Gran Turismo flick collection for launch in 2023, has a story

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A long-gestating movie based upon PlayStation’s Gran Turismo collection of auto racing games appears like it’s ultimately occurring. Sony Pictures has actually revealed a launched day ofAug 11, 2023 for the movie, which is called merely Gran Turismo and also is readied to be guided by District 9‘s Neill Blomkamp.

According to Deadline, Sony likewise provided a brand-new logline laying out the movie’s story: “Based on a true story, the film is the ultimate wish fulfillment tale of a teenage Gran Turismo player whose gaming skills won a series of Nissan competitions to become an actual professional race car driver.”

If that seems acquainted, it’s due to the fact that a Gran Turismo movie with this basis has actually been reviewed previously– almost 9 years back. It was confirmed to be in development in 2013, and also Gran Turismo game supervisor Kazunori Yamauchi commented then that it would certainly be based upon the tale of Lucas Ordonez, a Spanish chauffeur that finished from Gran Turismo and also Nissan’s GT Academy competitors to real-life auto racing at Le Mans and also in GT collection.

Indeed, Ordonez isn’t the only racer to follow this course. Brit Jann Mardenborough won GT Academy a couple of years after Ordonez, and also took place to appreciate a longer racing career, winding up in the Super GT champion in Japan.

So, as corny as the story might seem, it’s really reliable, as the lines in between digital and also actual motorsport remain to obscure. Turkish racer Cem Bolukbasi just recently relocated from Formula One’s esports collection to a complete period in F2, while F1 celebrities like Max Verstappen and also Lando Norris are referred to as tough rivals on iRacing

If this flick has been rotting on Sony’s order of business for as long, exactly how come it ultimately has the energy to obtain made? For one point, the PlayStation Productions arm that is concentrated on transforming Sony’s video clip game residential or commercial properties right into movies simply had a sizable hit with Uncharted, and also Sony will certainly be eager to extract this joint even more.

For an additional, motorsports films are instantly in style in Hollywood, after Netflix’s Drive to Survive docuseries considerably elevated understanding of F1, in the U.S. specifically. Apple recently sealed a deal to generate a F1 flick starring Brad Pitt and also guided by Top Gun: Maverick‘sJoseph Kosinski Meanwhile, Michael Mann has actually been able revitalize his passion project Ferrari, a biopic starring Adam Driver and alsoPenelope Cruz Sony is undoubtedly wanting to join this pattern with Gran Turismo.

This will certainly be Blomkamp’s initial video clip game adjustment– remarkably, possibly. The South African supervisor is recognized to like video clip games, and also in the 2000s was connected to make an unfortunate movie adjustment of Halo, to be generated by Peter Jackson.

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Source: Polygon