PlayStation Productions goes all out in the case of its film initiatives, constructing one more star-studded forged for its upcoming Gran Turismo film. Based on The Hollywood Reporter, Orlando Bloom has been tapped for a job this time. After the success of Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg starrer Uncharted, Sony Footage Leisure is gearing up for numerous film and movie initiatives primarily based on PlayStation IP. After initially being scrapped someday round 2015, Gran Turismo is being given one other shot beneath the watchful eye of recreation creator Kazunori Yamauchi.
Orlando Bloom will star alongside David Harbour in Gran Turismo film
The information of Orlando Bloom’s casting got here a day after it was revealed that Stranger Issues star David Harbour will play the position of a racing mentor. He’ll painting “a retired driver who teaches the teenager to drive.” The teenager right here is the protagonist, a Gran Turismo participant who finally ends up turning into an precise race-car driver. The film is predicated on a real story however there are a few “teenagers” who match the invoice so we’re undecided but whose story is getting the Hollywood therapy.
As for the position Bloom is taking part in, in line with The Hollywood Reporter, he “will play a hungry advertising exec who’s promoting the game of motor racing … and simply could consider in its artwork, too.” Gran Turismo film will start capturing in Europe subsequent week, and is at the moment slated for launch in theaters on August 11, 2023. District 9’s Neill Blomkamp shall be directing the film, with PlayStation Productions’ Asad Qizilbash co-producing. Yamauchi will function one of many govt producers.
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