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BioShock headed for Hollywood with Gore Verbinski
“BioShock,” my 2007 Game of the Year, is headed for movie screens, according to Variety.
Gore Verbinski, the director of “The Ring” and the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies, will be at the helm, which is good news for those of us who hope a movie version will preserve the unique, steampunked undersea vision of decay that the game created.
Take 2 Games, which has been busy putting out another recent huge hit, “Grand Theft Auto IV,” of late, released more details about the deal and Verbinski himself talks in an interview about the strength of the imaginative vision of the game and his expectations that the film will be R-Rated.
Movies based on video games have traditionally been pathetic, losing affairs, but very few games have such strong, cinematic narratives as “BioShock.” In the game, an eccentric genius creates an undersea utopia (Ayn Rand is a oft-referenced influence in the game), only to have it fall to ruin when genetically modified “Splicers” go insane and the civilization crumbles. The story, which takes place in the ’60s, combines horror, science fiction, several story twists and a strong sense of moral questioning.
If nothing else, the film should be a visual feast. I’m dying to see what the world of Rapture looks like through Verbsinki’s camera lens.
Screenshot from “BioShock”
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