F1 director Joseph Kosinski is reuniting with producer Jerry Bruckheimer for a brand new UFO conspiracy thriller.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, the recent bundle has garnered curiosity from studios, together with Amazon, Apple, Lionsgate, Paramount, and Warner Bros. The Kosinski and Bruckheimer undertaking has led to a bidding conflict described as transferring “shortly and aggressively.”
What’s the Joseph Kosinski & Jerry Bruckheimer film about?
The Kosinski and Bruckheimer film has been referred to as “All of the President’s Males with UFOs.” The duo is looking for a studio to greenlight the undertaking. The funds has not been decided, and no stars are at the moment connected.
Hooked up to jot down the screenplay is Zach Baylin, the Academy Award-nominated scribe behind 2021’s King Richard. Baylin additionally penned Creed III, Gran Turismo, and The Order.
Former Air Power officer David Grusch is connected as a advisor on the undertaking. In 2023, Grusch grew to become a whistleblower and testified earlier than Congress, saying the federal government has been finding out UFOs and aliens whereas concealing data from the general public.
Kosinski and Bruckheimer first collaborated on 2022’s Top Gun: Maverick, the sequel to 1986’s High Gun. Tom Cruise starred as Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, an ageing pilot despatched again to High Gun to organize a brand new class of recruits for a top-secret mission. Launched in Might 2022, Maverick grew to become a popular culture sensation, grossing over $1.4 billion and receiving six Oscar nominations, together with Greatest Image.
Kosinski and Bruckheimer will attempt to seize the success of Maverick this upcoming summer season with F1. Directed by Kosinski and produced by Bruckheimer, F1 follows Brad Pitt’s Sonny Hayes, a retired Formulation One driver recruited to race once more and mentor the Apex Grand Prix crew’s proficient prodigy (Damson Idris).
F1 races into theaters on June 27, 2025.
(Supply: The Hollywood Reporter)
