Kotaku: Gore Verbinski

BioShock Movie? Meh...

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 04:00:00 EST

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Once upon a time, Hollywood was hot to trot on BioShock. Now? Less so. Making movies, especially ones that take place underwater, are expensive. More »

BioShock Movie Sank Under The Weight Of An R Rating

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 08:30:00 EST

Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski was going to direct a big-screen version of BioShock. But, the picture fell apart. Verbinski now says why. More »

Don't Give Up Hope On That BioShock Movie Just Yet

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:40:00 EDT

No one can stop Mr. Bubbles from making his big screen debut, not even the underperforming Prince of Persia. Gore Verbinski, the man desperate to bring BioShock to the big screen, is still slaving away at it. More »

BioShock Movie Needs To Be Filmed Outside America

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:00:00 EDT

Due to budget concerns, the BioShock movie has been put on ice — don't tell Prison Break actor Wentworth Miller! More »

Universal Puts BioShock Movie On Hold Citing Budget Concerns

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:00:00 EDT

Universal and 2K Games' big budget, big screen adaptation of BioShock may have gotten a little too big for its budget, as the film is now in a holding pattern as cost concessions are made. More »

Arr! Director Chooses BioShock Over Pirates

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:00:00 EDT

Next year, the fourth installment in the US$2.6 billion grossing Pirates of the Caribbean franchise goes into production. After spending the past years on the series, director Gore Verbinski is moving on. More »

Second Life Cheating Husband Surprised by Movie Deal

Mike Fahey — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:40:00 EST

The man at the heart of the Second Life story, which Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski seeks to turn into a movie, was caught off guard by news of the film adaptation. More »

Ken Levine's Role In the Bioshock Movie Is...

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:00:00 EDT

Yes, yes, game movies suck. Everybody knows that! So whenever a big time video game is turned into a big time movie, all we can do is grit our teeth and hope that it doesn't suck too much. When it was announced that Bioshock was going to be a movie, many thought, hey, this might have a chance to make the cinematic leap in a positive way. The story and the universe do seem very amicable to film. Then it was announced that Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski would be helming the project and the wind was taken out of everyone's sails. Sure, he turned a Disneyland ride into a movie, but as the franchise continued on, his ability (or rather inability) to tell a proper story became readily apparent. But Ken Levine isn't going to get in Verbinski's way while the director and writer John Logan. Rather, Levine describes his role: More »

BioShock Movie Staying Faithul To Source, Won't Star Kate Hudson

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:40:00 EDT

PHEW. Speaking with VG247 at the Develop conference in Brighton (fun fact: I used to live in neighbouring Seaford), BioShock creator Ken Levine has told everyone to relax. The upcoming BioShock movie project is staying faithful to the source: More »

Brett Ratner Wants To Make Video Game Movies, Too

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Move over Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski. Rush Hour franchise helmer Brett Ratner wants to make movies based on video games, too! His interest seems piqued after working on a few ad-type spots for Activision's Guitar Hero. According to Ratner: More »

Gore Verbinski Making BioShock Movie

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 08 May 2008 23:40:00 EDT

Publisher Take-Two has inked its first movie deal. According to Variety, underwater corridor FPS BioShock is getting a big Hollywood film adaptation. More »

Gore Verbinski Pontificates About "Zero Narrative"

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:00:31 EDT

Pirates of Caribbean director Gore Verbinski is excited. Not so much about movies, but games. Just like at DICE, he's very peppy and very clueless. That's okay! So, what interests Verbinski about games? More »

Gore Verbinski Kicks Off DICE With Peppy, Often Clueless Keynote

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:40:00 EST

Pirates of the Caribbean helmsman Gore Verbinski keynoted this year's DICE summit, doing his Hollywood best to inspire a packed crowd of game developers with grand visions of development utopia, all the while slamming financier Disney for limiting his involvement in Pirates of the Caribbean licensed games. The director of the Pirates trilogy told DICE attendees that "Gaming is no longer dismissible as a hobby" pointing to his own recent and "visceral" experiences with games like flOw, Bioshock, Second Life and Halo 3. More »