Gran Turismo is the following PlayStation status franchise to get the cinematic therapy (and after years of speaking about it, as was additionally the case with 2022’s Uncharted). On Tuesday, Sony Pictures gave followers one other take a look at what’s coming with a brand new trailer.
Tuesday’s trailer expands on the movie’s story following a minute-long teaser Sony confirmed throughout CES 2023 again in January. Gran Turismo, directed by Neill Blomkamp (District 9) shall be based mostly on the story of real-life driver Jann Mardenborough, a British skilled racing driver whose 12-year profession has taken him to the 24 Hours of Le Mans and Japan’s Super GT sequence.
Mardenborough’s profession started in 2011 on the Gran Turismo Academy, a PlayStation 3 competitors the place he beat more than 90,000 entrants to win a seat with Nissan within the Dubai 24 Hour. Despite no severe real-life motorsports expertise, Mardenborough positioned third in his class on the endurance occasion.
So Gran Turismo will inform a traditional, phenom-outta-nowhere sports activities story, albeit one who discovers his superb expertise because of a online game. So it’s considerably like The Last Starfighter, apart from vehicles and never Gunstars.
Archie Madekwe will star as Mardenborough, with Geri Halliwell Horner — also referred to as Ginger Spice, and spouse of Formula 1 Red Bull Racing workforce principal Christian Horner — as his mom, Lesley Mardenborough. Djimon Hounsou headlines the forged as Mardenborough’s father, Steve, an English footballer of some renown through the Nineteen Eighties and Nineties. David Harbour and Orlando Bloom additionally star.
Gran Turismo will premiere in theaters on Aug. 11.
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