The man behind The Hunger Games will try again. An adaptation of the popular sci-fi horror game BioShock will be directed by Francis Lawrence.
Michael Green is one of the writers who will pen the script. It is the first major update on the film since earlier this year, when it was announced that the Take Two Interactive franchise had been acquired by the streaming service. Several filmmakers have tried to adapt the game in the past, but no one has succeeded.
Lawrence, who directed Constantine and I Am Legend, is currently directing The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, so the plan is for Green to write the script and once he is done with that movie, he will jump onto this one.
Fans had probably thought that a video game adaptation would never happen. You almost understood why a film hadn't happened when you watched the underwater world of BioShock. What studio was going to pay for a movie that would cost so much, but almost certainly have to alienating a large portion of the audience in order to be accurately depicted? You can imagine that they want to start a brand new franchise.
Is Big Daddy going to be brought to the screen by the men behind Green Lantern and Red Sparrow. I picked some of their lesser films for that joke. Both Green and Lawrence are capable of taking big, bold stories and finding their core. Green with a cruise ship. Lawrence is a legend. There are other people as well. We think there is some potential here.
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