting “Romeo and Juliet” which he played on stage from May 11 to August 3 this year, it has been more than two years since the English actor has been on the big screen, even as he prepares to return to the role of Peter Parker.

Opposite his American counterpart, he could star against in American Speed, a biopic about Dale and Bill Whittington, the racing drivers (and brothers) who won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1979.

Because Austin Butler, because he is talked about, is everywhere at the beginning of the decade: in the glittering costumes of Elvis, in the sands of Dune, in the airplanes of Masters of the Air or on the motorcycles of Jeff Nichols Bikeriders. Waiting for Ari Aster and Darren Aronofsky’s next movies.

And that American Speed, which doesn’t yet have a writer, director or release date according to Scooper Jeff Snyderwhich states that the project, which is being directed by producer Charles Roven, is in the stage of canvas studios. Amazon with a slight lead over MGM, while Warner and Paramount reportedly pulled back.

A feature film that could try to retrace James Mangold’s Le Mans 66 road trip and return to another true story: his brothers who registered their name on the winner’s list in 1979, where they won. several races. Very little known to the general public on this side of the Atlantic, they should be a little more famous thanks to a movie in the works. Especially if they have the faces of Tom Holland and Austin Butler.