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[AustinF1]

Robert De Niro set to portray Enzo in new 'Ferrari' biopic, possibly directed by Clint Eastwood: 

 

http://www.repubblic...-111441191/1/#1

Edited by AustinF1, 08 April 2015 - 17:41.

[MaxCrazyEddieCayer]

I like the sound of this. Deniro, Eastwood, Ferrari.

[Spillage]

This sounds very, very cool.

[redraven9]

Wow

[ardbeg]

Ennio Morricone is only 86, he can still do it!

[Rasputin]

I'm looking forard for the scenes between DeNiro and David Schwimmer playing Mario Andretti...naaah!

[thegamer23]

This could be a seriously epic one.

Sounds awesome, please bring Eastwood in! 

[Rasputin]

This could be a seriously epic one.

Sounds awesome, please bring Eastwood in! 

Nooo, Tim Burton with Johnny Depp as Dino Ferrari in a funny hat?

[jjcale]

So Ferrari to win the titles in whatever year it comes out then ....

[Francesc]

That sounds very promising indeed. Two of my favourite actors although Eastwood will "only" be directing and F1.

[Brother Fox]

Lukewarm on De Niro but anything Eastwood touches turns to gold so would be good if true

[Brother Fox]

So Ferrari to win the titles in whatever year it comes out then ....

If they can get Maldonado a win for SFW's birthday then anything can happen

[ExEd]

OMG, that would be amazing! Can imagine De niro aged with the old mans' glasses on. And Eastwood on direction?

That would make a possible masterpiece

[Gyno]

Used to like Eastwood until he made that awful Sniper movie, which was just a Propaganda flick and was based on Lies.

 

De Niro as Enzo

[AustinF1]

In English...

 

Robert De Niro to play legendary Enzo Ferrari in ‘movie epic’ http://www.motorspor...i-in-movie-epic

[MaxCrazyEddieCayer]

[quote name="Gyno" post="7117080" timestamp="1428540618"]

Used to like Eastwood until he made that awful Sniper movie, which was just a Propaganda flick and was based on Lies.

De Niro as Enzo [/quote]

[quote name="Gyno" post="7117080" timestamp="1428540618"]

I haven't watch that one, doubt that I would, but indeed it looked like a turd of a film. And whoever suggested Moriconne, that's also a freaking great idea, he would be more than ideal to make dramatic music to go along this eventful story..
I also read somewhere he regretted saying no to Eastwood once when he asked him to make music for one of his film... So there is a chance...


It would be a prefect match all the way.

[Tapz63]

While American sniper is military propaganda, it's still an interesting film.

This will be advertising for Ferrari as well, but I will probably give it a watch if it gets made.

[Disgrace]

Was Stallone busy?

[Brother Fox]

This will be advertising for Ferrari as well, but I will probably give it a watch if it gets made.

I think if your a potential Ferrari customer then you already know about Ferrari

[rasul]

So Ferrari to win the titles in whatever year it comes out then ....

Okay.   The film is expected to be released in 2016. 

[RosannaG]

Okay.   The film is expected to be released in 2016. 

 

I can't wait... 

 

And I wonder how many times we'll be hearing and the "whatever award" goes to...? 

Edited by RosannaG, 09 April 2015 - 09:05.

[ardbeg]

I think if your a potential Ferrari customer then you already know about Ferrari

Sure, but many potential Ferrari customers buy a Porsche instead

[SanDiegoGo]

so, deniro can play the old man, but what about his early life in the 30's/40's when he was a mechanic. enzo's whole life is the story of ferrari, not just a fat old man wearing sunglasses.

Edited by SanDiegoGo, 09 April 2015 - 12:07.

[Jejking]

so, deniro can play the old man, but what about his early life in the 30's/40's when he was a mechanic. enzo's whole life is the story of ferrari, not just a fat old man wearing sunglasses.

You can refresh an actor pretty badly to look younger. But also you can hire another actor.

[Tsarwash]

I want Nikki Lauda as a character to appear in the film. Wasn't he one of the first drivers to stand up to Enzo ?

[Brother Fox]

so, deniro can play the old man, but what about his early life in the 30's/40's when he was a mechanic. enzo's whole life is the story of ferrari, not just a fat old man wearing sunglasses.

 

Biopics that try to cover cradle to the grave are generally terrible. Better to choose some significant years and concentrate on that

[JHSingo]

Whatever happened to talk of that Go Like Hell film, that was supposed to be about Ferrari and Ford's rivalry at Le Mans? Is that still happening?

[Atreiu]

Meh...

[Showty]

Hopefully Mehzut Özil will play Enzo on his youth.

 

[tmekt]

Whatever happened to talk of that Go Like Hell film, that was supposed to be about Ferrari and Ford's rivalry at Le Mans? Is that still happening?

IMDb lists it as "in development" with no additional info on the free site so I guess it either happens or (more likely) doesn't. The Ferrari movie has the same status.

 

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If they can get Eastwood to direct this, it might have some potential, but looking at the rumored writers, they don't have that many successes on their belt (mainly Ali and Nixon).

 

Let's just hope it doesn't enter the show business limbo with being rewritten time and time again and struggling to find sufficient financing. Niche areas like (European) motorsports are risky for the movie studios (though Ferrari is a globally known phenomenon) so I'd imagine it might face troubles at some point.

[John Player]

I'm looking forward to it!

[Nemo1965]

I want Nikki Lauda as a character to appear in the film. Wasn't he one of the first drivers to stand up to Enzo ?

 

That would be Juan-Manuel Fangio, who once accused the Ferrari-team - publicly - of sabotaging his car. John Surtees was no push-over either. So, as much as I adore Lauda, he was not the first one to stand up to Ferrari.

 

Regarding the movie: that would be the second time De Niro plays an unsympathetic person in a bio-pic (after Raging Bull).

Edited by Nemo1965, 09 April 2015 - 18:07.

[JHSingo]

Hopefully Mehzut Özil will play Enzo on his youth.

 

 

That'll never work. He's got a Mercedes logo on his shirt in that photo.