It’s lights out and away we go at CinemaCon, the place director Joseph Kosinski and producer Jerry Bruckheimer took the stage at Caesars Palace to speak up the upcoming racing drama “F1,” starring Brad Pitt.

“We consider that is going to be the cinematic occasion of the summer season,” Kosinski and Bruckheimer informed the room of movie show homeowners. They occur to know somewhat one thing about crafting compelling blockbusters, having labored collectively on 2022’s billion-dollar smash “High Gun: Maverick” with Tom Cruise. “We crammed your theaters all summer season lengthy [with ‘Top Gun: Maverick’] to the tune of $1.5 billion. We’re right here to let you know that we’re able to do it once more.”

As a way to show their confidence within the big-budget motion epic, Kosinski and Bruckheimer unveiled the electrifying first 10 minutes of the movie. In “F1,” Pitt — who didn’t attend CinemaCon — performs a middle-aged Formulation One driver who likes to push his vehicles (and his rivals) to the restrict. The film opens on the prestigious Daytona race with Pitt’s Sonny Hayes pulling off one harmful maneuver after one other in a determined bid to take care of his lead. He’s additionally a loner who lives out of a van and, even after successful Daytona, needs to take pleasure in an off-the-grid life-style. That’s at the least till Javier Bardem’s elegant group proprietor re-appears in his life in want of a daredevil to tug his last-place group into competition.

“New day, new problem,” Pitt’s character says within the sneak-peek scene.

The immersive race footage has the identical “you’re there” feeling that made “High Gun: Maverick,” with its gripping, sweat-inducing aerial sequences, similar to phenomenon. It’s additionally terrain that Bruckheimer is aware of, having produced 1990’s “Days of Thunder,” that includes Cruise as a hot-shot racer.

Apple backed the mega-budgeted movie, which Warner Bros. will distribute on the massive display screen. It’s a serious gamble for Apple, which has entered the theatrical area with grand ambitions however zero worthwhile movies to indicate for it. The worldwide reputation of Formulation One ought to assist the industrial prospects of the film, which boasts seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton as a producer. A number of F1 drivers, similar to Hamilton, Max Verstappen, Sergio Pérez, George Russell and Charles Leclerc will seem within the film as themselves. Pitt stars alongside Damson Idris, who performs a slick rookie driver, in addition to Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies and Kim Bodnia.

And sure, Pitt is de facto driving — at speeds that prime 180 mph — within the movie. Pitt, Kosinski and Bruckheimer circumnavigated the Formulation 1 international circuit from Silverstone to Las Vegas, ending in Abu Dhabi for manufacturing (therefore the movie’s reported $300 million finances).

“We shot this movie throughout actual Grand Prix races all throughout the globe, from Abu Dhabi to Silverstone, together with proper right here on the Vegas Strip,” Bruckheimer stated. As for the ultimate outcome? “This movie has every part that audiences love,” Kosinski promised. “Motion, romance and humor.”