Gran Turismo Movie Had to Look and Feel Real, According to Director

Pedal to the metal

by Khayl Adam Mon 17th Jul 2023

The upcoming Gran Turismo flick, based on the true story of gamer-turned-racer Jann Mardenborough, features some pretty spectacular scenes, which required quite an extreme level of commitment from director Neill Blomkamp. This, along with a penchant for high-tech filming methods, has drawn some comparisons to Top Gun: Maverick, directed by Joseph Kosinski, which is the kind of company you want to keep.

Total Film put this comparison to Blomkamp himself (the full interview will be in print 20th July), who explained why a VFX-heavy approach wouldn't have been right. Blomkamp said, "What’s right is Archie [Madekwe] in the [car], super-uncomfortable, with high Gs, nausea, at 200km an hour… So it’s a fair comparison. I don’t know what [Maverick director] Joseph Kosinski’s like, but I’m sure he wanted the same thing. We just need to make it feel real."

In other Gran Turismo movie news, David Harbour (Stranger Things) spoke about the infamous video game adaptation curse and why he thinks it doesn't apply here.

Gran Turismo speeds off the mark on August 11th. Will you get behind the wheel, obey all signed instructions, and travel at or below the legal speed limit to a nearby cinema to see it? Remember to indicate well in advance of any turn in the comments section below.

[source gamesradar.com]

Khayl Adam is Push Square's roving Australian correspondent, a reporter tasked with scouring the internet for the richest, most succulent PlayStation stories. With five years of experience as a freelance journalist and mercenary wordsmith, RPGs are his first great love, but strategy and tactics games are a close second, genres in which he is only too happy to specialize.

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MattBoothDev
Mon 17th Jul 2023

I still don't get how there's a movie about Gran Turismo. It's a game that's never had a story. It's a racing game. I... Don't see the point to this.

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CptFancyPants
Mon 17th Jul 2023

@MattBoothDev because it's not a movie about the lack of story in the game, it's... a true story about a guy who won a Gran Turismo competition to race in real life.

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XenonKnight
Mon 17th Jul 2023

When's this coming to steaming and what one gets it?

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LifeGirl
Mon 17th Jul 2023

Was anyone actually asking for this? That's not a meaningless question. 2023 is officially one of the worst years for the box office ever. Establishing your market is more important than it was even last year.

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XenonKnight
Mon 17th Jul 2023

@LifeGirl It's more fodder for the streaming services. Maybe it will not suck.
I hope it makes alot of money so Sony can spend more money to make more 1st party games.

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Nalodart
Mon 17th Jul 2023

This looks terrible, based on a true story or not lol

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Grimwood
Mon 17th Jul 2023

@LifeGirl 2023 is one of the best years for big movies in years or what do you mean by box office? if they flop? what does that concern you or what has that to do with quality?
anyway
Indy 5, M:I, Wick 4, Oppenheimer, The Creator, Napoleon and Dune
Not sure about a recent year with more big hitters

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tomted76
Mon 17th Jul 2023

That is a huge helmet.

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thechetearly
Mon 17th Jul 2023

Genuinely can’t believe such a bad idea was given the go ahead. Sony’s movie division sure makes some goooooofy choices.

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LifeGirl
Mon 17th Jul 2023

@Grimwood Indy 5. The Little Mermaid. Antman. Black Adam. The Flash. Shazam. Renfield. Transformers. All box office disasters. The combined losses are over a billion and counting.
This is not opinion. Look it up.

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zidane4028
Mon 17th Jul 2023

"...has drawn some comparisons to Top Gun: Maverick, directed by Joseph Kosinski, which is the kind of company you want to keep."

That's an interesting comparison, considering that apparently, back in 2013, there was an different version of the GT movie with Kosinski attached to direct.

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MattBoothDev
Mon 17th Jul 2023

@CptFancyPants that makes so much more sense 😂 thank you!

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Ryne-Gaia
Mon 17th Jul 2023

Alright credit to the author all those references to driving at the bottom of the article got a genuine chuckle out of me like none of them have before you did a good one.

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