The so-far untitled movie has been in improvement since 2021 and at last commenced filming at dwell F1 occasions at Silverstone earlier this month.
That work continued in Hungary final day out and can also be ongoing on the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa this weekend, however after the SAG-AFTRA (American Federation of Tv and Radio Artists) strike began on 14 July, it has not concerned the movie’s actors.
When requested how the Apple effort had been capable of proceed its work across the strike by Autosport, Mercedes driver Hamilton – one of many movie’s producers – defined that when it got here to on-track photos, that is at the moment all the way down to the work of stunt crews solely.
At Silverstone, Pitt and co-star Damson Idris had pushed on-track at varied factors of the Silverstone weekend and joined the true drivers for the pre-race grid actions at that occasion.
“I feel it has been superb to date,” mentioned Hamilton, who was talking within the pre-event press convention at Spa.
“Everybody’s felt extremely welcome and there is a nice vibe throughout the filming crew, with the actors and administrators – everybody’s simply feeling a number of love and feeling included which I feel has been nice.
Stunt driver Craig Dolby standing in for actor Brad Pitt on the grid for a film scene
Picture by: Simon Galloway / Motorsport Images
“I feel it has been nicely obtained. And there is simply so many individuals which have labored so arduous to make it attainable, with nice assist of Stefano [Domenicali], for instance.
“This has by no means occurred in our sport earlier than. It is big.
“So, hats off to the game and to people who are working, which can be displaying that we’re progressive, we’re transferring forwards in a brand new means.
“And happily for us, we’re nonetheless capable of do a few of the filming with the stunt crew, however I do not assume for anyone [the strike] has been useful, however I stand with the actors.
“I do know what they’re preventing for and I hope they arrive to a decision quickly.”
The filming work being performed at Spa is known to incorporate Apple’s crew capturing photographs from the occasion, however doesn’t contain working its modified Method 2 digicam vehicles or utilizing the detailed pit storage arrange for the fictional APXGP group.