Take-Two boss isn’t ruling out a GTA movie or TV show, but says they’re “very, very selective” about who they work with

Take-Two chief executive Strauss Zelnick says the company has not ruled out a Grand Theft Auto film or television series, but would only pursue one if its creative teams believed it could delight players. He says the company sets a high bar for adaptations and is “very, very selective” about its partners, given the risk that an adaptation could fall short of the games.

Zelnick made the comments in an interview on The David Rubenstein Show, responding to why GTA has not been adapted during its 30-year history and across six main games. The article notes the current popularity of video game adaptations, but says GTA’s scale and reputation could make a poor adaptation especially costly; the closest existing screen version is the 2015 docudrama The Gamechangers, which Rockstar criticised. GTA 6 is due for release on 19 November.