Emmy nominee Sarah Niles has joined the cast of Apple Studios’ untitled F1 pic starring Brad Pitt. The cast also includes Damson Idris, Kerry Condon, Javier Bardem and Tobias Menzies. Joseph Kosinski is set to direct.
Kosinski will produce his untitled feature alongside Jerry Bruckheimer and Chad Oman of Jerry Bruckheimer Films, seven-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton through his Dawn Apollo banner and Plan B, with Copper CEO Penni Thow serving as executive producer.
Pitt stars as a former driver returning to the sport with fictional team APXGP, with Idris playing his teammate. Niles will play idris’ mother in the movie.
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“The more flavour and colours we have, the merrier!”: Brad Pitt’s revamped Miraval Studios has contemporary and classic Eventide effect processors
The more we see of the revamped Miraval Studios, the more impressive it looks. The famous facility, which was overhauled by owner Brad Pitt and partner Damien Quintard in 2022, has already hosted the likes of Sade, Steve Lacy and Travis Scott, and it’s now been confirmed that it’s been equipped with a selection of classic and contemporary Eventide effects processors.
As well as Eventide’s current all-singing, all-dancing H9000 multi-effects box, Miraval also has two classic H3000 Ultra-Harmonizers and two examples of the H910 Harmonizer, the world’s first digital effects processor, no less.
“I am grateful for the opportunity to work with some of the finest equipment in the world,” Quintard explains. “At Miraval Studios, we understand that the artist’s vision is of utmost importance, and our gear and equipment serve as tools for the engineers to help the artists bring that vision to life. With this in mind, we aim to provide as many options as possible to help artists achieve their desired sound. I like to have fun with the classic H910 or the modern H9000. The more flavour and colours we have, the merrier!”
Santa Barbara Film Festival
Brad Pitt arrived as a surprise guest to the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Thursday (02/08) night to pay tribute to Bradley Cooper, the Maestro and A Star Is Born actor and director who was honored as the festival’s Outstanding Performer of the Year before a sold-out audience of 2,000 at the stately Arlington Theater.
We’ll have highlights soon from Cooper’s Q&A, in which he discussed all of his films, did impersonations of collaborators Clint Eastwood and Robert De Niro, and said he would make another Hangover film “in a heartbeat.” But in the meantime, here are the remarks by Brad Pitt as he presented the award, and made fun of Cooper’s favorite football team.
Tonight, we celebrate the brilliant writer, director, actor, producer, singer-songwriter, Bradley Cooper. Now the first time I saw Bradley, I said to myself, one day — one day — I’m gonna milk this guy for a free trip to Santa Barbara.
Before we start, I want it known, for the record, I was this close, this close to getting A Star Is Born. And in the end, the director went with Bradley.
It’s selfish, really.
But truthfully, the first time Bradley made me sit up and start taking notes was in The Hangover. And really, if you look closely, amongst all the chaos of trying to, you know, find their friend, you’ll see the more irreverent that that Alan — Zach Galifianakis gets — the more that Phil — Bradley — is enjoying that irreverence. It’s subtle, it’s often to the side of the frame, but it’s there.
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Donald Glover says Brad Pitt sidestepped giving him advice on Mr. & Mrs. Smith
While appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Donald Glover revealed that Brad Pitt wasn’t particularly helpful in a conversation they had about Glover starring in a new TV adaptation of Mr. & Mrs. Smith.
“He didn’t give me any real pointers,” Glover said. “He kind of Brad Pitt-ed his way out of it. He just kind of like charmed his way. He was like, ‘Yeah, you know, you’ll do great.'”
Glover certainly could have used some guidance, since he also admitted to Fallon that before joining the spy thriller, he had never seen the 2005 movie. “I hadn’t at the time,” he said. “I’ve seen it, obviously, by now. It’d be scary if I hadn’t. It’d be like, ‘Oh, that’s what this is about? Spies?'”
Brad Pitt in Talks to Star in Quentin Tarantino’s Final Film ‘The Movie Critic’
Brad Pitt has continued the latest phase in his career by signing on as the lead in Quentin Tarantino’s next—and, reportedly, final—movie, The Movie Critic, following some fevered speculation over the role. Pitt is reportedly set to portray the character of Jim Sheldon, a fictional film critic, with strong speculation suggesting that this character may draw inspiration from William Margold, an actual film critic. Tarantino, in his book “Cinema Speculation,” referred to Margold as the “first-string film critic for the sex rag the Hollywood Press”. The film mark’s Pitt’s third collaboration with Tarantino, following acclaimed turns in Inglourious Basterds and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, but hasn’t acted since 2022, when he appeared in the truncate of Bullet Train, Babylon and The Lost City. He will next be seen alongside George Clooney in the Jon Watts thriller, Wolfs.
