Horrified at the idea of Gore Verbinski taking on the BioShock movie? I may have good news for you: according to Variety, the pre-production on the film has come to a screeching halt. Even some of the production staff have been let go, as it appears that budget concerns are an issue, as it was estimated that the film would cost $160 million to shoot within the US. Verbinski elaborated on the topic:
"We were asked by Universal to move the film outside the U.S. to take advantage of a tax credit," Verbinski said. "We are evaluating whether this is something we want to do. In the meantime, the film is in a holding pattern."
Verbenski actually stepped away from a fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film in order to work on the BioShock project, which he has expressed his strong interest in making. There's no way to know whether this means the project is permanently derailed or merely just on hold, but for people strongly against the production of the BioShock film, it's a straw worth grasping at. Do you have any hope this movie will be made,or would you rather it stay buried beneath exorbitant production costs?
[Thanks Brian!]
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9:08 PM on 04.24.2009
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I'm probably not going to see it for the same reason I didn't see Dragonball: Revolution *shudder*
I could go on and on, this is fun
Its encouraging that Verbinski is really up for creating this film, and I really believe, that this could be the one to top all previous game to film adaption attempts. Bioshock has the great story with plenty of politics and intrigue, strong enough to withstand a decent film. It also has good characters, but doesn't really need a main character. What they could do perhaps, is tell the rise and fall of Rapture, through the eyes of a escaped survivor, possibly before the character in the Bioshock game returns to Rapture. On top of that, Hollywood love a good costume drama type film.
With Bioshock 2 due for xmas, looking gorgeous, I think the powers that be will get the wheels moving again, and hopefully we'll see this special film soon.
also, halo had a wretched, uninspired storyline.
I see what you mean, but I don't know. I think that the twist would be subversive in the film medium too, although maybe only within the action genre where you do genuinely forget sometimes why the main character is killing all these people. In any case its always going to be an adaptation, and I feel that the narrative of Bioshock has strengths other than that twist.
Anyway, Verbinski should bring it to Australia, we've got the tax breaks over here, thats why Knowing and Wolverine (at least partly) were made here, and the Green Lantern movie is going to be too. I'm not sure how convincing a substitute Melbourne was for both Boston and NYC in Knowing, but a Bioshock movie would be filmed pretty much entirely on a sound stage so its not like locality even matters.