GranTurismo: Darren Barnet Joins Sony Pictures' Racing Movie
star Darren Barnet has been tapped to join the growing cast of Sony Pictures’ upcoming racing movie. This marks Barnet’s first high-profile project, in which he is set to play the role of a racer “who is ranked at the top at the GT academy and who is not thrilled to see the upstart teen excel.”
Production is expected to begin this week in Hungary. Bloom and Barnet will be joining previously announced leadsThe film adaptation will be directed by Neill Blomkamp from a screenplay written by co-executive producer Jason Hall and Zach Baylin. It is expected to follow the story of a teenager with racing aspirations as they enter a series of Nissan competitions en route to becoming an actual professional race car driver — a true story that the film is based on.