Gore Verbinski Explains Why His 'Bioshock' Movie Never Happened
Why did the Gore Verbinski Bioshock movie never get made? The director explains what happened with his planned video game adaptation.
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See Concept Art For The 'Bioshock' Movie That Was Sunk During Development
Bioshock is a perfect concept for a game, and a difficult proposition as a narrative film. The game, played from a first-person perspective, features a largely anonymous protagonist in a massive underwater city, where armored enforcers protect little girls whose bodies have been surgically... embellished to generate a mutagen that can push human DNA into…
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Glow In The Dark Pop Art Show Featuring Exclusive Mark Englert 'Bioshock' Reveal
Another year, another glow in the dark art show at New York City's Bottleneck Gallery. Last year's event drew massive crowds, there to admire pop culture art made with glow in the dark inks, and this year should be more of the same. When The Lights Go Out 2 opens Saturday March 22 and remains…
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'BioShock' Movie Won't Happen, Thanks In Part To 'Watchmen'
Since the game BioShock became a critical and commercial hit, there has been vague but persistent momentum on a movie adaptation. The story features a man who must find his way through the ruins of an underwater city, the inhabitants of which have been mutated through excessive genetic manipulation. Gore Verbinski was once attached to…
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Juan Carlos Fresnadillo No Longer Directing 'Bioshock'
The game BioShock was a massive hit when it was released in 2007. One of the better examples of world-building in gaming, the original title was set in Rapture, an underwater city built by an entrepreneur that wouldn't e out of place in an Ayn Rand novel. But things had gone bad -- power struggles…
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Juan Carlos Fresnadillo Talks 'BioShock' Problems And 'Highlander' Possibilites
In the five years since the release of his zombie sequel 28 Weeks Later, director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo has been attached to a several major Hollywood projects. First was BioShock, based on a best-selling underwater, steampunk inspired video game. Then there was a reboot of The Crow, which could have possibly starred Mark Wahlberg, Bradley…
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'BioShock' Creator Says There's No Need To Make A Movie
With its period/Gothic aesthetic set in an underwater, futuristic world, the BioShock video games were practically begging to be adapted into a film. Since 2008, directors like Guillermo Del Toro, Gore Verbinski and Juan Carlos Frenadillo have either been rumored or attached to a big screen adaptation and, at times, it's been very close to…
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Gore Verbinski Talks 'The Lone Ranger' And 'Bioshock'
Last we heard about Gore Verbinski's fifth team up with Johnny Depp, The Lone Ranger, Depp said the film was a "very difference approach" to the traditional Lone Ranger/Tonto relationship. Now Verbinski, who'll direct the Disney film, has come out and shed a little light on that statement and also commented on why he couldn't…
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Gore Verbinski Confirms Bioshock Movie Is Still Happening, Insists It Will Be Hard R
Last we heard about the Bioshock movie, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later) was set to direct. That was almost a year ago. Since then, there's been no word on whether or not the film would progress beyond its pre-production stage, which seemed like an indication that the project had stalled. But now producer Gore…
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/Filmcast Ep. 64 - Inglourious Basterds (GUEST: Nicholas Jasenovec, Director Of Paper Heart)
In this week's /Filmcast, Dave Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley debate the merits of Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys, reflect on the Avatar trailer/hype, try to figure out what a new director means for the Bioshock film, and lament the financial state of the entertainment industry. Special guest director Nicholas Jasenovec joins us for this…
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Juan Carlos Fresnadillo To Direct Bioshock
The good news: Universal Pictures is making a big screen adaptation of the videogame Bioshock after all. The bad news: Gore Verbinski has stepped out of the director's chair. Who is the new director? Why did Verbinski step down? Details after the jump. Lets recap the story thus far: Universal greenlit the movie, and director…
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Gore Verbinski Might Not Direct Bioshock
Things aren't sounding good for the big screen adaptation of the popular video game Bioshock. Universal greenlit the movie, and director Gore Verbinski stepped down from directing a possible fourth film in the Pirates of the Carribbean series. But in late April, Universal shut down the production, due to the film's ballooning budget. The plan…
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Rumor: Wentworth Miller In Bioshock Movie?
Could Prison Break star Wentworth Miller be cast in the big screen adaptation of Bioshock? Last we heard, the Universal decided to put the Gore Verbinski-directed video game movie on hold as they explored options to cut down the film's ballooning budget. Miller commented on his twitter account that "Prison Break may be ending, but…
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/Filmcast Ep. 48 - State Of Play (GUESTS: Tyler Smith And David Bax From Battleship Pretension)
In this episode of the /Filmcast, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley weigh the stupidity of Fox's multiple Wolverine endings, speculate on David Slade's capacity to direct Eclipse, and grow ever more dubious of McG's credibility. Special guests Tyler Smith and David Bax join us from the Battleship Pretension podcast. You can always e-mail…
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Universal Puts Bioshock On Hold
Universal Pictures has decided to sideline Gore Verbinski's big screen adaptation of the popular video game Bioshock. This comes weeks after Verbinski announced that he would not be returning for the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film due to this new project. Apparently the projected budget is huge, a projected $160 million, and growing by…
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/Filmcast Ep. 45 - Fast And Furious (GUEST: Jen Yamato From Rotten Tomatoes)
In this episode of the /Filmcast, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley take a ride in Greg Mottola's Adventureland, praise the Damages season finale, are shocked to discover that the new Dragonball movie "isn't terrible," reflect on the implications of the Wolverine workprint leak, and discuss the new Terminator Salvation, Year One, and Star…
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Gore Verbinski Ditches Pirates 4, Directing BioShock Movie Next
Gore Verbinski is one of those directors who fills his plate with so many projects, that you're not quite sure which ones, if any of them, will actually go into production. I think right now Verbinski is attached to produce an American remake of The Host , direct a segment of Heavy Metal , a…
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Gore Verbinski To Direct BioShock Movie
Universal Pictures has signed Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy helmer Gore Verbinski to direct and produce an adaptation of the popular video game BioShock. Aviator screenwriter John Logan is in talks to pen the script. Logan's filmography also includes Any Given Sunday, Gladiator, The Last Samurai and Sweeney Todd. Take-Two Interactive is getting a multimillion-dollar…
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Guillermo Del Toro Doesn't Rule Out BioShock Movie
Just to give you an update, Guillermo del Toro is not yet officially attached to The Hobbit. Recently the director provided this update on his message board: "There has been a lot of movement. And for the last few weeks there has been a lot of creative / cast / crew / visual talks and…
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