Explained: New F1 TV “family drama series” will “blend fiction and real world”
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Deadline report that “Formula 1 is getting into the scripted television business”.Named ‘One’, the show will be the first officially sanctioned scripted series by F1.How Drive to Survive changed Formula 1Video of How Drive to Survive changed Formula 1Netflix’s ‘Drive To Survive’ has famously been a huge success for F1 – and is credited with increasing their popularity in the USA, in particular – but this new step represents a different route onto people’s screens.Felicity Jones, an actress who has appeared in Star Wars and The Theory Of Everything, will star in and produce the new show.Formula 1 itself will also be involved as a producer.The show will be about “the tumultuous ascension of a fictitious family-owned Formula 1 team as it contends with fierce personalities, ever-changing rivals, and multi-million-dollar stakes.“It will blend fiction with the real-world of F1.”Jones said: “It is an honour to be part of this unique and exciting partnership with Formula 1. “The high stakes world of F1 continually delivers edge-of-your-seat drama and to have the opportunity to create a show based in this world is a thrilling prospect.”Separately, F1 will hit movie screens when the film produced by Lewis Hamilton and starring Brad Pitt is released.Related Mercedes not expecting to be ‘nipping at the heels’ of Red Bull in Canada Mercedes reviewing communication after Hamilton-Russell clash ‘confusion’
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