Gran Turismo Movie Celebrates the Start of Filming With a Behind-the-Scenes Photo

The Gran Turismo movie has officially begun filming and, to celebrate the occasion, Sony Pictures shared a behind-the-scenes image of cars at a starting line.

Sony Pictures took to Twitter to reveal the image and say, “filming is now underway on #GranTurismoMovie – based on the inspiring true story of a Gran Turismo player, Jann Mardenborough, who won a series of gaming competitions leading him to become an actual professional racecar driver.”

Filming is now underway on #GranTurismoMovie – based on the inspiring true story of a Gran Turismo player, Jann Mardenborough, who won a series of gaming competitions leading him to become an actual professional racecar driver. ?? pic.twitter.com/gV13gEg2G5

— Sony Pictures (@SonyPictures) November 12, 2022

The Gran Turismo movie is an adaptation of the video game series of the same name that began in 1997 on the first PlayStation. District 9 and Elysium director Neill Blomkamp is directing the film and Midsommer and See star Archie Madekwe will be leading the cast.

Joining Madekwe will be David Harbour, Orlando Bloom, Darren Barnett, Djimon Hounsou, Geri Halliwell-Horner, Daniel Puig, Josha Stradowski, Thomas Kretschman, and more.

Gran Turismo will race into theaters on August 11, 2023, and is just another example of a video game jumping to the big or small screen alongside HBO’s The Last of Us, Prime Video’s Fallout series, the Uncharted movie, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Sonic the Hedgehog, and more.

If the wait is too long, be sure to check out our Gran Turismo 7 review, where we said, “mixing the original GT’s trendsetting format with GT Sport’s stern but very successful focus on competitive online racing, Gran Turismo 7 makes a few errors but is a potent podium performance from developer Polyphony Digital.”

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