The founder of Rockstar explained why films have not yet been made based on GTA and other games of the studio

Dan Houser left the company in 2020, but still shares interesting information about the studio's inner workings.

According to him, the main reasons for the lack of films based on GTA or RDR are financial risks and lack of creative control on the decisive factors. Another important aspect he notes is the possible loss of expensive intellectual property and the possible low quality of projects, which would undermine the reputation of the games in the eyes of fans. Houser also notes that film adaptations of games are often unsuccessful, but the recent successes of The Last of Us, Fallout and other adaptations may change this for the better.



Now the head of Rockstar is Houser's older brother Sam, and the studio itself is working on GTA 6 and remakes of the first two parts of Max Payne.