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Google PlayA film adaptation of the popular video game series BioShock is in the works, this time at Netflix.
As reported by Deadline, the streaming giant will partner with Take-Two Interactive, the game’s parent company, for the project. No writer or filmmaker for BioShock has been confirmed.
An adaptation was previously in development at Universal with Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski, but issues involving the budget shuttered the project in 2008. Verbinski was then in further talks to develop the film alongside Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later), but the pair reportedly butted heads and the project was shelved in 2013, due again to budget concerns and a potential R rating.
The critically-lauded BioShock video game series is a dystopian first-person shooter that throughout its multiple sequels, (BioShock, Bioshcok 2 and BioShock Infinite), has been applauded for its compelling story and hard-hitting action. Starting in 2007, the series has gone on to sell more than 39 million copies worldwide and has spawned multiple reiterations and remastered editions. Another installment in the series is also currently in development from Cloud Chamber.
BioShock will be the latest video game adaptation Netflix has helmed. The streaming platform recently adapted the fantasy role playing game The Witcher into one of its most successful original series. Netflix just released a second season of the Henry Cavil-fronted series, and currently has an anime movie and separate spinoff in the works as well.
