The Last Stardriver
Sony Interactive Entertainment’s premier driving simulator,Gran Turismo, is getting ready to burn rubber on the big screen. According to a new report from theTinseltown insiders over at Deadline, Columbia Pictures is scoping a summer 2023 release date for thefast and furiousmovie adaptation.
Directed by Neil Blomkamp, (the big chair behind the greatDistrict 9and theabominableCHAPPiE),Gran Turismohas something of a strange plot concept. Reportedly, the movie will follow the exploit of the world’s greatestGran Turismoplayer, who transitions their digital racing skills onto the real-world professional car racing circuit. ThinkThe Last Starfighter, but without the world-saving angle.
Personally, I prefer my driving movies to focus on people in pleather flame trousers stealing DVD players, but each to their own.Gran Turismois the latest in a series of film and TV adaptations based on PlayStation properties. Live-action takes onThe Last of Us,God of War,Horizon Zero Dawn, andTwisted Metalarealready in the works, while the Tom Holland vehicleUnchartedlaunched earlier in 2022.
Gran Turismois tentatively scheduled to arrive in theaters July 22, 2025.
