Take the Fast and Furious franchise‘s ongoing success and longevity, the current rush to make game-to-movie and –TV show adaptations, and everyone’s affection for Stranger Things star David Harbour. Then, throw in the real-life story of a British teen who turned his love of PlayStation racing game Gran Turismo into an IRL racing career. The end result: a movie also called Gran Turismo, which will speed into cinemas this August — taking a Tetris-style approach, too, to bringing a button-mashing favourite to the screen.
“Do you really think you’re going to take a kid who plays video games…
