Gran Turismo movie set to star Geri Halliwell-Horner and Dijmon Hounsou

Geri Halliwell-Horner - known to most of us as "Ginger Spice" from the 90s girl band, The Spice Girls - has joined the cast for the Gran Turismo movie. 

She joins two-time Academy Award-nominated actor Dijmon Hounsou (A Quiet Place Part II) in playing the unannounced lead character's parents.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Daniel Puig (Naomi) also joins the cast as the lead's brother, whilst Josha Stradowski (The Wheel of Time) and Thomas Kretschman (the upcoming Indiana Jones movie) play a rival racer and his father respectively.

Sony Pictures and PlayStation Productions confirmed earlier this year that a Gran Turismo movie was on its way – and it's set to be directed by District 9 helmer Neill Blomkamp.

Geri Halliwell-Horner, also known as Ginger Spice from the Spice Girls, has been cast in Sony's upcoming GRAN TURISMO movie, out next August. pic.twitter.com/OkFb1HDVB6November 4, 2022

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The official description for the driving video game's adaptation reads: "Based on a true story, the film is the ultimate wish fulfillment tale of a teenage Gran Turismo player whose gaming skills won a series of Nissan competitions to become an actual professional race car driver."

The new recruits join David Harbour, Archie Madekwe, Orlando Bloom, and Darren Barnett, who are all already reportedly attached to the production.

American Sniper scribe Jason Hall has written the screenplay, while PlayStation Productions' Asad Qizilbash and Carter Swan are signed up as producers alongside Doug Belgrad, and Dana Brunetti. As it stands, the flick – a follow-up to the studios' last video-game-to-movie endeavour, Uncharted, which earned over $400 million at the global box office – is scheduled to release in US cinemas on August 11, 2023.

PlayStation's adaptation of Gran Turismo for the big screen is just one of several in the works. It was announced in May that a TV series based on sci-fi game Horizon Zero Dawn is in development, filming on HBO's The Last of Us wrapped recently, and Will Arnett has signed on to voice Sweet Tooth in a Twisted Metal show headed to Peacock. A Ghost of Tsushima movie is also in the pipeline, along with of a God of War series, too. 

The Uncharted movie did a decent job of bringing Nathan Drake's treasure-hunting escapades to the big screen, while Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was a zany and fun second outing for the Blue Blur. And don't forget about that new Super Mario Bros. movie, too, which is set to star Chris Pratt and Jack Black.

As Halliwell-Horner is married to Red Bull team principal Christian Horner, here's hoping it won't be another entry for Geri on our 30 worst movie cameos list.

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