Top Gun director Tony Scott was set to direct it.
There was once a chance that Grand Theft Auto could have been adapted into a full movie. As stated by the man behind Earthworm Jim, Kirk Ewing, on the Bugzy Malone podcast, it has been mentioned that a GTA movie was pitched to Rockstar, but was turned down by the game development company.
It’s said that the movie was going to star Eminem in the lead role, and would have been directed by Tony Scott (Top Gun), and was originally pitched around the time of GTA III.
