High Octane First Trailer Released For Neill Blomkamp's GRAN TURISMO Movie!
Sony Pictures has released the first trailer for its upcoming Gran Turismo, which looks like a great film! Neill Blomkamp (District 9) directed the movie and judging from this trailer, he made an incredibly fun and intense movie! I got to watch the trailer at CinemaCon last week and the audience seemed to go wild for it! Now you get to experience the high octane thrills is delivers!
The racing sequences in this movie look freakin’ awesome and I love how the footage captures some of those iconic shots that fans of the game have come to know. But, the story that the film tells is the most interesting part of the movie as it tells the true story of Jann Mardenborough.
The film has been described as “the ultimate wish fulfillment tale of a teenage Gran Turismo player whose gaming skills won a series of Nissan competitions to become an actual professional racecar driver.” Jann was able to translate his impressive Gran Turismo gaming skills into real life through a series of Nissan competitions, resulting in him becoming a professional race car driver.
When talking about the movie, Blomkamp said: “It’s real actors, in real cars, on real race tracks, driving insanely quickly. The north star for me was to make a videogame title with character work that propels the movie, even more so than the racing. Although the racing is bloody intense, too.”
The movie features a great ensemble cast that includes Orlando Bloom and David Harbour, who are set to star in the film along with Archie Madekwe. The cast also includes Djimon Hounsou (Shazam!), Geri Halliwell-Horner (Six Underground), Daniel Puig (Naomi), Maeve Courtier-Lilley (The Outpost), Emelia Hartford (A Hollywood Christmas), Pepe Barroso (High Seas), and Sang Heon Lee (XO, Kitty).
Blomkamp is directing from a script by Jason Hall and Zach Baylin, with PlayStation Productions’ Asad Qizilbash and Carter Swan producing alongside Doug Belgrad and Dana Brunetti.
Game creator Kazunori Yamauchi and Hall are executive producing the film, which Sony Pictures will release in theaters on August 11, 2023. Watch the trailer and tell us what you think!