Tom Cruise is going to Carroll Shelby to play

Posted on 25-10-2013 at 12:58 pm by maru – 32 Comments”

Because he is so believable happened in Days of Thunder (ehum), has Tom Cruise a role in a new film about racing at Le Mans: Go Like Hell.

20th Century Fox and director Joseph Kosinski (o.a. of Oblivion, where Tom Cruise starring in it) have been talking since 2011, what a wonderful action movie promised to be. The battle will not take place in the future, but in the past. Ford and Ferrari fought in the 60s for the first place in endurance races, with Carroll Shelby, our great hero is.

Ford had a bit of a dull image, especially compared to the slick, fast Ferrari’s. Henry Ford II, Lee Iacocca and Shelby solved the problem by the European racing world to conquer and Ferrari a heel with the Shelby Daytona. This was followed by the Ford GT40 that the Le Mans title four years in a row, captured between 1966 and 1969.

The story is based on Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari and their Battle For Speed and Glory at Le Mans by A. J. Baime, a romanticization of the 60’s racing and the victories of Ford. It is still waiting for permission from 20th Century Fox for the film to start. Maybe they are slightly reluctant after the bad start of Rush who, despite his good film score, but little money. (Via Variety)