Tobey Maguire is set to star in car racing film project, "The Limit"

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Tobey Maguire will temporarily trade off his spider suit to a race car driver suit if Columbia Pictures and closes the negotiation to acquire the rights to “The Limit”, based on Michael Cannell's upcoming book, "Limit".

THR reports that Maguire is also producing it with Jenno Topping, Cathy Schulman and Scarlett Lacey for Mandalay Pictures. Their tapping the services of Tony Peckham to pen the screenplay.

"The Limit" is a story of real-life friends and rivals Phil Hill (Tobey Maguire) and Wolfgang von Trips, two Grand Prix drivers on the Ferrari team, who are pitted against each other during the 1961 Drivers Championship.

Hachette Publishing division Twelve is publishing the Cannell book “The Limit” in the fall.

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