Brothers Ridley and Tony Scott to helm 60’s Le Mans TV series called ‘The Drivers’
Petrolheads across the world, unite! Brothers Tony and Ridley Scott are working together to fulfil your small screen motoring dreams.
The directors - who between them have knocked out Alien, Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun, American Gangster et al - have bought the rights to Wallace Wyss' book ‘Shelby: The Man, The Cars, The Legend', which is a warts-n-all tale on drivers from across the globe who competed in Le Mans throughout the 50s and 60s.
In a statement, Ridley Scott said: "I grew up in the north of England at a time when Stirling Moss was a hero. Everyone wanted to be a racing driver.
"This is a hugely ambitious project and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to tell the story of these iconic and legendary men who risked everything to win at Le Mans. It's an epic story of courage and ambition and a history of racing which has never been told on such a grand scale," he added.
It's Mad Men with added testosterone and oversteer - you want to watch this. To paraphrase Maverick, ‘we feel the need, the need, for speed'. And so forth.
On paper at least, the second-best motoring television show. You should already know the best. It's won a few awards and everything...
The directors - who between them have knocked out Alien, Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun, American Gangster et al - have bought the rights to Wallace Wyss' book ‘Shelby: The Man, The Cars, The Legend', which is a warts-n-all tale on drivers from across the globe who competed in Le Mans throughout the 50s and 60s.
In a statement, Ridley Scott said: "I grew up in the north of England at a time when Stirling Moss was a hero. Everyone wanted to be a racing driver.
"This is a hugely ambitious project and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to tell the story of these iconic and legendary men who risked everything to win at Le Mans. It's an epic story of courage and ambition and a history of racing which has never been told on such a grand scale," he added.
It's Mad Men with added testosterone and oversteer - you want to watch this. To paraphrase Maverick, ‘we feel the need, the need, for speed'. And so forth.
On paper at least, the second-best motoring television show. You should already know the best. It's won a few awards and everything...
