Do you remember that there was a movie for Bioshock in the making? Last year that news spread the internet and since then there was silence. Does a game like Bioshock, which is very strong in the narrative already, really need a movie? Propably not. But good thing is that the someone who thinks he must do it, is at least a man that made remarkable movies before. The director for this game to movie adaption is no one less than Gore Verbinsky who you know from Pirates of the Caribbean.
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Variety reports that the studio has placed the film on hold, over concerns of a ballooning budget.
The project was in pre-production, with filming set to take place in Los Angeles, but the location is just one potential change Universal and Verbinski are considering to bring down a budget that has risen to $160 million. "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."
The good news is that both Verbinski and Universal remain committed to making the film, with sources evidently telling Variety that it "will not become another 'Halo.'" As many a disappointed Halo fan will remember, Universal and Fox were originally set to bring the Master Chief to the big screen, with Peter Jackson as executive producer, until the studios backed out over similar budget concerns.
Seems like it takes a while. Why not go explore Rapture again in the meantime?
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