https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHQI_MUbDGo
- drama by BBC2, airs on September 15th
- stars:
Daniel Radcliffe as Sam Houser
Bill Paxton as Jack Thompson (attorney that had a long legal battle againt Rockstar Games
- The special is based on David Kushner's 2012 book Jacked: The Outlaw Story of Grand Theft Auto, which chronicled Houser and Thompson's prolonged legal battle in the wake of 2001's smash hit Grand Theft Auto III. Thompson's case against Houser was ultimately thrown out of court, and he was disbarred in Florida in 2008 for inappropriate conduct.
- Rockstar's parent company, Take-Two interactive filed a trademark infringement suit against the network and the creation of this TV film, Take-Two statement on this given to Polygon read:
"Our goal is to ensure that our trademarks are not misused in the BBC's pursuit of an unofficial depiction of purported events related to Rockstar Games,"
Which means that this film does not have the authorization of Take-Two.
http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/3/9256409/daniel-radcliffe-the-gamechangers-grand-theft-auto-trailer
Are you going to watch it?
Nintendo is selling their IPs to Microsoft and this is true because:
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=221391&page=1
