First Photos Show Driver As Mann’s “Ferrari”

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The first photos are out showcasing Adam Driver’s look as Italian motoring icon Enzo Ferrari in Michael Mann’s upcoming biopic about the man.

Driver, on set in Modena, Italy, plays the sunglass-wearing founder of the Ferrari race car team which is in preparation for the infamous Mille Miglia race.

Set in 1957 with the race car maker facing bankruptcy and a tempestuous marriage with his wife, Laura (Penelope Cruz), Ferrari and his team of drivers roll the dice on one race – 1,000 miles across Italy.

Shailene Woodley plays Enzo’s mistress Lina Lardi, Patrick Dempsey is race car driver Piero Taruffi, Jack O’Connell is fellow driver Peter Collins, Sarah Gadon is Linda Christian, and Gabriel Leone is Fon de Portago.

Mann is directing the film from a script he co-wrote with Troy Kennedy Martin (“The Italian Job”) based on Brock Yates’ 1991 book.