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MegaPlatinum Forums Index -> Video games and consoles Author Message AceFrehley Friedalive Field Reporter Joined: Jun 27, 2008 Posts: 81158 Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 8:06 pm Why a Grand Theft Auto movie hasn't gotten off the ground (yet) You know Gamer, right? That movie with a pasty-faced kid controlling human prisoners in a future game? Well, it turns out that the film almost ended up as a Grand Theft Auto joint. According to a recent interview with co-writer/director Mark Neveldine, "We [Neveldine and co-writer Brian Taylor] actually were going to be hired to write GTA. I am sure that was part of it. That was after we wrote and directed Crank, so I got involved with GTA pretty heavily, I didn't grow up with it." Neveldine claims that it was a "rights issue" that caused the silver screen adaptation of GTA to founder. "It was a movie originally directed by Ron Howard ... and because Rockstar Games made a video game, there is some battle of who can use the title ... you can't make it about the game." Back in 2008, Variety alleged that a GTA movie was on the precipice of production when the deal fell through, but we get the feeling that these folks are speaking about something completely different. Why a Grand Theft Auto movie hasn't gotten off the ground (yet) originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments [link] [link] [link] [link] Author: Ben Gilbert Category: brian-taylorcrankfilmfilm-adaptationgamergrand-theft-autogrand-theft-auto-moviegta-ivmark-neveldinemovierockstarrockstar-gamesron-howardtake-two-interactive Publish Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:00:00 EST Read more... Source: Joystiq Description: Joystiq blog comments powered by Disqus

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