The latest rumors indicated that Sony’s Gran Turismo film would be directed by Neill Blomkamp. Finally, this was confirmed by the same study and also added a little information about the plot. Find out more in this note!
Last month, Sony announced that it had plans up its sleeve to adapt and bring to the small and big screen some of its most important games. Since god of war (series for Amazon Prime Video), Horizon: Zero Dawn (series for Netflix) until Grand Tourism. Regarding the latter, there were many doubts and little information about how it would be adapted, since the video game does not have a specific story, but now Sony shared some details.
Grand Touring it will be a movie live action and, as rumors indicated, it will be led by Neill Blomkampdirector of District 9, Elysium Y chappie. To reassure some video game fans, blomkamp already has experience in that area, since he currently works in off the grid, a shooter/battle royale game due out in 2023.
As we told you above, the series of racing games from Grand Touring it does not have a plot or characters that can be adapted. This can be both positive and negative. Why? On the one hand, because there is not much to go on, other than the races obviously. This simplifies the adaptation and leaves a lot of freedom to those in charge of the film. On the negative side, it is the same, they will have many possibilities and topics to address. We will have to see how they solve it.
However, in case you already had ideas of what we can see in the movie, Sony already clarified the plot. It will be based on a true story described by the studio as “the last wish fulfilled of a teenage player of Grand Touring whose gaming skills won a series of Nissan competitions to become a true professional racing driver.”
While the movie about the racing game is still in the development phase, Sony also confirmed the release date: August 11, 2023. We will see if that date is maintained and when we will start to have more information about this live action of Grand Tourism.
Let’s remember that Sony is having quite a bit of success with several of the video game adaptations it released. sonic the hedgehog 2 Y Unchartedboth released this year, became two of the most successful game adaptations of all time.
Though Sony isn’t getting a lot of positive reviews for his movies. However, the studio is still planning video game adaptations, and so far, it’s doing well at the box office. Horizon Zero Dawn, God of War, The Last of Us, Twisted Metal Y Ghost of Tsushima These are the projects that are coming.