Burning Sands director Gerard McMurray is set to helm the Formula One crime drama.
Star Wars franchise actor John Boyega and Robert De Niro are on board to star in Netflix s car race prodigy drama
The Formula.
Gerard McMurray (
Burning Sands) will direct the movie about a Formula One race car prodigy who becomes a getaway driver to save his family. McMurray will write, direct and produce the film via his production banner Buppie Productions; Jane Rosenthal, De Niro and Berry Welsh will also share producer credits.
British actor Boyega broke out with his role as Moses in the 2011 sci-fi flick
The Formula, from director
Gerard McMurray.
The movie will centers on a Formula One racing prodigy, who is forced to become a getaway driver to save the only family he has left.
On top of directing,
Robert, Jane Rosenthal, and
The Formula follows a string of other racing movies, including
Ford v. Ferrari, which was nominated for a few Oscars during the 2020 ceremony.
John, known for his role as Finn in the
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John Boyega And Robert De Niro To Star In New Netflix Movie
Netflix with
The Formula, the streamer’s latest original movie. Deadline reports that the
Star Wars actor – who’s famously distanced himself from Disney of late – has signed up to play the lead in the project alongside none other than Robert De Niro, who will also produce.
The Formula is the baby of
The First Purge filmmaker Gerard McMurray, who will write, produce and direct, and it’ll mark his second collaboration with Netflix following 2017’s
Burning Sands.
As per Deadline, “the story will follow a Formula One racing prodigy who’s forced to become a getaway driver to save the only family he has left.” Jane Rosenthal and Berry Welsh are also on board to produce, as part of their overall deal with Netflix, along with De Niro. Jason Michael Berman is exec producing, with Sam Shaw and Ephraim Walker – of McMurray’s Buppie Productions – serving as co-producers.
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Development Update: Friday, December 18
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)
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