Take Two Sues BBC Over Drama About GTA Development

Posted by timothy on Thursday May 21, 2015 @04:22AM from the too-soon-too-soon dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Take Two Interactive, the parent company of Rockstar Games, is suing the BBC for trademark infringement over its planned "making of GTA" drama, Game Changers. The 90-minute movie was created without the involvement of the studio, which rarely comments on the GTA series' development outside of organised press events. (It is expected that it will draw upon the public conflict between Sam Houser and notorious anti-gaming crank Jack Thompson, via the expose "Jacked" by David Kushner.) After direct negotiations with the BBC failed, Take Two brought suit to "ensure that [their] trademarks are not misused." The details of the suit, Rockstar's objections, and the penalties sought, are not yet known.

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Re:Can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen. by Anonymous Coward · 2015-05-21 04:47 · Score: 3, Informative

They're allowing the filming of a movie about Rockstar with Daniel Radcliffe playing Sam Houser and they want to stop a documentary that's probably going to be a bit more honest?
No. It's the Daniel Radcliffe drama they are suing over.