Joseph Kosinski in Talks to Direct ‘Gran Turismo’ Video Game Adaptation
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Well at least it can't be any worse than Need for Speed.
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Main character:
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If I wrote the script, it's be about how a prophesied fan-forum member, The Chosen One, solved every problem through a series of wacky and zany adventures, along with his feline mentor, Jenkins.
Of course, no one would see it, because apparently you can't make everyone happy.
(subplot- The Chosen One would also never double-post, because clearly I'm an idiot)
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Rumour has it that Porsche have agreed not to be in the movie and there will be slow other drivers to make the main driver look fast.
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Oh you mean "Men gurning as they drive CART racers out of a hotel and onto streets with no safety gear for some reason"?
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I can see lots of Sony and GT product placement in the movie ... and thinking about the story, I remembered a classic anime that I loved back in childhood : Grand Prix No Taka. It was one of the series that made me love cars.
Here is a summary from wikipedia :
The story is about a young man named Takaya Todoroki who dreams of becoming a F1 racer. He puts all his energy into winning a beginners heat in stock cars, but slips on oil when in the lead due to a momentary loss of focus and has an accident. This makes Takaya lose his confidence and initially swear to give up racing. Then a masked stranger appears by his bedside in the hospital who introduced himself as the world-famous driver Nick. He encourages him to dust himself off and try driving a new prototype. Before long, he is a team member of "Katori Motors", hoping to become a world F1 champion, driving the "Todoroki special", a car built to his own design
From what I can remember , Nick is a play on Niki Lauda
The anime featured many real life cars like Countach LP500 and lots of technical details explained. As a kid this intrigues me and made me love motorsports/racing in general.
Trivia :
Here is a summary from wikipedia :
The story is about a young man named Takaya Todoroki who dreams of becoming a F1 racer. He puts all his energy into winning a beginners heat in stock cars, but slips on oil when in the lead due to a momentary loss of focus and has an accident. This makes Takaya lose his confidence and initially swear to give up racing. Then a masked stranger appears by his bedside in the hospital who introduced himself as the world-famous driver Nick. He encourages him to dust himself off and try driving a new prototype. Before long, he is a team member of "Katori Motors", hoping to become a world F1 champion, driving the "Todoroki special", a car built to his own design
From what I can remember , Nick is a play on Niki Lauda
The anime featured many real life cars like Countach LP500 and lots of technical details explained. As a kid this intrigues me and made me love motorsports/racing in general.Trivia :
- The character Nick is evidently based on Austrian world champion F1 driver Niki Lauda. While Nick is only referred to as "Masked Man" (due to the mask he wears) in the English dub 'Super Grand Prix', the character does specifically mention the name Lauda during the flashback sequence in which he is discussing his own past.
- Apart from Lauda, the series also featured other thinly disguised popular Formula One drivers from the 1970s, including Mario Andretti, Vittorio Brambilla, Emerson Fittipaldi, James Hunt, Clay Regazzoni and Jody Scheckter.
- The design of the 'Todoroki Special' was inspired by the 1976 Tyrrell P34 'six wheeler' designed by Derek Gardner.
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I think any plot that focuses around either a racing driver, or gamer, as a central 'hero' character is going to be a cheesy pile of rubbish un-related to the game and will be terrible - just my opinion of course.
Because GT has no central plot or character, I think this should be mirrored in the film, perhaps with a number of characters each with their own plot line, that intertwine in some fashion. Think about how Pulp Fiction was structured as an example. This would enable them not to get suck in a rut of having just one Hero car, or limiting themselves just to a Racing series environment, or a particular car 'scene'.
Genuinely I think they should try something a bit different, almost bordering on an abstract theme. They also need to avoid shaky wobble camera work for the illusion of speed, they need to avoid any stupid jumps that no car in real life could survive --- basically they need to not make a Hollywood car film.
.. of course all of that relies on it having a well thought out plot and being extremely well scripted in order to work .. oh dear.
Because GT has no central plot or character, I think this should be mirrored in the film, perhaps with a number of characters each with their own plot line, that intertwine in some fashion. Think about how Pulp Fiction was structured as an example. This would enable them not to get suck in a rut of having just one Hero car, or limiting themselves just to a Racing series environment, or a particular car 'scene'.
Genuinely I think they should try something a bit different, almost bordering on an abstract theme. They also need to avoid shaky wobble camera work for the illusion of speed, they need to avoid any stupid jumps that no car in real life could survive --- basically they need to not make a Hollywood car film.
.. of course all of that relies on it having a well thought out plot and being extremely well scripted in order to work .. oh dear.
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Rumour has it that the film will last 1.40 minutes to accommodate for all viewers.
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It's hard to imagine a Gran Turismo movie. I would be far interested in a Gran Turismo documentary of the entire series, from its conception to its creation, and it would be far easier to pull off correctly than some lame racing plot.
Can anyone even recommend a fantastic racing-based movie that isn't a documentary of sorts? As in, actual plot besides just racing the cars, but that doesn't stray into heist territory.
Can anyone even recommend a fantastic racing-based movie that isn't a documentary of sorts? As in, actual plot besides just racing the cars, but that doesn't stray into heist territory.
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Sony should just buy up all of the copies of Thunderbolt and Photoshop the Gran Turismo logo on it. That has everything a Gran Turismo movie can probably expected to have (90s Japanese cars! A confusing and contradicting anti-street racing message! Best Motoring style racing! A Skyline featured prominently throughout the movie!) without ego stroking about how awesome GT Academy is; and they can use the money they saved to have Jackie give it an official dub like he gave Supercop.
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Whoa, I didn't expect a GT movie to be rumoured on.
If there is an actual GT movie, I would think it would most likely be a drama where some guy starts by racing karts on his local race track, going on to race compacts, sedans, sports cars, and the like at tracks from all over the world, and eventually compete in the 24 Hours Of Nurburgring, with Lucas and Jann.
If there is an actual GT movie, I would think it would most likely be a drama where some guy starts by racing karts on his local race track, going on to race compacts, sedans, sports cars, and the like at tracks from all over the world, and eventually compete in the 24 Hours Of Nurburgring, with Lucas and Jann.
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Will there also be rabbits?
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Bob will be there as well...
But the movie will be delayed 3 more years until they can figure out which way to go... Without the course maker it will be difficult...
But the movie will be delayed 3 more years until they can figure out which way to go... Without the course maker it will be difficult...
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Seriously, the first one is a pretty solid movie. For being animated and having anthropomorphic cars, it's far better than the majority of racing movies. It's pretty much the perfect stereotypical roadmap of what a racing movie should be.
Imagine if the Gran Turismo movie was Cars, but with real people instead and maybe circuit racing instead of ovals. Probably not the worst movie ever made.
Just not Cars 2, ok
Seriously, the first one is a pretty solid movie. For being animated and having anthropomorphic cars, it's far better than the majority of racing movies. It's pretty much the perfect stereotypical roadmap of what a racing movie should be.
Imagine if the Gran Turismo movie was Cars, but with real people instead and maybe circuit racing instead of ovals. Probably not the worst movie ever made.
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Seriously, the first one is a pretty solid movie. For being animated and having anthropomorphic cars, it's far better than the majority of racing movies. It's pretty much the perfect stereotypical roadmap of what a racing movie should be.
Not exactly what I was thinking of, it's pretty much a kid's movie, regardless of whatever message it tries to convey.
Now that I think about it, Cars has some things in common with a Western, with all the "stranger that arrives into town and helps us" kind of thing. Perhaps a racing movie that follows a Western-styled plot, like Cars, could be a good thing.
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And if you've watched Cars or other Pixar movies, then you'll know that despite the childish appearance they're actually extremely well written, well characterised movies. Look past the childish veneer and it's exactly what you asked for.
Don't make the mistake of overlooking it just because it's targeted at a younger audience. Disney and Pixar put way more work into making sure that their movies are well plotted and characterised than most studios.
Watch the movie. That's not what happens at all.
Lightning helps the town a little, but the heart of the story is about Lightning's growth as a person. He's already an incredible racer, but he lacks the friendliness and honour to build a successful team around himself and the humbleness to ask for help when he needs it. He's never had a real friend, just lackeys and suck-ups.
In Radiator Springs, he meets people who like him for himself, not for his achievements. He learns what it's like to be disciplined, and develops a moral sense. He learns the value of hard work and loyalty, and listening to those who have more experience. He comes out the other side more mature, more skilled, and with a group of people who love and support him for reasons other than his skill as a driver.
It's a bildungsroman, a story in which Lightning grows from a hot-headed youth into a man. While some Westerns also share this basic structure, it's not exclusive. Westerns are defined by the time period and region that they're set in, not the story structure.
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Don't get me wrong, I love Toy Story for example, but that doesn't mean that's the movie I want to remember all my life as a kick-ass film.
You would be surprised to learn that Western share a lot of similar plots, and the setting is mostly a secondary thing. Sure, there would be no Western without a Wild West, but what defined the genre is the plot instead of just the location. Not every film set in the wild west is a true Western.
Sure, Cars isn't exactly a Western, all I remembered from the movie (which I didn't enjoy) is that Lightning arrives at Radiator Springs and helps the town bloom, while achieving personal success along the way.
But doesn't matter, really. As a car movie, it fails a little, as it strays too much into plot territory instead of racing territory. Besides the fact that the characters are literally cars, there isn't too much racing going on. That's why I said that heist films don't qualify as car movies early on. There may be car scenes and racing in the streets, but they aren't car films, certainly Cars isn't one in my opinion.
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