The large image: Sony Footage Leisure has revealed the primary official trailer for Gran Turismo, the upcoming film that includes the gaming franchise of the identical identify and primarily based on a real story. The flick focuses on Jann Mardenborough, a teenaged Gran Turismo participant who bested 90,000 others in a contest hosted by Sony and Nissan and was given the chance to develop into knowledgeable race automobile driver.
Gran Turismo is directed by Neill Blomkamp and stars David Harbour as Jann’s coach, Orlando Bloom as a motorsports advertising govt, and Geri Halliwell of Spice Women fame as Jann’s mom. It additionally options Emelia Hartford, a well known automotive content material creator with greater than one million followers on YouTube.
Movie diversifications of video video games are notoriously tough, and that’s doubly true for films and TV exhibits primarily based on racers. Want for Velocity turned a revenue on the field workplace however didn’t do a lot for critics and Peacock’s upcoming Twisted Steel collection might go both manner primarily based on the primary trailer.
Gran Turismo may very well be totally different. Once more, it’s primarily based on a real story and a minimum of from what we’re seeing within the trailer, the motion sequences don’t look so Hollywood that you need to absolutely droop actuality to get via them. Then once more, motion and explosions promote tickets – it’s why the Quick and Livid franchise continues to be going. Ought to Gran Turismo steer too away from that system, it might backfire.
Both manner, Sony has had loads of time to craft the story. Discuss of a Gran Turismo film began making the rounds in 2013 though not everybody connected to the undertaking on the time would see it via. The final mainline entry within the driving recreation franchise, Gran Turismo 7, launched final yr – greater than 24 years after the unique.
Gran Turismo is due out in theaters on August 11, 2023.
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