From Raging Bull To Prancing Horse: De Niro Signs On For Ferrari Biopic

Robert De Niro, star of Raging Bull, Goodfellas and dozens of other blockbusters, has confirmed he will play Enzo Ferrari in a big-budget film of the motoring legend’s life.

"For me it is an honour and a joy to tell the life of an extraordinary man who revolutionised the automotive world and across historical periods,” De Niro told Italian paper Il Messaggero this week.

The biopic will follow the life and career of ‘il Commendatore’ from the post-war founding of the Ferrari company to his final days in the 1980s.

De Niro’s own Tribeca Enterprises will partner with producer Gianna Bozzacchi’s Triworld Cinema to develop the film, titled simply ‘Ferrari’.

"It will have a high budget and will cover a wide span, from 1945 to the eighties in a twisted game of eras and episodes," Bozzacchi told the paper.

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