Overview

• Pitt confirmed in July 2025 that he and Tom Cruise were attached to an early Ford v Ferrari under director Joseph Kosinski about a decade ago
• The collaboration unraveled when both actors insisted on doing their own driving—Cruise as Carroll Shelby and Pitt as Ken Miles—clashing with the film’s planned focus
• Kosinski’s proposed budget for the project was rejected by the studio, contributing to its collapse
• The 2019 Ford v Ferrari was later released by James Mangold with Christian Bale and Matt Damon, setting a high bar for sports dramas
• Kosinski has floated the idea of linking Cruise’s Days of Thunder character with Pitt’s F1 star in a potential sequel, though no formal green light exists