Hugh Jackman Will Star as Enzo Ferrari in Biopic

The film starts production summer 2018.

By Alex Gilyadov

Wolverine himself Hugh Jackman will now play legendary motor racing driver and entrepreneur Enzo Ferrari in Michael Mann's biopic.

Deadline reports the Logan star replaced Christian Bale for the lead role, as Bale developed health issues while putting on weight for the film. Jackman on the other hand, no longer has to worry about getting physically fit to play Wolverine.

Noomi Rapace will star alongside Jackman as his estranged wife Linda. Michael Mann's script for the film will focus on the pair's tense relationship while Ferrari was designing his race cars. The movie takes place in 1957, the most tumultuous period in Ferrari's life as the designer had to put up with failure, success, and death while competing against Maserati.

The biopic doesn't have a release date yet, but production will start sometime in summer 2018.

In other news, Jackman's latest film Logan opened at number one in its opening weekend, grossing over $85 million. Check out how Logan's opening compares to the rest of the X-Men franchise.

Alex Gilyadov is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter. 

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