

GTA movie 'has never appealed', says Rockstar co-founder

Dan Houser says creative constraints of film industry "would be horrible"

The thought of working on a Grand Theft Auto movie doesn't appeal to Rockstar, according to its co-founder and vice president Dan Houser.

Speaking to The Guardian, Houser was asked if Rockstar had ever been approached to make a motion picture adaptation of the GTA games.


"We've been offered, many times, and it's never appealed," Houser replied. "The money's never been close to be worth risking one's crown jewels.



Elaborating, Houser explained that if GTA were to ever get the live-action treatment, it would most likely be on the small screen.

"There's still plenty of kudos in doing a film, but you shouldn't ever do anything in your life for kudos," he explained. "It's much easier to imagine GTA as a TV series, as the form is closer, but I still think we'd be losing too much to ever actually do it.



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The only Rockstar license ever to be given the Hollywood treatment was Max Payne. Released in 2008, it starred Mark Wahlberg as Payne and was universally panned by critics.

In 2011, Take-Two trademarked Rockstar Films but nothing with this name attached has been released to date.