The suspense around the name of Brad Pitt's previously untitled Formula One movie, being filmed at racetracks around the world for release in cinemas next June, ended on Friday with the announcement that it will be called..."F1".
The film is being made with the cooperation of teams and drivers and directed by Joseph Kosinski, whose Top Gun: Maverick grossed $1.49 billion worldwide, with Jerry Bruckheimer as producer.
It will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures in cinemas and IMAX.
Formula One said an official 'teaser' for the film would be released on Sunday, before the British Grand Prix at Silverstone where filming has been taking place.
The plot sees Pitt, who is 60 years old in real life, star as a former driver making a Formula One comeback alongside Damson Idris, who plays his rookie teammate, at the fictional APXGP team.
Pitt has been putting in laps on track with filming at tracks in Europe, the Middle East and Americas and with seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton offering advice as a co-producer.
US President Donald Trump has stated on Saturday that he is considering cancelling a series of concerts commemorating the United States' 250th anniversary after several artists dropped out, opting for a speech instead.
Italy has banned two concerts involving US rappers Kanye West and Travis Scott due to take place in July in the northern city of Reggio Emilia, authorities said on Saturday.
Bret Michaels, frontman of Poison, the rock group best known for its working-class anthem 'Nothin’ But a Good Time', has withdrawn from a concert series commemorating the United States' 250th anniversary, the latest in a wave of cancellations.
An Austrian court has sentenced a 21-year-old man who admitted planning a foiled attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna in 2024 to 15 years in prison on Thursday, finding him guilty of various, mainly terrorism-related offences.
The personal assistant who injected "Friends" star Matthew Perry with a fatal dose of the hallucinogenic drug ketamine was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison on Wednesday, bringing to a close the prosecution of five people who admitted to playing roles in the actor's death.