Gore Verbinski Directing "Bioshock" Movie

So says Variety, here and here.

This sounds exactly like a Universal project; Doom, Chronicles of Riddick, Pitch Black, Serenity, even Children of Men and TV's Battlestar Galactica all fit in with this type of science fiction adventure story. That list of titles, however, leaves a dubious taste in one's mouth; I seem to have inadvertently typed it in ascending order of quality, starting at the very bottom of the barrel and going up towards a potential tie at the top. Clearly, this is no sure thing, especially with John "Star Trek: Nemesis" Logan scripting.

Gore¹ has worked exclusively with Dreamworks/Paramount and Disney, at least as a director, and his first picture with Universal could be exciting. I don't have an Xbox 360, so I never played Bioshock myself, but I was able to watch Jamie play a few times, and it looked like a rich and interesting world. One I'd be interested in seeing on screen, done right. If Gore can reign himself in (and have a good, finished script when he goes into production) à la Curse of the Black Pearl, this could be a lot of fun.

There's no release date yet; my money is on Summer 2010. That gives us two years to see if this will turn out to be more Doom (shudder), or more Serenity (yay).

Either way, I guess this means Jerry² (and Disney) will be waiting on Pirates 4…




[1] - That's right, I said Gore. After over three years of working continuously on Pirates of the Caribbean, we've earned the right to call them by their first names. [⇪]
[2] - Jerry Bruckheimer. See above. [⇪]


[c/o CHUD]