At the same time, Noomi Rapace is in talks to star opposite Christian Bale, who will play Enzo Ferrari, the Italian auto mogul. The long-gestating project finally got traction when it secured funding from Vendian and YooZoo Bliss Fund. YouZoo will distribute the movie in China while Vincent Maraval’s Insiders will begin selling territories at AFM.
The project adapts the 1991 book Enzo Ferrari: The Man, The Cars, The Races, The Machine written by Brock Yates.
The book recounted Ferrari’s ascent -- working for Alfa Romeo first as a racer then as a developer, founding his own company in 1947, racing victories in the 50s and 60s, letting Fiat slowly take control of the company. But it also showed his tyrannical and manipulative nature, his pushing drivers to the breaking point (and even death), his hatred of his lifelong marriage and his many affairs.
If a deal makes, Rapace would play Farrari’s wife, Laura Dominica.
The project is eyeing a $80 million budget, although Mann has a tendency to skid his numbers higher when actual shooting starts.
The last time Mann worked with Paramount was in 2004 when the studio released Collateral, the DreamWorks-made thriller starring Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx.
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