Netflix has raised the chequered flag and released a teaser trailer for the upcoming limited series on motor racing legend Ayrton Senna, ‘Senna’.
Throughout six episodes, the series will showcase, for the first time, Ayrton’s journey through triumph, disappointment, joy and sorrow, unveiling his personality and personal relationships. The fictional series starts with the genesis of the three-time Formula 1 champion’s motor racing career when he moves to England to compete in Formula Ford, and until his tragic accident in Imola, Italy, during the San Marino Grand Prix.
The teaser shows the recreation of Formula 1 driver Ayrton Senna’s historic victory, including the narration of Galvão Bueno, at the 1991 Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos, following a challenging race where he was mostly stuck in sixth gear and also marking the first time he won in his hometown of Sao Paulo. We also see possible thoughts and experiences,...
Throughout six episodes, the series will showcase, for the first time, Ayrton’s journey through triumph, disappointment, joy and sorrow, unveiling his personality and personal relationships. The fictional series starts with the genesis of the three-time Formula 1 champion’s motor racing career when he moves to England to compete in Formula Ford, and until his tragic accident in Imola, Italy, during the San Marino Grand Prix.
The teaser shows the recreation of Formula 1 driver Ayrton Senna’s historic victory, including the narration of Galvão Bueno, at the 1991 Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos, following a challenging race where he was mostly stuck in sixth gear and also marking the first time he won in his hometown of Sao Paulo. We also see possible thoughts and experiences,...
- 5/1/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
“Senna” is a new six-episode biographical drama series about the life of ‘Formula One’ champion racer ‘Ayrton Senna’, who died during the 1994 ‘San Marino Grand Prix’, directed by Vicente Amorim and Júlia Rezende, streaming in 2024 on Netflix:
“…’Senna’ depicts the journey of overcoming obstacles, ups and downs, joys and sorrows of ‘Ayrton’, exploring his personality and personal relationships.
“The starting point will be the beginning of the three-time ‘Formula 1’ champion’s racing career when he moved to England to compete in ‘Formula Ford’, all the way to the tragic accident in Imola, Italy, during the ‘San Marino Grand Prix’…”
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“…’Senna’ depicts the journey of overcoming obstacles, ups and downs, joys and sorrows of ‘Ayrton’, exploring his personality and personal relationships.
“The starting point will be the beginning of the three-time ‘Formula 1’ champion’s racing career when he moved to England to compete in ‘Formula Ford’, all the way to the tragic accident in Imola, Italy, during the ‘San Marino Grand Prix’…”
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- 4/30/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Fasten those seatbelts because Netflix is ready to deliver an new exhilarating sports racing series, “Senna,” directed by Vicente Amorim and Júlia Rezende. Brazilian Formula One-winning racing driver Ayrton Senna‘s historic victory at the 1991 Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos marked the driver’s first victory in his hometown of Sao Paulo after a difficult race in which he was mostly stuck in sixth gear.
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- 4/30/2024
- by Caillou Pettis
- The Playlist
Netflix has just released the atmospheric teaser trailer for their upcoming limited series about famed Brazilian Formula 1 racer Ayrton Senna. The teaser is a meditative sequence where Senna achieves his historic victory at 1991 Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos. Senna is played by Gabriel Leone and we see possible thoughts and experiences, interspersed with images of the race, that led Ayrton to this point in his career in addition to some iconic characters who were a part of his life that year, including Xuxa (Pâmela Tomé), Alain Prost (Matt Mella) and the McLaren team principal, Ron Dennis (Patrick Kennedy) and Galvão Bueno (Gabriel Louchard).
The official synopsis from Netflix reads,
“Over the course of six episodes, Senna will showcase, for the first time, Ayrton’s journey through triumph, disappointment, joy, and sorrow, unveiling his personality and personal relationships. The fictional series starts with the genesis of the three-time Formula 1 champion’s motor racing career,...
The official synopsis from Netflix reads,
“Over the course of six episodes, Senna will showcase, for the first time, Ayrton’s journey through triumph, disappointment, joy, and sorrow, unveiling his personality and personal relationships. The fictional series starts with the genesis of the three-time Formula 1 champion’s motor racing career,...
- 4/30/2024
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
"I refuse to walk away from the fight." Netflix has revealed a teaser for the series Senna, a dramatized version of the story of famed Formula 1 race car driver Ayrton Senna. This is a biopic about the Brazilian racer and his legacy, including all of his victories and everything he achieved on and off the track. In this first teaser video for Senna, the limited series premiering in late 2024, we see the recreation of Formula 1 driver Ayrton Senna's historic victory, including the narration of Galvão Bueno, at the 1991 Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos, following a challenging race where he was mostly stuck in sixth gear and also marking the first time he won in his hometown of Sao Paulo. We also see possible thoughts and experiences, interspersed with images of the race, that led Ayrton, played by Gabriel Leone, to this point in his career in addition to...
- 4/30/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
In this first teaser video for Senna, the limited series premiering in late 2024, we see the recreation of Formula 1 driver Ayrton Senna’s historic victory, including the narration of Galvão Bueno, at the 1991 Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos, following a challenging race where he was mostly stuck in sixth gear and also marking the first time he won in his hometown of Sao Paulo.
We also see possible thoughts and experiences, interspersed with images of the race, that led Ayrton, played by Gabriel Leone, to this point in his career in addition to some iconic characters who were a part of his life that year, including Xuxa (Pâmela Tomé), Alain Prost (Matt Mella) and the McLaren team principal, Ron Dennis (Patrick Kennedy), and Galvão Bueno (Gabriel Louchard).
For the first time, Senna will showcase Ayrton’s journey through triumph, disappointment, joy, and sorrow over the course of six episodes,...
We also see possible thoughts and experiences, interspersed with images of the race, that led Ayrton, played by Gabriel Leone, to this point in his career in addition to some iconic characters who were a part of his life that year, including Xuxa (Pâmela Tomé), Alain Prost (Matt Mella) and the McLaren team principal, Ron Dennis (Patrick Kennedy), and Galvão Bueno (Gabriel Louchard).
For the first time, Senna will showcase Ayrton’s journey through triumph, disappointment, joy, and sorrow over the course of six episodes,...
- 4/30/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
Tomorrow marks 30 years since the death of Ayrton Senna, the legendary Brazilian Formula One driver killed in a grisly crash on the track. He’s as close to a god in the country as any man not named Pelé, yet save for the brilliant 2010 documentary “Senna,” his life has never been depicted on screen.
Netflix will be the first to try with its upcoming scripted series “Senna.” With any luck, Senna will not just be an icon in Brazil but the face of Netflix’s enormous expansion into the Latin American market.
“Senna” showrunner Vicente Amorim says his series is one of the biggest productions in Latin American history and uses an almost entirely Brazilian crew, something that demanded a massive investment in the region from Netflix. No one will say how much the “Senna” budget is, but the production values and the re-creation of 13 F1 tracks and models of...
Netflix will be the first to try with its upcoming scripted series “Senna.” With any luck, Senna will not just be an icon in Brazil but the face of Netflix’s enormous expansion into the Latin American market.
“Senna” showrunner Vicente Amorim says his series is one of the biggest productions in Latin American history and uses an almost entirely Brazilian crew, something that demanded a massive investment in the region from Netflix. No one will say how much the “Senna” budget is, but the production values and the re-creation of 13 F1 tracks and models of...
- 4/30/2024
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
Buckle your seatbelts for Senna, an upcoming series about the greatest Brazilian Formula 1 driver of all time: Ayrton Senna, who died in a racing accident 30 years ago.
In honor of the driver’s legacy, you can watch a teaser for the scripted series, which tells the story of Senna’s racing career as well as his life and relationships. Senna’s first teaser re-creates the historical moment when Senna won for the first time in his hometown — after being stuck in sixth gear for the entire race. It’s a must watch for fans of the docuseries Formula 1: Drive to Survive.
The six-episode series will showcase Senna’s journey of triumphs, disappointments, joys, and sorrows, unveiling his personality and personal relationships. It begins with the start of the three-time Formula 1 champion’s motor racing career, when he moves to England to compete in Formula Ford, and continues...
In honor of the driver’s legacy, you can watch a teaser for the scripted series, which tells the story of Senna’s racing career as well as his life and relationships. Senna’s first teaser re-creates the historical moment when Senna won for the first time in his hometown — after being stuck in sixth gear for the entire race. It’s a must watch for fans of the docuseries Formula 1: Drive to Survive.
The six-episode series will showcase Senna’s journey of triumphs, disappointments, joys, and sorrows, unveiling his personality and personal relationships. It begins with the start of the three-time Formula 1 champion’s motor racing career, when he moves to England to compete in Formula Ford, and continues...
- 4/30/2024
- by Jean Bentley
- Tudum - Netflix
While the dual union strikes of the writers and the actors postponed some projects, once the studios and unions reached an agreement, there was a lot of catch-up to play. The postponed schedules meant that this year is seeing a delay in several releases. It also looks as if some studios are going to see some releases grouped together. According to The Hollywood Reporter, popular Netflix shows that would have seen a more dispersed schedule are now bunched for later 2024.
The latter half of the year will see the continuation of Netflix’s slate of popular original programming like the anticipated new season of Squid Game, the streaming platform’s biggest series of all time. The schedule will also premiere The Night Agent as well as the final season of the popular Karate Kid sequel series, Cobra Kai. The new season of Outer Banks is also on the dock, plus...
The latter half of the year will see the continuation of Netflix’s slate of popular original programming like the anticipated new season of Squid Game, the streaming platform’s biggest series of all time. The schedule will also premiere The Night Agent as well as the final season of the popular Karate Kid sequel series, Cobra Kai. The new season of Outer Banks is also on the dock, plus...
- 4/19/2024
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Netflix is gearing up for a big second half of 2024.
Co-CEO Ted Sarandos teased a host of marquee series set to debut in the last six months of the year on the streamer’s first-quarter earnings call Wednesday. Sarandos was asked about going into this year’s upfront market for advertisers and promised that buyers will see a long list of anticipated titles at Netflix’s presentation.
Among the returning series set to premiere in the second half of the year are second seasons of Squid Game — the streamer’s biggest series of all time — and The Night Agent, the final season of Cobra Kai, and new seasons for Outer Banks, Emily in Paris and Ryan Murphy’s Monster anthology, whose second season will focus on Lyle and Erik Menendez. Among the new series set for the back half of the year are Peter Berg’s Western American Primeval, limited...
Co-CEO Ted Sarandos teased a host of marquee series set to debut in the last six months of the year on the streamer’s first-quarter earnings call Wednesday. Sarandos was asked about going into this year’s upfront market for advertisers and promised that buyers will see a long list of anticipated titles at Netflix’s presentation.
Among the returning series set to premiere in the second half of the year are second seasons of Squid Game — the streamer’s biggest series of all time — and The Night Agent, the final season of Cobra Kai, and new seasons for Outer Banks, Emily in Paris and Ryan Murphy’s Monster anthology, whose second season will focus on Lyle and Erik Menendez. Among the new series set for the back half of the year are Peter Berg’s Western American Primeval, limited...
- 4/18/2024
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The 96th Academy Awards ceremony should be known as the Cannes Oscars, argues Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Frémaux.
He’s got a point.
Frémaux sipped a cocktail at the Charles Finch and Chanel Annual Pre-Oscar Dinner in the Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel, and ticked off Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall and Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest as films that played and won the top prizes at last May’s festival.
Michael Barker, Sony Picture Classics co-chair, helped Frémaux out by adding in Martin Scorsese’s The Killers of the Flower Moon, which also premiered on the Croisette.
“Here we are in March, and the top winners at last year’s Cannes are still in the conversation, and are here at the Oscars,” says Frémaux, giving himself a pat on the back.
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He adds that...
He’s got a point.
Frémaux sipped a cocktail at the Charles Finch and Chanel Annual Pre-Oscar Dinner in the Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel, and ticked off Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall and Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest as films that played and won the top prizes at last May’s festival.
Michael Barker, Sony Picture Classics co-chair, helped Frémaux out by adding in Martin Scorsese’s The Killers of the Flower Moon, which also premiered on the Croisette.
“Here we are in March, and the top winners at last year’s Cannes are still in the conversation, and are here at the Oscars,” says Frémaux, giving himself a pat on the back.
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He adds that...
- 3/10/2024
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
British filmmaker of Indian origin Asif Kapadia has been greenlit by Amazon Prime Video to do a feature-length documentary chronicling the final 12 days of tennis legend Roger Federer’s professional career, reports ‘Variety’.
The as-yet-untitled documentary was originally planned as a home video never intended for public viewing.
Featuring interviews from Federer’s rivals and friends, notably Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray, the documentary captures Federer at his most vulnerable and candid self, “as he says goodbye to a game and the fans that shaped his life for the last two decades,” a Prime Video press statement said, according to ‘Variety’.
Kapadia, an Oscar and BAFTA winner for his celebrated Amy Winehouse documentary ‘Amy’ (2015), has won BAFTAs for his biographical documentaries on car racing champion Ayrton Senna (‘Senna’; 2010) and the Argentine football legend Diego Maradona (2019).
His debut film, ‘The Warrior’ (2001), featured Irrfan Khan playing a warrior in feudal...
The as-yet-untitled documentary was originally planned as a home video never intended for public viewing.
Featuring interviews from Federer’s rivals and friends, notably Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray, the documentary captures Federer at his most vulnerable and candid self, “as he says goodbye to a game and the fans that shaped his life for the last two decades,” a Prime Video press statement said, according to ‘Variety’.
Kapadia, an Oscar and BAFTA winner for his celebrated Amy Winehouse documentary ‘Amy’ (2015), has won BAFTAs for his biographical documentaries on car racing champion Ayrton Senna (‘Senna’; 2010) and the Argentine football legend Diego Maradona (2019).
His debut film, ‘The Warrior’ (2001), featured Irrfan Khan playing a warrior in feudal...
- 2/19/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Oscar-winner Asif Kapadia is helming a Prime Video doc about the latter days of tennis legend Roger Federer’s career, which was originally intended as a home movie.
The feature-length doc will chronicle the final 12 days of the career of the man who is deemed by many to be the greatest tennis player of all time.
Amazon said the untitled doc was “originally a home video never intended for public viewing,” which “captures Federer at his most vulnerable and candid self, as he says goodbye to a game and the fans that shaped his life for the last two decades.”
Federer said: “Initially, the idea was to capture the final moments of my professional tennis career so that I could have it later on to show my family and friends”
He added: “During my career, I tended to shy away from having cameras around me and my family, especially during important moments.
The feature-length doc will chronicle the final 12 days of the career of the man who is deemed by many to be the greatest tennis player of all time.
Amazon said the untitled doc was “originally a home video never intended for public viewing,” which “captures Federer at his most vulnerable and candid self, as he says goodbye to a game and the fans that shaped his life for the last two decades.”
Federer said: “Initially, the idea was to capture the final moments of my professional tennis career so that I could have it later on to show my family and friends”
He added: “During my career, I tended to shy away from having cameras around me and my family, especially during important moments.
- 2/19/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Cecilia Mato and Lucas Vivo García Lagos, founder of Navajo Films Argentina and Intro Pictures Brazil, have joined forces to launch Navajo Films Uruguay.
“We interpret the idea of ‘bringing a fresh perspective to the industry’ as infusing new ideas, creativity and a unique approach into our work. Despite being two young individuals, we bring a wealth of experience to the table. Our goal is to produce IP that resonates with us as viewers,” said Mato, previously at Salado.
“Our country has immense creative potential and we are committed to contributing to the development of the local and international audiovisual industry. The partnership with our colleagues in Brazil and Argentina allows us to explore new creative frontiers,” she added.
Mariano Kohan has been tapped as executive producer.
Mato also opened up about two projects accompanying the launch, starting with “Menem,” exploring the life and legacy of former Argentine president Carlos Menem.
“We interpret the idea of ‘bringing a fresh perspective to the industry’ as infusing new ideas, creativity and a unique approach into our work. Despite being two young individuals, we bring a wealth of experience to the table. Our goal is to produce IP that resonates with us as viewers,” said Mato, previously at Salado.
“Our country has immense creative potential and we are committed to contributing to the development of the local and international audiovisual industry. The partnership with our colleagues in Brazil and Argentina allows us to explore new creative frontiers,” she added.
Mariano Kohan has been tapped as executive producer.
Mato also opened up about two projects accompanying the launch, starting with “Menem,” exploring the life and legacy of former Argentine president Carlos Menem.
- 1/23/2024
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Plot: On the verge of bankruptcy, Enzo Ferrari (Adam Driver) enters his racing team in the 1957 Mille Miglia.
Review: Ferrari is the only movie to come out this year that can say it sports a screenplay credit by a writer who’s been dead for fourteen years. Indeed, director Michael Mann has been trying to get his Ferrari movie off the ground for at least the last twenty years. He came close about eight years ago, with Christian Bale set to lead what would have been a big-budget version of the story. But, in the years since, the industry has changed, with Mann having to contend with a leaner budget to make his long-held passion project. Rather than compromise his vision, the potentially reduced scope helps make this one of his most intimate and involving films, harkening back to the days of The Insider.
Adam Driver is well-cast as Enzo Ferrari.
Review: Ferrari is the only movie to come out this year that can say it sports a screenplay credit by a writer who’s been dead for fourteen years. Indeed, director Michael Mann has been trying to get his Ferrari movie off the ground for at least the last twenty years. He came close about eight years ago, with Christian Bale set to lead what would have been a big-budget version of the story. But, in the years since, the industry has changed, with Mann having to contend with a leaner budget to make his long-held passion project. Rather than compromise his vision, the potentially reduced scope helps make this one of his most intimate and involving films, harkening back to the days of The Insider.
Adam Driver is well-cast as Enzo Ferrari.
- 12/25/2023
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
One of Netflix’s most interesting and ambitious series to ever hit the screens in Latin America, this biopic centers on the life of celebrated champion Formula 1 driver – Ayrton Senna.
‘Senna’ is an upcoming Brazilian Netflix biopic series that tells viewers about the life and career of legendary Formula 1 driver, Ayrton Senna. How do we know about his legendary career? Well, he is a three-time world championship-winning driver.
We’re keeping close track of the series, but we do know that the project was first announced way back in 2020 whilst it was mentioned in 2022 that Vicente Amorim would be directing the series – his previously renowned works include Yakuza Princess, the Dirty Hearts and Good.
Whereas, we have intel that Julia Rezende would be listed as one of the directors and the production house for the series would be handed to Gullane.
Amorim describes the series Senna: Formula 1 Biopic…...
‘Senna’ is an upcoming Brazilian Netflix biopic series that tells viewers about the life and career of legendary Formula 1 driver, Ayrton Senna. How do we know about his legendary career? Well, he is a three-time world championship-winning driver.
We’re keeping close track of the series, but we do know that the project was first announced way back in 2020 whilst it was mentioned in 2022 that Vicente Amorim would be directing the series – his previously renowned works include Yakuza Princess, the Dirty Hearts and Good.
Whereas, we have intel that Julia Rezende would be listed as one of the directors and the production house for the series would be handed to Gullane.
Amorim describes the series Senna: Formula 1 Biopic…...
- 10/12/2023
- by Sumitra Ray
- https://dailyresearchplot.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/new-sam
When Is The Netflix Series Senna Coming? Well, Senna is an eagerly anticipated Brazilian Netflix Original biopic that chronicles the remarkable life and extraordinary career of the legendary Formula 1 driver, Ayrton Senna.
The project was initially announced in 2020, developing immense excitement among racing enthusiasts and fans worldwide.
In 2022, it was revealed that the series would be helmed by Vicente Amorim, a highly regarded director known for his work on notable films such as Yakuza Princess, Dirty Hearts, and Good.
Netflix has declared Senna as their “most ambitious series ever in Latin America.” The biopic aims to encapsulate the captivating journey of Ayrton Senna, a three-time world champion, through meticulous storytelling and immersive visuals.
As development progresses, enthusiasts eagerly await updates on the plot, cast announcements, production milestones, and, of course, the highly anticipated release date on Netflix.
So, keep reading this article till the end to know everything that...
The project was initially announced in 2020, developing immense excitement among racing enthusiasts and fans worldwide.
In 2022, it was revealed that the series would be helmed by Vicente Amorim, a highly regarded director known for his work on notable films such as Yakuza Princess, Dirty Hearts, and Good.
Netflix has declared Senna as their “most ambitious series ever in Latin America.” The biopic aims to encapsulate the captivating journey of Ayrton Senna, a three-time world champion, through meticulous storytelling and immersive visuals.
As development progresses, enthusiasts eagerly await updates on the plot, cast announcements, production milestones, and, of course, the highly anticipated release date on Netflix.
So, keep reading this article till the end to know everything that...
- 7/9/2023
- by Om Prakash Kaushal
- https://dailyresearchplot.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/new-sam
Sweet Magnolias is getting a real fresh mom.
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air vet Janet Hubert will guest-star in Season 3 of the Netflix series as Bev Decatur, the mother of Heather Headley’s character, Helen.
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Helen goes to visit her mom in Tampa, in need of Bev’s humor, compassion and tough love during a moment of crisis. The 10-episode...
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air vet Janet Hubert will guest-star in Season 3 of the Netflix series as Bev Decatur, the mother of Heather Headley’s character, Helen.
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Helen goes to visit her mom in Tampa, in need of Bev’s humor, compassion and tough love during a moment of crisis. The 10-episode...
- 7/6/2023
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
Kaya Scodelario, fresh from wrapping Netflix’s Guy Ritchie series The Gentlemen, is sticking with the streamer for her next role.
Scodelario, who is best known for her roles in The Maze Runner and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales as well as breaking out via British teen series Skins, will star in limited series Senna.
The series will tell the story of Brazilian Formula 1 legend Ayrton Senna.
Scodelario, whose mother is from Sao Paulo, will play a fictional character in the series, which is filming in Brazil and Argentina.
The six-part series will show the three-time Formula 1 champion’s trajectory of overcoming joys and sorrows, exploring his personality and personal relationships. The starting point of the series will be the beginning of Ayrton’s racing career, when he moves to England to compete in Formula Ford, until the tragic accident in Imola, Italy, during the...
Scodelario, who is best known for her roles in The Maze Runner and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales as well as breaking out via British teen series Skins, will star in limited series Senna.
The series will tell the story of Brazilian Formula 1 legend Ayrton Senna.
Scodelario, whose mother is from Sao Paulo, will play a fictional character in the series, which is filming in Brazil and Argentina.
The six-part series will show the three-time Formula 1 champion’s trajectory of overcoming joys and sorrows, exploring his personality and personal relationships. The starting point of the series will be the beginning of Ayrton’s racing career, when he moves to England to compete in Formula Ford, until the tragic accident in Imola, Italy, during the...
- 7/6/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Kaya Scodelario is set to join Netflix limited series “Senna” about Brazilian Formula One champ Ayrton Senna.
The series, a Brazilian production, will be shot in Brazil and Argentina.
According to the logline, it will tell “the story of the adventure and triumph of the man who became a Brazilian national hero and conquered the world’s attention both on and off the Formula 1 track.”
Senna was one of the top racing drivers of the late 1980s and early 1990s, winning 41 Grands Prix over the course of his career. His life was tragically cut short in 1994 during the San Marino Grand Prix, when he hit a concrete wall at around 145 miles per hour.
His family are participating in the six-part biopic series, which will explore his personal and professional life. It will follow his trajectory from the beginning of his career, when he moved to England to compete in Formula Ford,...
The series, a Brazilian production, will be shot in Brazil and Argentina.
According to the logline, it will tell “the story of the adventure and triumph of the man who became a Brazilian national hero and conquered the world’s attention both on and off the Formula 1 track.”
Senna was one of the top racing drivers of the late 1980s and early 1990s, winning 41 Grands Prix over the course of his career. His life was tragically cut short in 1994 during the San Marino Grand Prix, when he hit a concrete wall at around 145 miles per hour.
His family are participating in the six-part biopic series, which will explore his personal and professional life. It will follow his trajectory from the beginning of his career, when he moved to England to compete in Formula Ford,...
- 7/6/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
There have been some phenomenal racing movies in Hollywood history that have tried to recreate what it feels like inside an actual racecar. Steve McQueen famously drove in the 12-hour Sebring race with a broken foot from a motorcycle accident in preparation for his 1971 film "Le Mans." Incredibly, McQueen nearly won the race, as told in the fascinating documentary "Steve McQueen: The Man and Le Mans." The late Brazilian Formula One racing driver Ayrton Senna was also featured in the tragic documentary "Senna" which featured some of the most exhilarating racing footage ever committed to celluloid. Sylvester Stallone's "Driven," Ron Howard's "Rush," and James Mangold's "Ford v Ferrari" have all been valiant attempts to bring audiences into the driver's seat.
Next up, Brad Pitt is set to star in a new Formula One movie directed by Joseph Kosinski who is just coming off the monumentally successful "Top Gun: Maverick.
Next up, Brad Pitt is set to star in a new Formula One movie directed by Joseph Kosinski who is just coming off the monumentally successful "Top Gun: Maverick.
- 5/5/2023
- by Drew Tinnin
- Slash Film
Religion of Sports, the Emmy Award-winning sports media company founded by director and producer Gotham Chopra, American football legend and Hall of Famer Michael Strahan, and seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady, has acquired Jiva Maya, a U.K.-based production company formed in 2020 by writer and director Manish Pandey.
The deal marks the second company that was brought underneath the Ros umbrella, following the acquisition of Main Event Media earlier this year.
The combined company plans to significantly expand its work in global football, cricket, and motorsport, especially Formula 1, for which Pandey is known.
“Jiva Maya allows us to plant a flag in Europe for Ros, engaging a new cadre of creators, producers and distribution networks,” said Ameeth Sankaran, CEO of Religion of Sports.
“Manish and his team have enabled us to do that in a distinct and unique way that will allow us to grow with the...
The deal marks the second company that was brought underneath the Ros umbrella, following the acquisition of Main Event Media earlier this year.
The combined company plans to significantly expand its work in global football, cricket, and motorsport, especially Formula 1, for which Pandey is known.
“Jiva Maya allows us to plant a flag in Europe for Ros, engaging a new cadre of creators, producers and distribution networks,” said Ameeth Sankaran, CEO of Religion of Sports.
“Manish and his team have enabled us to do that in a distinct and unique way that will allow us to grow with the...
- 4/18/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Khan’s creation for English National Ballet is filmed by Kapadia, and has an ambiguous intensity that should interest audiences beyond dance fans
Asif Kapadia returns with something unlike his previous acclaimed films … but maybe not utterly unlike. Kapadia has become known for intense documentary studies of agonised public figures including Ayrton Senna, Amy Winehouse and Diego Maradona, for whom the glare of attention, and the claustrophobic crush of public adulation, was a kind of addictive ordeal. There are points of similarity in this new, fascinating and perplexingly ambiguous film, something without a clear story, but which admits of any number of readings.
Creature is a filmed theatre project, capturing Akram Khan’s English National Ballet work, also entitled Creature, starring the charismatic dancer Jeffrey Cirio as the Creature, thrillingly athletic and physical, every muscle and tendon visible. The Creature is apparently kept captive in some remote army research unit-slash-prison in the snowy wastes,...
Asif Kapadia returns with something unlike his previous acclaimed films … but maybe not utterly unlike. Kapadia has become known for intense documentary studies of agonised public figures including Ayrton Senna, Amy Winehouse and Diego Maradona, for whom the glare of attention, and the claustrophobic crush of public adulation, was a kind of addictive ordeal. There are points of similarity in this new, fascinating and perplexingly ambiguous film, something without a clear story, but which admits of any number of readings.
Creature is a filmed theatre project, capturing Akram Khan’s English National Ballet work, also entitled Creature, starring the charismatic dancer Jeffrey Cirio as the Creature, thrillingly athletic and physical, every muscle and tendon visible. The Creature is apparently kept captive in some remote army research unit-slash-prison in the snowy wastes,...
- 2/22/2023
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Mexico City, Oct 31 (Ians) Dutch Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen has expressed his surprise at winning a record 14 races in a year and eclipsing the feats of Germany’s Michael Schumacher (2004) and Sebastian Vettel (2013), who have 13 race wins in a year.
Verstappen made history as he beat Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton to claim his 14th victory of the 2022 season at the Mexican Grand Prix after an intriguing strategic battle at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez here on Sunday.
The Red Bull driver said he was “incredibly proud” to achieve the feat.
Verstappen took pole position by more than three-tenths as Mercedes’ George Russell qualified on the front row and Lewis Hamilton qualified third on Saturday. Verstappen — on soft tyres while the Mercedes chose mediums — retained his lead in Sunday’s race, and it soon became clear that he would be able to pull off a one-stop strategy and win, which he did by...
Verstappen made history as he beat Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton to claim his 14th victory of the 2022 season at the Mexican Grand Prix after an intriguing strategic battle at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez here on Sunday.
The Red Bull driver said he was “incredibly proud” to achieve the feat.
Verstappen took pole position by more than three-tenths as Mercedes’ George Russell qualified on the front row and Lewis Hamilton qualified third on Saturday. Verstappen — on soft tyres while the Mercedes chose mediums — retained his lead in Sunday’s race, and it soon became clear that he would be able to pull off a one-stop strategy and win, which he did by...
- 11/1/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
“Senna,” Netflix’s biggest and most ambitious series ever in Latin America, now has a director. Seasoned Brazilian film-tv action thriller director Vicente Amorim — whose credits include “Good” with Viggo Mortensen and “Yakuza Princess,” with Japanese American singer Masumi and Jonathan Rhys Meyers — has boarded the production.
Portraying the life of Formula One racing genius Ayrton Senna, “Senna,” produced for Netflix Brazil by Sao Paulo-based Gullane in partnership with the Senna family, is now in prep.
The eight-episode fiction miniseries will plumb “the intimacy of the man who became a national hero and conquered the world,” Netflix Brazil announced on Monday.
It looks set to be the biggest play ever by Netflix for one of its biggest markets anywhere in international. In January 2021, Netflix was reported to have already run up 19 million household accounts in Brazil, nearly as many as the streamer’s then 25.49 million for the whole of Asia.
Portraying the life of Formula One racing genius Ayrton Senna, “Senna,” produced for Netflix Brazil by Sao Paulo-based Gullane in partnership with the Senna family, is now in prep.
The eight-episode fiction miniseries will plumb “the intimacy of the man who became a national hero and conquered the world,” Netflix Brazil announced on Monday.
It looks set to be the biggest play ever by Netflix for one of its biggest markets anywhere in international. In January 2021, Netflix was reported to have already run up 19 million household accounts in Brazil, nearly as many as the streamer’s then 25.49 million for the whole of Asia.
- 8/1/2022
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
We know what happens but, even so, Ed Perkins’s skilfully edited documentary on the dazzling outsider royal is utterly and unerringly compelling
She has grown not old as those who are left grew old: the “royal watchers”, the journalists, the charity workers, the prime ministers, the paparazzi, the ex-husband and the two sons, both now older than she was when she died. Maybe Ed Perkins’s documentary about Diana, Princess of Wales’s operatically exciting public life shouldn’t really be as fascinating as it is, but I spent much of it on the edge of my seat. It tells the story using only existing archive footage and some video material, perhaps inspired by film-maker Asif Kapadia who has often taken this approach, notably with racing driver Ayrton Senna, who was killed in an F1 crash in 1994.
The sting of this technique is that we now know everything, or almost everything,...
She has grown not old as those who are left grew old: the “royal watchers”, the journalists, the charity workers, the prime ministers, the paparazzi, the ex-husband and the two sons, both now older than she was when she died. Maybe Ed Perkins’s documentary about Diana, Princess of Wales’s operatically exciting public life shouldn’t really be as fascinating as it is, but I spent much of it on the edge of my seat. It tells the story using only existing archive footage and some video material, perhaps inspired by film-maker Asif Kapadia who has often taken this approach, notably with racing driver Ayrton Senna, who was killed in an F1 crash in 1994.
The sting of this technique is that we now know everything, or almost everything,...
- 6/29/2022
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
The award-winning documentarian talks about the films that make him cry, being caught up in the Champions League chaos in Paris – and a ‘mad’ new project
The British film-maker Asif Kapadia grew up in north London and established himself with his 2001 debut The Warrior. In 2010 he made the documentary Senna, about F1 racing driver Ayrton Senna. It was followed by the Oscar-winning Amy Winehouse portrait Amy (2015) and Diego Maradona (2019). Kapadia’s television work includes documentary series The Me You Can’t See, 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything and crime drama Mindhunter. This month he is guest curator at Sheffield DocFest.
These days you’re best known as a documentarist, but documentary wasn’t your first love…
I grew up watching drama and I studied directing fiction. Whenever I make a film, my references are always movies. So when I made Senna I was thinking: “This is Sunset Boulevard...
The British film-maker Asif Kapadia grew up in north London and established himself with his 2001 debut The Warrior. In 2010 he made the documentary Senna, about F1 racing driver Ayrton Senna. It was followed by the Oscar-winning Amy Winehouse portrait Amy (2015) and Diego Maradona (2019). Kapadia’s television work includes documentary series The Me You Can’t See, 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything and crime drama Mindhunter. This month he is guest curator at Sheffield DocFest.
These days you’re best known as a documentarist, but documentary wasn’t your first love…
I grew up watching drama and I studied directing fiction. Whenever I make a film, my references are always movies. So when I made Senna I was thinking: “This is Sunset Boulevard...
- 6/12/2022
- by Jonathan Romney
- The Guardian - Film News
Asif Kapadia, the Oscar-winning guest curator for 2022’s Sheffield DocFest, has unveiled his program A Documentary Journey with Asif Kapadia.
Kapadia, who is best known for his documentaries ‘Amy,’ about Amy Winehouse, and ‘Senna’ about Brazilian motor-racing champion Ayrton Senna, opened the last in-person iteration of Sheffield DocFest in 2019 with his feature about legendary Argentine footballer Diego Maradona.
The festival, now in its 29th year, was digital only in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic.
Featuring “films that have had significant impact for him, inspiring his own style and creative choices as a filmmaker,” Kapadia has selected eight documentaries for the series, including “When We Were Kings” about Muhammad Ali (pictured above).
“Without this film, there would be no ‘Amy.’ There would be no ‘Senna.’ There would be no ‘Diego Maradona,’” said Kapadia of the Ali feature.
“This selection is personal to me, as someone who grew up in Hackney in the 1970s and 1980s,...
Kapadia, who is best known for his documentaries ‘Amy,’ about Amy Winehouse, and ‘Senna’ about Brazilian motor-racing champion Ayrton Senna, opened the last in-person iteration of Sheffield DocFest in 2019 with his feature about legendary Argentine footballer Diego Maradona.
The festival, now in its 29th year, was digital only in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic.
Featuring “films that have had significant impact for him, inspiring his own style and creative choices as a filmmaker,” Kapadia has selected eight documentaries for the series, including “When We Were Kings” about Muhammad Ali (pictured above).
“Without this film, there would be no ‘Amy.’ There would be no ‘Senna.’ There would be no ‘Diego Maradona,’” said Kapadia of the Ali feature.
“This selection is personal to me, as someone who grew up in Hackney in the 1970s and 1980s,...
- 5/9/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
To celebrate the release of Michael Shevloff’s documentary, Mosley: It’s Complicated, Miracle Comms are delighted to offer three copies of the DVD to giveaway.
Mosley: It’s Complicated is a no-holds-barred study of one of the most successful yet controversial figures in motorsport, Max Mosley. Born under the dark shadow of his infamous fascist father Oswald Mosley, Max has fought his entire life to make his own mark. First in the 1970s as the owner of March, the upstart underdog Formula One race-winning team, then with friend and fellow team owner Bernie Ecclestone, Mosley wrestled control of Formula One from the Fia leading to F1’s most lucrative and popular heyday. Mosley himself went on to preside over the Fia striving to improve driver safety following the deaths of Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna in one weekend in 1994.
Denied his political ambition due to the stigma of his father’s legacy,...
Mosley: It’s Complicated is a no-holds-barred study of one of the most successful yet controversial figures in motorsport, Max Mosley. Born under the dark shadow of his infamous fascist father Oswald Mosley, Max has fought his entire life to make his own mark. First in the 1970s as the owner of March, the upstart underdog Formula One race-winning team, then with friend and fellow team owner Bernie Ecclestone, Mosley wrestled control of Formula One from the Fia leading to F1’s most lucrative and popular heyday. Mosley himself went on to preside over the Fia striving to improve driver safety following the deaths of Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna in one weekend in 1994.
Denied his political ambition due to the stigma of his father’s legacy,...
- 7/22/2021
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
In football – and sport in general – there aren’t many who make their mark both as a player and a manager, but one man who did was Jack Charlton. Talented certainly, but it was the big man’s personality that really stood out, and this feature-length documentary captures it in some style.
Finding Jack Charlton is nothing short of a masterpiece, deftly balancing the film’s three main sub-plots: his glorious reign as manager of the Republic of Ireland, relationship with his brother, Bobby Charlton, and the unfortunate onset of dementia in his twilight years. The geniuses behind it all are ITV Sport reporter, Gabriel Clarke, who has also produced features on Joe Calzaghe and Brian Clough, and filmmaker Pete Thomas.
But this blows them all out of the water. The way each aspect of Charlton’s life is intertwined over and over again is filmmaking of the highest calibre.
Finding Jack Charlton is nothing short of a masterpiece, deftly balancing the film’s three main sub-plots: his glorious reign as manager of the Republic of Ireland, relationship with his brother, Bobby Charlton, and the unfortunate onset of dementia in his twilight years. The geniuses behind it all are ITV Sport reporter, Gabriel Clarke, who has also produced features on Joe Calzaghe and Brian Clough, and filmmaker Pete Thomas.
But this blows them all out of the water. The way each aspect of Charlton’s life is intertwined over and over again is filmmaking of the highest calibre.
- 6/21/2021
- by Dan Green
- The Cultural Post
London, May 24 (Ians) Max Mosley, the former president of motorsports' world governing body Fia, has died aged 81.
Mosley became Fia president in 1993 after serving in previous administrative roles in motorsport, including Formula One. He served three terms as president before standing down in 2009.
Former Formula One chief executive Bernie Ecclestone confirmed the news, reports Dpa.
"Max was like family to me. We were like brothers. I am pleased in a way because he suffered for too long," Ecclestone said.
Mosley, who had been suffering from cancer, experienced a family tragedy in 2009 when his son Alexander died aged 39. The coroner ruled Alexander's death was due to non-dependent drug abuse.
His love for motor racing began in his youth and he was involved in Formula 2 for Brabham and Lotus before retiring in 1969.
He founded a car manufacturing company, March Engineering, and oversaw its legal and commercial affairs from 1969 to 1977.
Mosley became the...
Mosley became Fia president in 1993 after serving in previous administrative roles in motorsport, including Formula One. He served three terms as president before standing down in 2009.
Former Formula One chief executive Bernie Ecclestone confirmed the news, reports Dpa.
"Max was like family to me. We were like brothers. I am pleased in a way because he suffered for too long," Ecclestone said.
Mosley, who had been suffering from cancer, experienced a family tragedy in 2009 when his son Alexander died aged 39. The coroner ruled Alexander's death was due to non-dependent drug abuse.
His love for motor racing began in his youth and he was involved in Formula 2 for Brabham and Lotus before retiring in 1969.
He founded a car manufacturing company, March Engineering, and oversaw its legal and commercial affairs from 1969 to 1977.
Mosley became the...
- 5/24/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
As Brazil emerges from its shoot shutdown, the magnitude of its biggest production, Netflix fiction miniseries “Senna,” about Formula One racing genius Ayrton Senna, is rapidly becoming clearer.
The series, now in development, ticks multiple boxes for both Netflix and its producer, São Paulo-based Gullane.
“Language is no longer a barrier, only ambition and quality are barriers,” Francisco Ramos, Netflix VP of Spanish-language Originals in Latin America, said as a keynote at September’s San Sebastian Festival.
“Senna” certainly has ambition. It will be “the first Netflix title from Brazil conceived from its very inception as a global series,” “Senna” producer Fabiano Gullane told Variety during Ventana Sur.
In order for a Netflix title to “be successful abroad, it first has to have an impact in its own country,” Ramos also observed.
Senna can expect to have a huge impact n Brazil. For Gullane, “Other Formula One World Champions were heroes of their sport,...
The series, now in development, ticks multiple boxes for both Netflix and its producer, São Paulo-based Gullane.
“Language is no longer a barrier, only ambition and quality are barriers,” Francisco Ramos, Netflix VP of Spanish-language Originals in Latin America, said as a keynote at September’s San Sebastian Festival.
“Senna” certainly has ambition. It will be “the first Netflix title from Brazil conceived from its very inception as a global series,” “Senna” producer Fabiano Gullane told Variety during Ventana Sur.
In order for a Netflix title to “be successful abroad, it first has to have an impact in its own country,” Ramos also observed.
Senna can expect to have a huge impact n Brazil. For Gullane, “Other Formula One World Champions were heroes of their sport,...
- 12/4/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
To mark the release of Senna and Smokey & The Bandit on November 2nd and November 9th, we’ve been given a bundle of the both releases to give away on DVD.
Senna
Senna is the true story of Brazilian motor-racing legend, Ayrton Senna, whom many believe was the greatest driver who ever lived. Spanning Senna’s titanic Formula One career, the film charts his physical and spiritual journey, both on track and off; his quest for perfection and his ultimate transformation from a supremely gifted novice, who exploded into F1 in 1984, to myth after the tragic events of Imola in 1994.
Smokey & The Bandit
Smokey and the Bandit: The Bandit (Burt Reynolds) is hired to illegally deliver 400 cases of Coors beer from Texas to Atlanta in 28 hours…without getting stopped
Smokey and the Bandit Ride Again: Burt Reynolds, Sally Field and Jackie Gleason team up again as a raucous political race...
Senna
Senna is the true story of Brazilian motor-racing legend, Ayrton Senna, whom many believe was the greatest driver who ever lived. Spanning Senna’s titanic Formula One career, the film charts his physical and spiritual journey, both on track and off; his quest for perfection and his ultimate transformation from a supremely gifted novice, who exploded into F1 in 1984, to myth after the tragic events of Imola in 1994.
Smokey & The Bandit
Smokey and the Bandit: The Bandit (Burt Reynolds) is hired to illegally deliver 400 cases of Coors beer from Texas to Atlanta in 28 hours…without getting stopped
Smokey and the Bandit Ride Again: Burt Reynolds, Sally Field and Jackie Gleason team up again as a raucous political race...
- 11/2/2020
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Netflix is making a miniseries about Ayrton Senna, the famed Brazilian racing driver who died tragically in a car accident at the San Marino Grand Prix in 1994.
The eight-episode fictional miniseries is based on Senna’s life and will be made with active involvement from his family. The 34-year-old, whose full name was Ayrton Senna da Silva, was known for having won the Formula One World Drivers’ Championship three times.
Exploring Senna’s family relationships and “the man behind the national hero,” the series will offer a more personal look at his life. It will be filmed in both English and Brazilian Portuguese and is set to launch in 2022.
The yet-untitled series is produced by Brazil’s Gullane and will be shot at international locations as well as the house where he grew up in the Brazilian state of São Paulo.
“It is very special to be able to announce...
The eight-episode fictional miniseries is based on Senna’s life and will be made with active involvement from his family. The 34-year-old, whose full name was Ayrton Senna da Silva, was known for having won the Formula One World Drivers’ Championship three times.
Exploring Senna’s family relationships and “the man behind the national hero,” the series will offer a more personal look at his life. It will be filmed in both English and Brazilian Portuguese and is set to launch in 2022.
The yet-untitled series is produced by Brazil’s Gullane and will be shot at international locations as well as the house where he grew up in the Brazilian state of São Paulo.
“It is very special to be able to announce...
- 9/3/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Netflix is producing an eight-episode fictional miniseries based on the life of Ayrton Senna da Silva (1960-1994), the Brazilian racing legend who won the Formula One World Drivers’ Championship three times.
The miniseries will explore Senna’s personality and family relationships. The starting point will be Ayrton’s career debut, when he moved to England, and will culminate in the tragic accident in Imola, Italy, during the San Marino Grand Prix, when he died.
The series is produced by Brazil’s Gullane (“The Traitor”) for Netflix with the active participation of Senna’s family. The miniseries will have international locations in addition to intimate locations such as the house where Senna grew up, in São Paulo state, and to which his relatives granted unprecedented access.
“It is very special to be able to announce that we will tell the story that only a few people know about him. The Senna...
The miniseries will explore Senna’s personality and family relationships. The starting point will be Ayrton’s career debut, when he moved to England, and will culminate in the tragic accident in Imola, Italy, during the San Marino Grand Prix, when he died.
The series is produced by Brazil’s Gullane (“The Traitor”) for Netflix with the active participation of Senna’s family. The miniseries will have international locations in addition to intimate locations such as the house where Senna grew up, in São Paulo state, and to which his relatives granted unprecedented access.
“It is very special to be able to announce that we will tell the story that only a few people know about him. The Senna...
- 9/3/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
By Glenn Dunks
It is a case of diminishing returns for British director Asif Kapadia and the latest of his video tape collages, Diego Maradona. As one of the few dissenting voices to his Oscar-winning Amy – more on ethical grounds than technical – but an admirer of his earlier Senna, this portrait of the superstar Argentinian footballer never reaches the narrative heights of either. While Ayrton Senna and Amy Winehouse proved fascinating subjects in their own ways outside of whatever one thinks of Kapadia’s grave-robbing approach to their personal lives, the athletic hero at the center here is simply far less interesting and is not well served by this style of filmmaking.
As seen in Kapadia’s film, Diego Maradona’s life is something of a selfish downfall rather than a tragic response to fame or the inevitable culmination of a career of risk like his other subjects. By the...
It is a case of diminishing returns for British director Asif Kapadia and the latest of his video tape collages, Diego Maradona. As one of the few dissenting voices to his Oscar-winning Amy – more on ethical grounds than technical – but an admirer of his earlier Senna, this portrait of the superstar Argentinian footballer never reaches the narrative heights of either. While Ayrton Senna and Amy Winehouse proved fascinating subjects in their own ways outside of whatever one thinks of Kapadia’s grave-robbing approach to their personal lives, the athletic hero at the center here is simply far less interesting and is not well served by this style of filmmaking.
As seen in Kapadia’s film, Diego Maradona’s life is something of a selfish downfall rather than a tragic response to fame or the inevitable culmination of a career of risk like his other subjects. By the...
- 10/2/2019
- by Glenn Dunks
- FilmExperience
Global sports icon and lauded soccer player Diego Maradona’s dramatic life intrigued Oscar and BAFTA winner director Asif Kapadia while he was still in film school. “It had an incredibly strong backstory and extremes of good and dark,” he recalls. More than 20 years later his feature documentary “Diego Maradona” premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, and this week screens at Sarajevo Film Festival. The documentary follows Maradona’s stint at Naples, as the charismatic star came into his own and mixed with a streetwise crowd.
You’ve had a lot of experience working with archival materials. What is your process when culling down a 500-hundred-hour archive?
I’m the master of making it as difficult as possible for myself. His agent had the idea to make a film about Diego Maradona in the early 1980s and he hired two cameramen to follow him from Argentina to Spain and Barcelona and then to Naples.
You’ve had a lot of experience working with archival materials. What is your process when culling down a 500-hundred-hour archive?
I’m the master of making it as difficult as possible for myself. His agent had the idea to make a film about Diego Maradona in the early 1980s and he hired two cameramen to follow him from Argentina to Spain and Barcelona and then to Naples.
- 8/15/2019
- by Kathy A. McDonald
- Variety Film + TV
The public and private faces of the Argentinian striker are sharply contrasted in a revealing documentary from the director of Senna
In his acclaimed Formula One documentary Senna, film-maker Asif Kapadia found a way into the soul of racing driver Ayrton Senna through his longstanding rivalry with his antithetical nemesis Alain Prost. Despite having no prior interest in (or knowledge of) F1, I found Senna both informative and engaging – a riveting portrait of a man whose high-speed achievements had previously meant nothing to me. For his latest work, Kapadia has once again focused on a sport in which I have no emotional investment – football. Yet watching this typically punchy portrait of Argentina’s most infamous sporting son, I found myself gripped by a universally accessible tale of a divided soul – a figure whose dual personas are embodied in the two names of the film’s title; Diego and Maradona.
Kapadia opens his film in breathless,...
In his acclaimed Formula One documentary Senna, film-maker Asif Kapadia found a way into the soul of racing driver Ayrton Senna through his longstanding rivalry with his antithetical nemesis Alain Prost. Despite having no prior interest in (or knowledge of) F1, I found Senna both informative and engaging – a riveting portrait of a man whose high-speed achievements had previously meant nothing to me. For his latest work, Kapadia has once again focused on a sport in which I have no emotional investment – football. Yet watching this typically punchy portrait of Argentina’s most infamous sporting son, I found myself gripped by a universally accessible tale of a divided soul – a figure whose dual personas are embodied in the two names of the film’s title; Diego and Maradona.
Kapadia opens his film in breathless,...
- 6/16/2019
- by Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
- The Guardian - Film News
Almost fifty years ago, amidst an intensifying space-race between Nasa and the Soviet Space Programme, the very first men landed on the moon. The event which took place in July 1969 became one of the most watched broadcasts in history when an estimated 600 million people tuned in to watch the moment Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin go where no other man had been before them.
In his brilliant new documentary feature Apollo 11, director Todd Douglas Miller offers a comprehensive insight into the events that led to the Moon Landing. Using solely archival footage, including a 70 mm film that was previously unreleased to the public, Miller was able to construct a whole story around the original broadcast.
The film starts as the mission gets on the way from Cape Canaveral (renamed Cape Kennedy at the time in honour of JFK). As a colourful crowd in vibrant 60s...
In his brilliant new documentary feature Apollo 11, director Todd Douglas Miller offers a comprehensive insight into the events that led to the Moon Landing. Using solely archival footage, including a 70 mm film that was previously unreleased to the public, Miller was able to construct a whole story around the original broadcast.
The film starts as the mission gets on the way from Cape Canaveral (renamed Cape Kennedy at the time in honour of JFK). As a colourful crowd in vibrant 60s...
- 5/30/2019
- by Linda Marric
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
You expect the director of a biographical documentary to have a passion for whoever he’s making a movie about. But the British filmmaker Asif Kapadia spins right past passion and into obsession. He doesn’t just chronicle a personality — he does an immersive meditation on it. Kapadia plunges into the raw stuff of journalism: news footage, home video, and other “objective” media. It’s not that he doesn’t shape the material; Kapadia’s films are richly, brilliantly edited. But by eschewing many of the standard tools of documentary filmmaking, Kapadia creates an unusually direct communion between the audience and the subject, taking existential deep dives into the lives of people like the singer Amy Winehouse, the motor-racing champion Ayrton Senna, and, in his new film, the Argentine football legend of the 1980s, Diego Maradona.
One of the messages of Kapadia’s films is that there’s no one...
One of the messages of Kapadia’s films is that there’s no one...
- 5/19/2019
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Asif Kapadia has directed two incredibly compelling documentaries about the lives—and untimely deaths—of Ayrton Senna and Amy Winehouse. He returns to Cannes to complete the third part of his unique trilogy with Diego Maradona, this time detailing the brilliant and troubled life of the still very much alive soccer icon Diego Maradona. After winning the Oscar for Amy, all eyes will be on this similar-but-different doc, which pulls unseen footage from the 1980s as well as new interviews with the people around the star, and Maradona himself. But how has meeting his subject changed things for the British filmmaker?
Is Diego Maradona of a piece with your previous documentaries Senna and Amy, or is it a different beast?
It’s a good question, because I’m almost the worst person to ask.
Obviously, there are similarities. I think Maradona himself, in many ways, has lots of elements which are similar to Ayrton Senna,...
Is Diego Maradona of a piece with your previous documentaries Senna and Amy, or is it a different beast?
It’s a good question, because I’m almost the worst person to ask.
Obviously, there are similarities. I think Maradona himself, in many ways, has lots of elements which are similar to Ayrton Senna,...
- 5/18/2019
- by Joe Utichi
- Deadline Film + TV
Having made the definitive documentaries about Brazilian motor racing legend Ayrton Senna and Amy Winehouse — Amy bowed in Cannes in 2015 before winning the Oscar a year later — Brit director Asif Kapadia has turned his lens on a celebrated figure who, unusually for him, still happens to be alive. In Diego Maradona, he explores the life and times of the diminutive Argentinian soccer player who captained his country to World Cup glory while at the height of his powers and is often regarded as the greatest the world has ever seen (he even has a religion named after him)....
- 5/16/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Having made the definitive documentaries about Brazilian motor racing legend Ayrton Senna and Amy Winehouse — Amy bowed in Cannes in 2015 before winning the Oscar a year later — Brit director Asif Kapadia has turned his lens on a celebrated figure who, unusually for him, still happens to be alive. In Diego Maradona, he explores the life and times of the diminutive Argentinian soccer player who captained his country to World Cup glory while at the height of his powers and is often regarded as the greatest the world has ever seen (he even has a religion named after him)....
- 5/16/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
“Atlantiques” (Mati Diop)
Mati Diop has been gaining traction for her short films over the last several years, but she makes her feature directorial debut with “Atlantiques” in the festival’s highest profile section. The film will screen in the Competition section, earning Diop a spot in the history books as the first female filmmaker of African descent to compete for the Palme d’Or. Previously titled “Fire Next Time” (although not based on James Baldwin’s famous essay collection of the same name), “Atlantiques” tells the story of a young woman from Dakar, whose fast-paced lifestyle is disrupted by the sudden disappearance of her lover, soon believed to be dead. It’s a timely scenario focused on the ongoing plight of families from marginalized countries forced to make often treacherous journeys across land and sea in search of better opportunities in an increasingly intolerant, xenophobic world. Diop’s poetic...
Mati Diop has been gaining traction for her short films over the last several years, but she makes her feature directorial debut with “Atlantiques” in the festival’s highest profile section. The film will screen in the Competition section, earning Diop a spot in the history books as the first female filmmaker of African descent to compete for the Palme d’Or. Previously titled “Fire Next Time” (although not based on James Baldwin’s famous essay collection of the same name), “Atlantiques” tells the story of a young woman from Dakar, whose fast-paced lifestyle is disrupted by the sudden disappearance of her lover, soon believed to be dead. It’s a timely scenario focused on the ongoing plight of families from marginalized countries forced to make often treacherous journeys across land and sea in search of better opportunities in an increasingly intolerant, xenophobic world. Diop’s poetic...
- 5/7/2019
- by Eric Kohn, Kate Erbland, Christian Blauvelt, David Ehrlich, Zack Sharf and Tambay Obenson
- Indiewire
‘Quincy’.
Australian Al Hicks (‘Keep On Keepin’ On’) is the co-director of Netflix documentary ‘Quincy’, which profiles legendary music producer and composer Quincy Jones’ life and career, working with the likes of Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra and Michael Jackson. One of the speaker’s at this week’s Australian International Documentary Conference (Aidc), Hicks tells Jackie Keast how he made the film together with Quincy’s daughter, actress Rashida Jones.
You obviously knew Quincy Jones; he helped produce your first film. How did you come to make this documentary?
It’s a little bit complicated. When I was 18 I moved to New York to study jazz; I’m a drummer. During that time I met a gentleman named Clark Perry and we became really good friends. He took me under his wing and I eventually started playing drums in his band.
For a bit of context, Clark Perry was a...
Australian Al Hicks (‘Keep On Keepin’ On’) is the co-director of Netflix documentary ‘Quincy’, which profiles legendary music producer and composer Quincy Jones’ life and career, working with the likes of Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra and Michael Jackson. One of the speaker’s at this week’s Australian International Documentary Conference (Aidc), Hicks tells Jackie Keast how he made the film together with Quincy’s daughter, actress Rashida Jones.
You obviously knew Quincy Jones; he helped produce your first film. How did you come to make this documentary?
It’s a little bit complicated. When I was 18 I moved to New York to study jazz; I’m a drummer. During that time I met a gentleman named Clark Perry and we became really good friends. He took me under his wing and I eventually started playing drums in his band.
For a bit of context, Clark Perry was a...
- 3/4/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Amazon has scored “Make Us Dream,” a feature documentary about Liverpool and England soccer star Steven Gerrard. The film is produced by James Gay-Rees, whose previous projects include “Senna,” about motor-racing legend Ayrton Senna, and Amy Winehouse biopic “Amy.”
“Make Us Dream” will be shown in U.K. cinemas on Nov. 15 and then stream worldwide on Amazon’s Prime Video Svod service. It is the latest sports documentary the streamer has added to its service after the likes of original series “All Or Nothing,” about Premier League champions Manchester City.
“Make Us Dream” will tell the story of Gerard, who joined Liverpool F.C. when he was 8 years-old. He left 26 years later, having won two Fa Cups, three League Cups, one UEFA Cup, one Fa Community Shield, one UEFA Super Cup and one UEFA Champions League. He was named in the Professional Football Association’s Team of the Year a record eight times.
“Make Us Dream” will be shown in U.K. cinemas on Nov. 15 and then stream worldwide on Amazon’s Prime Video Svod service. It is the latest sports documentary the streamer has added to its service after the likes of original series “All Or Nothing,” about Premier League champions Manchester City.
“Make Us Dream” will tell the story of Gerard, who joined Liverpool F.C. when he was 8 years-old. He left 26 years later, having won two Fa Cups, three League Cups, one UEFA Cup, one Fa Community Shield, one UEFA Super Cup and one UEFA Champions League. He was named in the Professional Football Association’s Team of the Year a record eight times.
- 11/1/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Goteborg’s TV Drama Vision projects also include South Pole thriller and Second World-era drama.
Source: Filmlance International Ab
The Bridge
As the fourth and final series of hit Danish-Swedish TV series The Bridge plays around the world, a Serbia-Croatia version is “nearly greenlit,” says Lars Blomgren, executive producer and MD of Swedish production company Filmlance.
At Goteborg’s TV Drama Vision conference this week, he also said the fourth remake, from Germany-Austria, was now shooting. That follows three earlier remakes: UK-France, Us-Mexico and Estonia-Russia. There will be more, he predicts, “There are plans on many parts of the planet.”
Sofia Helin, who plays Swedish detective Saga Noren in the hit show, said she was ready to move onto new projects but proud of creating the “feminist role model” that is her character. “I’m happy we created Saga, she has meant a lot to not only people who identify with her condition [the character is on the autism spectrum] but just as a female...
Source: Filmlance International Ab
The Bridge
As the fourth and final series of hit Danish-Swedish TV series The Bridge plays around the world, a Serbia-Croatia version is “nearly greenlit,” says Lars Blomgren, executive producer and MD of Swedish production company Filmlance.
At Goteborg’s TV Drama Vision conference this week, he also said the fourth remake, from Germany-Austria, was now shooting. That follows three earlier remakes: UK-France, Us-Mexico and Estonia-Russia. There will be more, he predicts, “There are plans on many parts of the planet.”
Sofia Helin, who plays Swedish detective Saga Noren in the hit show, said she was ready to move onto new projects but proud of creating the “feminist role model” that is her character. “I’m happy we created Saga, she has meant a lot to not only people who identify with her condition [the character is on the autism spectrum] but just as a female...
- 2/2/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
The dramatic life story of Formula One’s Frank Williams suffers in an unwieldy and contrived documentary
Slightly contrived and unwieldy in structure, this documentary about Formula One legend Frank Williams lacks the throttle to match the success of Asif Kapadia’s film about Williams’s doomed driver, Ayrton Senna. There is, however, plenty of drama to explore. Obsessed from a young age with motor racing, Frank Williams was a driven character, in every sense of the word. His is a life lived at high speed and scarred by tragedy. The film is let down by an overlong running time and a prurient attempt to crowbar an emotional response from the taciturn Williams.
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Slightly contrived and unwieldy in structure, this documentary about Formula One legend Frank Williams lacks the throttle to match the success of Asif Kapadia’s film about Williams’s doomed driver, Ayrton Senna. There is, however, plenty of drama to explore. Obsessed from a young age with motor racing, Frank Williams was a driven character, in every sense of the word. His is a life lived at high speed and scarred by tragedy. The film is let down by an overlong running time and a prurient attempt to crowbar an emotional response from the taciturn Williams.
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- 8/6/2017
- by Wendy Ide
- The Guardian - Film News
The director of Senna and Amy on falling in love with his subjects, tackling Maradona, and how his films resemble pop art
London-born director Asif Kapadia is known for his “true fiction” documentaries: 2010’s groundbreaking Senna, about the Formula One icon Ayrton Senna; and Amy, on the short life of Amy Winehouse, which won the Oscar for best documentary feature in 2016. He is currently working on a film about another troubled genius, Diego Maradona. Before factual films, Kapadia made narrative dramas. His first feature, The Warrior, will be screened this summer as part of a Bafta Debuts tour, which showcases a handful of Bafta-winning debut films from leading British directors, such as Lynne Ramsay, Andrea Arnold and Steve McQueen.
The Warrior won two Baftas – for best debut and for outstanding British film in 2003 – but it’s been seen less than some of your other films. Do you think it stands the test of time?...
London-born director Asif Kapadia is known for his “true fiction” documentaries: 2010’s groundbreaking Senna, about the Formula One icon Ayrton Senna; and Amy, on the short life of Amy Winehouse, which won the Oscar for best documentary feature in 2016. He is currently working on a film about another troubled genius, Diego Maradona. Before factual films, Kapadia made narrative dramas. His first feature, The Warrior, will be screened this summer as part of a Bafta Debuts tour, which showcases a handful of Bafta-winning debut films from leading British directors, such as Lynne Ramsay, Andrea Arnold and Steve McQueen.
The Warrior won two Baftas – for best debut and for outstanding British film in 2003 – but it’s been seen less than some of your other films. Do you think it stands the test of time?...
- 6/25/2017
- by Tim Lewis
- The Guardian - Film News
Princess Charlene Perfectly Channels a Glam Bond Girl in Stunning Video for Monaco’s 75th Grand Prix
Princess Charlene is going Bond!
In honor of Monaco’s 75th Grand Prix, held last weekend, Prince Albert and Princess Charlene took part in a special tribute, a brief 7-minute video, boasting all the romance and glamour of a Bond film.
With Charlene (who stuns in a chic halter top and glamorous shades!) arriving by boat and Albert in a helicopter, the couple joined past Monaco Grand Prix winners David Coulthard and Mark Weber at the Monaco Yacht Club. There, in a rare and captivating glimpse, the relaxed royal couple shared memories of the world’s most prestigious auto race...
In honor of Monaco’s 75th Grand Prix, held last weekend, Prince Albert and Princess Charlene took part in a special tribute, a brief 7-minute video, boasting all the romance and glamour of a Bond film.
With Charlene (who stuns in a chic halter top and glamorous shades!) arriving by boat and Albert in a helicopter, the couple joined past Monaco Grand Prix winners David Coulthard and Mark Weber at the Monaco Yacht Club. There, in a rare and captivating glimpse, the relaxed royal couple shared memories of the world’s most prestigious auto race...
- 6/1/2017
- by Peter Mikelbank
- PEOPLE.com
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