{"id":293160,"date":"2025-11-18T18:46:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T18:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/293160\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T18:46:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T18:46:08","slug":"the-movie-director-issues-major-new-update-with-talks-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/293160\/","title":{"rendered":"The Movie director issues major new update with talks underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple CEO Tim Cook confirmed that an interest exists to create an F1: The Movie sequel following the success of the blockbuster released this year.<\/p>\n<p>It was a history-making film for Brad Pitt \u2013 who portrays Sonny Hayes \u2013 with F1: The Movie proving his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/brad-pitt-f1-movie-smashes-huge-record-as-f1-fans-flock-to-cinemas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">most successful<\/a> film launch ever. Now, the wheels are turning over a potential sequel.<\/p>\n<p>F1: The Movie could get a sequel<\/p>\n<p>The film, co-produced by seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton, was a gamechanger for motorsport movies. Filming took place among the real-life action, as the\u00a0APXGP team became an unofficial 11th outfit in the Formula 1 paddock.<\/p>\n<p>The movie features Hayes as a veteran racing driver who returns to Formula 1 with APXGP, looking to save the struggling team from going under. There, he partners young upstart Joshua Pearce, portrayed by Damson Idris.<\/p>\n<p>Director Joseph Kosinski is widely-reported as having told Variety that \u201cwe\u2019re in that stage of dreaming up\u201d how the \u201cnext chapter for Sonny Hayes and APXGP\u201d would look.<\/p>\n<p>On the topic of a sequel, he added: \u201cBut, you know, based on the reaction from around the world to this movie, it\u2019s something that people want to see and I\u2019d be happy to go back and do it because we had so much fun making this one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And the opportunity may present itself.<\/p>\n<p>More on F1: The Movie from PlanetF1.com<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/brad-pitt-lewis-hamilton-f1-movie-details\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brad Pitt F1 movie: Cast, release date, Lewis Hamilton involvement and more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/features\/f1-movie-sonny-hayes-brad-pitt-penalty-points\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">How many penalty points would F1 movie star Sonny Hayes have got in real life?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The film is set to be available for Apple TV streaming from 12 December, and CEO Cook gave further reason for optimism that a sequel could be made.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s definitely something that\u2019s being talked about,\u201d he is also widely reported as having told Variety. \u201cAnd it\u2019s been such a huge summer blockbuster for us. We\u2019re so proud of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe talent involved in that show are just next-level. And Brad did such a wonderful job acting it. We\u2019re super proud of it and can\u2019t wait to bring it to the service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pitt also has confirmed that he would love a sequel to F1: The Movie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had the time of my life,\u201d he said of playing Sonny Hayes, when speaking on the Beyond the Grid podcast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got to figure out a sequel [laughs].<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven if I\u2019ve aged out, still, I would love to see a sequel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read next: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/f1-news-teams-500-million-prize-money-brad-pitt-f1-film-liberty-media-q2-results\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Teams receive record $500 million in prize money as Brad Pitt F1 movie effect confirmed<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple CEO Tim Cook confirmed that an interest exists to create an F1: The Movie sequel following the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54355,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,818,44,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-293160","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-f1","11":"tag-formula-1","12":"tag-formula1","13":"tag-home-page","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}