{"id":121102,"date":"2020-11-16T01:00:58","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T01:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/grand-theft-auto-live-action-movie-directors\/"},"modified":"2020-11-16T01:00:58","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T01:00:58","slug":"grand-theft-auto-5-directors-who-should-direct-a-live-action-movie-5-who-absolutely-shouldnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/11\/16\/grand-theft-auto-5-directors-who-should-direct-a-live-action-movie-5-who-absolutely-shouldnt\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Theft Auto: 5 Directors Who Should Direct A Live-Action Movie (& 5 Who Absolutely Shouldn’t)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Grand Theft Auto<\/em><\/a> franchise is best known for its open-world element, but the games\u2019 storytelling has been consistently brilliant over the years and each installment has featured unforgettable characters. So, a film adaptation of the games might be on the cards one day, especially as franchises dominate more and more of the moviegoing landscape and studios grab at any existing intellectual property they can turn into the next MCU.<\/p>\n

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There are some directors who would be perfect for a movie adaptation of the GTA<\/em> games, while there are others who would undoubtedly screw it up and make the whole endeavor feel pointless.<\/p>\n

10 <\/span>Should: Quentin Tarantino<\/h2>\n
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The casually crime-ridden streets of Quentin Tarantino\u2019s Los Angeles are the perfect template for depicting GTA V<\/em>\u2019s Los Santos on the big screen. While he\u2019s been focusing more on westerns recently<\/a>, Tarantino\u2019s early crime movies still rank among the genre\u2019s most influential works.<\/p>\n

However, Tarantino has pledged to retire after his next film and it\u2019s unlikely that he\u2019d make a video game adaptation as his final contribution to cinema<\/a>.<\/p>\n

9 <\/span>Shouldn\u2019t: Zack Snyder<\/h2>\n
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Zack Snyder seems to be able to get his hands on any beloved property he wants to adapt, but he should be kept away from Grand Theft Auto<\/em>. The GTA<\/em> games have a sumptuously naturalistic color palette, capturing the authentic grit of classic crime movies like Le Doulos<\/em> and The French Connection<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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If Snyder adapted them for the screen, he would saturate the colors and fill the action scenes with arbitrary super slow motion. The games also have complex storytelling and nuances that movies like 300<\/em> and Batman v Superman<\/em> lack.<\/p>\n

8 <\/span>Should: Guy Ritchie<\/h2>\n
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To successfully adapt Grand Theft Auto<\/em> into a movie, a director would need to be well-versed in both gritty crime movies and explosive, big-budget studio action movies. Few filmmakers have mastered both genres as well as Guy Ritchie.<\/p>\n

A Ritchie-helmed GTA<\/em> movie could have the dazzling action of The Man from U.N.C.L.E.<\/em> mixed with the biting dialogue of Lock, Stock<\/em> and Snatch<\/em>.<\/p>\n

7 <\/span>Shouldn\u2019t: Paul W.S. Anderson<\/h2>\n
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Owing to his increasingly dire work on the Resident Evil<\/em> movies, Paul W.S. Anderson is notorious for messing up video game adaptations. He shouldn\u2019t be let anywhere near a GTA<\/em> movie.<\/p>\n

The latest video game property he\u2019s taken a stab at is Monster Hunter<\/em>, but the recently released trailer hasn\u2019t inspired much hope from fans.<\/p>\n

6 <\/span>Should: Nicolas Winding Refn<\/h2>\n
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The slick neo-noir style of Nicolas Winding Refn\u2019s work could be the perfect conduit to bring the crime-infested world of the GTA<\/em> franchise to the screen.<\/p>\n

Refn\u2019s GTA<\/em> story would likely revolve around a brooding, softly spoken protagonist like the Driver trapped in a neon-drenched criminal underworld.<\/p>\n

5 <\/span>Shouldn\u2019t: Len Wiseman<\/h2>\n
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Len Wiseman is a Hollywood action director who\u2019s often called upon to deliver a solid, middle-of-the-road action tentpole like Live Free or Die Hard<\/em>. There\u2019s a lot to love in John McClane\u2019s Wiseman-helmed fourth outing<\/a>, but it goes way too far in a lot of places (like when McClane jumps onto the wing of a fighter jet and then slides down a broken highway to escape its explosion).<\/p>\n

Plus, Wiseman totally botched Total Recall<\/em>. He made a remake of Total Recall<\/em> that didn\u2019t go to Mars. If he did a GTA<\/em> movie, it might not feature any cars.<\/p>\n

4 <\/span>Should: Martin Scorsese<\/h2>\n
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Essentially, a film adaptation of the GTA<\/em> games would be a crime movie in an urban setting, and the undisputed heavyweight champion of the city-dwelling crime film is Martin Scorsese.<\/p>\n

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Scorsese could bring Franklin Clinton or Niko Bellic or Tommy Vercetti to life with as much detail and pathos as Taxi Driver<\/em>\u2019s Travis Bickle<\/a> or Mean Streets<\/em>\u2019 Charlie or Goodfellas<\/em>\u2019 Henry Hill (who, like Tommy, was played by Ray Liotta<\/a>).<\/p>\n

3 <\/span>Shouldn\u2019t: Todd Phillips<\/h2>\n
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Thanks to Joker<\/em>\u2019s mostly undeserved praise<\/a>, Todd Phillips is currently one of the most talked-about directors in Hollywood. If a GTA<\/em> movie was in development at a big studio, then the guy who made an R-rated brand-name crime film for $55 million that went on to gross over $1 billion might come up.<\/p>\n

But if War Dogs<\/em> and Joker<\/em> are anything to go by, all Phillips would do with a GTA<\/em> movie is a pale imitation of what Scorsese would do. He\u2019d copy Scorsese\u2019s style, but leave out the substance.<\/p>\n

2 <\/span>Should: Michael Mann<\/h2>\n
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In the mid-\u201890s, Michael Mann already made the quintessential Grand Theft Auto<\/em> movie, except Grand Theft Auto<\/em> didn\u2019t exist yet and he called it Heat<\/em>. The intensity of the action in Heat<\/em> \u2013 particularly the shootout following the bank heist \u2013 comes close to capturing the adrenaline rush of physically engaging in firefights in GTA<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, each GTA<\/em> game is a study of crime in the American city. Heat<\/em> is the definitive example of this in cinema. It heavily influenced Christopher Nolan\u2019s depiction of Gotham in The Dark Knight<\/em>.<\/p>\n

1 <\/span>Shouldn\u2019t: Michael Bay<\/h2>\n
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The bombastic, explosive, go-big-or-go-home filmmaking style of Michael Bay (creatively dubbed \u201cBayhem\u201d) might be able to adequately recreate the carnage of a Sunday drive in the Grand Theft Auto<\/em> universe, but the action is just part of what makes GTA<\/em> great.<\/p>\n

The storytelling and character work in the GTA<\/em> games is genuinely nuanced. Bay would lose this aspect \u2013 subtlety is hardly his strong suit.<\/p>\n

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