Editing Gilles Villeneuve (section)

==In popular culture==
A film based on the biography by Gerald Donaldson was announced in 2005, to be produced by Capri Films Inc, and with [[Christian Duguay (director)|Christian Duguay]] named as the director;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crash.net/f1/news/51305/1/production-team-named-for-villeneuve-movie |title=Production team named for Villeneuve movie. (archived version)|date=February 26, 2005|publisher=crash.net, inc|access-date=August 19, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170819134220/http://www.crash.net/f1/news/51305/1/production-team-named-for-villeneuve-movie |archive-date = August 19, 2017}}</ref> the film has yet to materialise. A new film, to be directed by [[Daniel Roby]], was announced as entering production in 2023.<ref>Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/remi-goulet-rosalie-bonenfant-biopic-villeneuve/ "Rémi Goulet et Rosalie Bonenfant dans le biopic Villeneuve"]. ''Films du Québec'', May 11, 2023.</ref>

The popular [[French comics]] series ''[[Michel Vaillant]]'' by [[Jean Graton]] is set in the world of motor racing and, although largely fictional, often includes real-life figures including drivers, officials and journalists. Villeneuve appears in a number of stories, and in ''Steve Warson contre Michel Vaillant'' (''fr:'' "Steve Warson versus Michel Vaillant") becomes the 1980 World Champion (though in the 1981 season, covered in ''Rififi en F1'' ("Trouble in F1"), Graton acknowledges [[Alan Jones (racing driver)|Alan Jones]] as the real Champion)<ref>[http://pal-degome.bleublog.lematin.ch/archive/2008/06/03/dossiers-michel-vaillant-gilles-villeneuve.html Dossiers Michel Vaillant 'Gilles Villeneuve'] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090801115029/http://pal-degome.bleublog.lematin.ch/archive/2008/06/03/dossiers-michel-vaillant-gilles-villeneuve.html |date=August 1, 2009 }} - review of a book on Villeneuve, published under the ''Michel Vaillant'' banner</ref> and Quebec progressive rock and pop band [[The Box (band)|The Box]] based their 1984 song "Live on TV" inspired by Villeneuve's televised death.  In 2017, Italian rock band, The Rock Alchemist<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Rock Alchemist|url=https://www.therockalchemist.it/}}</ref> wrote the song, "27" for their ''Elements''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Elements|url=https://www.therockalchemist.it/discography/elements/}}</ref> album as a tribute to Gilles Villeneuve's #27 Ferrari F1 car.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Rock Alchemist - Elements - Lion Music Record Label Profile|url=http://www.lionmusic.com/cd/Rock_Alchemists.html}}</ref>