A movie adaptation of Sony’s Gran Turismo series is reportedly in the very early stages of development.
That’s according toDeadline, which claims Sony is eyeing Neill Blomkamp, the director of films including District 9, Elysium and Chappie, to helm the movie.
During a business briefing on Thursday, Sony Pictures Entertainment reportedly confirmed that the company was working onTV adaptations of God of War with Amazon, Horizon with Netflix, and Gran Turismo.
However, Deadline claims the Gran Turismo project is actually a movie adaptation based on the long-running racing series, which is developed byPolyphony Digital.
The franchise, which launched for PSOne in 1997, has sold over 85 million copies to date. The most recent series entry, Gran Turismo 7, was released in March forPS4andPS5.
Deadlinefirst reported in March that Sony Pictures Television andPlayStationProductions weredeveloping a live-action God of War TV series.
It said the iconic action-adventure franchise was being adapted for TV by The Expanse creators/executive producers Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby and The Wheel of Time executive producer/showrunner Rafe Judkins.
PlayStation Productions is a studio formed in 2019bySony Interactive Entertainmentto adapt its original game properties for film and TV in partnership with Sony Pictures.
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The studio is also working on aThe Last of Us HBO TV seriesco-written by Chernobyl creator Mazin, a live-actionGhost of Tsushima moviehelmed by John Wick director Chad Stahelski, aTwisted Metal TV seriesfrom Deadpool’s writers, and aJak and Daxter adaptationfrom Uncharted movie director Ruben Fleischer,among other projects.
