TOM CRUISE RETEAMING WITH 'OBLIVION' DIRECTOR FOR 'GO LIKE HELL'
TOM CRUISE RETEAMING WITH 'OBLIVION'
DIRECTOR FOR 'GO LIKE HELL'
Tom Cruise is reteaming with his Oblivion director Joseph
Kosinski for ‘GO LIKE HELL’, a
racing drama set up at Fox. Tom Cruise is returning to the world of auto racing
for the first time since 1990′s “Days of Thunder”.
The project tells the true story of the competition between
the Ford Motor Company and Italian sports car designer Enzo Ferrari, which
culminated at the 1966 Le Mans race. It is based on the book ‘Go Like Hell’:
Ford, Ferrari and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans, written by A.J.
Baime and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2009.
Cruise and Kosinski are in talks with the studio, and their
deals have not been finalized. Alex Young and Lucas Foster are producing “Go
Like Hell.” Michael Mann was once attached to direct the project. Cruise would
portray Shelby, who teamed with Henry Ford II and Ford executive Lee Iacocca to
change the image of the Ford brand by making a splash in European car racing,
which had been dominated by Ferrari cars. The trio developed the Ford GT40,
which became the first American car to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans and went on
to win four years running.
The project is in the early development stages and the
script is likely to be overhauled to suit the stylings of Cruise and Kosinski.
The studio is said to be making this a high priority with a plan of getting it
before cameras next year.
