The upcoming Gran Turismo is a “Sports” Movie says David Harbour

Recent releases like Super Mario and Sonic proved that games can do well in movie adaptations. That, of course, is when the producers pay enough respect to the original material and create some interesting story to justify the existence of such an adaptation. Despite their success, not everyone is confident that the old “curse” involving game-based movies is gone. One of them is David Harbour. The popular actor from Stranger Things seems to be afraid of the effects of this curse on his upcoming project – Gran Turismo.

The curse of movie games affects David Harbour

Okay, Gran Turismo should be the most surprising movie adaptation of recent times. After all, the game does not have any story… Still, that does not mean that there is no story involved with the game. And that’s exactly the point of the new movie. Sony’s next movie for theaters will tell us the history of a gamer that crossed the barriers to become a true racer. It should be an interesting approach, but not everyone is confident. David Harbour says that this is not a “Game” movie, but it’s an “Sports” movie. Does that sound like a good way to prevent the “game-movie curse” from acting? Well, nah.

Gran Turismo will be based on a true story, where a player of the popular racing simulator achieved to become a pro racer. According to Harbour, this could make the audience get a different perspective of the movie.

Gran Turismo 7

“We love to play video games because we control the action. We don’t want a director and other people making this for us, telling us a story where we are not the protagonists. Gran Turismo is about a guy that played a lot of videogame and his experience took him to the real races. This is a “Sports” movie to me.”

Sony recently published the first trailer of Gran Turismo’s movie. The trailer shows the protagonist Jann Mardebouroguh, who has the dream to take part in real races after driving i nthe game. Jack Salter (David Harbour) and Danny Moore (Orlando Bloom) will help him in this venture. You can see the trailer below and get your impressions.

About Gran Turismo

Gran Turismo is a popular series of racing simulation video games developed by Polyphony Digital for PlayStation systems. The latest installment, Gran Turismo 7, was released in 2023 and features new cars and updates. There is also The game is known for its realistic driving simulation and is enjoyed by both competitive and casual players.

Gran Turismo 7, the latest installment in the series, was released on March 4, 2022, for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. However, there have been reports that Polyphony Digital is considering releasing Gran Turismo on other platforms, including PC. As of now, there is no official announcement regarding the release of Gran Turismo 7 on other platforms.

Gran Turismo

As of November 16, 2022, the Gran Turismo series has sold over 90 million copies worldwide. The series is one of the best-selling game franchises and has grossed over $4.8 billion in sales revenue. With this huge performance, it’s no surprise to see Sony trying to get more money from the branding. The upcoming movie is the company’s latest attempt to produce a successful movie adaptation based on its franchises.

Sony is so far having a decent performance with its latest adaptations. The Uncharted movie performed well in theaters, and The Last of Us show, developed in partnership with HBO, proved to be a huge success among fans and newcomers. Now, we are curious to see if Gran Turismo will also be successful. To be honest, this is the kind of movie that could do well, but at the same time, that can be a complete disaster. We don’t know if fans of the series will be attracted to see a movie about it… Anyway, it it turns out to be interesting enough, it will attract the overall audience, not only gamers.

Source/Via: MeuPS

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