IT COULD BE A GREAT PROJECT, BUT THEY PREFERRED NOT TO TAKE A RISK
BioShock tried to make it to the movies several years ago, but just when they had everything ready to start filming, the project was scrapped.
Gore Verbinski was chosen to direct the film adaptation of the game, and apparently he came extremely close to carrying it out, but there was a catch.
In a recent interview, he revealed the reasons why the filming of BioShock was canceled, and even told that it was going to have two different endings.
Collider spoke at length with Verbinski about the causes that led to the cancellation of the BioShock film, and the director assured that it was all due to the high cost it represented.
‘We were about to shoot a $ 200 million R-rated movie and they freaked out. I think Watchmen had been released before that. So there was the feeling that those movies had to be PG-13. If they cost that much, they had to be PG-13 ‘.
Originally Universal Pictures was interested in this Bioshock film, but they preferred not to risk so much budget on a project that had a limited audience.
BioShock tried to make it to the movies several years ago, but just when they had everything ready to start filming, the project was scrapped.
Verbinski assured that he planned to capture the original sentiment of the BioShock, and if this was not enough, he also wanted to show the two endings of it.
‘It was gambling with how to have both endings. I don’t know if you’re familiar with the game, but dissecting that ruse to the happy ending. And then, still having the unleashed version of the ending. We were trying to pull it off, which was really exciting. Where if you watch the movie, you could get both. For me, the key piece… I don’t like generic action if there isn’t a story through the ‘line.
Unfortunately this project was lost in oblivion, and although there are several actors and directors interested in making a BioShock movie, at the moment nothing is certain.
