Hollywood actor Bill Paxton, who has played leading roles in blockbuster films such as Aliens, True Lies, and Titanic, is to star alongside Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe in an upcoming factual BBC drama about the development of controversial video game series Grand Theft Auto. Black Mirror and Misfits director Owen Harris is set to direct.
The drama, currently going under the working title "Game Changer," will see Radcliffe taking on the role of Rockstar Games co-founder and GTA developer Sam Houser, while Paxton will take on the role of disbarred lawyer and famed anti-GTA crusader Jack Thompson. While the BBC’s blurb about the drama doesn’t specifically mention which version of GTA will be chronicled, the inclusion of Thompson and Houser suggests that it will focus only on the 3D editions of the game, from GTA III onward.
According the BBC’s synopsis, the 90-minute drama will focus on the game's origins under Houser, which it describes as "the greatest British coding success story since Bletchley Park," while also delving into the intense controversy surrounding GTA’s violent content and its impressive commercial success. To put that success into perspective, GTA V—the latest release in the series—had sold over 45 million copies as of February this year, raking in billions of dollars for publisher Take-Two Interactive. It also remains the best-selling game of all time in the UK, overtaking previous record holder Call of Duty: Black Ops.
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