Apple hasn’t officially greenlit a sequel to last year’s blockbuster “F1: The Movie,” but Eddy Cue — who oversees the tech giant’s entertainment businesses — said one will “hopefully” be coming, in partnership once again with Jerry Bruckheimer.
Cue, senior vice president of services and health at Apple, took the main stage at the Cannes Palais convention center Monday at the Cannes Lions festival with Bruckheimer, the longtime Hollywood producer who teamed with Apple for last year’s hit “F1: The Movie” for Apple Original Films. Cue’s appearance was queued up for his recognition as Cannes Lions’ Entertainment Person of the Year, with the festival citing his leadership of the tech giant’s entertainment and services businesses, including Apple Music and the Apple TV streaming service.
“I can’t even say this is a dream come true, because I couldn’t even dream that way,” Cue told Bruckheimer about the award. “I have an amazing team of folks I get to work with every day that have made this all possible. The great thing is we’re just getting started, so there’s a lot more to do.”
Bruckheimer kicked off the conversation by praising Cue and the Apple team. “I’m really excited because we’re going to come back and hopefully make another ‘F1,'” he said. Bruckheimer also has another movie project in the works with Apple about UFOs alongside producer Joseph Kosinski that he described as “kind of ‘All the President’s Men’ about what the government’s been hiding about UAPs [unidentified anomalous phenomena] all these years.” Said Bruckheimer: “It’s going to be a true story, and it’s going to be, I mean, mind-boggling.”
