Gore Verbinski to Direct BioShock Movie

Gore Verbinski Helms Big Screen Bioshock Adaptation

Posted 5/9/2008 on Complex

The Ring director just signed on to remake this creepy video game. Get familiar.

Gore Verbinski Goes Into “Bioshock”

Posted 5/9/2008 on TunaFlix

Universal has found a director for their adaptation of the hit game Bioshock and it’s Gore Verbinski . (I hear Uwe Boll was their first choice, but he was busy.) 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 ...

Finally, A Video Game Movie For Smart People [Bioshock]

Posted 5/9/2008 on io9

Dystopian-future video game Bioshock will soon be a movie from Universal Studios, directed by Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean) . Finally, a video game movie that has a chance at holding the audience's attention. According to Variety , this is the biggest video game-to-movie-deal since the abortive Halo film. At least we'll get to see the unraveling of an underwater dystopian society ...

Bioshock Movie Set In Motion

Posted 5/9/2008 on The Movie Blog

It appears Bioshock is the next video game set for film adaptation. We get the following news and game description from our friends over at moviesonline: Today it has been announced by Variety that Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski will be helming the movie adaptation of the hugely popular Bioshock game. Developed by 2K Boston and 2K Australia, BioShock is a ...

Ahoy! Verbinski to Helm Bioshock

Posted 5/9/2008 on 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 ...

Gore Verbinski to Direct Bioshock Movie

Posted 5/9/2008 on Film Junk

We’ve been hearing rumours for months about the possibility of the smash hit video game Bioshock getting a feature film adaptation, with names like Guillermo Del Toro even showing interest in directing such a project. Well, it looks like Universal Pictures and Take-Two Interactive have indeed found a big name director to helm the flick, [...]

Gore Verbinski to Direct Bioshock, Many Plot-lines Expected

Posted 5/9/2008 on 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 ...

Gore Verbinski Signs On For “Bioshock” Movie

Posted 5/9/2008 on 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. “Bioshock” takes place in an underwater city based on the free market principles of Ayn Rand, but things have gone ...

Gore Verbinski Set to Direct a Bioshock Movie

Posted 5/9/2008 on 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 ...

Bioshock Movie Directed By Gore Verbinski

Posted 5/9/2008 on Cinema Blend News

Pirates helmer wants to explore failed utopia, but we want to know when the explosions start.

Pirates director to turn BioShock game into film (Reuters)

Published 5/9/2008 on Yahoo! News: Movie News

Reuters - Take-Two Interactive Software Inc said on Friday that "Pirates of the Caribbean" director Gore Verbinski will make a movie version of "BioShock," its hit video game about an underwater utopia gone disastrously wrong.