Jessica Alba To Star In "Maserati: The Brothers"

Jessica Alba is set to star in sports car biopic "Maserati: The Brothers".

She joins Anthony Hopkins, Michele Morrone and Andy Garcia in the film about the brothers behind the iconic Italian car.

Jessica will play the “pivotal” character of Sandra. Garcia will play Mr. Rossini. Morrone will star as brother Alfieri Maserati. Hopkins will play an Italian financier who bankrolls the family.

Filming is due to get underway at the end of next month in Italy.

Maserati was founded in 1914 in a garage in the central Italian city of Bologna by three brothers: Alfieri, Ettore and Ernesto. From its early days, the company – which is now known for luxury cars — was connected to the world of car racing. Maserati’s first Grand Prix vehicle is the one that Alfieri Maserati was driving in the 1927 Messina Cup race when he had a near fatal crash. Alfieri died a few years later at the age of 44 from injuries related to that carsh. In 1937, the brothers sold a controlling stake in the company that is now owned by Fiat.