The second official trailer for the edge-of-your-seat movie Gran Turismo dropped on Thursday morning.
And in this new clip Hollywood veteran Orlando Bloom takes on a bigger role.
The British star plays Danny Moore, the mastermind behind a new scheme: take a teen who is an expert race car video game player and turn him into a real life race car driver.
The crazy plot line is actually based on a true story.
Bloom stands out as the worried coach who has to push Jann Mardenborough, played by 28-year-old actor Archie Madekwe, to greatness.
In 2011 Jann became the third winner of the GT Academy, and the youngest ever to do so at just 19 years of age.
Gran Turismo debuts in theaters on August 11, 2023.
The man behind the magic: The second official trailer for the edge-of-your-seat movie Gran Turismo dropped on Thursday morning. And in this new clip Hollywood veteran Orlando Bloom takes on a bigger role
Race expert: The British star plays Danny Moore, the mastermind behind a new scheme: take a teen who is an expert race car video game player and turn him into a real life race car driver. The crazy plot line is actually based on a true story
Ready to go: The synopsis reads: ‘A gamer’s skills wins them the chance to become a professional race car driver’
The synopsis reads: ‘A gamer’s skills wins them the chance to become a professional race car driver.’
The film has an impressive cast.
Bloom’s character Danny is based on real GT Academy founder Darren Cox.
Orlando is seen with longer hair than normal as he sticks up for Jann. At one point he tells the teen: ‘You’ve got to prove to everyone that you belong.’
Djimon Hounsou plays his father and David Harbour as Jann’s trainer, Jack Salter.
One of the few female cast members is former Spice Girls Geri Halliwell, 50, who stars as Lesley Mardenborough, the teen racer’s mother.
The Sony Pictures film tells the true story of Jann who went from video game geek to race car winner.
Despite never sitting in an actual race car, he beat out 90,000 contestants to win GT Academy, winning a chance to race at the Dubai 24 Hour race.
The film hails from director Neill Blomkamp (District 9), who works from a script by Zach Baylin (Creed III), Will Dunn (Ms. Marvel) and Jason Hall (American Sniper), in theaters August 11.
Bloom time: Bloom stands out as the worried coach who has to push Jann Mardenborough
The boy: Jann is played by 28-year-old actor Archie Madekwe. In 2011 Jann became the third winner of the GT Academy, and the youngest ever to do so at just 19 years of age. Gran Turismo debuts in theaters on August 11, 2023
True story: The teen is at first confident that he can race in real life, telling everyone to support him
The first trailer shows Archie’s character playing Gran Turismo 25, complete with a steering wheel and pedals hooked up to his computer.
He asks a friend who he thinks the best driver is, and the friend says Rory, but Jann boasts, ‘I would dust him in a lap!’
Jann’s father Steve says, ‘All you do is play video games with some crazy dreams of racing cars,’ while Jann fires back with, ‘Dad, you’re the one who always told us to do something we love.’
Steve contends, ‘You know what racing cars cost? Look around, it’s not our world, son,’ while we see shots of his blue-collar upbringing.
Eventually, Jann learns of a contest known as Gran Turismo Academy, which Danny describes as, ‘The best Gran Turismo players in the world get a chance to compete in professional racing,’ as we see footage of the kids in the competition.
True story: He learned how to race by playing a video game racing cars
Video game: He is seen playing Gran Turismo 25, complete with a steering wheel and pedals hooked up to his computer
Dust: He asks a friend who he thinks the best driver is, and the friend says Rory, but Jann boasts, ‘I would dust him in a lap!’
Video game: Jann’s father Steve says, ‘All you do is play video games with some crazy dreams of racing cars,’ while Jann fires back with, ‘Dad, you’re the one who always told us to do something we love
Danny’s plan is met with skepticism by trainer Jack Salter, who says, ‘You really think you’re gonna take a kid who plays video games in their bedroom and you’re gonna strap them into a 200-mile-an-hour rocket? It’ll tear ’em to pieces.’
Jack contends that it won’t work because ‘the guys who race are elite athletes, your kids are scrawny little gamer kids.’
‘Well, that’s where you come in,’ Danny tells Jack, as we see footage of Jack training Jann and the other GT Academy hopefuls.
He has to work the boy hard: David Harbour stars as the man who has been given the task of getting the boy into shape
Pieces: Danny’s plan is met with skepticism by trainer Jack Salter, who says, ‘You really think you’re gonna take a kid who plays video games in their bedroom and you’re gonna strap them into a 200-mile-an-hour rocket? It’ll tear ’em to pieces’
The film will come out soon: Gran Turismo debuts in theaters on August 11, 2023
Jack, yelling into a bullhorn, jokes, ‘This must be a new experience for you, using your legs,’ as one of the contestants stops running and pukes.
Jack explains, ‘When you’re in a race, the cockpit is gonna be 140 degrees Fahrenheit, G-forces will be twice what an astronaut feels upon liftoff.’
Jann is in a car when he yells that he can’t see anything before spinning out into the tires, as Jack jokes ‘Do you get extra points for that in the game?’
Jack tells Danny that, ‘this whole thing is insane,’ but out of everyone before him, Jann is the best, as Jack tells Jann he has won the competition, as he lets out a scream.
‘Welcome to Team Nissan,’ Danny tells Jann as they share a hug before his introductory press conference.
On their way to Jann’s first race, Danny explains, ‘The other racers are going to hate you,’ as we see another race ram Jann’s car into the wall, which starts a fight after.
Jack also explains, ‘If you miss a line in the game, you reset. You miss it on the track, you could die,’ as we see a car that takes off flying into the air before landing in flames.
Jann proclaims, ‘I know this track. I’ve raced it a thousand times,’ as he speeds past other racers as the trailer comes to an end.
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