Photo from Neill Blomkamp’s GRAN TURISMO film and director promises ‘bloody and intense’ racing

Neill Blomkamp is in the midst of making his next big film project with Gan Tourism for Sony Pictures. The film is based on the true story of Jann Mardenborough.

The film has been described as “the ultimate wish-fulfillment story of a teenage Gran Turismo gamer whose gaming skills won him a series of Nissan competitions to become a true professional race car driver.” Jann was able to translate the awesome of him Gran Turismo real-life gaming skills through a series of Nissan competitions, leading him to become a professional race car driver.

We have a new photo to share with you thanks to Empire, and the film’s director talked about adopting the same cinematic techniques that Top Gun: nonconformist used to film those fighter jet sequences. He says, “They’re real actors, in real cars, on real race tracks, driving insanely fast.”

The film will not only be about the beautiful and intense racing scenes, the director also wanted to tell a great story with solid character development. He added, “The lodestar for me was making a video game title with character work that pushes the film, even more than the racing. Although the racing is pretty damn intense too.

The film features a large ensemble cast including Orlando Bloom AND David Portwho will star in the film together with Archie Madekwe. The cast also includes Djimon Hounsou (Shazam!), Geri Halliwell-Horner (You are underground), Daniel Puig(Naomi), Maeve Courtier-Lilley (The Outpost), Emily Hartford (A Hollywood Christmas), Barroso pepper (Deep sea), AND Sang Heon Lee (XO, kitty).

Blomkamp is directing from a script by Jason Hall AND Zach Baylinwith PlayStation Productions’ Asad Qizilbash AND Carter Swan producing together Douglas Belgrade AND Dana Brunetti.

Game creator Kazunori Yamauchi and Hall are executive producers on the film, which Sony Pictures will release theatrically on August 11, 2023. You can watch a previously posted preview video here.