James Mangold’s ‘Logan’ Follow-Up Will Focus On Ford Vs. Ferrari
By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 5, 2018 5:00 pm EST
James Mangold made one of the best superhero movies in recent memory and isn’t about to sit back and rest on his laurels. Variety reports James Mangold’s next movie will track the battle between Ford and Ferrari to build the world’s fastest race car. Here’s how Variety describes the movie:
“Based on a true story, the film follows an eccentric, determined team of American engineers and designers, led by automotive visionary Carroll Shelby and his British driver, Ken Miles, who are dispatched by Henry Ford II with the mission of building from scratch an entirely new automobile with the potential to finally defeat the perennially dominant Ferrari at the 1966 Le Mans World Championship. The project doesn’t have a formal title, but is known internally as the Untitled Ford vs. Ferrari Project.”
Mangold will now develop the Ford and Ferrari film with screenwriters Jez and John-Henry Butterworth.
Ferrari On Film
In Mangold’s take on the material, Bale is no longer wanted for the part of Ferrari, but rather that of British driver Ken Miles. Mangold will now use a different source for his Untitled Ford vs. Ferrari Project. This means we can expect two competing Ford vs. Ferrari projects in the future. Sort of like when Armageddon and Deep Impact came out in the same year. but with less asteroid strikes and more scenes of cars going really fast. That’s all we know about James Mangold’s new movie for now, but one thing is for certain: it definitely won’t have a post-credit scene.
