Friday February 1st, 2002

By Dana Harris

Enzo Ferrari will be the center of a new biopic movie, set to be produced by "Ali" director Michael Mann.

The project, inspired by Brock Yates' 1991 book "Enzo Ferrari: The Man, the Cars, the Race, the Machine", has spent a decade in development. As far back as 1993, Mann intended to direct the film with Robert De Niro in the lead. He now plans only to produce the film, however, in partnership with Disney-backed Spyglass Entertainment and Mirage Enterprises, the shingle of Sydney Pollack and Anthony Minghella. David Rayfiel ("Sabrina") is penning the latest draft.

Ferrari's ambition to build and race the world's finest cars is an epic tale shaped by the forces of two world wars, the rise of fascism, family tragedies and a single-minded determination that pushed him to work seven days a week but left little room for personal relationships.

A longtime fan of auto racing, Mirage's Pollack also directed and produced the 1977 picture "Bobby Deerfield", the story of an American racer on the European circuit that starred Al Pacino.

Published at 08:53:35 GMT

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