Gran Turismo movie story trailer shares more about its real-life star

Gran Turismo will be the next PlayStation franchise to receive a cinematic treatment. You can also find out more about of talking about it, as was also the case with 2022’s Uncharted). On Tuesday, Sony Pictures gave fans another look at what’s coming with a new trailer.

Tuesday’s trailer expands on the film’s story following a minute-long teaser Sony showed during CES 2023 back in January. Gran Turismo, Neill Blomkamp is the director (District 9) will be based on the story of real-life driver Jann Mardenborough, a British professional racing driver whose 12-year career has taken him to the 24 Hours of Le Mans and Japan’s Super GT series.

Mardenborough’s career began in 2011 at the Gran Turismo Academy, a PlayStation 3 competition where he beat more than 90,000 entrants to win a seat with Nissan in the Dubai 24 Hour. Mardenborough, who had no real motorsports background at all, placed third in the class of endurance race despite having little experience.

You can also read more about it here. Gran Turismo Will tell the classic story of a sports phenom who discovered his talent through a videogame. So it’s somewhat like Last StarfighterGunstars and cars are different.

Archie Madekwe will star as Mardenborough, with Geri Halliwell Horner — also known as Ginger Spice, and wife of Formula 1 Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner — as his mother, Lesley Mardenborough. Djimon Hounsou headlines the cast as Mardenborough’s father, Steve, an English footballer of some renown during the 1980s and 1990s. David Harbour, Orlando Bloom and others also appear.

Gran Turismo On August 11, the film premieres in theatres.