Looks like Hollywood took interest in 2K Games' hit FPS BioShock. According to a recent PR, Universal Pictures is working on the motion picture, however no projected release date was announced. Gore Verbinski, director of the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, is slated to direct and produce the movie while John Logan (writer of Gladiator, The Aviator, Sweeney Todd) is in talks to do the screenplay. Here's more:

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Kevin Parrish
Contributing Editor / Official Chicken Clucker Tester
Tom's Games

movie will be rubish, think:
 
Doom
Super Mario Bros
Tomb Raider

if you are going to do a movie based on an fps it should be done in a POV aspect and the main character should be practicall a mute, only way to get the same feel.

To me the game was like a movie already and you were the main character. (Hands-down best storyline, character development, etc. I have seen in a game. Ever) I'm not sure how they are going to make the movie... unless they do a prequel to Bioshock when Rapture starts to descend into madness. I would go see that.

 
You obviously never played Planescape: Torment or System Shock 2. In my opinion both of these outclass the script from Bioshock quite easily, and in gameplay terms they're probably even better. Planescape has one of, if not the, best character development ideas of any RPG to date.

I always try to be optimistic in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary so I'll keep an eye on this.  I liked The Ring quite a bit and while the Pirates movies never quite hooked me at least Verbinski is someone with a proven track record of success and someone who can get a larger budget.  
 
Now I hate it when people always say an adaptation should be R... but I think with BioShock they should really push the scares.  We need to see at least one guy get put down by a Big Daddy and it needs to be early in the movie and it needs to be terrifying.
 
Also, John Logan needs to play through all of BioShock before writing the script.  One of the problems with movies made from games is they take the general idea of the game and just make their own story.  BioShock already has a story.  Just work to adapt THAT story.

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Travis Meacham
 

I object to this on the grounds that a Fallout movie should take priority.

Could be good, could be Boll...

corrected....

Yeah the people making it should play the game first, and you should see a big daddy take someone out. Like in the first video I saw the big daddy drills through the guys hand and torso. That would be crazy... But I'm still waiting on the Halo movie(Which should be sick)

Its gonna be as good as the SIMS movie, me-thinks......

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They already made a movie with a Big Daddy.  Didn't any of you jockos see the Sponge Bob Square Pants Movie!

i really enjoyed Bioshock, and i will definitely go and see the movie.
i just hope they dont do to bioshock what they did to Doom.
 
Doom without a hell......what the HELL kind of movie is that.