Don't we already have a movie called "Scarface" starred by Al Pacino as Tony Montana? Oh, what, THEY MADE THAT INTO VIDEO GAME, TOO!? Producers in Hollywood need to stop blatant borrowing from video game industry, and invest their money into younger and independent artists without pressure of profitability. It's only a matter of time when people will spend more time on YouTube than TV and movies combined. If they can't realize it, they need to die.

Does this mean Video game companies are finally realising Hollywood doesn’t care about there brand names or the quality of the movie and they are actually only in it for a quick buck? Maybe now we can see some video game movies that actually follow there same respective story. I wont start holding my breath just yet though.

ROFL this is funny ,becuase GTA series as a whole as borrowed from countless movies as is already , anotehrgood reason why tehy shouldtn allow a movie of it ,ther are bassically a million other movies over a long period of years taht are about what this game is about LOL

Is it really that much of a story. Be a bad guy for some jerks, be a bad guy for bigger jerks against the first jerks, AND THEN be a bad guy against all the other bad guys. That is like 3 movies though

i almost had to claw my eyes out while reading this, SPELL CHECK DUDE!

Leave in hands of Uwe Boll, he'll turn Rockstar's game franchise into a smash hit !!!

haha !!

im sorry but any movie that is made from a game will suck it just isn't as good as the game D:

Lol. We think alike. While reading the article the first thing that popped into my mind was Scarface. Look at GTA4. Immigrant guy trying to make it in organize crime. Scarface is GTA without the actual carjacking.

"Rockster Games' Dan Houser said that GTA can't be condensed into a 2-hour movie."

lol, like GTA is some literary masterpiece, the ONLY reason I play those games is to blow shit up, drive around smashing into things, and generally being the major asshole i'm not allowed to be in real life.

That movie is awesome and the game ain't so bad either.

I think each GTA game would need to be made into a separate movie, you can't just take a series like that and stuff it into one movie. No way.

I'm sure there must be more but I thought silent hill was a great movie. Best seen in the cinema, when the sirens went off, floor rumbled!

you cant really put GTA into a movie - the first thing you do in the game is steal a car and find the nearest accountant to clip at 180kmh and send flying into another car whilst empyting slips of ammo into some nearby petrol bowsers - its not really possible to create a GTA movie akin to the game even remotley what with the people screaming PLZ FINK OF TEH CHILDRENZ and the amount of flak the game itself catches in the first place - a real shame actually

I think it's commendable that Dan Houser seems to be putting the movie before the money. A rare breed, today.

Tomb Raider. Her arse was awesome in that film..much better than the game. Does that count?

Maybe a film entirely based on CGI would work..maybe.

Oh no! No GTA movie!?!?! what shall i ever do..... If this movie doesn't happen i will sleep soundly

good

tomb raider:
-game is quite bad (but at the time of the first, it was on par with many other games)
-movie is for retards and perverts

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

Final Fantasy: Advent Children

Laura Croft's physical assets were part of her game character, so naturally they feature in associated media..the film..comics, models, advertising etc. Adults watching that film to see her figure is not perverted in my opinion, but whether or not it makes the film good overall is debateable. I didn't think much of the acting or the script.

good thing it isn't going to go. A movie of GTA has "FAIL" written all over it.

I CANT WAIT FOR GTA : THe MOVIE GAME

I don't see how a movie would ever work and be like the game. Audiences would hate it and the main character. Since the hero of the movie would be constantly pulling innocent civilians out of their cars then killing them for fun, running innocent people over, killing police trying to stop him, nailing prostitutes then killing them to get back his money and taking drugs to get super strength.

I'm sure some would like this. Though the game is fun. I just can not see a character that brutal make it in the theaters. Scarface was great but it was focused on bad guys killing bad guys. It was not Pacino running around killing innocents at random for kicks.

It's a seemingly impossible task..the script creators are being pulled in
different directions, and one can understand their reservations..

. Trying to re-create, in film, something that's already been copied or
created in various forms.
. The actors themselves are as fake, just like their latest plastic
surgery..
. Logistics: all the props, actors and studio time couldn't bring back
something that big, especially in a 2HR film.
. Demographics. Trying to convince the present to suddenly start living in
the past doesn't always work. It works in the game because it's interactive.
. The plot. It's a game, so the audience will want the storyline to follow
the game and in a convincing way.
. As mentioned, the Hollywood money men. Some of them do not care what they
shovel as long as the cash rolls in. Same for the actors.

So perhaps CGI is the way to go..the lesser of two evils, etc. Maybe a
combination of real-world sets and CGI. With CGI you have an open
canvass..the ability to go back and make alterations, incorporate many
elements from the game without having to folk out on studio sets or
associated paraphernalia from decades gone by. The expectations are too high
and real-world scenes won't deliver them, in my opinion.

Just my 2c.