Sony Turning PlayStation’s ‘Gran Turismo’ Into Movie; Neill Blomkamp Eyed To Direct

[DonFerrari]

Mummelmann said:

DonFerrari said:

Because probably it's Sony itself using the license or promoting it. With a steady 10M seller that still gives some additional market awareness for the movie. and For Sony it is part of their use of multimedia tactics to increase their IPs and sell more. So not sure why it is hard to conceive the occurrence.

Being uncertain about what story will be told is quite normal, but to not see why a movie would be made in first place not so much.

Bolded and italic; opinions in this thread, albeit a small sampling, appear to be about 50/50. I don't think it's that abnormal. I understand Sony wanting to expand upon big IPs, but the way I see it there are other ones much more suited for movies or TV shows. Racing games rarely, if ever, make for good movie adaptations.

I guess the end project remains to be seen, but I remain skeptical, in spite of Sony's ambition and plans.

But you were questioning why license it (as if expending money to pay for the license), but it is their own stuff =p

I liked the recent racing movies I saw, be them biographies or the Le Mans Ford "documentary".

Fast and Furious is a racing franchise and it earned a lot of money.