'Gran Turismo' Trailer: David Harbour Gets Tough as Races Get Lethal in Video Game Film Adaptation

Working in an oft-traversed realm, Gran Turismo director Neill Blomkamp and writers Jason Hall and Zach Baylin have delivered a racing car drama that’s rather different from the others. With plenty of potent auto action, some well-defined characters and welcome fresh components, this is an engaging look at people who overcome their own doubts and perceived shortcomings to help pull off something genuinely unusual. It’s a lively, spunky piece of work with no pretenses and all the more welcome for that. Originally dated for August 11, Sony pivoted amid the actors strike, and is sneak previewing the next two weekends, with the official wide opening on August 25.

Gran Turismo: The Movie is speeding into theaters this month, and critics have plenty to say already!

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic “Gran Turismo” is a race-car movie that gives the audience a contact high. That’s what you tend to want from an action drama about souped-up sports cars snaking their way around labyrinthine tracks at 300 kilometers per hour. But there’s an innocence to this one, and a surprise authenticity.

Canadian author Carley Fortune has confirmed she’s teaming up with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to work on a film adaptation of her novel Meet Me at the Lake for Netflix.

EXCLUSIVE: Crónicas Obscuras is one of the most successful horror podcasts to come out of Latin America and it’s now being developed for the screen.

The “Saw” franchise is the brainchild of writer Leigh Whannell (who co-starred in the original film) and director James Wan crafting a new kind of slasher with John Kramer, aka Jigsaw, that debuted back in 2004. A deranged dying villain that attempts to teach his victims to appreciate their lives by forcing them to do unspeakable things to survive various death traps and puzzles.

Sony is making some big changes to their release schedule in the face of the ongoing SAG-AFTRA and writers strikes.

Anthony Mackie spent the better part of his childhood playing Twisted Metal on the Playstation. Now, he’s the face of Peacock’s adaptation, which debuted Thursday — nearly two decades after the first version of the game.

Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater weren’t good at keeping their connection a secret — at least not on the set of Wicked.

At a time of immense, industry-wide interest in video game IP, Range Media Partners looks to make a splash in the arena with the signing of Dan Houser, the creative director and lead writer behind massive franchises Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption, as well as his media company, Absurd Ventures.

Alison Herman TV Critic Earlier this year, the creative and commercial success of “The Last of Us” all but guaranteed video games would be television’s next great font of IP. Yet there are reasons video game adaptations have historically been troubled, and why “The Last of Us” was uniquely suited to become not just a show, but a prestige drama on HBO. In protagonists Joel and Ellie, “The Last of Us” game had complex, conflicted characters who could guide the viewer through their world in the wake of a zombie apocalypse.

Skybound Entertainment, centring on the Invincible heroine as she navigates the potential of her powers.A visual novel with turn based combat encounters, developer Terrible Posture Games and publisher Skybound Games worked with artist Rossi Gifford to create an experience that “feels like a comic book come to life.”Players will look forward to “dramatic choices” that determine the storyline, and “choosing how to develop Eve’s skills can increase her power, unlock special combat skills for use in vivid comic-book-style combat, or unlock unique dialogue options to further play your story, your way.”“I love this game for its fresh spin on the original comic’s artwork and style,” said Robert Kirkman, Skybound Entertainment’s chairman and chief creative officer. “Terrible Posture Games, Jill Murray, and Rossi Gifford do an incredible job of bringing 20 years of Invincible to new life.”Murray, who is credited on Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Assassin’s Creed 3: Liberation, Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag, Boyfriend Dungeon and more, lent her talents to weave a new story for Eve beyond the events of the comic book and animated TV show.“Atom Eve’s complexity, creativity, and wry sense of humour make her such a joy to build a game around.

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, its live-action adaptation series based on Japan’s highest-selling manga series in history by Eiichiro Oda.Inspired by the manga series,  follows Monkey D. Luffy (Iñaki Godoy), a young adventurer who has longed for a life of freedom since he can remember.

Ariana Grande’s love life has an update! Dalton Gomez might have swept Ariana off her feet and tied the knot. Still, their love story has taken an unexpected twist, and they reportedly headed to splitsville, ending their two-year marriage in January 2023! According to People, they tried to work things out, but their efforts fell flat. However, the rumor is that Ariana might be dating a new lucky guy, none other than her co-star from “Wicked,” Ethan Slater!Apparently, they found solace in each other’s arms after breaking up with their previous partners.

Key French tax credits aimed at the cinema, audiovisual and video game sectors generated $3.2 billion (€2.9 billion) worth of extra spending in France from 2017 to 2021, according to a study released by EY Consulting.

Neil Blomkamp first made his big splash in Hollywood with 2009’s “District 9.” But his other sci-fi follows-ups, 2013’s “Elysium” and 2015’s “Chappie,” didn’t fare as well with either critics or audiences. Now, after a brief (and underwhelming) pitstop into horror with 2021’s “Demonic,” Blomkamp tries another genre on for size with the summer blockbuster in the coming-of-age racing movie “Gran Turismo.” READ MORE: Summer 2023 Movie Preview: 52 Must-See Films To Watch Based on the hit PlayStation videogame series, “Gran Turismo” takes on the story of Jann Mardenborough, a player so good at the racing simulation game he ended behind the wheel of a real race car — and did well there, too.

Obviously, it takes years for feature films to get developed, written, filmed, and then released. And though artificial intelligence has been a topic of sci-fi films for years, it feels like there is no better time than now to release a film about rogue A.I.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Netflix is to release its Japanese live action film “Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead,” on Aug. 3. The horror comedy film is based on the hit manga (comic book series) by Aso Haro and Takata Kotaro that debuted in the Shogakukan magazine Monthly Sunday Gene-X in October 2018. It has also spawned an animated series that plays on Hulu in North American and other territories. The underlying comic is a wackily original melding of the salaryman gag manga – a popular genre in Japan seldom exported abroad – with the sort of zombie holocaust story that has become a Hollywood staple.

Aside from a handful of outliers like The X-Files, a four-time Outstanding Drama Series nominee, the top Emmy drama category had not been very welcoming to genre shows. That changed in a big way with HBO’s fantasy series Game Of Thrones, which became a four-time drama series winner.