Gore Verbinski Chooses BioShock Over Pirates

[similar.squirrel]

Hooray for the underwater dystopian cash-cow..why can't they just leave things alone?Leave them alone!

 

[Jabbawocky]

Bioshock will be a lot more difficult to convert to the big screen. What would be better would be a big hollywood movie showing how Rapture got into the state it was in game. That way they can have a story which you don't need to play the game to understand but those that have get something extra special from it.

 

[RebelRising]

I can't believe I'm saying this...but the one name that really comes to mind when I think of who should direct Bioshock is:

M. Night Shymalan

Although Gore Verbinski isn't bad, but the only videogame movie I'm looking forward to right now is the Warcraft one.

I can't agree there. I haven't liked any of Shymalan's films since The Sixth Sense. Unbreakable was *ok* but he seems to have gone downhill since his debut.

I'm not saying he hasn't been in a rut, but it just seems like the sort of movie he could do well, what with the dark atmosphere and...well...

WHAT A TWIST!

 

[scotth266]

Some GOOD news about a videogame movie? What is the world coming to?

 

[GyroCaptain]

This will be fun.

 

[4RT1LL3RY]

I am guessing the movie won't end with a boss being stabbed with syringes repeatedly by little girls.
I do look forward to seeing ridiculously cool looking big daddy fights, but if they through any romance subplot at all, "Bang, Zoom straight to the moon." I really hope that they understand that the gaming demographic that played Bioshock WEREN'T INTO ROMANCE MOVIES. I swear every movie has these and it just bugs me. In Bioshock you are by yourself in an underwater dystopia surrounded by people who have gone insane, and creepy little girls protected by giant people in diving suits with a drill for a hand. I personally will say that System Shock would make a cooler movie, but their are too many movies with evil AI constructs apparently. You also couldn't fit all that the game had in it into the span of a movie.

Its a movie based off a video game, I will assume it to be sub-par until proven otherwise.

 

[ThaBenMan]

Well, if anything, the Pirates movies were visually interesting and impressive, so BioShock should be too. I'm confident that it'll be pretty good.

 

[theSovietConnection]

BioShock was not brimming with cinematic potential. It was brimming with cinematic dramatic elements and turns of character. The game met its own potential, so there's no need for a movie to be made out of it.

The game itself doesn't need to be made into a movie, but I have a feeling the backstory, the events leading up to when Bioshock takes place, that has the potential to be made into a movie.

 

[CUnk]

I find this news very shocking. I mean, a FOURTH Pirates movie?

Although it shouldn't cost much to make another one. They can just take all the cut scenes from the first 3 and randomly combine them to make a movie that makes as much sense as the last two.

 

[RebelRising]

I find this news very shocking. I mean, a FOURTH Pirates movie?

Although it shouldn't cost much to make another one. They can just take all the cut scenes from the first 3 and randomly combine them to make a movie that makes as much sense as the last two.

While that made me laugh, I wonder why people are so harsh one number 2; 3 was very inferior, I will agree wholeheartedly, but number was by any standard a decent follow-up.

Although nothing beats the restraint and wit of the first one.

 

[capnjack]

and those jaw-droppingly horrible Pirates movies one second longer, my head is going to cave in.

There's a special section of hell reserved for people like you.

Pirates of the Caribbean just suffered the Matrix phenomenon. The first movie had a great narrative, looked and sounded awesome, had great characters and was iconic. It was expected to fail, and somehow did incredibly well. In both cases, the movie revived or brought forth a genre that no one paid much attention to previously.

The second and third movie, filmed at the same time, were convoluted, too intertwined for cinema, were only watchable because of the main character and ramped up visuals, and somehow managed to be a failure in spite of the many successes of the first movie.

 

[jebussaves88]

Cool, with Verbinski and an Oscar Winning Screenwriter on side I maintain that this, and possibly Prince of Persia, have the best possible chances of being decent videogame movies.

I'm skeptical of PoP myself. I think it's going to be more Prince of Persia 2008 than Sands of Time. They even made 2008 Prince look more like Jake Gylennhal

 

[mkg]

I think this could be good if they focused on the creation and downfall of Rapture and develop a very tragic story to it all and not just make the obvious move and make 2 hours of electricuting mutants.

 

[Abedeus]

Spoiler

and those jaw-droppingly horrible Pirates movies one second longer, my head is going to cave in.

There's a special section of hell reserved for people like you.

Pirates of the Caribbean just suffered the Matrix phenomenon. The first movie had a great narrative, looked and sounded awesome, had great characters and was iconic. It was expected to fail, and somehow did incredibly well. In both cases, the movie revived or brought forth a genre that no one paid much attention to previously.

The second and third movie, filmed at the same time, were convoluted, too intertwined for cinema, were only watchable because of the main character and ramped up visuals, and somehow managed to be a failure in spite of the many successes of the first movie.

Hey, HEY! Reloaded was okay!

...Too bad there was never Matrix 3. There wasn't. Really. There was that horrible "Matrix: Two Scenes + D class action movie!" crap.

 

[Barky13]

I'm not sure if calling the new pirates a sure thing is quite accurate, how many movie series have still been good by the 4th movie?

Batman. The Joel Schumacher ones are not films but forms of torture. This means that the fourth Batman film was not Batman and Robin but The Dark Knight (some would argue that Batman Forever is a film (barely) making Batman Begins the fourth). I will admit to being wrong if somebody can prove that Batman and Robin was a film but I don't believe it's possible.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

I'm not sure if calling the new pirates a sure thing is quite accurate, how many movie series have still been good by the 4th movie?

Batman. The Joel Schumacher ones are not films but forms of torture. This means that the fourth Batman film was not Batman and Robin but The Dark Knight (some would argue that Batman Forever is a film (barely) making Batman Begins the fourth). I will admit to being wrong if somebody can prove that Batman and Robin was a film but I don't believe it's possible.

I still haven't seen The Dark Knight. And still don't plan to.

But I still think this movie could work.

You know what would rock? Oregon Trail: THE MOVIE

 

[irrelevantnugget]

I can't believe I'm saying this...but the one name that really comes to mind when I think of who should direct Bioshock is:

M. Night Shymalan

Although Gore Verbinski isn't bad, but the only videogame movie I'm looking forward to right now is the Warcraft one.

I can't agree there. I haven't liked any of Shyamalan's films since The Sixth Sense. Unbreakable was *ok* but he seems to have gone downhill since his debut.

The viewer is to blame for the 'decline' of quality in Shyamalan's movies, really.
The Sixth Sense had a great plot twist, and so did Unbreakable. All his movies end with a twist, and the viewer doesn't just go watch a Shyamalan movie anymore expecting a straightforward story: they just try to guess the inevitable twist, instead of trying to get sucked into the setting and empathizing with the characters.

To be on-topic: Oh, hrm. Don't know what to think of this. I'm sure it has potential, but, hrm...

 

[Anachronism]

This is one of the very few examples where they could actually make a good movie out of the game.

Although I really hope they don't make a fourth PotC movie. The third was mediocre at best.

 

[TheBluesader]

There's a special section of hell reserved for people like you.

Pirates of the Caribbean just suffered the Matrix phenomenon. The first movie had a great narrative, looked and sounded awesome, had great characters and was iconic. It was expected to fail, and somehow did incredibly well. In both cases, the movie revived or brought forth a genre that no one paid much attention to previously.

The second and third movie, filmed at the same time, were convoluted, too intertwined for cinema, were only watchable because of the main character and ramped up visuals, and somehow managed to be a failure in spite of the many successes of the first movie.

Batman. The Joel Schumacher ones are not films but forms of torture. This means that the fourth Batman film was not Batman and Robin but The Dark Knight (some would argue that Batman Forever is a film (barely) making Batman Begins the fourth). I will admit to being wrong if somebody can prove that Batman and Robin was a film but I don't believe it's possible.

I know we're all being so witty and everything, but here's the cold, hard truth: both the Matrix and Pirates movies were product put out by companies to make money. You're allowed to like them, but your liking them does not give you ownership of them, so you don't get to decide what is "allowed" or "unallowed" to be considered part of the franchise.

There were three Pirates movies. There were three Matrix movies. There were a lot of Batman movies. There were also a lot of Superman movies, Star Wars had a prequel trilogy, and DC Comics has Wonder Woman flying. We may not all agree with the creative choices made, but they were in fact made, and that's just the way it is.

Maybe I'm getting too serious, but I'm so tried of the "oh, forget about those" thing. I'm not going to defend all that stuff, but I'm also not going to agree to call it all crap just because a host of fans thinks the conclusions they've come up with for other people's stories are better. It's not your or my choice to make.

And on a personal note, I'm allowed to not like the first Pirate's movie. I found it over-produced, inconsistently written, historically inaccurate, lacking in humor, charm and whimsy, and obviously desperate for attention. I'm not "going to hell" because I have an opinion.

Okay, snarkiness over.

The game itself doesn't need to be made into a movie, but I have a feeling the backstory, the events leading up to when Bioshock takes place, that has the potential to be made into a movie.

Agreed. Let's see if we get that prequel. And let's see if its as dark and creepy as I think we can all agree that story should be.