Netflix’s newest video game adaptation has some hurdles to overcome – and production hasn’t even started yet.
The big news that came to light today is that Netflix will be partnering with 2K’s parent company Take-Two to create a film set in the BioShock universe. If that idea sounds familiar it’s because there was talk of something similar over a decade ago with Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski, only to have it fall through somewhat unceremoniously. « It’s an R rated movie,” Verbinski said in a Reddit AMA back in 2017. “I wanted to keep it R rated, I felt like that would be appropriate, and it’s an expensive movie. It’s a massive world we’re creating and it’s not a world we can simply go to locations to shoot. We’d be building an entire underworld universe. So I think the combination of the price tag and the rating, Universal just didn’t feel comfortable ultimately. » So far little is known about the film with some of the biggest mysteries around its writer and director, but Netflix says more information will become available soon. As Verbinski already stated, the BioShock franchise has a number of obstacles that will be tough to overcome – even for a company with deep pockets like Netflix.
