David Harbour is getting behind the wheel of the upcoming Gran Turismo movie.
The Stranger Things star is joining the cast of District 9 director Neil Blomkamp's PlayStation adaptation as a "retired driver" who teaches the teenage lead how to drive according to The Hollywood Reporter.
According to the outlet, Gran Turismo will be "the ultimate wish-fulfillment tale of a teenage Gran Turismo player whose gaming skills won him a series of Nissan competitions to become an actual professional racecar driver." That likely takes its inspiration from the real-life story of Jann Mardenborough, the race car driver who went from the Gran Turismo academy through to racing for real in Formula 3.
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Gran Turismo is set for release on August 11, 2023 – and joins a whole host of PlayStation properties making their way to the big screen.
Sony's Uncharted, starring Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg, became the second highest-grossing video game movie of all time earlier this year. PlayStation Productions is also working on a Ghost of Tsushima movie, a Twisted Metal adaptation, and The Last of Us series, which is coming to HBO next year. A God of War series is also heading to Amazon.
Harbour, meanwhile, is going full speed ahead with several new projects in the works. He's starring alongside Pedro Pascal in a HBO true crime drama, is part of Marvel's Thunderbolts lineup and, of course, will appear as Hopper once more in Stranger Things season 5 – set to be the show's last.
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