Bioshock Movie in Development

[BatDan]

By none other then the guy behind the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.

I have hope for this one. I liked the first PotC movie (never got around to seeing the sequels though).
As long as they focus more on the story and less on the backtracking.

[WilliWowza]

"Take-Two executive chairman Strauss Zelnick, who was in charge of Fox in the '90s, handled the deal for his company and says the project will actually get made ... unlike the Halo movie."

Good, the story was fucking amazing, although not entirely original in itself I still loved the characters.

A MAN CHOOSES, A SLAVE OBEYS

That's got to be the tagline.

[JarrodK]

No matter how good it sounds FPS shooters will never get made into a good movie. Doom was a failure, and for games like Bioshock and Half-Life which have silent protagonists which you do not see in-game, make you cringe when you see some guy going around saying cheesy lines when he/she kills a headcrab or a splicer.

Now Assassin's Creed that would make a good movie.

You need a certain type of game that can be translated into another media, and an underwater FPS shooter is not one of those.

[CUBErt]

Waiting in anticipation for dissapointment.

[Seamonky]

At 5/9/08 08:22 AM, BatDan wrote: By none other then the guy behind the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.

I have hope for this one. I liked the first PotC movie (never got around to seeing the sequels though).
As long as they focus more on the story and less on the backtracking.

A Bioshock Movie doesn't sound too bad. I'm wondering how they are going to capture the "sisters". :/

[Psycho]

That does sound pretty awesome. I only got around to playing a bit of the Bioshock demo, but I enjoyed it. I was expecting the game to involve some swimming-around or shit.

[MeatMachine]

Movies -> Video Games = Failure
Video Games -> Movies = Failure

It's been twenty years, and many people have still not learned this basic principle.

[H-A-X-O-R-Z]

How old do you have to be to see an "R" rated movie?

[BatDan]

At 5/9/08 12:14 PM, H-A-X-O-R-Z wrote: How old do you have to be to see an "R" rated movie?

17 or older.
I think it's similar to your "16+" in the U.K.

[Victory]

At 5/9/08 12:13 PM, MeatMachine wrote: It's been twenty years, and many people have still not learned this basic principle.

It is an easy thing to produce either way, because there is an established audience for the game/movie already. Easy profit without having to do as much, which is what the investors want.

[Jaketheclonetrooper]

At 5/9/08 12:13 PM, MeatMachine wrote: Movies -> Video Games = Failure

Wrong. The Thing,Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butchers Bay

Video Games -> Movies = Failure

Wrong. Postal.

It's been twenty years, and many people have still not learned this basic principle.

[CaptainBob]

At 5/9/08 01:41 PM, Jaketheclonetrooper wrote: Wrong. Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butchers Bay

Hell yes, that is an awesome game.

A Bioshock movie is interesting in theory, but I can easily see how it could stray in to Uwe Boll territory. However, Assassin's Creed and Mass Effect could be excellent movies if done right.

[Jercurpac]

Why god, why.

The best this film can hope to be is a decent dose of fanservice. The kind of atmosphere that drives Bioshock just doesn't translate into film. Videogame to film translations are a Catch 22. The only way to make one good on any level is to take a complete 180 away from what the game is which alienates the fanbase that wouldn't have liked the film if it were true to the original in the first place.

I hope this shrivels up and dies like the Halo film.

[AshfordPride]

The movie will be an hour and twenty minutes of impressive water effects.

[FBIpolux]

Copy pasta

Fuck Bioshock, make a Half-Life movie you fucking jerks.

dlsadladlas

[AshfordPride]

At 5/9/08 03:29 PM, FBIpolux wrote: make a Half-Life movie you fucking jerks.

This summer... ITS TIME TO DO THAT WHICH NEEDS TO BE DONE!

[Devos10]

I liked the hitman movie so now i have some hope for upcoming video game movies.

[MetalDart]

I really liked the story of Bioshock.
Hopefully, this will have some good kind of twist as well.

[darkkilla729]

A Bioshock Movie doesn't sound too bad. I'm wondering how they are going to capture the "sisters". :/

same way they did the om pa loom pas lol spell check..

[TheCrook]

This is probably the first VG movie that actually has a chance. Although I don't know how they could even hope to make a story stronger than the one in the game.

[CapnCrunchDaPimp]

Oh God, that wouldn't make much of a movie IMO. I'm ripping my hair out just thinking of who will play the role of Atlas.

WILL YOU KINDLY GET THAT GUN??? WILL YOU KINDLY FIND MY WIFE??? WILL YOU KINDLY SUCK MY DICK???

[SniperWolf1564]

At 5/9/08 08:50 AM, WilliWowza wrote: A MAN CHOOSES, A SLAVE OBEYS

That's got to be the tagline.

That might spoil too much of the plot though.

[Chiklay4]

Bioshock was a great game and had a nice story with a good setting , with the director that made one of my favorite movie series , So looks like this might be good , pray to god that it Hopefully doesn't turn out shitty like Uwe bolls movies(Video games based ones).

[Hemlok]

That is great news! I hope it doesn't fall through like most of the video game based movies have recently, because Bioshock definitely has serious potential for a full length movie.