Channing Tatum to star in Brad Pitt-produced Isle of Man TT movie

Motorsport has effectively and really captured the creativeness of Hollywood. On the heels of the F1 summer time blockbuster, which stars Brad Pitt as a driver for the fictional APX GP group, the A-lister will flip his consideration to a brand new film centered round one of the difficult and presumably lethal races on the earth — the Isle of Man TT, also called the Vacationer Trophy races. 

Channing Tatum has been tapped to star within the venture, which was picked up by Amazon MGM Studios, whereas Pitt will produce the movie together with his firm Plan B Leisure. The Magic Mike actor is a motorcycle racing fanatic, and has even travelled to the Isle of Man for the TT races prior to now. He’s additionally appeared in a number of motorsport-adjacent motion pictures, together with the 2005 movie, Supercross and the 2017 Steven Soderbergh-directed NASCAR flick, Logan Fortunate.

No extra particulars have been revealed concerning the plot or characters, nonetheless Tatum’s producing associate Reid Carolin has signed on to direct, after making his directorial debut with the 2022 comedy drama ‘Canine.’ Carolin will even co-write the script with Bryan Johnson and Jason Kellar, who was concerned within the Oscar-nominated Ford v Ferrari movie, which centered on the notorious 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans race.

The announcement coincides with the information that Field to Field – the corporate behind Netflix’s F1 smash Drive to Survive – filmed a corresponding docuseries concerning the occasion throughout final 12 months’s TT races. The four-part collection, that includes 45-minute episodes, will even be distributed by Amazon, and sure act as a behind-the-scenes teaser for the movie. The occasion promoter was closely concerned within the venture, which can provide “never-before-seen entry to the riders,” in response to Deadline. 

The Isle of Man TT is the world’s oldest constantly working motorsport occasion, recognized for its difficult 37.73-mile circuit, with tight corners, steep inclines, and tough terrain that has famously claimed many riders’ lives. The collection will discover “what drives these excessive riders to take such dangers” in one of many world’s most harmful racing occasions. It should additionally look at the “penalties of this dedication, not just for them however for these round them.”

It was reported that every one events wished to make sure each the movie and docuseries had been packaged collectively, regardless of the very fact a film with Tatum and Pitt hooked up may have “simply offered someplace by itself.” Amazon MGM Studios proved to be “the proper match given the worldwide attain the studio may give to each the movie and docuseries.”