Det har gått flera, flera, flera år nu sedan Michael Mann drog igång förarbetet med en kommande "biopic" om Ferrari-grundaren Enzo Ferrari. Ett tag var det tänkt att Al Pacino skulle spela huvudrollen. När han drog sig ur, hoppade De Niro på. Sedan dess har massor hänt och sedan ett år tillbaka har Christian Bale förberett sig på att gestalta den fartgalne italienaren, vilket nu inte kommer att ske, heller. Bale har hoppat av och enligt The Hollywood Reporter jagar nu Michael Mann Logan-stjärnan Hugh Jackman för rollen. Filmen kommer att baseras på en bok om Enzo som beskrivs såhär av Amazon:
"To his legion of admirers, Italian auto titan Enzo Ferrari (1898-1988) was a genius who personally created marvelous cars of advanced design. But as Car and Driver columnist Yates points out in this captivating, demythologizing biography, none of Ferrari's racing cars was a glittering example of daring technology, and he had almost no hand in the making of the later road cars that bore his name.
Revealed as a hot-tempered megalomaniac given to loud belching and countless amorous conquests, Ferrari fathered an illegitimate child and led a shadowy second life as a respite from the simmering hatred of his marriage. He portrayed himself as a loyal motorized knight-errant, defending Italy's national honor, but in Yates's esimate he was interested solely in winning races and sometimes pushed his drivers to dangerous extremes. Yates deftly records the carnage of major races, business wheeling and dealing, and the political dimensions of motor racing from the pre-WW II Rome-Berlin Axis to today's ribbon-waving nationalism."
Enzo & Hugh. Lika som bär...