Gore Verbinski to Direct Bioshock Movie

Posted by on May 9th, 2008   Filed under: Games, Horror, Sci-fi
Source: Coming Soon

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We’ve been hearing rumours for months about the possibility of the smash hit video game Bioshock getting a feature film adaptation, with names like Guillermo Del Toro even showing interest in directing such a project. Well, it looks like Universal Pictures and Take-Two Interactive have indeed found a big name director to helm the flick, although it may not be quite the person you’d expect. Gore Verbinski, the man behind the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, The Ring and The Weather Man, has signed on to direct the film from a screenplay written by John Logan (Gladiator, Star Trek: Nemesis, The Last Samurai).

Verbinski had this to say: “I think the whole utopia-gone-wrong story that’s cleverly unveiled to players is just brimming with cinematic potential… Of all the games I’ve played, this is one that I felt has a really strong narrative.” I have to agree that this game has both a creepy atmosphere and an intriguing story, and the art deco design doesn’t hurt either. But will it be enough to buck the trend of terrible video game movies? I’d say either this or Prince of Persia have the best shot right now, although in both cases the screenwriters still have their work cut out for them. Are you excited about a Bioshock movie?



  • swarez

    Art Deco Sci Fi is the bomb. The story line in the game is fairly simple but it’s the atmosphere and the look that makes the game a winner.

    If they get Ted Elliot and Terry Rossio, the screen writers of POTC I’m sure they could cook up something good.

  • I can’t be excited for a video game movie until one comes out that is actually good. Has there been a good quality video game movie yet? I’ve thought long and hard about it and can’t come up with one (and Resident Evil is not an acceptable answer).

  • I recently watched the important parts of Mortal Kombat (intro of Sub-Zero & Scorpion, the fights that they are in) and it was pretty good. I definitely think it’s better than Resident Evil which is embarrasing. Who cares though? The second people stop pledging allegiance to brand names, is the the second horrible adaptations stop making money, no?

  • Bioshock is best left as a game.

    Silent Hill is probably the “best” video game movie so far. Even then it couldn’t capture that atmosphere and creepiness.

    I hear that Max Payne is coming out too! That at least has a solid story to it and hopefully that will be the focus, along with some over the top action like from “Shoot Em Up”.

  • theman

    Finally They get a real filmmaker to make one of these things. Thats what it took for comic movies to get good. The problem with videogames movies are two fold.

    1) The source material is paper thin in most cases.

    2) The same two assholes make every movie.

    But That being said Bioshock the movie kind of avoids both these pit falls.