Gran Turismo (film)

Gran Turismo is an upcoming American biographical coming-of-age sports drama film directed by Neill Blomkamp from a screenplay by Jason Hall and Zach Baylin. Produced by Columbia Pictures, PlayStation Productions, Trigger Street Productions, and 2.0 Entertainment, the film is based on the racing simulation video game series published by PlayStation Studios, while inspired by the true story of Jann Mardenborough, a teenage Gran Turismo player aspiring to be a race car driver. It stars David Harbour, Orlando Bloom, Archie Madekwe, Darren Barnet, Geri Halliwell Horner, and Djimon Hounsou.[1]

Gran Turismo
A young man stands in front of the front side of a car, which is surrounded by two other men standing on the left and right sides of it. The film's title and release date are centered at the bottom of the poster, with the tagline "From Gamer to Racer" centered at the top.
Teaser poster
Directed byNeill Blomkamp
Screenplay by
Based onGran Turismo
by PlayStation Studios[lower-alpha 1]
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJacques Jouffret
Music byLorne Balfe
Production
companies
Distributed bySony Pictures Releasing
Release date
  • August 11, 2023 (2023-08-11)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Development of a film based on Gran Turismo began in 2013, with Michael De Luca and Dana Brunetti producing it and a script by Alex Tse. In 2015, Joseph Kosinski was set to direct the film, and Jon and Erich Hoeber would write a new screenplay. By 2018, the Kosinski version was no longer moving forward. In May 2022, a new iteration of the Gran Turismo film started development, with Blomkamp eyed to direct. The main cast were confirmed in September, while other cast additions were signed in November. Filming began in Hungary in the same month, and wrapped in December 2022.

Gran Turismo is set to be released on August 11, 2023, by Sony Pictures Releasing.

Premise

The film is about a Gran Turismo player whose gaming skills won a series of Nissan-sponsored video game competitions to become an actual professional race car driver.

Cast

Production

Development

In 2013, Sony Pictures announced it was developing a Gran Turismo film with Michael De Luca and Dana Brunetti producing it,[4] with a script by Alex Tse.[5] In 2015, Joseph Kosinski was set to direct the film,[6] with a new screenplay by Jon and Erich Hoeber.[7] By 2018, the Kosinski version was no longer moving forward.[8]

In May 2022, it was announced that a film adaptation of Polyphony Digital's Gran Turismo video games was in early development at Sony Pictures and PlayStation Productions. Shortly afterward, Neill Blomkamp was hired to direct a screenplay written by Jason Hall, and Sony set a release date of August 11, 2023.[9] The lead roles were cast in September 2022 with David Harbour as a veteran race car driver who mentors Archie Madekwe as the teenage trainee.[10][11] Orlando Bloom was cast as a motorsport marketing executive and Darren Barnet as a threatened GT Academy racer.[12] Additional cast additions were announced while filming in November included Djimon Hounsou, Geri Halliwell-Horner, Daniel Puig, Josha Stradowski, Thomas Kretschmann, Maeve Courtier-Lilley, Emelia Hartford, Pepe Barroso, and Sang Heon Lee.[13][14] Max Mundt, Mariano González, Harki Bhambra, Lindsay Pattison, Théo Christine, and Nikhil Parmar were added to the cast in December 2022.[15]

Filming

Filming began in Hungary in November, and wrapped in December 2022, with Jacques Jouffret serving as cinematographer.[12][13][16] Jouffret took advantage of the Rialto extention/detachment system of Sony Venice 2 cameras in order to place sensors in tight locations of cars, away from the main camera body.[17]

Music

In September 2022, it was reported that Stephen Barton would compose the score for the film.[18] But on April 24, 2023, Lorne Balfe was announced to take over by scoring the film instead.[19]

Notes
  1. Gran Turismo was developed by Polys Entertainment in association with Cyberhead, published by Sony Computer Entertainment, programmed by Seiichi Ikiou, produced by Kazunori Yamauchi, designed by Yamauchi, Takeshi Yokouchi, Hirotaka Komiyama, and illustrated by Masaaki Goto.

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  18. "Stephen Barton to Score Neill Blomkamp's Gran Turismo". Film Music Reporter. September 18, 2022. Archived from the original on September 19, 2022. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  19. "Lorne Balfe to Score Neill Blomkamp's Gran Turismo". Film Music Reporter. April 24, 2023. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
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