Bruce McLaren
Film Productions

Bruce McLaren's daughter Amanda is part of the project's working group, and his widow Patty also gave her support to the film. Many of Bruce's friends and colleagues are closely involved with the production. They are the closest we can get now to the real Bruce McLaren, and we deeply appreciate and respect their willingness to share their personal knowledge and memories. There have been many other attempts to make this film, but never before have Bruce's family and friends agreed to be involved.

No. This is narrative feature film intended for a global theatrical release about the life of Bruce McLaren. This compelling “biopic” will be driven by a recognizable cast and “A-list” talent behind the camera to re-create this period sports drama and capture the heart pounding races. One of the universal goals for the filmmakers, the McLaren family and race historians, is to stay as true as possible to Bruce’s life story. His ability overcome adversity and stick to his vision is the reason McLaren has become a worldwide brand today.

At this stage no final decisions have been made regarding filming locations, however, after leaving New Zealand in 1958, McLaren lived in Britain and raced on all of the major circuits around the world, following the Formula One, Can Am and Tasman series. Therefore potential locations could well include New Zealand, United Kingdom, USA, Monaco, Germany and France.

To capture who Bruce McLaren really was, the production is sourcing as much material as possible from the people who were actually there. At the launch of The Bruce McLaren Movie there were many people close to Bruce including Patty McLaren, Bruce and Patty’s daughter Amanda McLaren, Eoin Young, Walter Willmott, Bruce Harre, Chris Amon, Sir Jack Brabham, Greeta Hulme, John Surtees and Emerson Fittipaldi. It is our intention to draw from these people, and many others close to Bruce, the heart and soul of Bruce's incredible story.

Bruce's cars were so astonishingly good that many of the originals were kept. They have been restored or maintained in running condition by colleagues, friends and collectors. We will rebuild the ones we need. Bruce's original designers and mechanics have already asked to be involved.

This will be dealt with in great detail once we move into pre-production, but it is clear that a range of options exist to recreate some of the truly spectacular races in motorsport history. In some cases the original tracks exist in a similar condition to how they were in the sixties, while others no longer exist at all. Thus the film will most likely use a combination of full scale re-enactments with purpose built or original cars, scale models, and computer generated imagery.