Brad Pitt’s ‘F1’ Reveals Thrilling First 10 Minutes at CinemaCon

F1 director Joseph Kosinski and producer Jerry Bruckheimer returned to the CinemaCon stage for the first time since promoting their explosive hit Top Gun: Maverick.

Warner Bros. is distributing the Apple film that stars Brad Pitt, Damson Idris and Javier Bardem. “We believe this is going to be the cinematic experience of the summer,” Bruckheimer teased.

He promised the movie would offer “action, romance and humor. It’s truly the ultimate theater experience.” Additionally, Kosinski praised Pitt for “driving himself at 180 miles an hour.”

The pair then revealed the film’s action-packed first 10 minutes. “Just let me drive, will you?” Pitt says in the footage as no-longer-retired driver Sonny Hayes. Later, he warns a fellow driver while stepping out of his vehicle, “Lose that lead, I’ll kill you.”

The film hits theaters and IMAX from Warner Bros. on June 25. Kerry Condon and Tobias Menzies round out the cast. F1 features Pitt as Sonny, a former Formula One racer who was forced into early retirement until a team owner (Bardem) asks him to return to the sport and help mentor a rookie driver (Idris).

Kosinski helmed the film from a script by Ehren Kruger, who also worked on Top Gun: Maverick. Pitt, Kosinski, Bruckheimer, Lewis Hamilton, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Chad Oman serve as producers for F1.

During a press event last month, Kosinski praised Pitt for an innate sense of how to handle the vehicle. “Brad had a lot of just natural ability right from the start, and I don’t know where he got that or if he was born with it, and he rides motorcycles, which I think has something to do with it,” the filmmaker shared. “But he’s just a very talented, naturally gifted driver, which for Lewis after that first meeting gave him a lot of confidence that we might have a shot at pulling this off.”

CinemaCon is the annual event for exhibitors and Hollywood studios that runs this year from March 31 to April 3. It is presented by Cinema United (formerly the National Association of Theatre Owners).