Maverick' helmer's feature, which counts Lewis Hamilton as a producer and features Javier Bardem and Kerry Condon, is about the late-career return of a once promising Formula 1 driver.

Brad Pitt hit Times Square Monday night for the premiere of his new movie F1. The film stars Pitt as Sonny Hayes, a fictional F1 driver who makes a comeback to racing after losing his career decades earlier following a serious car crash.

"F1," starring Brad Pitt and in theaters June 27, captures the thrill of Formula 1 in a reliable blockbuster formula that will appear rather familiar to fans of the stars and filmmakers.