EXCLUSIVE: Abramorama has acquired North American distribution rights to 2DIE4, the debut feature from Brazilian filmmakers Salomão and André Abdala, known collectively as the Abdala Brothers.
The North American theatrical rollout marks the company’s first Imax release. The film will also be the first Brazilian film to be released in the large-scale format. The Imax release will begin this month and last 30 days before expanding to theaters nationwide in late February.
The film follows Brazilian Formula 1 driver Felipe Nasr as he competes in a real race, capturing a story unfolding in real time. The film’s synopsis reads: The film plays as a visceral action thriller and psychological character study, placing audiences directly inside Nasr’s cockpit through a revolutionary first-person sound design that conveys not just engines and radio chatter, but his internal pressure, fragmented thoughts, and heightened awareness at speed.
“The Abdala Brothers haven’t just made a racing film, they’ve redefined what’s possible in the Imax format,” Karol Martesko-Fenster, CEO & President of AB2 Media Group / Abramorama, said in a statement. “Their commitment to this project, from developing proprietary technology to financing it themselves, embodies the kind of audacious filmmaking that deserves to be experienced on the biggest screen possible. We’re thrilled to bring this visceral, unprecedented racing experience to North American audiences.”
Nasr is a three-time IMSA Prototype class champion (2018, 2021, 2024). He won early titles in Formula BMW Europe (2009) and the British Formula 3 Championship (2011), before progressing through GP2 and Formula One with Sauber. He is currently a Team Penske driver.
“We didn’t want to make a film about racing—we wanted to put audiences inside the race itself,” said Salomão and André Abdala. “Every creative decision was driven by one question: how do we make people feel what it’s like to be Felipe Nasr at 200 miles per hour? I think we’ve created something that’s never been seen before on an Imax screen, and we can’t wait for audiences to experience it.”
Check out the trailer above.