Acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro confirmed that he was involved in early concepts for a BioShock movie, but said the project was ultimately scrapped after a “disastrous” phone call.
At one point gore verbinski was trying to get an adaptation of bioshock off the ground as well. He couldn’t get the financing unless agreed to make it pg-13, but he was only interested in making a hard r-rated version.
At one point gore verbinski was trying to get an adaptation of bioshock off the ground as well. He couldn’t get the financing unless agreed to make it pg-13, but he was only interested in making a hard r-rated version.
As it should be, what out of touch suited stooge would think you could pull off BioShock at the same rating as shrek?
What? Shrek is a PG movie for children… They wanted a PG-13 rating target. It’s the equivalent of T for teens in video games.
I wonder if this was before or after A Cure For Wellness, because there’s a fair amount of overlap between ACFW and BioShock.
Here’s a recent article that goes into some more detail. It looks like they were in active planning around 2008-2013ish.
A Cure For Wellness was 2016. Verbinsky definitely brought some of his notes from BioShock with him.