As he talked about the GT franchise during Sony’s Gamescom 2013 media event, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe CEO Jim Ryan (check out our recent interview with him) formally announced the Gran Turismo movie, fully confirming the news leaked last month by a Hollywood news site.
Kazunori Yamauchi is involved in the movie’s development, and Ryan offered the first hint at the film’s plot, announcing that the “human dimension” will be “inspired” by GT Academy.
“I’m pleased to announce that [Kazunori Yamauchi] and Sony Pictures are currently developing a full-length feature film, inspired by the GT franchise. In addition to capturing the adrenaline of the racing world, the film’s human dimension will be inspired by GT Academy.”
The Gran Turismo film will be brought to you by two of Hollywood’s most respected producers, Micheal De Luca and David Brunetti.”
Ryan’s choice of words is somewhat reminiscent of the “human drama” which Kazunori Yamauchi alluded to in a statement made during last year’s European GT Academy finals, and further discussed in GTPlanet’s interview with him at SEMA last year.
Further details on the Gran Turismo movie remain scant, but such a high-profile announcement has hopefully “broken the ice” for a trickle of more details to follow as the film moves closer to its eventual production.
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Well, at least it doesn’t sound as horrible as the Fast and Furious ripoff that it originally sounded like. I would still have preferred a Le Mans spiritual successor though.
But the question is: Do we really need a Gran Turismo – Movie?
do we need a life in order to be happy?
Hard to tell. Dead people don’t seem to complain much, but then again, they don’t seem to be all that enthused about things most of the time either.
Movie starts with protagonist having $20k. He buy a civic. He start racing but his car isn’t fast enough so he breaks into a part store does engine swap, hp increase, stage 4 and 5 weight reduction (hacks) and its up to the police(PD) to catch him. This seems like GT
Gran Turismo – Drive hard with a vengance Gran Turismo – Live free or Drive hard
Gran Turismo – Good day to drive hard
Silent Hill movies = Bad
Mario movie = super crap
Tomb Raider movie = meh(kudos for Sean Bean though)
Final Fantasy 7 = Not bad, dat CGI
Resident Evil = Source material a joke since 4, movies went the other way and are meh.
Doom = Meh.
Hitman = it pains me to say … meh.
Prince of Persia = meh.
Halo stuff = meh, even with a well fed source material that started to be meh since H2.
Now, either you make a movie based on a character(s)(ala Batman, or comics), or you make a movie based on the world or universe in which it takes place (ala James Bond until Casino royale, and then Skyfall again).
So what is there to have ….a movie like Fast and Furious. A movie like Days of Thunder. A movie like thunderbolt.
It will be no with no doubt a 2 hour commercial Nissan Comercial, but it might not be as bad as everybody thinks, they should come up with an interesting character(which will be based on Lucas Ordoñez). the universe is all set, we all know it and we practically played part of it … god knows what kind of writing will follow.
Sean Bean wasn’t half bad in Silent Hill.
LOL I’m going to watch this just to see what it’s like… Going to be the longest commercial ever for Nissan
Hahahahaha so true!
I’m both excited and terrified at the prospect of this fillum. Definitely waiting for reviews first before watching it.
Wonder if the drivers will need to visit an infuriating mechanics workshop with bad elevator music to get an oil change or will they be able to do it from the pit lane?
they should have got Uwe Boll to do it, least it would have been… different :)
No NO NO!!
I’ve said it before. Uwe Boll is crap. Every video game movie he’s made, he purposeFULLY made it crap.
I’m just wondering how accurately the film will depict the true experience of playing Gran Turismo. Will our main character have to cope with the struggles of bad AI drivers? Will all of the tracks feature PD’s signature tunnels? What about the sounds, will they be the same for all cars? Will the damage in the film be set on or off? Will the visible damage make it look as if someone has taken a blow torch and melted the front end of your car? And of course, the biggest question of all, just how many Nissan’s can they make our main character drive?
youve described what the movie will be like!
So I went to see the Gran Turismo Movie but got disconnected from the server halfway through.
Haha, you’re on the same page I am mate!
Wow some of you are real original! If you don’t like the concept of the movie you can, and this is pretty amazing, not post in the article about the movie!!! Check this out, also you can, Umm, what’s it called? Let’s see…Not watch the movie when it comes out!
Speaking of irony…….
Wouldn’t be surprised if the movie is fictionally based on 1guy living all the GTAcademy graduates various real life ups and downs on their way to fulfilling each ones dream of being a Race car driver. If so, Brian Doherty’s road should get the majority of consideration.
So it will pretty much be Days of Thunder with a road racing/Gran Turismo Theme. I am interested
Micheal De Luca and David Brunetti
Movies to their credits Money ball & Social Network so they are not your average lowlife B-Movie makers.
+ American History X and BOOOOOOOGIE Nights!
This movie will also feature The Fonz waterskiing over a shark
thumbs up
David Brunetti? Are you sure it’s not Dana Brunetti?
Other than that, i’m looking forward to it.
Gran Turismo – The GT-R Black Edition Menace
Gran Turism – Attack of the Skylines
GT – Revenge of the Miatas
GT- a new GT-R
GT – The Miatas strike back
GT – Return of the Skylines
Heres a thought: Gran Turismo. Simple and Straight without the unnecessary JDM hate.
So it’s going to be like Audi’s “Truth in 24” except it will follow Lucas Ordonez and they won’t win at the end?
Yes, but without Lucas and not a documentary and with everything but what you’re thinking of.
Rob Snidder (Or what he is called…) Should get the role lol…
Rob Schneider …
What role? Where’s the script?
Rob schneider is a stapler
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So GT movie and NFS Movie?? Guess they gonna suck balls… :( Just stick too the game thing IMO?
But they can still suprice me tough .. :)
Gran Turismo – Skyline’s the Limit.
Gran Turismo – Reach For the Skyline
Gran Turismo – Somewhere Over the Skyline
Lets go with your second one, because we can arriviste it GT-R
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I thought so it’ll be based on GTA. :)
Not excited about this…
This is the only car movie I’d ever watch. And… by golly, I want to.
Really, you wouldn’t watch a Steve McQueen film like Bullet or Le Mans? What about the Ron Howard movie Rush that comes out in September? It seems like this movie is going to be a movie based on Gran Turismo that wishes it could be all of those quality films.
This is going to be the longest, bestest, most expensive nissan commercial ever!
exactly
lol
My sentiments exactly!
So guy finds a Nissan Leaf and enters 2 races, then gets a 370Z and enters 2 races, then competes in a time trial, and enters finals, and gets a ride in a Nissan GT-R
Gran Turismo the Movie will win the OSCAR!!!!!!!!!
Let’s see…
Wouldn’t hold my breath.
Robert Downey Jr. hasn’t won one…
Six games and a Movie!
Which also just so happens to be the title tag line I hear.
I’ll give away the movie’s plot right now. Boy grows up dreaming of being a race car driver but never gets involved until one day when he enters a GT Academy contest and makes it as a finalist where, despite some disappointments, shows what he is made of amd impresses the racing team directors and fulfills his dream of driving for a real racing team!
Main cast – Tom Cruise
The main character has to be Tom Cruise, Nicholas Cage or Bruce Willis.
No Chuck Norris, then the best movie ever xD.
don’t forget the cheesy love story
And a bit of revenge at the end for the people who killed is wife (like in all other movies).
Needs sarcastic aliens, and a trailer park.
The trailer park (population less than 5 people) should be equipt with a single arcade machine. This machine would play the GT Academy demo, and used to find the best players, who then go on to save the universe from a massive evil alien space invasion. The invasion should oddly look like “Space Invaders”, only in three dimensions, and using Miata like robotic fighter drones, Skyline bombers ships, and a massive Redbull X1 base ship “boss”.
Don’t think anyone has done that plot yet…..
I hope it will be a great movie.. one to watch over and over and over… and over again.
Hahahahaha.
Seeing that the movie is INSPIRED by GT, we need to remove the thought of a GT-branded movie and think about how GT and GT Academy will be able to bring ideas to the film.
Is Kaz one of the Actors of the movie or what?
After Kaz the game designer, Kaz the pilot now in world premiere….Kaz the ACTOR!!!!!!!!
^Yeah. lol
the Villan could be NONAME from GT2……… who remembers that glitch ? lol…….. most or all of your cars would be gone next day lol
“Inspired by GT Academy”……LOL………. one long ass Nissan commercial…. Good luck destroying the Gran Turismo franchise lol
“one long ass Nissan commercial”
Sounds about right.
Nah I doubt the Nissan commercial thing. Although ALL movies are completely FILLED with product placement most of the time you don’t notice these subliminal messages. In order for this to be a success we have to see some serious racing not Nissan on Nissan at a Japanese circuit.
I figured there had to be SOME sort of GTA integration in the film…
I mean, SERIOUSLY… How do you make a movie from a game that literally has NO story, or even characters…?
I’ll tell you how….a desperate mind.
And it’s going to be exactly alike Battleship. Super Mario. and others…
Seriously, how close-minded are you people? There’s no storyline for GT games, and the script won’t be restricted to “License Test, Grind, License Test, Grind, UCD, Grind, Grind, Grind, UCD, UCD, Photo Mode”.
What are the chances of the main character not driving a GTR? slim to none is my guess. i do love the car but damn GT thrashes the hell out of them
I’m not paying to see an hour and a half of GT-R car porn.
I’d do
I would…why the hell not?
Heck no I wouldn’t, can’t stand the looks if that thing. Also, I can’t see this being a success, not trying to pessimistic, but what could possibly make this movie interesting? Its a game with no story, with the only theme being cars in general. any favricate story would semem pretty tacky. maybe a GTA theme would be interesting, only time will tell I guess.
Hope there’s there’s a bad guy in it. Rather that than some tear jerk of a date flick.
ACTION!!!
So, touge racer/drifter has a close call and decides to keep it off the streets. Meets a retired racer and moves up the ranks in road racing. Thats like the life of Keiichi Tsuchiya.
Of they’ll just show the character playing GT and wants more out of life.
It’s so funny you mentioned Tsuchiya, I was thinking the movie would be based on his career.
If they get this right, Gran Turismo will make it big.
It’s already made it big. It’s sold 70 million copies has it not?
So many racing movies coming out.