The Bioshock Movie Is Back, Thanks to Netflix

Netflix is respiratory life into an underwater online game franchise followers lengthy thought had drowned. The streamer simply secured the rights to Bioshock, the Take-Two Interactive recreation set in a decrepit, underwater metropolis known as Rapture.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, no author or director is but hooked up however the two corporations have been engaged on a deal for nearly a yr, which itself comes after a couple of decade for the reason that final time a Bioshock film put its head above water. Don’t overlook about 12 years in the past, it seemed like Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski was going to deliver the sport to the massive display, however that ended up fizzling away.

Netflix reportedly desires to develop Bioshock as a “cinematic universe” which appears each thrilling and odd, particularly as a result of the streamer has discovered success in making video games like The Witcher into longer collection. Bioshock will surely match both format, with its wealthy historical past, prolonged mysteries, and Big Daddies (the identify of the commonest villains within the franchise, mutants in large diver fits).

With the rights secured, now begins the lengthy course of of really turning this right into a actuality. A wrestle that didn’t solely deter Verbinski, however director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, who additionally acquired very shut to creating Bioshock for it to finally fall by way of. Video recreation diversifications could be robust, with the builders clearly very precious about how their creations are dealt with. That’s an enormous a part of why there are such a lot of circumstances (resembling this week’s launch, Uncharted) of too many cooks within the kitchen, which then can result in delays and, ultimately, a product that’s watered down. But not in that good Bioshock manner.

For the franchise to essentially work, Bioshock must be surprising. It must be darkish. Scary. And Netflix’s relative freedom with regard to content material may very well be a blessing in with the ability to deliver the collection’ extra disturbing visuals to the display.

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