Ferrari: Glitzy World Premiere with Director Michael Mann and Star Adam Driver
Michael Mann’s race car biopic, starring Adam Driver as Enzo Ferrari, had its gala premiere in Venice on Thursday night.
Adam Driver, Patrick Dempsey and Michael Mann gave a boost of star power to the 80th Venice Film Fest on Thursday night, arriving in style for the world premiere of Ferrari.
Driver plays the legendary Italian car maker Enzo Ferrari in the period drama, which co-stars Penélope Cruz as his wife, Laura Ferrari, and Shailene Woodley as Ferrari’s mistress and the mother of his illegitimate son.
The film focuses in on a turning point in the auto magnate’s life — caught between the dual lives he is leading with his wife and mistress — and in the history of his car company, which is close to bankruptcy. Ferrari decides to bet everything on a treacherous 1,000-mile open-road race.
The cast of Ferrari received SAG-AFTRA waivers to be able to attend Venice and promote the film during the strike. Neon, which is not a member of AMPTP, will release the film in North America, with STX handling worldwide sales.
Neon is planning a Christmas release for the film and is counting on major buzz out of Venice to get Ferrari revving in time for awards season.
Troy Kennedy Martin wrote the screenplay for Ferrari, adapting Brock Yates’ Ferrari biography Enzo Ferrari: The Man, The Car, The Races, The Machine.
