Gran Turismo Movie Thread

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mef
I’m surprised Harbour was up for this. The movie has a high chance of being a turd. Comparing it to Rush, Senna etc diminishes the significant achievement of those movies in bringing historical racing legends to the screen. What history has GT academy to compare? After the recent GT7 money grab I can’t help but feel this is nothing but a money grab on the part of various Sony companies. Sony has always been in the business of milking their franchises in five different ways, see Spider-Man and the various Sony Bravia and PlayStation cross promotion.
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The first project under the belts of PlayStation Productions was Uncharted. A movie that went onto make $400m+ at the box office and will now be a franchise. Their next production is The Last of Us for HBO. Predicted to be the biggest TV drama of next year.

No movie is a guaranteed success. You can only go by the production standards set previously and quality of people brought onboard. The premise seems perfectly reasonable for an engaging movie. A kid coming from nowhere and winning a drive with a manufacturer. At the very least we should get exciting racing sequences.

The irony is Sony haven’t been milking their franchises. The likes of Disney, Marvel, Nintendo have been far more successful maximising their franchises & characters. That’s precisely why PlayStation Productions was set-up.
 
Famine
I mean, I think it's a story about someone like Jann Mardenborough who wins something like GT Academy and becomes a racing driver, rather than a story about a racing game...
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Thanks, didn't know that. But than even more.. is that a full cinema movie worth? I think they are some documentary, which I guess are interesting to watch, but a movie with scenes like:

He sits in his full sim-racing cockpit sweating from all other. The room is pretty dark. Than suddenly.
Boy: "YEAAAHH, FINALLY!" he screams and shouts out of pure exitement and happyness. Moments later, some angry footsteps are coming closer.
Mother yells with foreign accent: "Are you mad? Did you not watch the clock, how late it is? You wake your younger siblings!" Is she yelling while she opens the door. After some moments she calms a bit down. "Why is it even so dark here?"
Boy:" Mum! I made it! I... I finally made it! Can you imagine?" he get muddled. Than takes a deep breath "I qualified for the national finals in GT! I am one of the best drivers in the whole country! I have the real chance to become a race driver... like...HIM" he points to a life size poster of Michael Schumacher.
The mother grimaces in surprise. Then she stares out laughing wildly. Her sons smiles too until he realises, that she loughs about him and not because of happyness.
Than he shouts angry to her "STOP loughing! I mean it! I will become a..." Mother interrupts him
"a joke for the whole family! Stop this nonsense! You will become a carpenter like your father and yours fathers father and their fathers before and continue the family business. That was the last will of your father and YOU WILL OBEY!"
Son:" NO, I won't" he yells back.
Mother:" YES you will!! Arthur William Bobby Theodor Tschumpp! You are the last Tschumpp in the line of all family members to continue the tradition. It is not up to you, you understand young man?" getting real emotional. "Ever since he emigrated to England and worked himself to death here, it's certain that you will inherit it.
Son:"I don't care! It my dream!" Tears comes other his face...

and so on and so on... everybody very emotion... screams, shouts, cries... wonderful Oscar-worth performance...

uff... I guess I have the whole movie already in my mind. I just don't know if I am GT-fanboy enough to really watch this in cinema ;)

PS: The boy's name is not accidental. Can you guess how that will be used later in the film? :D
 
Between films like Le Mans, biopics like Ford v Ferrari and Rush, and campaign modes of games like Grid Legends, F1 2021, and even R: Racing Evolution, I feel like the professional racing as a setting/source for conflict and drama can be done really well if handled properly. If enough care is put into the characters and the story isn't cheesy, then I think the Gran Turismo movie will be a good time.

I'm hopeful personally because there is some pretty impressive talent I like lined up for this movie. A lot of big names working on honestly a pretty unknown franchise in popular culture. Uncharted was a little underwhelming but I don't think it was a bad movie, just a bit underbaked. So I hope this one has a bit more care put into it by the staff.

Also I think this might be the first movie ever to feature GT3 cars. At least I hope that's where the majority of the time spent racing is. The synopsis mentions that the teenage player is stepping up after winning the Nissan Academy, so I hope that isn't the entire focus of the film, and it deals more with the pressure of a newcomer and gamer amongst a field of classically trained and veteran drivers who are much older, sort of proving his worth that he belongs alongside them.
 
MisterWaffles
Also I think this might be the first movie ever to feature GT3 cars. At least I hope that's where the majority of the time spent racing is.
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It will be interesting to see what cars and series they feature. Recent movies like Michel Vaillant used a camera car in the actual Le Mans event. We’ve not heard about anything like that. But it’s not difficult to set up camera cars in test events etc.

Unless Nissan is directly involved I find it difficult to imagine Super GT will be featured. While Nissan will certainly not want the GTR-LM prototype involved.

I can see the movie being focused on Toyota or Porsche.
 
Kazuya720
I guess I have the whole movie already in my mind.
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Which answers your question, I guess.

Although Jann's dad, the former professional footballer Steve Mardenborough (famous for his winning goal for Wolves against Liverpool in 1984), is very much alive and well.
 
mef
I’m surprised Harbour was up for this.
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I'm not. I'm sure he'll be paid well. If someone wanted to pay me lots of money to be in a terrible movie I wouldn't have strong reservations about accepting. I get paid to do stuff that I think is stupid and pointless already, except that it's a pittance instead of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
 
Imari
I'm not. I'm sure he'll be paid well. If someone wanted to pay me lots of money to be in a terrible movie I wouldn't have strong reservations about accepting. I get paid to do stuff that I think is stupid and pointless already, except that it's a pittance instead of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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What makes people think it will be a terrible movie? I have no opinion either way given the lack of details. I can look at the calibre & track record of the studio, crew & cast. Together with it’s expected budget.

It’s not like the starting point is a low budget made-for-TV movie. Uncharted was hardly going to win any Oscars but it was still a fun film and commercial success. If Gran Turismo is focused on the motorsport scene. We can get some big budget, contemporary, racing action on screen.
 
Nathan88
What makes people think it will be a terrible movie? I have no opinion either way given the lack of details. I can look at the calibre & track record of the studio, crew & cast. Together with it’s expected budget.

It’s not like the starting point is a low budget made-for-TV movie. Uncharted was hardly going to win any Oscars but it was still a fun film and commercial success. If Gran Turismo is focused on the motorsport scene. We can get some big budget, contemporary, racing action on screen.
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That's why I'm wondering about the stars being the cars. Depending on era( if the movie takes place at the time of the original GT Academy or today), some cool stuff may be seen on screen.
 
Maybe it's wishful thinking but as much of a focus Silverstone was in GT Academy, hopefully the track will be featured in the movie and added to GT7.
 
The movie starts with some bongo timbale type sounds, with a young kid in the driver seat of a Mitsubishi. Gazing over the California skyline, thinking about attacking a patch of parking lot tarmac.
Kid accelerates and screams in anger. Spins out to a rest. Breathes heavy. Drives off slowly, on his way home to play a video racing game and make a tuna sandwich... no crust.
 
05XR8
The movie starts with some bongo timbale type sounds, with a young kid in the driver seat of a Mitsubishi. Gazing over the California skyline, thinking about attacking a patch of parking lot tarmac.
Kid accelerates and screams in anger. Spins out to a rest. Breathes heavy. Drives off slowly, on his way home to play a video racing game and make a tuna sandwich... no crust.
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Only to find that the servers are down for maintenance.
 
Nathan88
What makes people think it will be a terrible movie?
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It's an assumption based on how video game adaptations almost always turn out. It could be wrong, but the vast, vast majority of video game franchise based movies and series are somewhere between mediocre and so-bad-they're-almost-good-again. The major recent exception being Arcane.

Gran Turismo as a franchise has very little to offer to a movie, and so it's reasonable to assume that this will be another failed attempt to cash in on branding until we have evidence to prove otherwise. You can be wildly optimistic about this entirely brand driven project if you wish, but you shouldn't be surprised when people choose to be skeptical.
 
Techlet
It's a movie about a kid playing a racing video game.
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It’s a movie about a kid who went on to compete at the top level in GT3, Super GT & Prototypes. You’d assume the story will heavily feature his entry into professional racing as that’s the payoff.

I’d have far more scepticism if this movie was based around the GT World Finals we have today.
Imari
Gran Turismo as a franchise has very little to offer to a movie, and so it's reasonable to assume that this will be another failed attempt to cash in on branding until we have evidence to prove otherwise. You can be wildly optimistic about this entirely brand driven project if you wish, but you shouldn't be surprised when people choose to be skeptical.
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I’m not widely optimistic about anything. As premises go a real-life story about a kid winning a virtual competition, then competing in top-level motorsport. Seems fairly compelling. How it’s executed is another matter.

Most videogame adaptations are fantasy or aimed at children. Recasting familiar characters and re-telling old stories. Few get it right. Giving competent writers more freedom is not necessarily a bad thing.

A brand driven movie studio is exactly what PlayStation Productions are. They’re following the model of Disney/Marvel. They’re successful because they put the care & budget into their productions. After years of seeing their IP wasted by others looking for a quick buck.
 
Hounsou has done some pretty bad movies, as well as good ones. Orlando Bloom's career has been pretty damn slow these past few years from what I can tell (he was in a fantastic military movie recently, though - I urge people to check it out). But all in all, it's a star studded cast of B-listers which should be enough to get a ton of people to watch.

Edit - at least it's not an ensemble cast like some other movies. I'm always highly suspicious of those.
 
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Famine
This is the discussion thread for an article on GTPlanet:

Gran Turismo Movie Adds Djimon Hounsou and Geri Halliwell to Cast​

It’s been a while since we last heard about casting for the Gran Turismo movie, but more big names have been attached to the project according to Hollywood Reporter...
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GT collabing with Digimon? Thats awesome!

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Well, DH can reprise his role as Motherland from Biker Boys. Bikes too dangerous. Settled down, got married, has a kid. Kid wants to race. Dad happy it’s not on two wheels. :sly:
 
Maybe a bit more recent picture of Geri Horner could be found..

So its an automotive/racing movie with a main character who has black father and white mother. Sounds familiar. Will he be knighted at the end? 😉
 
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Weird no-one was bothered by the 15-year old image of Orlando Bloom...
Haitauer
So its an automotive/racing movie with a main character who has black father and white mother. Sounds familiar. Will he be knighted at the end? 😉
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It should sound familiar, although I don't recall Jann being knighted.
BigSarj
Hounsou has done some pretty bad movies, as well as good ones.
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Well, the image is from Furious 7, so we know the first bit :sly:
 
Famine
Weird no-one was bothered by the 15-year old image of Orlando Bloom...

It should sound familiar, although I don't recall Jann being knighted.

Well, the image is from Furious 7, so we know the first bit :sly:
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As far as Fast and Furious movies go 7 was pretty decent
 

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