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Verbinski to Direct "Bioshock" Adaptation
Published 7 days ago at FilmWad
Hit video game "Bioshock" will be adapted into a feature film by Universal Studios, and Gore Verbinski ("Pirates of the Caribbean") is in place to direct it. Variety also reports that John Logan ("The Aviator") is in talks to write the screenplay.  The story takes place in a dystopic underwater city "based on the free market principles of Ayn Rand." In the game, players control a pilot who crash lands at a secret entrance to the city and becomes embroiled political turmoil much larger than himself. The game publisher is getting a multi-million dollar deal up front, with points on the gross ...

Gore Verbinski to Direct BioShock Movie
Published 7 days ago by orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) at /Film
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 advance against gross points on the film. It is believed to be the biggest video game-to-movie deal since the infamous aborted Halo movie deal between Universal and Fox, for which Microsoft got $5 ...

Fantastic news for fans of BIOSHOCK!!!
Published 7 days ago by Quint at Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. If you own or have been in the immediate vicinity of an XBOX 360 in the last year you've probably played BIOSHOCK. If you haven't, BIOSHOCK was one of the coolest releases on any platform last year. [image] The game opens with an ocean plane crash. You control the one survivor as he's adrift. As the wreckage of his plane sinks he sees a small, rocky island... weirdly, there's an art deco style building. You come to find that there was a civilization that created an underwater city in the '30s... until something went horribly wrong. Gene splicing, steampunk, mutants, super powers... it's all here, but with an amazingly ...

Gore Verbinski Taking on 'Bioshock' Videogame Adaptation
Published 7 days ago at RopeofSilicon: Latest Headlines
... the fact the videogames are becoming far more engaging and story driven. Of course, the games mentioned above are all rather old in comparison to the next gen games that are out now and one such game is getting its very own adaptation and with a larger name director. Gore Verbinski and Universal Pictures are aboard to adapt the Take-Two videogame "Bioshock" into a feature film with John Logan aboard to pen the script. Out of all the news that comes from two Variety articles ( traditional and ...

Gore Verbinski Set to Direct a Bioshock Movie
Published 7 days ago at Cinema Fusion
Variety has announced that Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski is attached to direct and produce a movie adaptation of Bioshock, the hit video game from last year. Aviator writer John Logan is in talks to write the screenplay. Bioshock publisher Take-Two Interactive is getting a multimillion-dollar advance against gross points on the movie. It’s believed to be the biggest videogame-to-movie deal since 2005, when Universal and Fox signed onto the since aborted Halo movie. Take-Two executive chairman Strauss Zelnick said the “state of the art” deal is structured so ...

Gore Verbinski Hopes America's Been Waiting for an Underwater Ayn Rand Movie
Published 7 days ago by Rob Bricken at Topless Robot
... Since the Halo movie has long since had a sticky bomb attached to its head, and now lies lifeless and skull-less on the floor of Hollywood (metaphorically speaking), it's time to move on and pin all our hopes on a new videogame movie—Bioshock. Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinksi has announced he'll be making the artsy-farsty first-person shooter into a movie, and Variety says the deal was structured to make sure the movie happens (unlike Halo). ...

Gore Verbinski Signs On For “Bioshock” Movie
Published 7 days ago by Jason at Pop Critics - Movies|TV|Books|Music|Reviews
... Variety is reporting that Gore Verbinski has signed on with Universal to direct a big screen adaptation of “Bioshock“. “Bioshock” is a hit videogame from last year that won numerous awards and sold more than 2 million units worldwide. ...

Gore Verbinski to Direct Bioshock, Many Plot-lines Expected
Published 7 days ago by Neil Miller at Film School Rejects
Universal Pictures announced last night that they have signed on Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski to direct and produce the video game to screen adaptation of Bioshock, the extremely popular video game from Take Two Interactive that has sold more than 2 million copies worldwide since its release last year. Scribe John Logan, who has previously worked on the screenplays for Sweeney Todd, The Aviator and Gladiator, is in talks to write the screenplay. As Variety reports, good ole’ Take-Two Interactive appears to have cleaned house with the deal, ...

Samuel L. Jackson to Star in Basically ‘Torture: The Movie’
Published 7 days ago at Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
... "Is it possible to make an Ayn Rand–inspired, Art Deco zombie movie?" To find out, they've optioned the video-game hit, Bioshock, with Gore Verbinski attached to direct. Sweeney Todd's John Logan is in talks to write the script, so it's pretty clear they're taking this seriously. It seems everyone learned a lesson from the botching of Microsoft's Halo, a deal so moronic that their script delivery boys dressed up as Master Chief. [ Variety] Attell Gets Gonged: Remember "The Monkey's Paw," ...

Ahoy! Verbinski to Helm Bioshock
Published 7 days ago by Kirsten Anderson at At The Movies - Film News and Reviews
Gosh, it looks pretty, but… Variety reports today that Gore Verbinski is set to direct the big screen adaptation of the video game Bioshock for Universal. He’ll also produce. John Logan, who wrote The Aviator, is in talks to write the screenplay. Bioshock sold over 2 million units last year and won multiple awards. The deal for the film rights, which involves the gamemaker Take Two getting a multi-million dollar advance against gross points of the movie, is the biggest for a video game since Universal and Fox signed a deal to make Halo into a film…which never happened. The game is ...

Gore Verbinski to direct 'Bioshock' Film
Published 7 days ago at OH NO!!
Universal bringing videogame to bigscreen Universal and Gore Verbinski are going into "Bioshock." Studio has signed a deal to turn last year's hit videogame, which won numerous awards and sold more than 2 million units worldwide, into a film. The "Pirates of the Caribbean" helmer is attached to direct and produce. "Aviator" scribe John Logan is in talks to pen the screenplay. "Bioshock" publisher Take-Two Interactive is getting a multimillion-dollar advance against gross points on the pic. It's believed to be the biggest videogame-to-movie deal since 2005, when U and Fox signed onto the since aborted ...

Gore Verbinski to Direct 'Bioshock'
Published 7 days ago by Elisabeth Rappe at Cinematical
Filed under: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Deals, Universal, Newsstand, Games and Game MoviesThis news has the gaming world all a-flutter. Variety announced today that Gore Verbinski is taking the director's chair for the big screen adaptation of Bioshock. Universal has the rights to the video game adaptation, which Verbinski will direct and produce. John Logan will write the screenplay, and Verbinski plans to jump into pre-production as soon as it is finished and approved. Bioshock was a hugely successful game, winning numerous awards ...

Gore Verbinski Goes Into “Bioshock”
Published 6 days ago by Rick at TunaFlix
... According to Variety, Aviator and Sweeney Todd scribe John Logan will write the screenplay. I never played Bioshock myself, but it sounds like it has great potential as a movie: a pilot crash-lands at the secret entrance to an underground utopia gone wrong, with a stylish art deco design and visually impressive characters. ...

'Bioshock' Eludes Uwe Boll's Kiss Of Hacky Death [Trade Roundup]
Published 6 days ago by Seth at Defamer
... We're not really sure how studios divvy up video game titles, deciding a Postal or Bloodrayne needs to land on the pile with flies buzzing around it marked "For Uwe," while saving a property like Bioshock for a crowd-pleasing effects wizard like Gore Verbinski, but there you have it: Verbinksi will direct Universal's big-screen adaptation. (We know, we know: It's a classic. Release it from its Microsoft shackles, so we can at least all be on the same page.) [Variety] ...

The Dailies: May 9, 2008
Published 6 days ago by Shawn Adler at MTV Movies Blog
- So much for the Fountain of Youth.”Pirates” director Gore Verbinski to tackle “Bioshock.” (Variety) -Frank Miller to adapt “Buck Rogers”? (IGN) - Kill the Wabbit! Kill the Wabbit! “Donnie Darko” sequel to start shooting next week. (Screen Daily) - If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88mph, you’re gonna see some serious sh–. DeLorean named best movie car of all-time. (Rotten Tomatoes) - For years I’ve stared at Jessica Abla. Now Jessica Alba stares back. (People) Share This