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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The First Purge director Gerard McMurray, who has his own Netflix history thanks to
Burning Sands, will oversee the film and has also written the script. Boyega will be a Formula One racing prodigy who is forced to become a getaway driver to save the only family he has left. Shades of
Drive, then, though Ryan Gosling in that film was a stunt driver who moonlighted as a getaway wheelman.
The Formula will have to wait until De Niro has finished work on David O. Russell s next film, while Boyega is busy shooting
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