Actor Orlando Bloom has joined the cast of the film adaptation of Sony’s popular video game Gran Turismo, directed by filmmaker Neill Blomkamp.
Sony Pictures and PlayStation Productions, who recently collaborated on Uncharted, starring Tom Holland, will produce the project, which will debut in theaters worldwide on August 11, 2023.
Known for starring in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogy and the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, Bloom has worked with up-and-coming actor Archie Madekwe in Stranger Things. We will perform side by side. star David Harbor, according to entertainment news website The Hollywood Reporter.
Gran Turismo is based on the true story of a teenage player who used his gaming talents to win a series of Nissan competitions and become a professional racing car driver.
Harbor plays a retired driver who teaches a teenager (Madekwe) how to drive.
Bloom stars as a hungry marketer pitching the sport of motor racing. Blomkamp, known for films such as ‘District 9’, ‘Elysium’ and ‘Chappie’, will direct the film from a script by Jason Hall and Zach Balin, while ‘Gran Turismo’ will be produced by Assad. Qizilbash and Carter Swan from PlayStation Productions, and Doug Belgrad and Dana Brunetti.
Sony Pictures and PlayStation Productions recently developed a movie adaptation of another popular video game, Uncharted.
Directed by Holland and also starring Mark Wahlberg, the film grossed over $400 million at the global box office. In addition to “Gran Turismo,” the two studios are working on a series of action-adventure games, “The Last of Us,” for premium cable television network HBO. The show will feature Pedro Pascal, Vera Ramsey and Gabriel Luna.
A film version of Chad Stahelski’s Ghost of Tsushima is also being developed alongside the Twisted Metal series, written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick and starring Anthony Mackie. .
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