Gran Turismo | August 25, 2023 | Sony | Neill Blomkamp directs

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https://deadline.com/2022/05/gran-turismo-movie-neill-blomkamp-video-game-adaptation-sony-playstation-1235033958/

 

Sony Turning PlayStation’s ‘Gran Turismo’ Into Movie; Neill Blomkamp Eyed To Direct

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EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures and PlayStation Productions, whose most recent video-game-to-film collaboration Uncharted grossed more than $400 million in global box office earlier this year, are getting behind the wheel for a movie adaptation of the iconic driving game Gran Turismo.

The project is in very early development, we hear. Neill Blomkamp is being eyed to direct.

The plot of the film project is being kept under wraps, but the news comes as rumors surfaced today that a TV adaptation of the racing game is also being developed and aimed at a streaming service. Those rumors are not accurate, we hear.

There is a rich history behind the game, created by Polyphony and Kazunori Yamauchi in 1997 and hailed as one of the most authentic driving simulator in its class for its focus on precise graphics, driving physics and attention to detail of its cars, which players would build and race. The series has sold more than 85 million copies, with the most recent edition, Gran Turismo 7, hitting shelves in March for PS 4 and PS 5.

Uncharted, starring Tom Holland on the video game character Nathan Drake, was directed by Ruben Fleischer and released February 10. It opened to $44 million and legged out to $400.8 million worldwide.

Gran Turismo reps one of several game-centered projects in the pipeline for corporate siblings Sony and PlayStation Prods. In April, Takashi Doscher was set to pen the adaptation of the action adventure game Ghost of Tsushima, which has seen more than 8 million copies sold since its July 2020 debut.

Sony Pictures TV and PlayStation are also developing the TV series The Last of Us for HBO, with Craig Mazin attached to write and executive produce; and Twisted Metal at Peacock with Anthony Mackie, Stephanie Beatriz, Thomas Haden Church and Neve Campbell toplining the action comedy adaptation based on an original take by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick.

Blomkamp’s filmmaking credits include the features District 9, Elysium and Chappie and most recently Demonic, the 2021 horror pic he wrote and directed

 

 

 

Edited June 14, 2022 by Grebacio

[TheDude391]

Sure why not, this is beyond head scratching but it's so bizarre that I'm at least intrigued.

[Firepower]

Neill's career must be in a horrible shape if he signed up to do this. But I can assume it won't happen in the end, just like many other random video-game adaptations which were announced and never made.

[Grebacio]

27 minutes ago, Firepower said:

Neill's career must be in a horrible shape if he signed up to do this. But I can assume it won't happen in the end, just like many other random video-game adaptations which were announced and never made.

I bet it will happen, just not with Neill

[Macleod]

Clint Eastwood cameo or bust!  

 

[Eric Duncan]

 

[SchumacherFTW]

2 minutes ago, Eric Lightyear said:

 

So it's a movie about Jann Mardenborough (won GT academy, raced in GP3 and was a Nissan factory driver for a good few years) or Jimmy Broadbent. The only way this makes even a lick of sense as a movie

[Ozymandias]

This sounds no bueno for me.

 

Neill Blomkamp's career is just sad.  I, like a lot of people back in 09/10, thought he was gonna be the next big visionary in the science fiction world...like a new James Cameron or Ridley Scott.  We were so wrong.

[Grebacio]

I still wouldn't buy it's happening until it's starts filming. Uncharted was in development hell for years, same can happen with this 

[dudalb]

COuld be Blomkampf's last chance to get off the One Hit Wonder list for directors.

[parkerthegreat]

On 6/14/2022 at 3:36 PM, SchumacherFTW said:

So it's a movie about Jann Mardenborough (won GT academy, raced in GP3 and was a Nissan factory driver for a good few years) or Jimmy Broadbent. The only way this makes even a lick of sense as a movie

Better those two than an Igor Fraga movie.

[p a p i]

I think there's potential to this premise. It could be a quite beautiful film. 

 

But on the other hand. I hate Sony. Sony comes across as the cheapest studio. Their movies are so generic and bad. 

For the most part I feel like. 

[Mojoguy]

This will be lucky to make Need for Speed numbers ($203m WW) and RT score (22%). Also not released in China probably which really helped that Speed movie ($66m).

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[Eric Duncan]

 

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[CJohn]

This is a tremendous flop lineup of actors and director.

[Cruel Summer]

orlando bloom? is this movie premiering in 2004?

[BadOlCatSylvester]

A one hit wonder like Neill Blomkamp + a meta premise + actors who aren't all that relevant in cinema =

 

On a side note, unless Sony rushes this like there's no tomorrow-which they admittedly have with the first Venom-there's no way this is making that August 2023 date.

Edited September 20, 2022 by BadOlCatSylvester

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