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No Grand Theft Auto Movie. Ever.

gamingverdict | June 20, 2008 | News | Misc 
According to a Hollywood reporter, there can't ever be a Grand Theft Auto film because of the other film called Grand Theft Auto, the Ron Howard one. A mutual agreement between Rockstar and Fox (who own the movie rights).
The claim is that a legal settlement stated that whilst Rockstar don’t make a movie of the game, Fox - the owners of the movie’s copyright - will not make a game adaptation of their film. They both own the rights to the name, for different uses.
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  • 0 thumbs!
    GTA Legend | June 20, 2008
    This sucks! Well we can call it another name, based on which game it is, like San Andreas or Vice City.
  • 4 thumbs!
    Jaw Knee | June 21, 2008
    No. There should never be a Grand Theft Auto movie.
  • 1 thumbs!
    Jesus | June 21, 2008
    If they made a Grand Theft Auto movie, it would most certainly ruin the series. Game to movie conversions never work. Look at Doom and Mortal Kombat.
    • 0 thumbs!
      Final Blade | June 21, 2008
      Doom was a fantastic movie, and so was Mortal Kombat. It must be a matter of taste but I loved both films.
      • 0 thumbs!
        lord of vice city | June 23, 2008
        MK was cool, Doom, not really
        besides, we dont need a movie for GTA as its based of movies in the 1st place
        you try that, someones gonna call it plagiarisng
        • 1 thumbs!
          Gothic Girl | June 23, 2008
          Doom would have been awesome if the whole movie was in first-person view. Hell, I would have paied a cinema ticket for that

          The ten minutes of first-person made it worth watching though. XD
  • 0 thumbs!
    Agrias | June 21, 2008
    I agree.

    But it would still be nice.

    It would make a great story...
  • -1 thumbs!
    TheBradman1andOnly | June 21, 2008
    What?

    That didn't stop the fact that there are two films called "The Incredible Hulk". Not saying that I want a GTA film, but surely that isn't a good enough reason to stop it.
    • 0 thumbs!
      ali3n | June 21, 2008
      The rights to that is owned by Marvel and they can do what ever they want with it.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Blackfalcon | June 21, 2008
    Anyway, a GTA movie would suck, I mean, why would anyone look at it happening when they could play it themselves???
  • 0 thumbs!
    Guest 2008 | June 23, 2008
    Nah. It'll ruin the series and the games.

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