Orlando BloomandDavid Harbourare offering a sneak peek at their upcoming racecar movieGran Turismo.
On Wednesday, Sony Pictures Entertainment shared a first look at the new movie from director Neill Blomkamp (District Nine), which serves as an adaptation of the PlayStation racing video game series of the same name.
In the one-minute sneak preview, Bloom, 45, asserts thatGran Turismois made for fans to experience in the movie theater, whileStranger Thingsstar Harbour, 47, boasted about the movie’s racing sequences as intense racing sequences filmed using drones play out on screen.
“It’s bad-ass race car action you’re going to feel like you’re in the middle of,” Harbour says in the video.
“Body-vibrating sound,” Bloom adds of the film’s sensations. “The audience is going to feel every jolt, every thrill of this racing at 200 miles per hour.”
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The movie covers the “ultimate wish fulfillment tale of a teenageGran Turismoplayer whose gaming skills won a series of Nissan competitions to become an actual professional racecar driver,” the synopsis reads.
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Mardenborough beat out 90,000 competitors at the GT Academy and currently races in the Japanese Super GT championship circuit, according to hiswebsite.
In November 2022,Spice GirlsalumGeri Halliwell HornerandDjimon HounsoujoinedGran Turismo’s castas the production filmed in Hungary.
Halliwell Horner confirmed the news on social media at the time, sharing a screenshot ofThe Hollywood Reporter’scasting coverage. “Announcement,” she wrote in the caption.
Other casting decisions reported at the time includeDaniel Puig(Naomi),Josha Stradowski(The Wheel of Time) andThomas Kretschman(Indiana Jones 5), as they joinedDarren Barnet(Never Have I Ever), Bloom, Harbour and Madekwe on the film. Halliwell Horner, 50, and Hounsou, 58, will play Madekwe’s parents.
Gran Turismois set to premiere in theaters in summer 2023.
source: people.com
