GameSpot can confirm the earlier report that District 9 director Neill Blomkamp will be adapting Sony's Gran Turismo racing game series into a movie, due to arrive August 11, 2023. It was previously reported that this project might be a TV series, but that has turned out to not be the case.

　　The plot synopsis for the film reads, "Based on a true story, the film is the ultimate wish fulfillment tale of a teenage Gran Turismo player whose gaming skills won a series of Nissan competitions to become an actual professional race car driver." While it might seem strange to adapt a video game and not use its plot, Gran Turismo doesn't have a plot. It's a racing game. At least the game is involved, though, unlike 2014's Need for Speed.

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　　The film comes from a screenplay by Jason Hall (American Sniper), with PlayStation Productions' Asad Qizilbash and Carter Swan, Doug Belgrad, and Dana Brunetti serving as producers.

　　Blomkamp is no stranger to video game movies, as he was working with The Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson on a Halo film years ago before it all fell apart. He and Jackson went on to make District 9 after Halo crumbled, and the movie became a cult success. Blomkamp later directed Elysium with Matt Damon. In addition to his ongoing work in the film space, Blomkamp is working with developer Gunzilla on a battle royale game called Off The Grid for release in 2023.

　　PlayStation Productions, founded in 2019, is the business unit of Sony responsible for bringing PlayStation's video game franchises to TV and film. The Uncharted movie starring Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg debuted this year and broke box office records. Other projects in the works include a Last of Us TV series at HBO and a Twisted Metal show for Peacock.

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