{"id":2252,"date":"2022-06-15T22:31:11","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T22:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/15\/neil-blomkamp-is-making-a-gran-turismo-movie-apparently\/"},"modified":"2022-06-15T22:31:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T22:31:11","slug":"neil-blomkamp-is-making-a-gran-turismo-movie-apparently","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/15\/neil-blomkamp-is-making-a-gran-turismo-movie-apparently\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil Blomkamp is making a Gran Turismo movie, apparently"},"content":{"rendered":"

Movie news site Deadline<\/a> is reporting that director Neil Blomkamp has been attached to Sony’s attempt to get a movie based on Gran Turismo off the ground, with a supposed August 11, 2023 release date. It’ll be a collaboration between Sony’s PlayStation Productions and Columbia Pictures divisions, which previously worked together on the adaptation of Uncharted.<\/p>\n

Here’s what Deadline says is the logline for the movie: “Based on a true story, the film is 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 race car driver.”<\/p>\n

“But Jon,” I hear you say, “Why are you reporting this? Gran Turismo 7 isn’t on PC.” Well, it’s an excuse to speculate on that point: Sony has been bringing ever-more of its exclusive lineup to PC, and we are eternal optimists. A Gran Turismo PC release has traditionally seemed like an impossibility, but we once thought the same about God of War, Uncharted, and The Last of Us.<\/p>\n

The story isn’t actually an adaptation of Gran Turismo, a racing sim which doesn’t really have a story, but instead is based on GT Academy<\/a>, a 2008 to 2016 program that saw the world’s top Gran Turismo players compete in real life races for a spot on a racing team.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Several GT Academy winners have gone on to fairly successful racing careers and are still professional racers today. Some, like many real-life drivers both present and past,<\/a> also spend time competing in esports tournaments via games like iRacing and Gran Turismo.<\/p>\n

As far as Blomkamp being involved, well, that’s slightly weird. He’s so far really only made sci-fi and horror movies. There’s a lot of mechanical technology in District 9 (a mech) and Chappie (Chappie), though, so perhaps he’ll be well suited to the special effects side of directing videogame and real-life car racing.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[#item_image]Neil Blomkamp is making a Gran Turismo movie, apparently<\/p>\n

Movie news site Deadline<\/a> is reporting that director Neil Blomkamp has been attached to Sony’s attempt to get a movie based on Gran Turismo off the ground, with a supposed August 11, 2023 release date. It’ll be a collaboration between Sony’s PlayStation Productions and Columbia Pictures divisions, which previously worked together on the adaptation of Uncharted.<\/p>\n

Here’s what Deadline says is the logline for the movie: “Based on a true story, the film is 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 race car driver.”<\/p>\n

“But Jon,” I hear you say, “Why are you reporting this? Gran Turismo 7 isn’t on PC.” Well, it’s an excuse to speculate on that point: Sony has been bringing ever-more of its exclusive lineup to PC, and we are eternal optimists. A Gran Turismo PC release has traditionally seemed like an impossibility, but we once thought the same about God of War, Uncharted, and The Last of Us.<\/p>\n

The story isn’t actually an adaptation of Gran Turismo, a racing sim which doesn’t really have a story, but instead is based on GT Academy<\/a>, a 2008 to 2016 program that saw the world’s top Gran Turismo players compete in real life races for a spot on a racing team.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Several GT Academy winners have gone on to fairly successful racing careers and are still professional racers today. Some, like many real-life drivers both present and past,<\/a> also spend time competing in esports tournaments via games like iRacing and Gran Turismo.<\/p>\n

As far as Blomkamp being involved, well, that’s slightly weird. He’s so far really only made sci-fi and horror movies. There’s a lot of mechanical technology in District 9 (a mech) and Chappie (Chappie), though, so perhaps he’ll be well suited to the special effects side of directing videogame and real-life car racing.<\/p>\n

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