Why dont they make a CGI movie?, that would be awesome...

If you think about it their is a deep love story between the Little Sisters and the Big Daddys.

oh no wait that came out wrong.... yeah lets just go with no love story.

It must be hard to sell an almost zombie-ish art deco sub-marine aquatic decaying atheist utopia pitch if that pitch isn't what you're pitching.

...a love story?

Lets see how hard they fall over themselves when they find out the producing rights have been given to Uwe Boll. LOL

@TOCATL: The thing about CG action movies, is that they lack "big" celebrity names to attract people's interest. Where as cartoony Pixar movies have universal appeal from the get go. Sad but true :(

Hmm, I remember hearing Orson Scott Card had similar problems when people wanted to make an Enders Game movie. I guess some Hollywood people just can't help but try and force everything into the cliched formulas.

well... there could be a love story between andrew ryan and some significant other, a prequel to bioshock and the tale of the collapse of his relationship and his city, ie citizen kane.

just with more killing at the end. and no rosebud.

Bioshock movie = be-all end-all (if done correctly)

Why don't studios and producers... Oh I don't know, follow the storyline as is?

They are just keeping it quiet to keep Ewe Boll off the scent for as long as possible.

Of course, because the memories of none of our other time-honored games have been sullied by being turned into a movie.

First make Bioshock on ps3 then the movie to generate more revenue for the movie. Now that is a good deal for everyone.

City of Lost Children should be a good guide on how this movie should at least look and treat it's plot elements.

@Trowble (XBL/PSN): LOL. A producer stick to a script?

@Trowble (XBL/PSN):

Because then it would make it look like their own writers in Hollywood are inept at making an original story when a game is running circles around their latest efforts like Step Up 2: Still Steppin'. I know it's not called Still Steppin', but a man dream damnit.

Somewheeeeeeeeeeeeeereeeeeeeeeeeeeee
beyond the seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, somewhereeeeeeeeeeee waiting for meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee GROOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! my lover stands on golden saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand
*SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEIK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*
aaaaaaaaaaand watches the ships, that goooooooo
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiin'

dum dum dum dum, dum dum dum dum

Yeah, I can see a movie there.

Would you kindly leave the Bioshock movie out of the picture, Hollywood?

@Trowble (XBL/PSN): Are you serious? That'll never happen

why cant the developers set a small team aside to develop, from the original team, the movie. just hand pick the top ppl outsource the animation and poof ur set. i know it may not work as well but hey its just a thought.

@BD: LOL. I know what movie that is, and feel the same way... maybe

A Bioshock movie? this is going to be a disappointment just like the Halo movie that never came.
I am still waiting to hear more news about the RE CGI movie anyone know how that one is going?

If you find a company to do Bioshock, then that same company would probably do Halo.

Since the only way Halo is still going to be made is if Peter Jackson and Bungie fund the entire thing themselves, where does that leave Bioshock?

Besides, I don't think either are right for film adaptation.

This could be a great movie if they stick to the story presented in the game. The biggest reason why video game movies fail is because they don't follow the original storyline.
Why was mario brothers a sci-fi comedy about dinosaurs that look like people?
Why did Doom feature mutant alien things with down syndrom rather than demons from hell?
House of the dead could have stuck with the whole government agency thing that it hinted at at the end.
Bloodrayne could have stuck with a World War II storyline.
Resident Evil also had an established story (and backstory) to work with.

They need to stop changing crap. Try being faithful for once and see what happens.

@PapaBear434: lol you said "Ewe".

A bioshock movie could work as long as it's not a scene for scene adaption of the game. They have plenty of other options for storytelling.

@Raziel66: Hm, we both said different things at the same time. DEBATE TIME!

I don't think any directors that would do the movie justice, or take risks with the film, would be interested. I'd love to see David Fincher involved in a Bioshock film. Chris Nolan would be a good choice as well.

@Aflack: Likes slushies: Haha, doesn't have to be scene for scene, but they already have a decent story to follow. I'm just saying that they don't need to make radical changes (like they always do).

@ThisCharmingMan: Yes they could pull it off, how about Guillermo del Toro?

@R0bster: Bad Guys aren't creepy looking enough already?

@R0bster: Not a bad choice either...sadly all those directors have huge projects on their respective plates until about 2010.

Damn, call up this Mr. Boll, I heard he's good at turning games into movies!

@Trowble (XBL/PSN): The chicks dig those love stories.

I think it would be great... Cast Robin Williams as the Big Daddies...

@BornToFlail: Wouldn't the Big Daddy's look scarier if their EYES were on his HANDS?

@ThisCharmingMan: I can wait, as long as they do it right. How about Robert Rodriguez? Peter Jackson? The Wachowski Brothers (or siblings?)

Probably because every pitch sounds like the summary from the ever so delightful and failed Double Dragon movie (which just happens to be on TV this weekend):

"In the Post-Apocalyptic Earthquake destroyed Los Angeles of 2007..."

interesting. They should dig out Fritz Lang, bring him back to life and he could direct it. I mean, BioShock is like Metropolis but under water (minus, splicers and Big Daddy's ;) )

2k boston better have a say in this one, but they probably won't.

@R0bster: I'd rather it not be so CGI heavy. Real actors, sets, and props please. Those directors looove their CG.

I would much rather there be absolutely no movie at all than have Hollywood butcher a fantastic story with "creative direction".

@Atheist Jew: Damn straight. Until Hollywood develops real respect for gaming material (something that it has yet to do unfortunately), game developers need to keep their IP the hell away from Hollywood.

Playing through it right now (Arcadia), and although I don't know the ending to the story, it would be an interesting move - as long as Hollywood doesn't - you know, Hollywood it up.

@SumDum_Guy: ...and harvesting the Little Sisters for all the glorious ADAM !!!!

NO MORE MOVIES BASED ON VIDEO GAMES!

It doesn't matter how awesome the game is. It doesn't matter how cinematic the game is. DO NOT TURN IT INTO A MOVIE!

@ilyag: Amen. I have gone on record many times, and I will once again go on record as saying: There will never, ever, EVER be a good video game movie. Never. Not in a million billion years. Period.

there's a very rich setting, with some great characters already made (big daddies, andrew ryan, etc) so most of holywood's work is already done. All they need to do is pick a timeframe in the history of Rapture and follow some of the events that took place.

A game like Bioshock is already artistic to the point of being interactive cinema. Making a movie of it is in way an insult.
Perhaps a book, though.

I'd rather see something akin the Animatrix, whereby short films are based on the original source material. Leaves so much room for experimentation and different takes on the entire concept...

...a single movie? No thank you. Too many ways for it to go wrong.

Sigh, why have I yet to buy this game? I want it so badly but too lazy to pick it or anything else up, and I work at a target!

I'd buy a ticket just to see a real ending.. haiyoooo!