Daniel Radcliffe & Bill Paxton spelen rol in TV-drama over GTA van de BBC

Daniel Radcliffe, beter bekend als Harry Potter, is bevestigd voor de TV-drama van de BBC over GTA, waar we al eerder over berichtten. Eerder werd al bekend dat de BBC Daniel Radcliffe op het oog had, maar dit is nu een zekerheid. De TV-drama is getiteld ‘Game Changer’ en duurt 90 minuten waarin onder andere Daniel speelt. Hij speelt de co-founder van Rockstar Games genaamd Sam Houser. Bill Paxton zal verantwoordelijk zijn voor de rol van advocaat Jack Thompson, een advocaat die constant bezig was om GTA en andere Rockstar games tegen te houden.

“Conceived for an adult audience, this special 90-minute drama tells the story of the controversy surrounding the computer game Grand Theft Auto – arguably the greatest British coding success story since Bletchley Park,” says the BBC.

Het verhaal vertelt de controversie rondom de franchise wat natuurlijk ontstaan is door het feit dat GTA zich richt op volwassen entertainment en hierdoor erg vaak in het nieuws is gekomen. Ook noemt de BBC de franchise ‘het meest succesvolle coding verhaal sinds Bletchley Park‘.

“Its triumph was down to a bunch of British gaming geniuses who had known each other since their school days, and at the heart of it all was GTA’s creative mastermind, Sam Houser. In autumn 2013 its latest iteration – GTA:V – earned $1bn in its first three days, becoming the fastest selling entertainment product in history.”

“Grand Theft Auto offers gamers the chance to step into a fantasy world where they can behave like criminals, gun down rival gangsters and cops, hijack cars and venture deeper into an imaginary American underworld.”

“But the violent gameplay coupled with its outstanding commercial success leads to fierce opposition: from parents worried about children immersing themselves in such a violent world; from politicians, alarmed at the values they say it encourages; and above all from moral campaigners, who fight passionately to ban it. At the vanguard of this crusade is the formidable campaigning lawyer Jack Thompson, a man determined to do whatever he can to stop the relentless rise of Grand Theft Auto.”

“Game Changer (w/t) tells the story of an extraordinary chapter in the history of this iconic game, and reveals the major impact it has had on our cultural landscape.”