Bioshock creator Ken Levine has spoken to Industry Gamers about the film adaptation of their platinum selling game. A Bioshock film has been in the works for years, with Pirates’ director Gore Verbinski attached to the project. However, budget and storyline concerns have meant that the adaptation has never really gotten off the ground. Levine confirmed that the film is still in the works, but that we could be waiting a while yet.
"[F]or us there's no burning [desire] to have a movie made just to get it made," he said in the new interview. "For us and for Take-Two, it's really got to be something that will a) give the fans something that they want, and b) for those who don't know BioShock, really introduce them to something that is consistent with the game, and is it going to be a good representation of the game."
He added, "There are differences between games and movies, no doubt, but the movie has to draw from the same DNA in terms of the world and the story beats. But you know, we don't have a need to get it made.”
Synopsis: In 1960, a lone survivor of a plane crash named Jack discovers an abandoned underwater utopia, only to find out that the mystery behind its creation is much more sinister than he first believed.
