"The BioShock movie has been gestating for what feels like forever. After being announced back in 2022, the project apparently went straight to development hell. I was filled with confidence last year after a producer announced a promising change to the movie's scope, but a year later, that same producer has made me a skeptic again. In an interview with , producer Roy Lee confirmed that the upcoming movie will be a straight adaptation of the video game."
"Rather than cumbersomely converting any of the role-playing games into a show, Fallout's showrunners wisely decided to tell its own story set in the broader canon. The result has been excellent. Prime's Fallout has all the dark humor, retro-futuristic tone, and morbidly cozy familiarity of the award-winning games, but it's also found a way to make its story compelling for players and newcomers alike. It certainly helps that the actual show and cast are one-of-a-kind."
"Netflix wants us to keep everything under wraps. But it's definitely going to be based on the first BioShock game," Lee told the outlet, adding that the script is being worked on. Francis Lawrence, director of the recent Stephen King adaptation The Long Walk, is attached to direct. According to Lee, Lawrence took on The Long Walk because the BioShock script was still being worked on."
Production of the BioShock movie has been stalled since its 2022 announcement, experiencing reported development hell and shifting studio decisions. Producer Roy Lee confirmed the film will be a straight adaptation of the first BioShock game, with Netflix requesting secrecy and the script currently being developed. Director Francis Lawrence is attached, and he pursued other projects while the script was still in progress. Comparisons to Prime's Fallout highlight an alternative approach where a show tells an original story within a game's universe, demonstrating that BioShock's imaginative setting could yield a more compelling adaptation if it avoided a boilerplate retelling.
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