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The Neill Blomkamp-directed film is “based on a true story”…

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Deadline reports that the film, simply titled Gran Turismo, currently has a release date of August 11, 2023.

Neill Blomkamp (Demonic, Chappie, Elysium, District 9) is set to direct the movie, which will be produced by Sony’s Columbia Pictures studio.

The screenplay has been written by Jason Hall, who previously wrote American Sniper and Thank You for Your Service.

According to Sony’s brief plot description: “Based on a true story, the film is the ultimate wish fulfilment tale of a teenage Gran Turismo player whose gaming skills won a series of Nissan competitions to become an actual professional race car driver.”

This suggests the film could be based on the GT Academy contest, which was run by Nissan and Sony between 2008 and 2016 and gave winners a place in Nissan’s Driver Development Programme.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

So is a documentary ?

 

[chromhound]

So a video gamer that becomes a racer... okay....

 

[jaysius]

This makes perfect sense, in a poll about the most diverse video games, Gaf rated it #1!

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/nintendo-fails-miserably-when-analyzed-by-blizzards-new-diversity-tool.1636817/

 

[KyoZz]

 

[Craig of War]

 

[coffinbirth]

Lol what?

 

[Danjin44]

Whats next? They gonna make movie out of Flight Simulator games?

 

[Celcius]

I still have no idea who asked for this lol

 

[Jaybe]

Hollywood is officially done

 

[jigglet]

I'd love it if they spent like $100 million on special effects, used the most bleeding edge physics simulation technology, spent tens of thousands of man hours creating the most incredible car races ever filmed...

...and there's still no collision damage.

 

[nikos]

I'll take this over most other video game films.

 

[onQ123]

Is this the sequel to Gran Torino ?

 

[Three]

It's probably a film based on the true story of that guy who became a professional racer after a GT competition.

Oh yeah it is

"Based on a true story, the film is the ultimate wish fulfilment tale of a teenage Gran Turismo player whose gaming skills won a series of Nissan competitions to become an actual professional race car driver.”

Forgot what the guys name was. Lucus?

 

[The Fartist]

Starring Tom Holland

 

[M1chl]

Given how fucking terrible Uncharted was, I don't have much confidence.

 

[a multicultural team of v]

It's probably a film based on the true story of that guy who became a professional racer after a GT competition.

Oh yeah it is

"Based on a true story, the film is the ultimate wish fulfilment tale of a teenage Gran Turismo player whose gaming skills won a series of Nissan competitions to become an actual professional race car driver.”

Forgot what the guys name was. Lucus?

I think there were a lot of guys actually, Lucas was the first but there are over 10 at least. Which sounds insane but apparently that GT academy churns out racers.

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

Srsly who greenlights these films? Doesn't anyone in charge have some form of common sense? I get it you want to expand your brand recognition across different kinds of media, but there are so many alternative ways that are better than producing a third grade boring pseudo film nobody asked for. Hell even a GT anime would've been a better choice.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

How many video game TV shows and movies can Sony release? They probably got 10 by now.

 

[cormack12]

 

[Danjin44]

Hollywood is officially done

 

[AeonGaidenRaiden]

A franchise that never had a story....is getting a movie lol. At least NFS had stories before the movie, which was equally shit but still.

 

[kyussman]

Blomkamp?......good lord,District 9 seems a long time ago now.....thought he was going places after that,now he's making a Gran Turismo film for PlayStation,lol.

 

[Goalus]

Hopefully it will have a diverse enough cast of cars so that every brand can feel welcome and represented.

Especially marginalized brands should be featured in leading roles.

 

[Negotiator101]

Blomkamp is a very talented director, I certainly wouldn't write this off.

 

[Markio128]

It’s pretty incredible that being good at a driving game can propel you into being a pro driver. Not a bad premise for a film.

 

[alucard0712_rus]

So a video gamer that becomes a racer... okay....

Many gamers went to real racers thought GT Academy. Did you know?

 

[Ramz87]

How about adding in-game Ray-Racing first Kaz.

 

[nominedomine]

Looks like they are fast-tracking this movie, not very encouraging.

I would much rather them bring back the GT Academy show.

 

[alucard0712_rus]

How about adding in-game Ray-Racing first Kaz.

How this helps racing skills?
Forza fans are worst, lol.

 

[ZywyPL]

A franchise that never had a story....is getting a movie lol..

GT is a story about a young boy who dreams of becoming a professional racing driver, who after getting his driving license uses his white Civic Type-R in weekly Sunday Cups to rank up his skills, money and respect, so that one day he takes place in 24H Nurburgring race in a fully tuned 800HP R34 Nissan Skyline.

 

[alucard0712_rus]

It's probably a film based on the true story of that guy who became a professional racer after a GT competition.

Oh yeah it is

"Based on a true story, the film is the ultimate wish fulfilment tale of a teenage Gran Turismo player whose gaming skills won a series of Nissan competitions to become an actual professional race car driver.”

Forgot what the guys name was. Lucus?

There were many. But you mentioned probably Lucas Ordonez. IDK there's already documentary about that (if I remember correctly)

 

[Ramz87]

How this helps racing skills?
Forza fans are worst, lol.

Who said I’m a Forza fan?! Never played it and I haven’t even got an Xbox lol

 

[Zeroing]

I was happy to found out that Sony pictures classics still exists… that’s where the good movies/documentaries are made. They made recently a very good documentary!

 

[a multicultural team of v]

How many video game TV shows and movies can Sony release? They probably got 10 by now.

Sony Playstation forgot that Sony Pictures existed for over 25 years and are trying to make up for it in the span of 3 years.

 

[chromhound]

Many gamers went to real racers thought GT Academy. Did you know?

i know but how can they make it interesting

 

[mckmas8808]

So a video gamer that becomes a racer... okay....

How can you (as a gamer) NOT feel like that guy's story is cool?

 

[saintjules]

Maybe if it was like Ford v Ferrari. That was a great movie.

 

[RoadHazard]

Blomkamp is a very talented director, I certainly wouldn't write this off.

Is he though? He has made one good movie.

 

[mckmas8808]

Blomkamp is a very talented director, I certainly wouldn't write this off.

Especially since the writer of American Sniper, is writing this movie. Now all we need to know is if they are making it for a streaming service or will it hit theaters only first.

 

[DonJorginho]

Very interested in this, I love Neil's work and the writer seems to have a good repertoire behind him.

 

[Kev Kev]

the what?

 

[FunkMiller]

So a video gamer that becomes a racer... okay....

A guy who started in GT Academy came second in the LMP2 class at Le Mans. Several others have competed in real GT series racing - although with mixed results.

The fact though, is that these guys would probably have had the talent and ability to race for real, regardless of their experience with Gran Turismo. A video game can't make you a good driver in the real world, but it can offer those with skill the leverage to get into a real car.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Fast and furious is so great because it’s the racing genre is the weakest in Hollywood that’s the truth you and I know vin diesel isn’t an efficient actor.

 

[Bernkastel]

Is he though? He has made one good movie.

And that one movie was based on the plot of a cancelled game written by Joseph Staten.

 

[alucard0712_rus]

i know but how can they make it interesting

PD made boring circuit racer interesting so who knows. Or maybe it will be niche documentary. No one forcing anyone to watch it so I don't care much.

 

[JLB]

Whats next? They gonna make movie out of Flight Simulator games?

A Flight Sim documentary... nice lol

 

[The Fartist]

How about adding in-game Ray-Racing first Kaz.

He'll probably have little to nothing to do with this project. As for Ray-Tracing, he'll add it to the PC and PS5 Pro versions.

 

[Fbh]

"You know Porsche 911 GT3, we really are the Gran Turismo"

 

[Orta]

What a steaming pile of monkey wank!