Ron Howard's ''Rush'' movie images released (+photos)

The makers of Ron Howard's new movie “Rush” have released four images of the film that will hit the screens in 2013.

Hollywood producer Ron Howard teams once again with fellow two-time Academy Award nominee, writer Peter Morgan, on “Rush”, a spectacular big-screen re-creation of the merciless 1970s rivalry between Formula 1 drivers, Briton James Hunt and Austrian Niki Lauda.

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Here's the story of the film, as described on the official web site.

The epic action-drama stars Chris Hemsworth as the charismatic and easy going Englishman James Hunt and Daniel Brühl as the disciplined Austrian perfectionist Niki Lauda, whose clashes on the Grand Prix circuits epitomized the contrast between these two extraordinary characters, a distinction reflected in their private lives.

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Set against the sexy and glamorous golden age of Formula 1 racing, “Rush” portrays the exhilarating true story of two of the greatest rivals the world has ever witnessed - handsome English playboy Hunt and his methodical, brilliant opponent, Lauda.

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Taking us into their personal lives on and off the track, “Rush” follows the two drivers as they push themselves to the breaking point of physical and psychological endurance, where there is no shortcut to victory and no margin for error. If you make one mistake, you die.

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Also starring Olivia Wilde and Alexandra Maria Lara, “Rush” is produced by Andrew Eaton, Howard, Academy Award winner Brian Grazer, Eric Fellner, Morgan and Brian Oliver and executive produced by Cross Creek Pictures, Exclusive Media, Todd Hallowell and Tim Bevan. Universal Pictures will distribute the film in North America.

Rush was shot on location in the U.K., Germany and Austria.