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Racing Champ Lewis Hamilton Goes Hollywood With ‘F1.’ How Peyton Manning, Serena Williams and More Are Turning Sports Fame into Production Gold
Formula 1 superstar Lewis Hamilton enters a new race - as a movie producer chasing the box office crown with 'F1.' Here's more athletes gone Hollywood.
Hamilton was closely involved in the making of the racing movie, which stars Brad Pitt and Damson Idris as drivers on a scrappy, underdog team chasing their first win on the Formula 1 circuit. Hamilton isn’t the first athlete to try his hand at producing scripted content — think LeBron James and his SpringHill Company or the late Kobe Bryant, who won an Oscar for best animated short — but his entrance on the scene underscores that audiences are invested in more than just football, basketball and baseball. Next up is the Netflix adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s novel “Carrie Soto Is Back,” which was loosely inspired by Serena and her sister Venus Williams’ tennis prowess.
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