Unsurprisingly, adapting a videogame like BioShock into a film takes a significant chunk of time. And coming up with a not-totally-insane budget for a story about an extravagant, submerged city? Not a fun process, I would imagine.
While all has been mostly quiet on this front, producer Gore Verbinski recently spoke with IGN about the status of the project. "We're working trying to make it. The problem with BioShock was: R-rated movie, underwater, horror. It's a really expensive R-rated movie," he admits.
"So we're trying to figure out a way working with [director] Juan Carlos [Fresnadillo] to get the budget down and still keep so it's true to the core audience, you know? The thing is it has to be R, a hard R. We don't want to dumb it down, we don't want to make it PG-13," Verbinski reassures.
"We want to keep it really edgy, and it's a huge bill."
I am ... intrigued? Yeah, those words just came out of my mouth right now.
Gore: Persia Won't Stop BioShock [IGN]
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3:40 PM on 06.30.2010 | 
The thing is it has to be R, a hard R.
It'll suck.
Then againnnn... my favorite parts of the game were coated with atmosphere, but were more about moments like "A man chooses," and "I've always hated doubters." I don't know if the characters that I loved were all about the "hard R", unless we're talking about Steinmen, "Aesthetics are a moral imperative."
"It'll suck."
It'll suck because it's rated R? Totally the opposite.. it'll suck if it's PG-13.
Never heard anyone complain about an R before.
My complaint isn't with the rating or the horror. It's how bent he seems on being rated R. That doesn't bode well with me. To me that translates into shock value and slasher flicks. Just make it fuckin' good. The rated R bit will take care of itself so long as you're at least somewhat faithful.
Do you speak the words as you're typing them like a character in an after-school special? Rad.
Har de R Ha
im sure the underwhelming sales of Bioshock 2 didn't help things, either.
Also, I know this is unrelated, but I just saw on Rotten Tomatoes that The Last Airbender is bombing big time with a 7% out of 30 reviews. It's bad enough M. Night Shyamalan ruins his own movies, why did he have to go and ruin this one? Damn... T_T
That being said, it's looking likely this'll never be made anyway so maybe this is all a moot point.