‘GTA 5’ Owner Confirms Take-Two Has Licensed ‘A Couple Of Titles’; ‘Bioshock,’ & ‘GTA 5’ Could Be Heading To The Movies
CJ EstimadaThe drift on video game movie adaptations is on the flow and "GTA 5" developers are going with the tide. Its Chairman and CEO, Strauss Zelnick, recently confirmed that, indeed, they have licensed a couple of titles for motion picture production. "Grand Theft Auto" is an open world action-adventure video game series created by Mike Dailly, David Jones and Sam Houser.
"GTA 5" Movie Licensing Deal
In the latest talks, the CEO made it clear that Take-Two won't be spending its own money to produce the films. "We are certainly not going to use our own balance sheet to invest in motion pictures and TV," Zelnick went on to say. "If other people want to license them and we can retain creative control, we are open-minded," shares MCV.
Zelnick also pointed out just how unsuccessful, thus far, most video game movies have been. This is one of the primary reasons why Take-Two Interactive won't finance these movies and why it doesn't have anything to say beyond these licensing deals, according to Zelnick.
As of now, it is unclear which IP's the publishing giant has licensed. Other than "Grand Theft Auto," the company owns other Rockstar properties like "Red Dead Redemption" and 2K brands such as "Borderlands" and "Bioshock."
The Latest On Video Game Movies
"GTA 5" may soon be cruising from Vinewood to the big screen studios and so is "Tomb Raider." In fact, a number of other video games have already made its way to the movie industry. Movies based on "Warcraft," "Angry Birds" and "Ratchet and Clank" made it to the motion picture scene in 2016, writes IGN.
2017 kicked off with an "Assassin's Creed" movie from Ubisoft and "Resident Evil: The Final Chapter," whereas Activision's "Skylanders" launched a Netflix show based on its IP. Upcoming video game films include "Five Nights at Freddy's," "Minecraft," as well as three "Tetris" movies. More details will be announced on this project. For now, we wait for more information from Take-Two itself as they head to the big screen.
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