By: Charles Bradley, Editor-in-Chief
Posted: Yesterday at 3:03am
Hollywood superstar Robert De Niro has revealed that he is to play Enzo Ferrari in a big-budget biopic of the legendary Italian marque founder.
In an interview with Italian newspaper Il Messaggero, De Niro has announced that this project will have his top priority, and that production will begin soon.
The film, which will be produced in Italy, is expected to be released in 2016.
it is an honour and a joy to tell the life of an extraordinary man who revolutionised the automotive world.
Robert De Niro
The New York-born actor – star of Raging Bull, The Deer Hunter, Taxi Driver, Goodfellas and Cape Fear – is now 71. He will play Ferrari, who founded the famous car manufacturer in 1947 and died in 1988, aged 90.
His team, Scuderia Ferrari, has been active since 1929 – first running Alfa Romeos – and went on to win a record 16 Formula 1 Constructors' titles since 1950.
“For me it is an honour and a joy to tell the life of an extraordinary man who revolutionised the automotive world and across historical periods,” said De Niro.
A high budget movie
The film will be produced by former photographer Gianni Bozzacchi, owner of Triworld Cinema, in collaboration with De Niro’s Tribeca Enterprises concern.
"The film will be titled Ferrari and will be based on an epic story," said Bozzacchi, "It will have a high budget and will cover a wide span – from 1945 to the eighties in a twisted game of eras and episodes.”
Clint Eastwood has been approached to direct the film, and Bozzacchi claims he was “very interested” but wanted to read the script. The writers of Oliver Stone’s Nixon, Stephen J Rivele and Christoper Wilkinson, have also been linked to the movie.
De Niro has been linked to playing Ferrari as early as 1993, when he was expected to play the lead in a production directed by Michael Mann with a budget of $65 million, but this fell through.
source: http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/ro...in-movie-epic/
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That would be simply amazing! A great and legendary man like Enzo Ferrari most definitely deserves to have an epic movie made of him. There already are a couple of movies of Enzo's life but a high budget movie with Clint Eastwood directing and Robert De Niro playing Enzo is another level completely. I'm sure that De Niro would put his heart and soul into trying to portray Enzo as best he can. I just hope it wouldn't be too "Hollywood-ish" but would rather concentrate on portraying Enzo's life as realistically as possible. If Clint Eastwood would direct this movie then it could be very good, he knows how to make good movies. 
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