[MOVIE] Bioshock

[Emperor]

"Prison Break" star Wentworth Miller and Oscar-winner Al Pacino have joined the cast of Gore Verbinski's "Bioshock" for Universal Pictures reports The Chicago News Dispatcher.

 

Based on the best-selling 2007 video game, the story is set in the 1960's when a plane crashes in the middle of the Atlantic. Jack (Miller), the sole survivor, discovers a lighthouse which leads down to Rapture, an underwater city built in the 1940's by a business magnate who wanted to create a scientific utopia where people could work without governmental or religious oversight.

 

Unfortunately the city has fallen into decay and madness, insane genetically mutated beings called 'Splicers' roam the halls. Only an energy that lies within various young girls can save the city, these girls however are protected by gigantic bodyguards called Big Daddies.

 

Pacino is in negotiations to play the magnate Andrew Ryan, while Verbinski is apparently pursuing one of his old "Pirates of the Caribbean" co-stars for a cameo as the bunny mask-wearing nutter Sander Cohen in a sequence midway through the film.

 

Unlike the game which is kept purely indoors, one big sequence will apparently involve a several-minute long scene underwater. The production will move into Leavesden Studios once filming on the final "Harry Potter" is complete, with the water tank built for 'Goblet of Fire' to be utilized for that underwater scene. Location filming will also take place in Malta.

[SinisterDeath]

April Fools?

[Emperor]

I couldn't say yet.  I know they are planning a Bioshock movie..

[Cadsuane]

Young girls with special powers who are watched over by Big Daddies? I hope not...

[Dunbar]

Miller!?

 

Oi vey : p

 

Pacino would be cool though, I can see him as a big, boisterous Ryan

[Silver]

That description is fairly close to the game, though it doesn't mention a few key aspects though it hopefully would be explained in the movie.

[SinisterDeath]

The fact that they name some high profile actors, makes me say APRIL FOOLS. But... yet.. I could totally see this happening...

 

But you know... I could totally see the 2-headed Ogre Playable race/class in WoW working to... But thats what happens when you create an april fools that is just so awesome you wished it was real. :P

[Emperor]

Cads, that is in the game. 

[Emperor]

Universal Pictures has halted development on the "Bioshock" film adaptation due to budget concerns says Variety.

 

The Gore Verbinski-directed live action adaptation of the video game was gearing up to film in Los Angeles, but budget estimates rose to $160 million which has put a brake on proceedings until a more reasonable number can be reached.

 

John Logan adapted the script and, much like the game, the film takes place in the underwater city Rapture, where a pilot crash-lands near a secret entrance and becomes involved in a power struggle.

 

The studio is now looking at alternatives like shooting in London as a way to pare costs. Despite the stoppage, the studio remains determined to make the film.