HUGH JACKMAN is in talks to star in Michael Mann’s racing drama “Ferrari,” about Ferrari founder Enzo Ferrari. STX will be handling international sales at the Cannes virtual market. Mann will give a presentation for buyers on Tuesday. Principal photography is anticipated to start in Spring 2021. The script, based on Brock Yates’ book “Enzo Ferrari — The Man and the Machine,” and originally written by the late Troy Kennedy Martin (“The Italian Job”), has been reworked by Mann. The film is set in 1957 when Ferrari’s life — both on the track and at home — started to fall apart. The company he and his wife Laura had built was struggling and his stormy marriage had been rocked by the death of their son, Dino, and his affair with Lina Lardi, with whom he had a second son, Piero. Meanwhile, Ferrari was preparing for a gruelling and dangerous race across Italy, the Mille Miglia. (SD-Agencies) |