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Sony shows racing footage from Gran Turismo movie coming in August — and GT is coming to PSVR 2

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Sony showed off some footage of its Gran Turismo racing movie coming out on August 11.

The execs in charge of the movie, including director Neill Blomkamp (District 9) showed off the racing footage from the high-octane movie. The film is based on a true story about a gamer who played the Gran Turismo series (which goes back 25 years) which inspired him to eventually become a professional racer.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.