India, June 16 -- Hollywood has finally strapped itself into the high-speed world of Formula 1 racing with F1, starring none other than Brad Pitt. Directed by Top Gun: Maverick filmmaker Joseph Kosinski, the film aims to bring F1's pulse-racing drama to the big screen, with scenes shot during actual Grand Prix weekends. The movie, which is being produced with the support of Formula 1 and seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton, will hit US and Canadian theaters on June 27, in both standard and IMAX formats, as confirmed by Apple Original Films and Warner Bros. Pictures.

In the film, Brad Pitt plays Sonny Hayes, a once-celebrated F1 driver whose career was cut short by a crash in the 1990s. Decades later, he's invited back into the cockpit by ...