‘Watchmen’ Writer Alex Tse To Pen Video Game Adaptation ‘Gran Turismo’
Gran Turismo, one of the most celebrated racing franchises in video game history, is coming to the big screen. This we’ve known this for a while asSocial Network/50 Shades of GreyproducersMike De LucaandDana Brunettisigned onto the Sony franchiseover the summer. The move makes sense, based both on the success of theFast and Furiousfilms and another popular video game franchise,Need for Speed, also heading into theaters.
Now, the next step in the film’s construction has taken place.Alex Tse, who adapted Zack Snyder’sWatchmenfilm and is rewritingHighlander, has been tapped to pen the screenplay, which is based on a real life competition that allows video game users to eventually build and race their own cars, just like in the game.
The Hollywood Reporterbroke the news of Tse coming on board andCollidergot Brunetti to talk about the plot:
The top two they then took and put in the 24 hours at Dubai race, and they are now race car drivers… So the movie that we’re gonna do is kind of really a wish-fulfillment fantasy that this kid plays this video game and ultimately goes from this video game to actually racing the race cars."
The competition is called the “GT Academy” and you can read more about itat this link. What’s fun about it isGran Turismois the kind of game that allows the player to customize their car down to the smallest minutia and race all different brands. This rags-to-riches story would incorporate that in a fun way.
With a writer now in place, it’s up to Tse to turn the idea into something worth making, and then De Luca and Brunetti would move ahead from there. What do you think of the writer and idea for the film?
