Ok, the Ford vs. Shelby LeMans saga has the makings of a great movie. But Matt Damon as Carroll Shelby? Not only no but HELL NO!

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The Ford vs. Ferrari Movie Is Coming This November

Finally, the film that tells the story of Ford against Ferrari at Le Mans in 1966 is headed to theaters.

By CHRIS PERKINS
MAY 8, 2019

The long-awaited movie telling about the Ford/Ferrari matchup at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966 is coming out later this year.
Tom Cruise had once been tipped to play Carroll Shelby, but Matt Damon will actually take the role in the movie.

The release date, announced by Walt Disney Studios, is November 15, 2019.

It seems like we've been hearing about a movie covering Ford vs. Ferrari at Le Mans in the 1960s for years, but now, it finally has a release date. Walt Disney Studios, following its recent acquisition of Fox's film business, announced yesterday that Ford v. Ferrari will be released on November 15, 2019.

Back in 2013, it was first revealed that Tom Cruise had been tapped to play Carroll Shelby in a movie adaptation of A.J. Baime's book Go Like Hell. That didn't happen, and it wasn't until last year we learned that Logan director James Mangold was hired to helm the film. And while Fox did have the rights to Baime's book, Variety reported last year that Go Like Hell would be adapted into a TV show, while the Ford v. Ferrari movie would get a new screenplay.

Ford v. Ferrari will star Christian Bale as Ken Miles, the Shelby test driver and racer who helped develop the Ford GT40 Mk II, and Matt Damon as Carroll Shelby. It focuses on the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans, where Henry Ford II, spurned by a failed takeover of Ferrari, exacts his revenge on the Italian company by beating them at Le Mans. With the GT40 MkII, Ford locked out all three steps of the podium, embarrassing Ferrari at a race it had come to dominate in previous years. Ferrari got its revenge at the 1967 Daytona 24 Hours, locking out the podium with a gorgeous trio of prototypes, but that's a story for a later date.

A trailer for the movie was shown at a film conference last month, and it seemed to be well received, reports Variety. And with a mid-November release date, it could be a major player during award season.

Having seen a few interviews of Carroll Shelby, somebody horribly miscast Matt Damon to portray the man who made the Cobra.

Edit to add: Tom Cruise would also have been a bad choice.

Just watch Adam Carolla’s doc, The 24 Hour War.

Claude Akins would have been perfect to play Shelby. I saw Shelby in the pits from across the track at Goodwood in 2000.

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Originally posted by gibby29:
Just watch Adam Carolla’s doc, The 24 Hour War.

This. It's on Amazon Prime and well worth the time to watch.

Jim

The Grand Tour covered this well.

https://vimeo.com/203476647

also check out a 1 hour film called 'The Road to Ferrari'

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Originally posted by gibby29:
Just watch Adam Carolla’s doc, The 24 Hour War.

Yup. Or read the book, Go Like Hell.