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UPDATED, 7:45 AM: “Two objects cannot occupy the same point in space at the same moment in time.” So begins the official trailer for Michael Mann’s Ferrari, which finds automotive mogul Enzo Ferrari at a personal and professional crisis point in his life. “The corner races at you, you have perhaps a…

The SAG-AFTRA strike, a wild card throughout the fall festival season, has created a closing stretch of the New York Film Festival unlike many (any?) of its 60 previous editions. The final NYFF press conference this morning featured Ferrari cast members Adam Driver, Penélope Cruz and Gabriel Leone…

EXCLUSIVE: Speaking onstage at our Contenders London event over the weekend, Ferrari director Michael Mann confirmed that Heat 2 is set to be his next movie. Asked whether the novel adaptation would be his next screen epic, the legendary filmmaker told us: “Yes. Meg Gardiner and myself wrote the…

Michael Mann's high-octane sports feature Ferrari has been two decades in the making, and speaking at Deadline's Contenders London event, the director admitted there were times he thought his passion project about the life of Enzo Ferrari would never take off.  "There were numerous times when I…

After sitting it out last year, Deadline's Contenders film series returns to London today with a strong lineup featuring Ridley Scott, Emerald Fennell, Todd Haynes and Michael Mann among the panelists attending the awards-season event. Contenders London gets underway this morning at London’s Ham Yard…

With guild agreements being signed and production ramping up, Hollywood hopefully awaits a moment of youthful innovation. Oops: The most newsworthy films set for imminent release are directed by filmmakers in their 80s – grizzled veterans who understand…

EXCLUSIVE: Saudi Arabia's Red Sea Film Foundation has announced it is investing in Johnny Depp's Modi, Michael Mann's Venice title Ferrari and Guy Ritchie's World War Two spy action feature The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. The foundation, which is the parent body of the Jeddah-set Red Sea…

Michael Mann’s Ferrari received a 7 1/2-minute standing ovation Thursday night after the lights went up on the film’s world premiere screening at the Venice Film Festival. The pic, which is screening in Competition in Venice, was the primetime premiere screening tonight on the Lido, with the film’s…

Venice Film Festival hosted the world premiere of Ferrari, the latest film from director Michael Mann which boasts a star-studded cast ensemble of Adam Driver, Penélope Cruz, Shailene Woodley, Sarah Gadon, Gabriel Leone, Jack O'Connell and Patrick Dempsey. SAG-AFTRA designated the film as a recipient of an interim…

Michael Mann would seem a perfect fit for a biopic of Italian motorsports legend Enzo Ferrari, himself being a master technician and a director working at the high end of his commercial craft. The result, though, is a strangely tame beast, an introspective look at an in-between moment in its subject's…

Michael Mann's epic historical drama Ferrari will drive onto the red carpet at the Venice Film Festival this evening, one of the major titles in competition here on the Lido. It's also one of the key films to secure a SAG-AFTRA interim agreement, allowing stars of the movie to do promotion. This…

SAG-AFTRA on Thursday named Neon’s Michael Mann-directed Ferrari as one of its latest recipients of an interim agreement for publicity. The waiver allows the movie’s cast, which includes Adam Driver and Penélope Cruz, to publicize the feature at its Venice Film Festival world premiere, closing night…