The weirdo’s over at Variety are saying that the “doomed to failure” video-game based movie BIOSHOCK has been put on hold because it will cost Universal a butt-load of money to make. The bean-counters are still looking to get this thing made with Gore Verbinski directing, but only if they can find a way to trim the fat.
If you haven’t played the game, it was about a guy who crashes his plane near a secret entrance that leads to an underwater city where steroid use is rampant and super-powers are only a syringe away. There are also big guys in diving suits and little girls who scream a lot. It was a pretty good game; the atmosphere was good and the action was entertaining, but there was also a lot of wandering around in the dark and pretty lame moral decisions that didn’t really affect anything.
Could it be a good movie? Sure. Will it? No.
