Why is Brad Pitt filming at Silverstone during the British Grand Prix?
The IndependentSign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Formula One drivers like Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen and Lando Norris will be joined on the race track by an unlikely addition this weekend: Brad Pitt. Pitt, 59, is filming his new, untitled F1 movie for Apple TV+, directed by Top Gun: Maverick boss Joseph Kosinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment, and Hamilton himself. Brad Pitt driving an F1 car from Silverstone onwards,” Buxton said. Brad Pitt at the United States Grand Prix in 2022 According to the film’s official logline, Pitt plays “a driver who comes out of retirement to compete alongside a rookie driver against the titans of the sport”.