BLACK WIDOW's David Harbour Featured In First Footage From Sony's Upcoming GRAN TURISMO Movie

BLACK WIDOW's David Harbour Featured In First Footage From Sony's Upcoming GRAN TURISMO Movie

Black Widow star David Harbour takes centre stage in this first look at Sony's Gran Turismo movie, and this looks a lot better than we're guessing many of you probably expected. Check it out right here...

By JoshWilding - Jan 05, 2023 03:01 PM EST
Filed Under: Action
Source: GameFragger.com

When Need for Speed was released back in 2014, it didn't make much of an impact with critics or at the box office. As a result, there's definitely been some confusion surrounding Sony's decision to move forward with a Gran Turismo movie. The games have never really featured much of a story, and the franchise doesn't lend itself to Fast & Furious-style action scenes!

Regardless, we now have a first look at this big screen adaptation (via GameFragger.com), and it's clear the focus will primarily be on stunning sports cars racing for supremacy. When it comes to the actors getting behind the wheel, this sneak peek includes a few brief words from stars Archie Madekwe, Orlando Bloom, and David Harbour.

Interestingly, the movie looks set to mix real-life racing with gaming, though that does make sense based on what little we know about this big screen adaptation of the best-selling series.

"Based on the true story of Jann Mardenborough," reads the synopsis, "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 racecar driver."

Neill Blomkamp (District 9) directs Gran Turismo from a screenplay by Jason Hall and Zach Baylin. Joining Madekwe, Harbour, and Bloom in the movie are Darren Barnet, Djimon Hounsou, and Geri Halliwell Horner.

The latter will be best known to many of you as Spice Girls' Ginger Spice, though she's actually married to Red Bull Racing Team Principal Christian Horner. She knows her way around a Formula 1 track, so we're definitely intrigued to see what role the singer and actress will play in this story.

Gran Turismo is one of many video game adaptations in various stages of development from Sony, with The Last of Us, God of War, Horizon, Ghost of Tsushima, Days Gone, and Twisted Metal among those on the way. 

Gran Turismo is set to be released in theaters on August 11. 

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Havenless
Havenless - 1/5/2023, 3:06 PM
That’s an interesting twist; video game movie in marketing but inspired by true events
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 1/5/2023, 5:56 PM
@Havenless - yeah, I'm intrigued by it too. The premise is a cool twist on the otherwise very generic story, and as an added bonus it is even linked to GT
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 1/5/2023, 3:10 PM
Harbour is charismatic enough that I might check it out.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 1/5/2023, 3:16 PM
I'll see it solely because of the director, and my childhood love for gt3 A-Spec
Mrtoke
Mrtoke - 1/5/2023, 3:59 PM
I think his type of roles are perfect for something like violent night but this? Idk. He has a scruffy look that suits better for horror or thriller imo. He is funny though so put him in a buddy cop movie? I’m in.
slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 1/5/2023, 4:18 PM
Remake the trailer to something better and maybe I’ll want to watch it.
Not into this hype it up teaser.
marvel72
marvel72 - 1/5/2023, 4:29 PM
It'll probably do really well, if crap like fast and the furious can make good money this shouldn't have any problems.
marvel72
marvel72 - 1/5/2023, 4:46 PM
I have recently bought Elden Ring of created my character and played the tutorial but I've got to get into the main game, I'm expecting to die a lot but I hope it's as good as everyone says it is.

Haven't play a Gran Turismo game since the second one.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 1/5/2023, 5:37 PM
@marvel72 - I love Elden Ring. And yes, you will die. A lot. Some of those bosses are next level hard. But at least in this on you can go level up and get stronger if one of them is giving you a hard time. But even then I still had to fight some of them like 30 times before I beat them. Being stronger doesn't stop the fact that you still have to dodge and defend correctly to beat them lol.

Gran Turismo 7 is good but they made it a little too hard to earn a lot of money for the more expensive stuff. Each race doesn't give you nearly enough. They did this to get you to spend real money on the game, which sucks. But the game looks gorgeous and is well made.
Spoken
Spoken - 1/5/2023, 6:08 PM
@marvel72 - My dad and I have been Souls fans for awhile and ELDEN RING is that game where it just accelerates all the previous games into a new evolution.

I love it, you playing on PC or PS5?
marvel72
marvel72 - 1/5/2023, 6:26 PM
@CorndogBurglar - Yeah man, looking forward to getting stuck in, it's hard finding the time to play it what with working 6 days a week but I'm hoping it'll tide me over until Diablo 4.
marvel72
marvel72 - 1/5/2023, 6:30 PM
@HWestRE420 - I avoided the souls games and Bloodborne because of how hard they were/are.

But I thought I'd give it a go because it looks fantastic.

Playing it on PS4 but it comes with the PS5 upgrade, so when I finally get a PS5 I can play it on that.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 1/5/2023, 7:23 PM
@marvel72 - I'm really hoping Diablo 4 doesn't have a bunch of microtransaction BS in it. They said it won't, but we'll see.
marvel72
marvel72 - 1/6/2023, 6:33 AM
@CorndogBurglar - I heard the transactions are going to be cosmetic changes and not pay to win.
Everything should be free.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 1/6/2023, 7:51 AM
@marvel72 - I hope that's true! I've been playing Diablo since the original came out. I was soooooo mad when Diablo 3 screwed up the loot drop percentage and had that auction house to bid real money for good gear. They eventually got rid of it and turned it into a great game. But still. Blizzard hasn't been themselves in a long time.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed!
RolandD
RolandD - 1/5/2023, 4:55 PM
He was in a comic book movie once and is about to be in another. This non-CBM definitely deserves an article. Also known as “I already wrote this for one of the sister sites but nobody reads those articles so I’ll post it here.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 1/5/2023, 5:39 PM
@RolandD - They've been posting non-CBM related articles on site for over a decade. Even before the sister sites were even a thing. This is nothing new.
RolandD
RolandD - 1/5/2023, 5:50 PM
@CorndogBurglar - I know. I only break down and say something about it every once in a while.
grif
grif - 1/5/2023, 5:06 PM
well need for speed failed. time for this
BritishMonkey
BritishMonkey - 1/5/2023, 5:06 PM
I've still no idea how this film works out.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 1/5/2023, 5:41 PM
@BritishMonkey - It's like Battleship. You make a movie about something without a plot. Take the main piece of that thing, like naval ships or sweet cars, and then make a completely terrible movie that's completely made up.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 1/5/2023, 5:52 PM
@CorndogBurglar - but the story is based on a true story. And I think that's the best route they could've taken with this, especially considering it's linked to the game
BritishMonkey
BritishMonkey - 1/5/2023, 8:46 PM
@bkmeijer1 - That part I understand, and also had no idea it was even a thing that happened.
I'm still trying to wrap my head around the concept of it because I'm still thinking of just the game. It's a racing simulator and something I grew up with as a kid so it's bending my brain lol
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 1/6/2023, 3:44 AM
@BritishMonkey - I get that. I myself do wonder if GT as a game exists within the movie, and the kid steps into a racecar because of that game or just because of racegames in general
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 1/5/2023, 5:51 PM
Love story? I just wanna see race cars!

Anyway, this actually looks pretty good. I like the style of the races, and the cast, crew and premise is more intriguing than I expected.
dragon316
dragon316 - 1/5/2023, 5:58 PM
I like days of thunder and riven I will see this one
TheNewYorker
TheNewYorker - 1/5/2023, 6:41 PM
I’ll pass
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