I’ve read a couple of reports over the past 24 hours in regards to this story, and now it appears to be true; Robert De Niro is apparently set to play the legendary car manufacturer Enzo Ferrari in a new biopic of his life that will be released in 2016.
The new film will be simply titled ‘Ferrari,’ according to reports.
“It is an honor to tell the life of an extraordinary man who revolutionized the world of motor sport. The film will go into production soon, mostly in Italy, and has absolute priority over all my other projects.” De Niro is quoted in saying to The Guardian.
Ferrari was the founder of the Italian car company and the Scuderia Ferrari Formula 1 racing team. He died in 1988 at the age of 90. The new film will apparently document him founding his company in the 1940s, through to his final days. The movie will go into production soon and shoot in Italy, so reports the BBC.
Sources also state that Clint Eastwood has been handed the screenplay with a view to taking the film on as his next directing project.
Source: The Guardian
