F1,” a Formula One racing film starring Brad Pitt, Damson Idris and several real-life drivers, arrives in theaters on Friday, June 27. In the Apple film, Pitt plays a retired Formula One driver, Sonny Hayes,

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Formula 1 superstar Lewis Hamilton enters a new race this summer — as a movie producer chasing the box office crown. He speeds into multiplexes with “F1 the Movie,” the high-octane blockbuster hopeful from his company Dawn Apollo Films and Apple Original Films.