It will be a Gran Turismo movie and PlayStation already has a strong director in mind for this project.

Neill Blomkamp is Polyphony Digital’s best place to turn a video game into a great cinematic story.

Yesterday sony pictures It has confirmed that three new adaptations are in development by PlayStation Productions. The information was talking about a series of God of Wars for Prime Video. Horizon for Netflix and finally, another Gran Turismo for a platform to be determined. Finally, the latter will not be like this: a special portal, wants to be a movie with a famous director

According to the project deadline at a very early stage of developmentA lot of things could change until its premiere if it ever comes to fruition, but the magazine was able to learn that the studio was interested in signing Neill Blomkamp to bring the Polyphony Digital driving series to the big screen. Blomkamp’s name, which rose to prominence in 2009 after writing and directing District 9, has a history closely linked to video games.

In fact, we learned a few days ago that he was involved in OTG (Off The Grid), a third-person battle royale shooter with a big budget and strong narrative.

Now he’s tasked with putting together one of PlayStation Studios’ most successful epics, Gran Turismo, and telling a beautiful story, with 85 million copies sold since the release of the first racing video game for PSX in 1997.

Other PlayStation Productions projects

Gran Turismo is just one of several film and television adaptations PlayStation Productions is working on. Thus, in addition to the two series mentioned above, a Twisted Metal series for Peacock, a Ghost of Tsushima movie and another Jak and Daxter movie have started to be talked about in recent months. A total of 10 projects for HBO, including Uncharted: The Movie and The Last of Us.

Gran Turismo has been in the news following the launch of the GT 7 at the beginning of the year. You can learn more by reading our analysis of Gran Turismo 7 on 3DJuegos.