Stranger Things: a star of the series in the adaptation of the video game Gran Turismo – Actus Ciné
Stranger Things: a star of the series in the adaptation of the video game Gran Turismo – Actus Ciné
Sheriff Hopper’s interpreter in “Stranger Things”, David Harbor landed the lead role in the film adaptation of the video game “Gran Turismo”, to be directed by Neill Blomkamp (“District 9”).
Marvel (Black Widow and soon Thunderbolts). DC (Suicide Squad). James Bond (Quantum of Solace). Stranger Things. And now a video game brought to the big screen. David Harbor continues to line up pop culture milestones in his filmography, and he just landed one of the lead roles in the film adaptation of Gran Turismo, to be directed by District 9 dad Neill Blomkamp.
Released in 1997, the first video game opus quickly established itself as a flagship title of the Playstation at the same time as a reference in terms of automotive simulation. A status that is still his as the seventh episode was released in March 2022. Its success is still relevant, and it is in this context that its transposition on the big screen passes the second.
Expected on August 9, 2023 in French theaters, Gran Turismo will play the mise en abyme card. And true story, because we will follow a teenage fan of video games (Archie Madekwe) who manages to become a real car racer. Thanks in particular to a former pilot, played by David Harbour. An approach that will allow the feature film to have a real story, and may even allow it to address the positive impact of games through its characters.
All of this, one imagines, with beautiful racing scenes that will benefit from the talent of Neill Blomkamp. If the latter remains on board the project, he who has more abandoned than completed in recent years.
