TRON: LEGACY Director in Talks to Take on GRAN TURISMO Film

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Troy: Legacy and Oblivion director Joseph Kosinski is in talks to helm the big screen adaptation of Sony PlayStation’s hit racing video game Gran Turismo. I’ve been a fan of this game franchise for years, and I think it has potential to be a cool movie if it's done right.

The Fast and the Furious franchise has been doing very well for itself, which is obviously why Sony is looking to get this Gran Turismo film into production. The other hit racing game, Need For Speed, got an adaptation that starred Aaron Paul, and while it was fun to watch, it was also pretty forgettable. 

According to THR, Kosinski has been looking to take on a racing film project for some time. He was previously developing a film called Go Like Hell at Fox, which tells the true story of the battle between Ford and Ferrari to win Le Mans in 1966. Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise were looking to join that production, but the project fell apart, and Kosinski dropped out. Looks like the director will have another opportunity at a racing flick

The game’s lead designer, Kazunori Yamauchi, has said that the plot will follow a video game player who becomes a racer. Watchmen writer Alex Tse had been hired to provide the screenplay, but the current script for the film will be completely rewritten, and Kosinski will be overseeing its development.

Kosinski is a great visual and technical director, and it will be interesting to see what his vision for this film will be if he officially becomes attached to the project. There’s no doubt the movie will look great, but the director has had issues with story and script in his first two movies. The guy has obviously got something brewing in his head on how he would tackle a racing movie. It’d be cool if he delivered a racing movie unlike anything we’ve ever seen before.

What are your thoughts on Kosinski taking on Gran Turismo?