Gran Turismo: A Racing Video Game Franchise Turned Movie

A film adaptation of the Gran Turismo video game franchise is in the works. As the movie’s release date comes nearer, the Gran Turismo film promotion has kicked into high gear thus far. Gran Turismo is a racing simulation video game series developed by Polyphony Digital for the PlayStation console. Polyphony Digital continued the franchise’s success by releasing seven more games in the main series and six more in the subsidiary series after the first game in the franchise was made available for the original PlayStation in 1997. Gran Turismo has remained one of the most popular racing series available in video games over the entirety of its franchise’s existence.

Realistic Racing Experience

Gran Turismo differentiates itself from other racing video games because of how realistic it makes the driving portions of the game. This feature is also essential to the storyline of the Gran Turismo movie. Every Gran Turismo game has a substantial degree of real-world information, ranging from the enormous number of playable automobiles to the mechanics that consider the factors that would influence an actual driver. A massive industry surrounds Gran Turismo, and players that take the game seriously have access to various racing cockpits and kits to imitate actual driving conditions. Gran Turismo, the movie, has been said to be inspired by the subculture of avid players. Aside from the fact that it is an adaptation of a computer game, it has all the makings of a good sports movie featuring virtual drivers competing in real-world circuits.

Gran Turismo Cast

• Orlando Bloom as Danny Moore

• David Harbour as Jack Salter

• Darren Barnet as Matty Davis

• Djimon Hounsou

• Emelia Hartford as Leah Vega

• Archie Madekwe as Jann Mardenborough

• Josha Stradowski as Nicholas Capa

• Sang Heon Lee

• Geri Horner as Lesley Mardenborough

• Bianca Bardoe as Reporter

• Nikhil Parmar

• Andrea Vasiliou

• Richard Cambridge as Felix

• Maximilian Mundt

• Harki Bhambra

• Mariano González

• Jamie Kenna as Jack Man Jones

• Maeve Courtier-Lilley as Audrey

Release Date

Gran Turismo will be available for purchase on August 11, 2023, according to an official announcement made by Sony. It was only a few months after the confirmation of the movie itself that the date for the Gran Turismo release was announced. This suggests that production has gone smoothly, and the company is optimistic that post-production will finish easily. The production of a Gran Turismo movie was officially greenlit ten years ago, so getting to this stage has been quite the ordeal.

It was stated in 2013 that Mike De Luca and Dana Brunetti, the producers of the film Fifty Shades of Grey, would be attached to a new project. After that, in 2015, Joseph Kosinski, director of the movie Tron: Legacy, was attached to direct, but those plans were ultimately scrapped in 2018. There was no further news until 2022, when Sony and PlayStation stated, via Deadline, that they would be pushing forward with a new Gran Turismo movie. The announcement came not long after Uncharted was made available to the public, and the game’s apparent commercial success may have been the impetus the developer required to move on with Gran Turismo.

Director of Gran Turismo

Neill Blomkamp is a film director, screenwriter, and producer born in South Africa but currently resides in Canada. He is most recognized for his work as the co-writer and director of the science fiction action film District 9, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Most Adapted Screenplay. He is also known for his work as the director of the dystopian science fiction action thriller Elysium, which received generally positive reviews. Blomkamp’s films frequently address topics of xenophobia and social segregation, and he directs his work using a cinéma vérité technique that is hand-held and in the style of a documentary. He also blends naturalistic and photo-realistic computer-generated visual effects. Additionally, he is well-known for his work along with the actor Sharlto Copley. 2009 saw Blomkamp get recognition from Time as one of the year’s 100 Most Influential People list. According to an article published in 2011 by Forbes, he is the 21st most powerful celebrity from Africa.

GRAN TURISMO – Official Trailer (HD)

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Plot of Gran Turismo

Gran Turismo will be a coming-of-age sports story according to Sony’s plans for the game. The Gran Turismo video game series is focused entirely on racing and driving. Hence the source material does not include any characters or a narrative. Sony retells the true story of Jann Mardenborough in an ingenious way that uses the PlayStation Studios brand. The following is the authorized summary of the film’s events:

The film Gran Turismo is based on the remarkable true story of a squad of unlikely underdogs, including a struggling working-class gamer played by Archie Madekwe, a failed former racecar driver played by David Harbour, and an idealistic motorsport executive played by Orlando Bloom. Together, they put everything on the line