Take Two has made it clear there are no plans to make a Grand Theft Auto movie.
A lot of video game properties are being turned into movies. There’s the Assassin’s Creed and World of Warcraft movies being made. Splinter Cell and The Last of Us are also in early stages of development.
Take-Two CEO, Strauss Zelnick mentioned to Gamespot GTA will not go that route:
No plans for a [GTA] movie.
We haven’t actually taken any of our titles and turned them into motion pictures for a reason. Because we don’t finance motion pictures, it’s not a great business. We have conversations about licensing all the time. The problem is the economics around the licensing are swamped by our economics in our core business. So the risk of having someone else make a movie that’s not up to par creatively isn’t offset by the potential reward.
He has a point as historically, video game movies have not been financially successful at the box office. Even though Grand Theft Auto is a highly successful video game franchise, movie audiences may not go out in droves to watch a film version.
