Why a GTA Movie Won't Happen

Do you want to see a movie based on Grand Theft Auto? With Grand Theft Auto 5 talk everywhere at the moment, it's only natural that the adaptation question might be raised (again). But as far as Rockstar Games' co-founder Dan Houser is concerned, you probably shouldn't hold your breath for a GTA movie…

While talking to The Guardian about GTA 5, Houser said that Hollywood has come calling in the past.

"We've been offered, many times, and it's never appealed," he says. "The money's never been close to be worth risking one's crown jewels. Our small dabblings with Hollywood have always left us running back to games. The freedom we have to do what we want creatively is of enormous value. The second you go near Hollywood, people seem willing, or have been forced, to lose a lot of that control. That sort of amorphous 'that won't test well' attitude is exactly how we don't work. We've always tried to think of stuff that's innovative and new, and to go into a world where that's not encouraged would be horrible."

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