New 'F1' poster is inspired by the cult classic 'Akira'

The marketing campaign of one of the highest -profile projects of the summer continues to share promotional material with the audience.

In this case we talk about F1the formula 1 project of Joseph Kosinski (Top Gun: Maverick, Oblivion), Apple Studios y Warner Bros.

Facing its premiere in cinemas in June, WB reveals another Official poster promoting the launch Dolby Cinema format, whose art is inspired by the official poster of the anime cult classic Akira (1988), which adapts the homonymous manga of Katsuhiro Otomo (he directed the feature film).

Both posters are available at the end of the note.

In F1, Brad Pitt He plays Sonny Hayes, an expilot who returns to Formula 1, along with his teammate played by Damson Idris (Snowfall), In APXGP, a fictional team on the grill.

The cast includes the Oscar nominated, Kerry Condon (The banshees of inishherin) as Kate, the Pitt team engineer, to the Oscar winner, Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men) as Rubén, owner of a Formula 1 team, to the winner of the Emmy Award, Tobias Menzies (The Crown), To the Emmy Award Sarah Niles (Ted Lasso), Kim okay (Killing Eve), Callie Cooke (Cheaters), y Samson you (Our Flag Means Death).

Kosinski directs the script of Honor Kruger (Top Gun: Maverick, The Ring), From a Kosinski story.

Official synopsis:

Known as “the greatest that was ever”, Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt) was the most promising pilot of Formula 1 in the 90s, until an accident on the track almost ended his career. Thirty years later, he is a nomadic pilot hired by season when his former company Ruben Cervantes (Javier Bardem), owner of a formula 1 team in trouble and on the edge of the collapse, invites him to return. Ruben convinces Sonny to return to a last chance to save the team and be the best in the world. It will compete with Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris), the team's star rookie, determined to impose his own rhythm. But while the rugen engines, Sonny's past reaches it, and discovers that in Formula 1, your partner can be your hardest rival – and the way to redemption is not traveling alone.

The film was shot during the real weekends of the Grand Prix, while the team competes against the Titans of this sport. That is why in some scenes of the advances we have been able to see the participation of the Mexican pilot Sergio 'Checo' Pérez.

He Project was carried out in collaboration with Formula 1 and the F1 community, including the 10 teams of F1 and its drivers, the FIA ​​and Carrera promoters.

Kosinski produces the feature film with Jerry Bruckheimer, Chad Omar, Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, and Lewis Hamilton

Apple acquired the package by F1 in an amount valued between $ 130 and $ 140 million. Apple then agreed to deal with Warner Bros. as a distributor of the film.

WB plans the premiere of F1 in cinemas for the June 25, 2025 In the international market – including Mexico and the rest of Latin America– and the June 27 in the United States and Canada.