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The Last StardriverSony Interactive Entertainment's premier driving simulator, Gran Turismo, is getting ready to burn rubber on the big screen. According to a new report from the Tinseltown insiders over at Deadline (https://deadline.com/2022/06/gran-turismo-movie-neill-blomkamp-video-game-adaptation-sony-playstation-1235033958/), Columbia Pictures is scoping a summer 2023 release date for the fast and furious movie adaptation.
Directed by Neil Blomkamp, (the big chair behind the great District 9 and the abominable CHAPPiE), Gran Turismo has something of a strange plot concept. Reportedly, the movie will follow the exploit of the world's greatest Gran Turismo player, who transitions their digital racing skills onto the real-world professional car racing circuit. Think The Last Starfighter, but without the world-saving angle.
As cheesy as that premise sounds, it is, surprisingly, an adaptation of a true story. British racing driver Jann Mardenborough legitimately won a Nissan-sponsored GT Academy contest in 2011, securing themselves a scholarship in the Nissan?s Driver Development Programme. Since the competition, Mardenborough has gone on to compete in numerous major race tournaments including Japan's GT Super series and the famous 24-hour Le Mans rally.
Personally, I prefer my driving movies to focus on people in pleather flame trousers stealing DVD players, but each to their own. Gran Turismo is the latest in a series of film and TV adaptations based on PlayStation properties. Live-action takes on The Last of Us (https://www.destructoid.com/hbo-the-last-of-us-tv-show-new-footage-leaked/), God of War (https://www.destructoid.com/amazon-god-of-war-prime-video-streaming-series-in-talks/), Horizon Zero Dawn (https://www.destructoid.com/sony-announces-horizon-zero-dawn-series-netflix-among-other-projects/), and Twisted Metal (https://www.destructoid.com/twisted-metal-tv-show-coming-from-the-folks-behind-cobra-kai-and-deadpool/) are already in the works, while the Tom Holland vehicle Uncharted (https://www.destructoid.com/uncharted-movie-surpassed-300-million-at-box-office-worldwide/) launched earlier in 2022.
Gran Turismo is tentatively scheduled to arrive in theaters August 11, 2023.
The post Gran Turismo movie adaptation coming August 2023 (https://www.destructoid.com/gran-turismo-movie-august-2023-adaptation-sony-columbia/) appeared first on Destructoid (https://www.destructoid.com).
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The Last StardriverSony Interactive Entertainment's premier driving simulator, Gran Turismo, is getting ready to burn rubber on the big screen. According to a new report from the Tinseltown insiders over at Deadline (https://deadline.com/2022/06/gran-turismo-movie-neill-blomkamp-video-game-adaptation-sony-playstation-1235033958/), Columbia Pictures is scoping a summer 2023 release date for the fast and furious movie adaptation.
Directed by Neil Blomkamp, (the big chair behind the great District 9 and the abominable CHAPPiE), Gran Turismo has something of a strange plot concept. Reportedly, the movie will follow the exploit of the world's greatest Gran Turismo player, who transitions their digital racing skills onto the real-world professional car racing circuit. Think The Last Starfighter, but without the world-saving angle.
As cheesy as that premise sounds, it is, surprisingly, an adaptation of a true story. British racing driver Jann Mardenborough legitimately won a Nissan-sponsored GT Academy contest in 2011, securing themselves a scholarship in the Nissan?s Driver Development Programme. Since the competition, Mardenborough has gone on to compete in numerous major race tournaments including Japan's GT Super series and the famous 24-hour Le Mans rally.
Personally, I prefer my driving movies to focus on people in pleather flame trousers stealing DVD players, but each to their own. Gran Turismo is the latest in a series of film and TV adaptations based on PlayStation properties. Live-action takes on The Last of Us (https://www.destructoid.com/hbo-the-last-of-us-tv-show-new-footage-leaked/), God of War (https://www.destructoid.com/amazon-god-of-war-prime-video-streaming-series-in-talks/), Horizon Zero Dawn (https://www.destructoid.com/sony-announces-horizon-zero-dawn-series-netflix-among-other-projects/), and Twisted Metal (https://www.destructoid.com/twisted-metal-tv-show-coming-from-the-folks-behind-cobra-kai-and-deadpool/) are already in the works, while the Tom Holland vehicle Uncharted (https://www.destructoid.com/uncharted-movie-surpassed-300-million-at-box-office-worldwide/) launched earlier in 2022.
Gran Turismo is tentatively scheduled to arrive in theaters August 11, 2023.
The post Gran Turismo movie adaptation coming August 2023 (https://www.destructoid.com/gran-turismo-movie-august-2023-adaptation-sony-columbia/) appeared first on Destructoid (https://www.destructoid.com).
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