Vi har naturligvis allerede fået en film om hvordan Rockstar begyndte, men vi har faktisk aldrig set en reel filmatisering af et af spillets succesfulde kapitler. Men det var faktisk engang lige ved at ske, og Eminem skulle have spillet en central rolle.
I den seneste udgave af Bugzy Malone's Grandest Game Podcast fortæller Kirk Ewing, der har lavet appen Veemee, at han engang sad og brainstormede ideer med Rockstar-chef Sam Houser. Her begyndte de at snakke om en GTA-film:
"Because of the relationship that I had with Rockstar and I had with Sam, I actually tracked him down to his hotel room one night where I knew he was going to be staying for a while, and the two of us stayed up late and talked about the possibility of making a film. This was just after Grand Theft Auto 3. And I think at that point, it was still in Sam's mind that it might be something that he wanted to do."
Ikke bare det, lynhurtigt var Eminem om bord, og instruktør Tony Scott. Men Sam trak sig hurtigt fra ideen.
"I remember taking a call at about 4am from one of the producers in LA with an offer to make a film, and he said: 'Kirk, we've got Eminem to star, and it's a Tony Scott film, five million on the nose, are you interested?' And I phoned up Sam and said: 'Look, you need to listen to this. They want Eminem in the Grand Theft Auto movie and Tony Scott to direct.' And he said: 'Not interested.'"