Sony seems serious about bringing its immersive games to theaters as equally immersive and story-driven film experiences. A sneak peek of the Gran Turismo movie featuring the first footage from the film arrived this week, and it looks to be about more than just adrenaline and race cars.
Coupled with an announcement from Sony’s press conference at CES in Las Vegas that the game Gran Turismo 7 would receive a free VR upgrade when the Sony Playstation VR 2 headset launches, the sneak peek of the movie has quotes from stars Orlando Bloom, David Harbour, and Archie Madekwe about how Gran Turismo is made for theaters and how it features not only cars but drama and a love story. But how is it possible to make a movie from a game like Gran Turismo?
The Gran Turismo game franchise is centered around (you guessed it!), cars and racing, and doesn’t have a plot or characters, so the movie interestingly uses the PlayStation Studios franchise by telling the true story of Jann Mardenborough. Mardenborough competed in the GT (Gran Turismo) Academy competition and beat over 90,000 entrants; he was rewarded with the chance to drive for Nissan at the Dubai 24-Hour race, and continued to win a series of Nissan competitions and become a professional race car driver.
