Great news for Michael Mann. His $90 million. gamble “Ferrari” has been acquired by Neon for distribution.
The Mann-directed epic stars Adam Driver and Penélope Cruz and is expected to make its premiere in the fall at the Venice Film Festival. “Ferrari” is also set to be released in theaters on December 25th, 2023.
Here’s what I wrote on 02.01.23:
There are lots of questions about when/how “Ferrari” will be released. The main problem Mann’s upcoming epic has is that it was produced by STX Entertainment, which is a bankrupted studio that no longer exists. In fact, STX stopped operations while filming on “Ferrari” was taking place.
According to a new report from Variety, “Ferrari” was picked up by Sky Cinema for a UK release later this year. So, at least there’s that. Otherwise, no US distributor has yet to bite at the prospect of acquiring Mann’s passion project.
The film is being shopped around as we speak and a new photo has been released today (above), no doubt to build up some buzz on this film, which cost around $90 million to produce. It’s a risk-taking endeavour, but surely a studio must be interested?
“Ferrari” is said to be epic in scope, recounting a single year (1957) in the life of Enzo Ferrari (Adam Driver) and his wife Laura (Penelope Cruz). Mann’s film comes with very high expectations, not to mention it’s been a passion project percolating for a few decades now.
Paul Greengrass’ "The Uprising," starring Andrew Garfield, opened to $3.2M from 2,068 theaters this weekend. Yikes. The budget hasn’t been disclosed, but is said to be in the $20-$30M range.