UPDATED with release date and more details, 14:30: Sony has set August 11, 2023, the release date of Gran Tursimo, the video game adaptation of director Neill Blomkamp and Columbia Pictures. Jason Hall wrote the screenplay, and Asad Qizilbash and Carter Swan of PlayStation Productions are co-producers with Doug Belgrade and Dana Brunetti.
Here’s the updated record: Based on a true story, the film is the story of the fulfillment of the wishes of a teenage Gran Turismo player whose game skills won a series of Nissan competitions to become a true professional race car driver.
PREVIOUS EXCLUSIVE, May 26: Sony Pictures and PlayStation Productions, whose most recent collaboration between a video game and an Uncharted movie grossed more than $ 400 million at the box office worldwide earlier this year, are they put behind the wheel of a film adaptation of the iconic driving. game Gran Turismo.
The project is in development very early, we hear. Neill Blomkamp is meant to direct.
The plot of the film project is kept secret, but the news comes when rumors arose today that a television adaptation of the racing game aimed at a streaming service is also being developed. These rumors are not accurate, sorry.
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 simulators in its class for its focus on accurate graphics, driving physics and attention to detail. cars, which players would do. build and compete. The series has sold over 85 million copies, and the latest edition, Gran Turismo 7, will hit shelves in March for PS 4 and PS 5.
Uncharted, starring Tom Holland in the video game character Nathan Drake, was directed by Ruben Fleischer and premiered on February 10th. It was opened for $ 44 million and reached $ 400.8 million worldwide.
Gran Turismo represents one of several gaming-focused projects underway for corporate brothers Sony and PlayStation Prods. In April, Takashi Doscher was to write the adaptation of the action and adventure game Ghost of Tsushima, which has sold more than 8 million copies since its debut in July 2020.
Sony Pictures TV and PlayStation are also developing the TV series The Last of Us for HBO, with Craig Mazin as assistant writer and executive producer; and Twisted Metal at Peacock with Anthony Mackie, Stephanie Beatriz, Thomas Haden Church and Neve Campbell leading the action comedy adaptation based on an original version by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick.
Blomkamp’s film credits include District 9, Elysium and Chappie, and most recently Demonic, the 2021 horror image he wrote and directed.
Erik Pedersen contributed to this report.