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Tim Cook Says Apple Is Discussing an ‘F1’ Sequel

The film’s breakout performance is driving internal talks on where to take the story next.

Overview

  • Cook told Variety at the Emmys that a follow-up is “definitely” being talked about, though no sequel has been officially greenlit.
  • Directed by Joseph Kosinski from an Ehren Kruger script, the movie is reported to have earned more than $596 million worldwide.
  • The Brad Pitt–led racing drama opened in theaters on June 27 and has since moved to Apple TV Plus.
  • Kosinski has suggested a franchise-expanding idea in which Sonny Hayes crosses paths with Days of Thunder’s Cole Trickle.
  • Pitt says he would want to drive again but expects any continuation to focus on Damson Idris’s Joshua Pearce, leaving Sonny Hayes’s role uncertain.