"BioShock" Headed to Hollywood

Techtree News Staff, May 12, 2008 1156 hrs IST

The movie is to be produced and directed by Gore Verbinski, director of "Pirates of the Caribbean" with the screenplay to be possibly penned by John Logan, script writer for movies such as Gladiator, The Aviator, and Sweeney Todd.

The hit video game "BioShock" is headed to Hollywood, with Universal Pictures having signed an agreement with 2K Games, Take Two Interactive Software's publishing label, to develop a movie based on the game.

The movie is to be produced and directed by Gore Verbinski, director of "Pirates of the Caribbean" with the screenplay to be possibly penned by John Logan, script writer for movies such as Gladiator, The Aviator, and Sweeney Todd.

"BioShock" the game sees players surviving a plane crash, landing into icy uncharted waters, and discovering an underwater city named 'Rapture' -- an utopia gone wrong, where citizens embraced genetic engineering before the city descended into total anarchy.

Described as 'genetically enhanced', "BioShock" allows you do hitherto unimaginable things like turning stuff into weapons and upgrading them, biologically modding bodies with plasmids, experimenting with underwater battle techniques, and so on. You can read our review here.

Considered to be one of the finest games, BioShock claims to have sold more than 2 million units worldwide since its release in August 2007. A sequel to the game, BioShock 2, is planned for release in 2009. Moreover, BioShock is also headed to the mobile platform via Indiagames and its international publishing arm, IG Fun.

All said, it isn't known when exactly the movie based on the game can be expected.



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