Like it or hate it, there is no such thing as a denying that the Grand Theft Auto sequence is large. It’s sufficiently big to have GTA 6 subjected to leaks for months, sufficiently big to have its iconic trilogy ported to Swap (in Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Version) with horrible impact final 12 months and, it seems, it was virtually sufficiently big to spawn its personal Eminem-starring film again within the early 2000s.
In a current chat on the Bugzy Malone’s Grandest Recreation podcast, Hollywood agent Kirk Ewing spoke about how he discovered himself in the midst of discussions between movie producers and Rockstar Video games on the potential of the GTA film.
As reported in VGC, these discussions started to flow into proper after the discharge of GTA III, when the prospect of Rockstar increasing its sequence out into different branches nonetheless appeared like a fruitful prospect. Ewing’s ties to Rockstar boss Sam Houser made him the right center man for the manufacturing discussions which, at one level, went so far as the proposition of a film starring multi-award profitable rapper Eminem from Prime Gun director Tony Scott.
Transcribed by Jordan Middler for VGC, Ewing stated the next of the following trade:
“And I phoned up Sam and stated: ‘Look, it’s essential to hearken to this. They need Eminem within the Grand Theft Auto film and Tony Scott to direct.’ And he stated: ‘Not .’
“At that time, they withdrew from any dialog about making a movie, once they realised that the media franchise that they’d was larger than any film that was occurring on the time.”
With no proof of manufacturing historical past or the angle that the studio would take, we won’t say for sure whether or not the movie would have been any good. Although with Scott within the director’s chair and Eminem in entrance of the digicam, you could be fairly sure that it will have made a buck or two.
After all, no such film ever materialised and Rockstar went on to proceed down the game-only route – pfft, what good ever got here from that?? – however it’s nonetheless attention-grabbing to listen to what virtually was. Who is aware of, perhaps an elevated curiosity after a movie launch would have modified the next video games, finally bettering the standard of the trilogy’s automobile crash Swap launch. Effectively, we will dream no less than…
