Take-Two has Grand Theft Auto VI on the horizon, but they aren't racing to a movie adaptation.
The Rockstar-published action game franchise has been one of the highest-grossing and most influential of all-time, with all eyes being on the arrival of the sixth game after spending over a decade in development. Set in the Florida-inspired Leonida and including a variety of iconic locations, namely Vice City, Grand Theft Auto VI is already on track to be a runaway success for Rockstar, with early reports putting pre-orders upward of 9.69 million units, an all-time record, and contributing to a solid increase in PlayStation 5 console sales.
Now, in an interview on The David Rubenstein Show, Strauss Zelnick was asked about the chances of a Grand Theft Auto movie or TV adaptation happening at some point in the future. The Take-Two boss cautioned that the studio is "very careful about line extensions" when it comes to their properties, primarily because they are "a creative company" and want to ensure staying true to delivering "the best entertainment on Earth":
Strauss Zelnick: We would make a movie or a television show based on our IP if...
