The as-yet unnamed film will bᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚe co-produced by Hamilton and Jerry Bruckheimer, and directed by Joseph Kosinski, w💯ho was behind the latest Top Gun movie. 

Shooting is set to begin later this year, with the꧅ plot revolving around a veteran driver played by Pitt who mentors a rising F1 star. 

• Pitt met with F1 bosses to discuss film co-produced by Hamilton

🦩At the launch of Mercedes’ 2023 F1 car, Hamilton revealed he is currently helping to choose who would co-star alongside the Hollywood icon. 

“We're goi💯ng through a process rig𓄧ht now of selecting the character that will be alongside Brad, which is exciting,” Hamilton said. 

“Basically that's the process of watching [the auditions]. We have recordings of them doing certain scenes and we got th𝄹rough it.

“I've have sat in the office with Jerry and Joe and Brad, and we've been watching them and kind of given our inputs and what we think.🧸”

The seven-time world champion is focused on representation 🅺and said he would “love to see a female driver” in the film. 

“I want to make the movie, in terms of like having diversity and representation, I want it to be as Formula 1 should be in the future - or should be now, 🌞but will be in the future,” Hamilton said. 

“I want to see female mechanics. We would love🐎 to see a female driver. We haven't gotten to that point just yet. But why 🍸not?

“Right no🍒w, we’ve still got the script. We’ve gone through quite a few different it𓆉erations of it.

“We're still waiting for a new re🔥write, and that's the whole process. But I was doing that throughout Christmas.

“It's exciting. I'm excited to get the n♐ext end of the script. I was talking to Brad last night about the characters that we have coming.”

Apple T🦄V have acquired the rights for the new movie at a cost of $140million (£125m).