BioShock movie gains 28 Weeks Later director |
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| BY Eric Wigdahl Aug. 24th, 2009 | More on: |
While we’re all getting stoked for BioShock 2 to come out sometime in 2010, Hollywood has its attention focused on the first journey to Rapture. Universal Studios seems to have settled on a director for the film adaptation of the 2007 hit.
According to Variety, Gore Verbinski, director of the Pirates of the Caribbean films, has changed his job title for BioShock to producer. In doing so, Verbinski has handed over the directorial reins to Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, who helmed the 2007 film 28 Weeks Later. Backing Fresnadillo up on the project will be writer John Logan who’s responsible for the Oscar-winning Gladiator and Star Trek: Nemesis.
A producer with a sea-based blockbuster trilogy under his belt, a director with zombies on his resume, and a writer who can pen epic and sci-fi wonderously; would you kindly make the film version of BioShock amazing?
August 24th, 2009
at 7:09 pm
I have to believe the day will definitely come when we can finally get a marvelous film adaptation of a videogame. With a number of games lining up to become films, Bioshock might as well be the first one, especially since I loved that game!
August 24th, 2009
at 10:46 pm
Here is the only reason Bioshock might not fail miserably: I think it would be really cool to see Rapture on a high def, digital projection movie theater screen. A big one. Couldn’t hurt to get it in a few IMAX theaters either. That would trump the hell out of seeing the game on any home theater monitor (no matter how large). What will dictate whether the movie fails or floats (sorry…couldn’t resist) is what happens when the characters open their mouths. That and “Bioshock: the Fall of Rapture” might be pretty cool.
August 25th, 2009
at 9:46 am
I agree, GameCrashers. The characters will be what make or break the movie. The challenge is giving the protagonist a personality since he was a mute in the game. They’re gonna need a solid performance for the hero and Atlas and if they get it, the film should fall into place.
August 25th, 2009
at 12:52 pm
Note: Not Danny Boyle, director of 28 DAYS Later :)
October 9th, 2009
at 11:52 pm
I would like to see bioshock as a movie but what would thy make the main character look like?
October 10th, 2009
at 3:20 am
Not a bad choice at all, but Danny Boyle definitely would’ve been fricking amazing. Isn’t Jerry Bruckheimer’s Prince Of Persia flick due out soon too? Perhaps we’ll start to see a trend towards watchable videogame conversions…but then, Uwe Boll is still living and breathing, so scratch that.