‘Gran Turismo’ movie trailer shows a world obsessed with racing sims<p>Now that <a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie[/url] is finally (almost) done racking up coins, it’s time for another video game adaptation to head into theaters. Sony’s
Gran Turismo film, highlighting the esteemed racing sim, has set a release date for August 11th and dropped a first-look trailer to prove it.</p><p>According to the trailer, this is not your standard video game adaptation. It doesn’t seek to adapt the “story” of
Gran Turismo, but is rather set in a world obsessed with the racing sim. There's a tournament to find the best virtual racer out there (shades of
The Wizard) and the winners get to race in real life (shades of
The Last Starfighter).</p><span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><div id="e54f1db9acdb4379851c8cf6aed4496e"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="
https://www.youtube.com/embed/GVPzGBvPrzw" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>Even weirder? This is all based on a true story. The film follows current professional racer Jann Mardenborough (Archie Madekwe), who actually was a teenage
Gran Turismo obsessive. He really did win competitions and even managed to parlay that into an actual career. David Harbour, Orlando Bloom, Djimon Hounsou and Geri Halliwell round out the cast.</p><p>This might be an odd choice for a video game movie plot, but it’s not as if the
Gran Turismo series has a deep well of lore to pull from. The film is directed by Neill Blomkamp, who made
District 9 and
Elysium, so this is at least worth keeping an eye on. In any event, August is just around the corner, so we don’t have long to wait.</p><p>If you like your fake racing with a bit more clown-based hyper-violence, Peacock just dropped a <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="
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trailer for a Twisted Metal adaptation.[/url]</p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at
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‘Gran Turismo’ movie trailer shows a world obsessed with racing sims
