Eric Bana will write, co-direct and star in a feature film based on Mike 'The Bike' Hailwood, regarded to be one of the greatest motorcycle racers of all time. PiyaSRoy has the details:
Eric Bana will write, co-direct and star in a feature film based on Mike 'The Bike' Hailwood, regarded to be one of the greatest motorcycle racers of all time.
Bana will pen the screenplay for the film and will co-direct with Robert Connolly as well as starring as Hailwood. Bana's Pick Up Truck Pictures and Connolly's Arenamedia partnered together to secure the rights to Hailwood's story from his family, and will center the script on Hailwood returning to the Isle of Man race in 1978 after an 11 year hiatus.
“We are absolutely thrilled that Eric Bana and Robert Connolly have taken Mike’s story to adapt into a feature film about his historic ‘comeback’ race win,” said Pauline Hailwood, the widow of Mike Hailwood, and their son David Hailwood. “We are delighted that Mike will be depicted by Eric Bana, an actor with an immense passion and knowledge of motorsports, Mike’s career, and a rider himself.”
British racer Hailwood became one of the greatest motorsports racers after winning the Isle of Man race, one of the most treacherous driving courses, 12 times. He retired at the peak of his career in 1967 and died at the age of 40 in 1981. , a film based on Jane Harper's novel of the same name in which Bana also stars. , in which he explored his love of motorsports and his connection to his first car.
Bana is represented by WME and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern. Connolly is represented by UTA and Untitled Entertainment
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